Category: news
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The U.S. wants to triple nuclear power by 2050. America’s coal communities could provide a pathway
The planned restart of Three Mile Island is a step forward for nuclear power, but the U.S. needs to deploy new plants to keep up with rising electricity demand, one of the nation’s top nuclear officials said this week. The U.S. needs to at least triple its nuclear fleet to keep pace with demand, slash…
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Bad blood with Republicans drives a decline in Taylor Swift’s poll numbers
Republican views of Taylor Swift have taken a nosedive in comparison to last year, a new NBC News poll shows, weeks after the pop singer announced her endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. About 47% of Republicans say they view Swift negatively in a poll conducted days after her presidential endorsement, a sharp uptick from…
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How contagious is it and will the updated vaccines work?
There’s a new Covid variant in town. The strain, known as XEC, is gaining a foothold in the United States, accounting for an estimated 5.7% of new cases in the past two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. “We don’t know if it will have legs and soar up in the…
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Why JPMorgan Chase is prepared to sue the U.S. government over Zelle scams
Buried in a roughly 200-page quarterly filing from JPMorgan Chase last month were eight words that underscore how contentious the bank’s relationship with the government has become. The lender disclosed that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could punish JPMorgan for its role in Zelle, the giant peer-to-peer digital payments network. The bank is accused of failing to kick criminal accounts off…
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Netanyahu lashes out at U.N. and defends Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly faced an international community from which he has become deeply isolated amid international condemnation of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and the military’s fresh escalations in Lebanon. Netanyahu opened his speech before the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York on Friday by saying he had not planned…
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Key Fed inflation gauge at 2.2% in August, lower than expected
Inflation moved closer to the Federal Reserve’s target in August, easing the way for future interest rate cuts, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, a gauge the Fed focuses on to measure the cost of goods and services in the U.S. economy, rose 0.1% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation…
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In a meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump says he will negotiate a Ukraine-Russia deal ‘that’s good for both sides’
Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy for the first time in five years, former President Donald Trump complained about his 2019 impeachment and said if re-elected he would work to end the Russia-Ukraine war with a deal “that’s good for both sides.” “We’re going to work very much with both parties to try and get…
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NYC Mayor Adams turns himself in to federal authorities ahead of arraignment
New York City Mayor Eric Adams will step into a Manhattan courtroom and into the history books on Friday when he is arraigned on federal corruption and bribery charges that could force him out of office. Adams surrendered to federal authorities a day after he was hit with a 57-page federal indictment accusing him of…
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Marshall V Headphone Review 2024
It’s hard to convince someone to try a new pair of headphones or earbuds once they have their beloved dedicated pair. It’s like Cinderella’s glass shoe; once you have your preferred fit and sound, you usually aren’t as willing to try a new design. I have tested headphones for over five years and I still…
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‘Soft’ book bans and the aftermath of record-breaking censorship
When David Shelley, the CEO of Hachette, one of the “big five” publishing companies, was a teenager, he was living in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain and under a law called Section 28. The measure, which was in effect from 1988 to 2003, prohibited schools from “promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality.” In the ’80s,…