HealthYahoo CelebrityCheryl Burke says she was drinking 7 days a week before getting sober in 2018: 'I was a functioning drunk'
Cheryl Burke is three years sober after years as a "functioning drunk." The Dancing With the Stars pro, 37, opened up about her addiction to Elizabeth Vargas on her Heart of the Matter podcast. Burke said childhood trauma led to a string of abusive relationships and later years of using alcohol to numb her feelings and cope with social anxiety.
BusinessBusiness InsiderFacebook is reportedly changing its name because it wants to be known for its 'metaverse' focus
Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name, The Verge reported Tuesday. The name change aims to recast Facebook as focused on building a "metaverse." Facebook could unveil the new name within the week, according to The Verge.
U.S.HuffPostJen Psaki's Response To Peter Doocy's Question Leaves Him Momentarily Speechless
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy seems to pride himself on asking hard-hitting questions of White House press secretary Jen Psaki. However, on Tuesday, Psaki was the one who asked a question that left Doocy momentarily speechless. It happened when Doocy asked about the possibility of “tons” of police officers and members of the military quitting to avoid COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
U.S.AutoblogWatch vehicles go flying in terrifying train crash with car hauler
The video above captures what happened after a semi truck carrying a load of vehicles got itself high-centered on a railroad crossing Friday near Thackerville, Okla. An Amtrak train hits the incapacitated truck at speed in one of the most spectacular crashes we can recall, sending the truckload of vehicles flying and crumpling the car trailer. Worse, five people aboard the Amtrak were injured and were transported to a hospital, according to Love County firefighters, though the injuries were non-critical. In the video, you can see someone jumping up and down in a vain attempt to warn the train.
U.S.INSIDERA 10-year-old Black girl was arrested at school in Hawaii after allegedly drawing a photo of her bully, ACLU says
The girl was handcuffed and taken into custody with her mom present, according to an ACLU Hawaii letter obtained by the outlet. The ACLU is calling on local officials to change their policies and compensate the girl's family. A Black 10-year-old girl was arrested at school in Oahu, Hawaii, after making a sketch of another student that allegedly made a parent "very upset."
U.S.Business InsiderAn anti-vax doctor who's one of the biggest spreaders of COVID-19 disinformation says he doesn't lose sleep if his remarks cause death
Buttar, a licensed physician, told CNN: "If I'm wrong so be it," when asked if his claims could cause death. A physician spreading conspiracies theories and unsubstantiated medical claims about COVID-19 said, "If I'm wrong, so be it," during an interview with CNN on Tuesday. Dr. Rashid Buttar is a member of the "Disinformation Dozen," a group of anti-vaxxers responsible for almost two-thirds of COVID-19 misinformation, according to a 2021 report by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeWoman jailed for throwing killer litter from 50th floor in CBD after tiff with boyfriend
After an argument with her boyfriend, a woman threw a speaker, a soundbar and a television set from her 50th-floor unit along Shenton Way. Lluen Saenz Maria Isabel, a 49-year-old Peruvian, was jailed for seven weeks on Tuesday (19 October), after she pleaded guilty to one count of committing a rash act which endangered the safety of others. Saenz, a teacher at the Canadian International School, was about to end their relationship last year when the man assaulted her.
BusinessBusiness InsiderAmerica isn't running out of everything just because of a supply-chain crisis. America is running out of everything because Americans are buying so much stuff.
Disruptions in global supply chains have generated the phrase "everything shortage." Supply-chain professionals plan to alleviate the backlog container by container. Americans are buying everything they can get their hands on, and they'd be buying even more if it weren't for those pesky supply-chain snarls, the National Retail Federation said.
U.S.NextSharkNYC woman faces 'Asian b*tches are ugly' tirade as restaurant's workers 'just stood there'
A woman is causing outrage after a viral TikTok video posted over the weekend shows her repeatedly shouting racial insults at an Asian woman outside of a New York City restaurant. The incident: In the beginning of the video, the original poster Denise Carino (@dennydoestiktok) is in the middle of clarifying what the woman had said to her. Carino writes that the woman's boyfriend was “egging her on” during her tirade.
BusinessReutersDemocrats raise proposed IRS bank reporting threshold to $10,000 from $600
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Democrats in Congress have agreed to raise their proposed tax reporting threshold for bank account inflows and outflows to $10,000 a year, with exemptions for wage income, from an earlier proposal of $600 that drew criticism for being too intrusive. U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden on Tuesday said the new $10,000 Internal Revenue Service reporting threshold, to be included in Democrats' sweeping "reconciliation" social spending and tax hike legislation, was chosen after consultations with the U.S. Treasury because it is a level frequently used in other bank reporting requirements.
HealthHuffPost LifeThe Most Common Places COVID Is Spreading Right Now (And Where It's Not)
The types of places that carry the biggest risk for COVID-19 transmission have changed over time ― partly because experts have learned more about how the virus works and partly because the virus itself has changed. The delta variant is more than two times as contagious as previous strains, which has obvious implications for transmission. Throughout the pandemic, it's been pretty clear that restaurants and bars are sources of COVID-19 transmission, and recent evidence suggests that continues to be the case.
PoliticsHuffPostTrump Gets Taken To School After Botching Basic U.S. History In Latest Rant
New York City announced it was moving a statue of the Founding Father and nation's third president out of its City Council Chamber due to his history as a slaveholder. It's not yet clear where the statue will go, but Trump predictably threw a fit over Jefferson ... even if he's a little hazy on what, exactly, Jefferson did. Trump called him “a principal writer of the Constitution of the United States.”
U.S.In The Know by YahooBride nearly burns down her own wedding reception after jaw-dropping accident: 'I would’ve left'
What was always going to be a memorable wedding nearly took a turn for the worse when a bouquet caught on fire. TikTok user @emilyljackson shared footage of her special day with her audience. A quick-thinking photographer named Molly Stevens (@forthewestandwildphoto) fearlessly grabbed the blazing bouquet and threw it on the ground.
BusinessBusiness InsiderA worker in Florida applied to 60 entry-level jobs in September and got one interview
Joey Holz decided to test their claims, submitting two applications a day in September. Holz got one interview, and his summary of the experiment went viral on multiple platforms. Joey Holz recalled first hearing complaints about a labor shortage last year when he called to donate convalescent plasma at a clinic near Fort Myers, Florida.
U.S.Washington ExaminerWoman charged for running naked on football field while high on heroin in front of eighth graders
A Jefferson City, Missouri, woman is accused of running onto a football field full of school children while only wearing a scarf, prosecutors said. Lacey Uthe was charged with sexual misconduct for the incident in which she exposed herself to 29 eighth graders, one of whom was under the age of 15, according to the Cole County prosecutor. Uthe allegedly jumped over the Helias Football Stadium fence and ran onto the field where students participated in a youth program, court documents said.
U.S.Associated PressWoman reaches plea deal after daughter found dead amid filth
A 50-year-old Louisiana woman has accepted a 50-year sentence as part of a plea agreement in the death of her 25-year-old disabled daughter, who died dehydrated and in filth. Karen Johnson Harrison of the Plainview area pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder of Cyra Shantelle Marie Harrison, who had cerebral palsy, The Town Talk reported. The coroner's report described Cyra Harrison's death as homicide.
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Surgeon transplants a pig's kidney into a brain-dead human in groundbreaking surgery
Robert Montgomery, a New York transplant surgeon, conducted a successful surgery that transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead human
U.S.DeadlineNewsom Order Puts Los Angeles & All Of Southern California Under Drought Emergency
Governor Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in Los Angeles County late this afternoon, as well as in Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Ventura, Imperial and San Francisco Counties. Newsom's order today puts all of the state's 58 counties under the order, which says: “All agencies of the state government are to utilize and employ state personnel, equipment, and facilities for the performance of any and all activities consistent with the direction of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the State Emergency Plan.” It goes on to say that “all residents are to obey the direction of emergency officials with regard to this emergency in order to protect their safety.”
WorldReutersChina, Russia navy ships jointly sail through Japan strait
TOKYO (Reuters) -A group of 10 naval vessels from China and Russia sailed through a strait separating Japan's main island and its northern island of Hokkaido on Monday, the Japanese government said, adding that it is closely watching such activities. It was the first time Japan has confirmed the passage of Chinese and Russian naval vessels sailing together through the Tsugaru Strait, which separates the Sea of Japan from the Pacific. While the strait is regarded as international waters, Japan's ties with China have long been plagued by conflicting claims over a group of tiny East China Sea islets.
BusinessFox NewsSan Francisco shuts down In-N-Out for not enforcing jab mandate: 'We refuse to become the vaccination police'
The city of San Francisco temporarily closed an In-N-Out fast-food restaurant over the company's refusal to force customers to prove they are vaccinated against the coronavirus. The San Francisco Department of Public Health closed the Fisherman's Wharf In-N-Out location on Oct. 14 after the popular burger joint did not check the vaccination status of customers, which violates an August mandate from the city requiring indoor diners to show proof of vaccination. In-N-Out, which operates 358 locations across the western United States, is owned by devout Christian Lynsi Snyder and is well known for including Bible verses at the bottom of soda and milkshake cups.
ScienceNextSharkJapanese scientists develop radical new vaccine that could prevent future coronavirus pandemics
Given that prior coronavirus epidemics such as SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV have occurred due to zoonotic coronaviruses crossing the species barrier, the potential for the emergence of similar viruses in the future poses a significant threat to global public health, even in the face of effective vaccines for current viruses,” said Osaka University Professor Tomohiro Kurosaki, the study's lead researcher. One prevailing theory is that COVID-19 originated in bats before transmitting to another animal, which later infected humans. Using its spike protein, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID, binds to the ACE2 cell surface receptor inside the human body.
PoliticsAssociated PressCalifornia congressional race could help tilt House control
What could be one of the most competitive House races in the country is taking shape in California's agriculture-rich Central Valley, where a Democratic assemblyman Monday became the latest candidate to announce a bid to oust Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao. Democrats have 220 seats in the chamber and Republicans have 212, with three vacancies. Five-term Assemblyman Rudy Salas formally announced he is entering the race during a kickoff event in his hometown of Bakersfield, where he had been the first Latino to serve on the City Council.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderSteve Bannon not cooperating suggests Trump may have been 'personally involved in the planning and execution' of the January 6 insurrection, Liz Cheney says
By a unanimous vote, the bipartisan committee voted to hold Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress. Former White House advisor Steve Bannon's refusal to cooperate with the investigation into the January 6 insurrection suggests that he and former President Donald Trump worked together to plan the day's actions, Rep. Liz Cheney charged Tuesday. The comments came during a meeting of the House Select Committee looking into the January 6 attack, which sought to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
U.S.USA TODAY'Get out, get out, get out': Everyone survives after plane's 'horrific' failed takeoff in Texas
When rescuers arrived to the scene of a plane that had rolled off a Texas runway and caught on fire Tuesday morning, nearly two dozen people had already exited the burning aircraft, authorities said. "I think we can all agree we can celebrate on today that no one was killed in this horrific incident," said Sgt. Stephen Woodard, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety. The plane, carrying 21 people and traveling from Texas to the AL Championship Series game in Boston, was attempting to take off from Houston Executive Airport and traveled about 500 feet on the runway before it rolled through a fence and caught fire in a field, officials said.
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2 teachers face charges from entering wrong home, shooting
Two newly hired physical education teachers at a Florida elementary school were arrested after the shooting of a man whose apartment they entered thinking it belonged to someone else following a night of drinking. One of the teachers mistakenly climbed into bed with the man, his wife and their baby, and the other teacher went to the bathroom before the male occupant of the house escorted them out. The teachers believed they had entered the apartment of one of their friends.
“Like tobacco, Facebook is a dangerous product one uses at one’s own risk.”
“A key reason why this latest scandal feels more significant is that politicians on both sides of the aisle feel deceived.”
“These are clearly problems of scale, which Facebook has had many years to deal with and has been fundamentally unable to.”
“We need to recognize the danger we’re in. We need to shake the notion that Facebook is a normal company.”
“Facebook is in trouble … It’s a cloud of existential dread that hangs over an organization whose best days are behind it.”