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Top News Stories for Wednesday, November 20th 2024
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
A heated feud has erupted within the Republican Party over Senate no-shows, after President Joe Biden successfully pushed through a controversial "leftist" judicial nominee. With two months to go until Donald Trump becomes president, Democrats are attempting to confirm as many of Biden's judicial appointments as possible during the lame-duck session. On Monday, the Democrat-led Senate voted 49-45 to confirm Judge ...
Source: newsweek.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Warning comes as Biden agrees to supply anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine, days after lifting restrictions on use of long-range missiles The US has temporarily closed its embassy in Kyiv after receiving warning of a "potential significant air attack", advising American citizens to be prepared to move immediately to a shelter in the event of an air raid warning. Such warnings are rare and likely to be based on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
All eyes should have been on the sky over a launchpad in Texas on Tuesday as the world's largest rocket streaked thunderously toward space. But the orbit currently getting the most attention is not in the heavens — it's the increasingly intimate one back on Earth uniting the planet's soon-to-be-again most powerful man and its richest man. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk — after trips to see ...
Source: cnn.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
BCG's AI Maturity Matrix Assesses the AI Maturity and Resilience of 73 Global Economies Out of the 73 Economies Assessed, Only Five—Canada, Mainland China, Singapore , UK, and US—Are Categorized as AI Pioneers Economies with a High Share of Sectors That Are Most Exposed to AI— Such as Luxembourg , Hong Kong , and Singapore —Are Among the World's Most Vulnerable to AI ...
Source: aithority.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
State of play: The DOJ will ask the presiding judge to force Google to sell off or spin out the Chrome browser, according to a Bloomberg report . It is also likely to urge the judge to demand that Google license its search results and data to third parties and competitors. "Break up Google" is one scenario that no longer seems to be in play, and the government has decided not to seek the sale or spinout of ...
Source: axios.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Mortgage rates for November 20, 2024, are around 6.60%. Rates have remained in the mid-to-high 6% range for most of November, and they may not decrease in the near term. If the Fed doesn't cut rates in December, we may see mortgage rates inch up. But they could fall next year. So far in November, mortgage rates haven't moved much. Average 30-year rates have generally been hovering in the mid-to-high 6% range after ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Two undersea cables carrying internet data deep in the Baltic Sea were damaged, European telecommunications companies said this week, drawing warnings from European governments of possible Russian "hybrid warfare" targeting global communications infrastructure. On Wednesday, interest was focused on a Chinese-flagged cargo ship called the Yi Peng 3, which data provided by the maritime tracking service Vessel Finder ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
How To Create A Seamless Customer Experience: 5 Tips For Businesses Max Soloshchanskiy is a partner at Soloway Group, an investor and an advisor to technology startups and Fortune 500 companies. Creating a seamless customer experience (CX) is crucial for successful differentiation. Nowadays, it's no longer enough to just have a good product or service; you need to make customers feel valued and understood at every ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
• The Quantexa Unify Workload for Microsoft Fabric gives users industry-leading entity resolution capabilities to perform highly accurate data-matching and relationship-discovery at scale. • Organizations can enhance data quality, eliminate silos, lower costs and address challenges linked to getting data ready for AI, facilitating better and faster decision-making. Quantexa , a global leader in ...
Source: aithority.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Los Angeles passed a "sanctuary city" ordinance Tuesday to protect immigrants from deportation, after President-elect Donald Trump vowed to deport any "criminals who are being illegally harbored." The Los Angeles City Council passed the ordinance unanimously during Tuesday's council meeting, by a vote of 13 to 0 . The ordinance, which was drafted more than a year ago, codifies the protection of ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Instagram is set to let you clear your recommended content across Explore, Reels, and Feed. Meta-owned Instagram has been making significant changes to how the social media site operates and recommends content, especially focusing on original content in Instagram recommendations and creating a safer online environment for teens . Today, in a blog post , Instagram announced another major change to its ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
As President-elect Donald Trump rolls out his controversial Cabinet picks, he has demanded the Republican-led Senate take extended breaks to allow him to make recess appointments rather than subject his nominees to an extensive public vetting process and upper chamber approval. Trump's demand not only tests congressional Republicans' willingness to uphold checks and balances over bending to the ...
Source: salon.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Social media minnow Bluesky has emerged as a surprise winner in the wake of this month's presidential race. People are flocking there almost as fast as they're fleeing X, driven by distaste for owner Elon Musk's cozy ties with President-elect Donald Trump. The influx has triggered a wave of hot takes and deep dives on Bluesky. Here's the real story behind what's fact, what's fiction and why this social network is ...
Source: digiday.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
The state of California has detected a possible bird flu infection in a child in the Bay Area. The state reported that the child has not had contact with farm animals — which is the case for all but a few other confirmed cases in this growing outbreak — leaving unanswered questions regarding sources of exposure. "The child, who has been treated, is recovering at home," the report states. The bird flu ...
Source: salon.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Microsoft's Windows 365 Link, a $349 cloud PC device launching next year, is set to transform business computing with secure cloud access and minimal hardware needs. Microsoft has unveiled the Windows 365 Link, its inaugural cloud PC gadget. The product provides a cost-effective and space-saving option for business users. Set to launch next year for $349, it requires a Windows 365 subscription that begins at $28 ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
The Bruins made their coaching reshuffle on Tuesday afternoon, firing Jim Montgomery after a little over two seasons as head coach . In the subsequent move, Boston named longtime assistant Joe Sacco as the team's interim head coach. Sacco, 55, has been on Boston's bench for over a decade, and will now look to right the ship for a disappointing 8-9-3 Bruins roster. "I believe Joe Sacco has the coaching experience to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Most precise large-scale gravity map of 6 million galaxies in the universe tests Einstein's theories
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Researchers have compiled a map of 6 million galaxies in the most precise test of how gravity works on large scales in the universe. The survey, detailed in several pre-print papers on the arXiv server, uses data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). It tracks how gravitational forces have shaped the universe over the past 11 billion years. Surprise, surprise they found that gravity behaves as ...
Source: cosmosmagazine.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
HONG KONG — Hong Kong democrat and media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified Wednesday for the first time in his landmark national security trial , saying he had never tried to influence the foreign policy of countries such as the United States, towards China and Hong Kong. The arrest of Lai, 76, a British and Hong Kong citizen and a founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily , is ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Thousands of disgruntled British farmers marched on London on Tuesday in protest at government plans to change the law regarding the amount of inheritance tax farmers should pay. The demonstrations saw tractors driven by farmers and coach loads of other agricultural workers from the United Kingdom's four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland descend on Parliament Square, to stage a large-scale ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Exabeam coolaborates with with Wiz to provide organizations with improved threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) capabilities, ensuring a more secure and resilient cloud environment. With its open architecture the Exabeam New-Scale Security Operations Platform supports a best-of-breed ecosystem that includes hundreds of product integrations to accelerate time-to-value and strengthen on-premises and ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Personal care brand Tom's of Maine received a warning from the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month after the agency found disease-causing bacteria and mold-like and powdery substances in its products and facilities. In a letter to Tom's that was published Tuesday, an FDA inspector identified several types of bacteria in the water supply at its facility in Sanford, Maine, including Paracoccus yeei; ...
Source: npr.org
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
Norway's royal family found itself embroiled in an intensifying scandal Tuesday after the son of the country's crown princess was arrested on suspicion of rape. Marius Borg Høiby, 27, was arrested Monday on a preliminary charge of having "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act," police in the capital, Oslo, said in a statement early Tuesday. He was ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that President-elect Trump has tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with leading is reportedly considering developing a mobile app to make it easier for taxpayers to file their returns for free. The Washington Post on Tuesday reported citing two people familiar with conversations by DOGE leaders on the subject that it may develop an app that taxpayers can use to file ...
Source: nypost.com
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 -
By HALLIE GOLDEN and LISA BAUMANN, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain , causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
In 2024 citizens of the United States elected knowingly a rapist for president. In 1800 citizens of the United States chose a rapist for president, though he would not be exposed till two years later, and the exposure wouldn't affect his reputation for almost 200 years. It appears that one's station in life, not one's deportment, most defines — and has defined — the lot in life of Americans throughout ...
Source: post-gazette.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) summoned reporters on Tuesday afternoon just to make sure they're clear that he's against transgender rights. Earlier on in the day Johnson had ducked a question at a press conference about whether Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat who will be the first transgender member of Congress, is a man or a woman. Johnson apparently got enough backlash from ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A Hong Kong court sentenced 45 pro-democracy advocates in a mass trial on Tuesday, marking the largest case yet brought under the city's draconian National Security Law. The group of legislators, opposition politicians and activists were sentenced to between 51 and 120 months Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion of Hong Kong's National Security Law, which Beijing imposed on the ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Like Trump himself, Duffy had a run on reality TV WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Sean Duffy to become transportation secretary in his new administration, positioning him to oversee a complex system that includes pipelines, railroads, cars, trucks, airlines and mass transit systems, as well as funding for highways. Following are some things to know about Duffy. He is a former member of ...
Source: marketwatch.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Billionaire and former Senate candidate served in president-elect's cabinet in first administration Linda McMahon, co-chair of Donald Trump's transition team, has been named as the president-elect's pick for education secretary in his upcoming administration. In a statement, Trump extolled the "incredible" job McMahon, the billionaire co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has been doing as transition ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
RIO DE JANEIRO — President Joe Biden is walking away from back-to-back summits facing the almost certain prospect that his policy agenda and efforts to promote international cooperation will collapse as soon as Donald Trump takes office in less than two months. In meetings with foreign leaders at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Peru and the G20 meeting here, Biden stuck to his script and avoided any ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a so-called "sanctuary city" ordinance that bars city resources from being used for immigration enforcement and city departments from sharing information on people without legal status with federal immigration authorities, in anticipation of The measure will come back to the council for a second vote as a formality. Mayor Karen Bass, who has ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
US special envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce plan, which Lebanon has largely endorsed, to halt the Israel-Hezbollah war. The United States and France have spearheaded efforts for a ceasefire in the war, which escalated after nearly a year of deadly exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israeli troops. Israel expanded the focus of its operations ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs warned they may seek to have his sex-trafficking case dismissed because prosecutors caught a glimpse of a handwritten "to-do list" the rap mogul kept in his Brooklyn jail cell. The to-do list— jotted by Combs on a white legal pad, to memorialize jailhouse conversations with his attorneys — was secretly photographed and then returned to his cell by Bureau of Prisons ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Officials in Texas are set to vote Tuesday on a controversial new public school curriculum that incorporates Christian lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten while putting less focus on other faiths. The state Board of Education will vote on revisions to K-5 reading and English language arts materials that are part of Bluebonnet Learning, an optional, state-owned and Texas Education Agency-developed open ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
A man went on a deadly stabbing spree in New York on Monday, police and the mayor said, killing two people and critically injuring a third. Police issued an image of the suspected attack weapon, a large, bloodied kitchen knife, but have so far not commented on any possible motive for the triple slashings. "Two lost their lives, one is fighting for her life," New York mayor Eric Adams told a media briefing. "We have ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Multiple brands of organic carrots have been recalled due to a multistate outbreak of E. coli that has sickened at least 39 people. On Saturday (Nov. 16), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Grimmway Farms, headquartered in Bakersfield, California, had recalled certain brands of its organic whole carrots and organic baby carrots. These carrots should no longer be available in grocery stores ...
Source: livescience.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez's bid for freedom hit another possible roadblock this week as California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will not review their clemency request until after the incoming Los Angeles County district attorney makes a resentencing recommendation. Nathan Hochman is set to take office Dec. 2 after his win this month over District Attorney George Gascón, who has ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
An FBI special agent testified Monday that electronic location data seems to place Georgia nursing student Laken Riley and the man accused of killing her in the same wooded area at the time of her death. Meanwhile, prosecutors also played a recording of Ibarra being grilled by his wife about the case during a jail phone call. Jose Ibarra , 26, is charged with murder and other crimes in Riley's death in February. He ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Consumers could lose $46 billion to $78 billion in spending power each year if the new tariffs are implemented, per a published this month. "If the tariffs go into effect at the levels that have been spoken about, retailers will have no choice but to put up prices," GlobalData managing director Neil Saunders said. "So one of the things they will have to do is pass some of those cost increases over to consumers in ...
Source: axios.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Some Republican senators signaled support for a legislative effort to rein in the power Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. wield in the credit card market as they grilled the companies about the swipe fees they charge merchants and consumers. The Credit Card Competition Act ( S. 1838 ) from Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is unlikely to come up for a vote in the lame-duck period. But a parade of senators ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Two Wyoming abortion bans, including the first state law to prohibit the use of abortion pills, violate the state's constitution, a judge ruled Monday. In her decision, Judge Melissa Owens , of Teton County District Court, wrote that both a ban on medication abortion and a broader ban on all methods of abortion "impede the fundamental right to make health care decisions ...
Source: healthday.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
A 42-year-old Russian national has appeared in court in the US on suspicion of administering the sale, distribution and operation of Phobos ransomware, according to the Justice Department (DoJ). Evgenii Ptitsyn was in the US District Court for the District of Maryland on November 4 after being extradited from South Korea, according to documents unsealed yesterday. A 13-count indictment includes wire fraud ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Four military personnel and a police agent held on suspicion of plan to prevent inauguration of president Brazil's federal police have arrested four special forces military personnel and one of their own agents on suspicion of planning the assassination of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on 15 December 2022 to prevent his inauguration after his victory over the then president, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Microsoft is enhancing its bug bounty initiatives with the launch of the Zero Day Quest hacking event. With $4 million in potential rewards, it focuses on driving research in critical areas such as cloud computing and AI. Event focus The event invites security researchers to discover and report high-impact vulnerabilities in Microsoft AI and Cloud Bounty Programs: AI, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Identity, M365, ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday issued the first drought warning since 2002 amid historically low rainfall and blazing brush fires. New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday issued the first drought warning in 22 years amid historically low rainfall and warm temperatures. New York City departments will take steps to prevent drought conditions from worsening, the mayor's office said, such as limiting water use in ...
Source: usatoday.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
The largest number of logical qubits has been linked through quantum entanglement, which is a key step towards quantum computers that can detect and correct errors Useful quantum computers are one step closer. Microsoft and Atom Computing announced that they have set a new record for the most entangled logical qubits, which are crucial for developing quantum computers that can correct their own errors. "We are ...
Source: newscientist.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 20 riders were suspended in midair for hours after a Knott's Berry Farm ride malfunctioned Monday afternoon. Guests at the Southern California theme park were stuck on the Sol Spin ride after technical difficulties caused it to stop at about 2:00 p.m., a park spokesperson said. The 22 riders were evacuated from the ride by 4:30 p.m. according to the ride manufacturer's and park's ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
An estimated 55,000 people marched outside New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington on Tuesday to protest legislation that critics argue would dilute Indigenous rights by reinterpreting a treaty signed in 1840 by the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. The peaceful demonstration was the culmination of a nine-day march, or hīkoi, that began at Cape Reinga, the northernmost point of New Zealand and ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Recent mass bleaching , two cyclones and flooding have left parts of the Great Barrier Reef with "significant coral mortality", according to new data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The in-water surveys of 19 reefs between Lizard Island and Cardwell from August and October found up to 72 percent coral mortality on 12 reefs, the research showed on Tuesday. In one northern section of the reef, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Joe Mixon ran for three touchdowns to extend his TD streak to six games since coming back from injury, Derek Barnett returned a fumble 28 yards for a score, and the Texans beat the Cowboys 34-10 on Monday night. The Texans (7-4) stopped just the second two-game losing streak of CJ Stroud's young career while maintaining a two-game lead in the AFC South. Houston pulled away in the second-half a week after a 26-23 ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
NEW YORK — Arthur Frommer, whose "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, his daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. "My father opened up the world to so many people," she said. "He believed deeply that travel could be an enlightening activity and one ...
Source: military.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Within hours of the disaster, Biden said the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect the Congress to support my effort." He In a letter Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden said Congress must bolster funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other programs in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The request comes as lawmakers meet during ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Google introduced new tools to elevate online and in-store shopping experiences through artificial intelligence -powered features in Google Lens , Google Maps and Google Pay . Following the launch of a revamped Google Shopping platform in October, the company is applying its AI technology to improve the in-store shopping process, allowing consumers to access product details, reviews and competitive pricing with a ...
Source: pymnts.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told lawmakers Tuesday she has encouraged the agency's inspector general to review whether an employee was acting alone when directing workers helping hurricane victims not to go to homes with yards signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump. to make them aware of federal resources available. The employee, she said, wrote to about 11 ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
The public has a right to know how taxpayer dollars will be used to deport, ACLU says. Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking details from the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency into how it may execute a large deportation program. On Monday, ACLU of Southern California Foundation vs. ICE was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Gisele Pelicot, the French woman drugged by her ex-husband so she could be raped and sexually abused by him and dozens of strangers, said on Tuesday that it was time for a "macho" society to change its attitude on rape. "It's time that the macho, patriarchal society that trivialises rape changes," said Gisele Pelicot in her closing statement at the trial of her ex-husband and dozens of other men on rape ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
A New York City monsignor who raised eyebrows by allowing pop star Sabrina Carpenter to film a video in his church was relieved of duties after he allegedly mishandled nearly $2 million of church funds, church officials announced. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, of Our Lady of Mount Carmel — Annunciation Parish, no longer holds any pastoral oversight or governance role at the parish, Bishop Robert J. Brennan of ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has sued the parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, The Onion's parent company, and a bankruptcy trustee, alleging they colluded to win an auction for his Infowars media company. Jones is looking to depose some families of Sandy Hook victims and representatives of Global Tetrahedron LLC as part of his effort to disqualify their combined bid , according to ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
Exclusive: Block-building game to appear in theme parks, hotels and stores, starting in UK and US The global gaming phenomenon Minecraft is coming to the real world for the first time in a global deal to open themed rides, attractions, hotel rooms and retail outlets, starting with the UK and US. Minecraft has struck a deal with UK-headquartered Merlin Entertainments – Europe's largest theme park operator and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
After a loud chorus of complaints from site owners, Google is updating its policy on sites using their reputation to game the Search algorithm, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. Site reputation abuse, sometimes referred to colloquially as "parasite SEO," is the practice of using a larger website's high ranking and domain authority in Google to elevate smaller sites by linking to them. For example, if you own ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 -
A federal judge in Delaware on Monday tossed a lawsuit filed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee against social media giant Meta claiming that the platform unfairly profited from false advertisements for CBD products. Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel, sued Meta in July over a series of ads for CBD gummies. CBD gummies are edible candies that contain cannabidiol, or ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Monday, Nov 18th, 2024 -
Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. While one-fifth of US adults reported "regularly" receiving their news from online "news influencers" who post about current events, that number climbed to nearly 40% of young adults aged 18 to 29, the study published Monday ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Monday, Nov 18th, 2024 -
The hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski had a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump to develop a "new approach" and "restart communications", the pair revealed on their show Monday. "We talked about a lot of issues including abortion, mass deportation, threats of political deportation against political opponents and media outlets," Scarborough, a former ...
Source: salon.com
Monday, Nov 18th, 2024 -
Paul Teal, an actor known for his recurring role on the TV series " One Tree Hill ," died on Friday after a battle with cancer, a representative for Teal confirmed to CBS News. "His remarkable talent, along with his gentle spirit, has left an indelible mark on all of us fortunate enough to have known him," Susan Tolar Walters of STW Talent Agency said in a statement on Monday. "The loss we feel in our hearts is ...
Source: cbsnews.com