Biden-Harris and congressional Democrats saved 1.4 million union pensions
The Biden-Harris administration and congressional Democrats saved the pensions of more than a million union members, many of which could have become insolvent in the coming year, according to a new report out of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office.
Being sugar-deprived had major effects on these childrens’ health
People who were restricted to limited amounts of sugar in the first few years of life were less likely to develop diabetes and high blood pressure decades later, a new study has found.
Russia fines Google $20 decillion over banned pro-Putin news outlets
Russia has fined Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, many times more than the world’s entire GDP, for blocking its YouTube accounts.
North Korea long-range ballistic missile test splashes down between Japan and Russia
North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Judge orders Elon Musk to court over $1 million giveaway in US election
A judge ordered all parties, including Elon Musk, to attend a court hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday in a lawsuit seeking to stop a political action committee controlled by the billionaire from awarding $1 million to registered U.S. voters in battleground states ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office filed the lawsuit on Monday. It called the giveaway by Musk’s America PAC, which backs Republican former President Donald Trump, an “illegal lottery” that enticed Pennsylvania residents to share personal data.
Harris, Trump accuse each other of fomenting division in campaign’s final stretch
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris accused each other of deepening the discord of a deeply polarized nation as the U.S. presidential campaign entered its final week on Wednesday.
Lebanon, Israel could agree to ceasefire within days, Lebanese prime minister says
Lebanon’s prime minister expressed hope on Wednesday that a ceasefire deal with Israel would be announced within days as Israel’s public broadcaster published what it said was a draft agreement providing for an initial 60-day truce.
Lawn-sign wars: US voters use trackers, cameras to deter political theft
Tired of her Kamala Harris signs disappearing from her Springfield, Missouri, front yard, Laura McCaskill taped a tracking device to one to see where it might end up.
Heart-valve patients should have earlier surgery, study suggests
For decades, people with failing heart valves who nevertheless felt all right would walk out of the cardiologist’s office with the same “wait and see” treatment plan: Come back in six or 12 months. No reason to go under the knife just yet.
In swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence
DETROIT (Reuters) — With the U.S. election just days away, officials in the most competitive battleground states are bracing for misinformation, conspiracy theories, threats and possible violence.
U.S. senators urge overhaul of customs program to stop fentanyl chemical smuggling
Prominent U.S. Democratic senators on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to crack down on a popular duty-free customs program after Reuters reporting revealed how drug traffickers use the streamlined entry system to sneak Chinese-made fentanyl chemicals into the country virtually unchecked.
Climate change is making temperatures deadlier, food less reliable, experts warn
Climate change, driven by fossil fuel emissions, is raising temperatures to dangerous new heights, while also worsening drought and food security, a new report by doctors and health experts warned on Tuesday.
Judge refuses to recuse herself from Trump assassination case
Aileen M. Cannon, the federal judge overseeing the prosecution of a man accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump, rejected the man’s request that she remove herself from the case, saying on Tuesday that she has no relationship with Trump even though he appointed her to the bench and she has ruled in his favor in a separate criminal matter.
Chinese astronauts to conduct experiments in space, including lunar bricks
China sent three astronauts on Wednesday to its permanently inhabited space station, where they will conduct dozens of scientific experiments, some related to the construction of human habitats.
Trump ally Steve Bannon ‘far from broken’ after release from prison
Steve Bannon, a long-time ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, was released on Tuesday from prison, where he had been serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
Trump family members and Biden aides among China hack targets
Members of former President Donald Trump’s family, as well as Biden administration and State Department officials, were among those targeted by the China-linked hackers who were able to break into telecommunications company systems, according to people familiar with the matter.
Israeli strike kills dozens in north Gaza residental block, US calls incident ‘horrifying’
At least 93 Palestinians were killed or missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, the Gaza health ministry said, and the U.S. called the incident “horrifying”.
North Korea and Russia send political shockwaves with Ukraine war moves
MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) — North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in Russia on Tuesday for talks as the Russia-Ukraine war appeared to take a dangerous new turn, with NATO and South Korea expressing alarm that North Korean troops could soon be joining in on Moscow’s side.
New vehicles, face paint and a 1,200-foot fall: The US Army prepares for war with China
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii — Early one morning this month, 864 Army paratroopers bundled into C-17 transport planes at a base in Alaska and took off for a Great Power War exercise between three volcanic mountains on the Big Island.
US job openings hit more than 3-1/2-year low; consumer confidence rebounds
U.S. job openings dropped to more than a 3-1/2-year low in September, but nearly all the decline in vacancies was in the South, suggesting that Hurricanes Helene and Milton had temporarily weighed on demand for labor.
