Day: January 11, 2025
Biden awards Pope Francis Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction
Pope Francis meets U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican, October 29, 2021. Vatican Media | Reuters President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the first time in his term the president has bestowed that honor, the White House announced on Saturday. “The first pope from the Southern […]
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Special counsel Jack Smith resigns from DOJ as Trump’s fight to block final report continues
Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump on August 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Special Counsel Jack Smith resigned from the Department of Justice on Friday after he completed his two criminal investigations of President-elect Donald […]
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Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple on its lack of innovation and ‘random rules’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg slammed rival tech giant Apple for lackluster innovation efforts and “random rules” in a lengthy podcast interview on Friday. “On the one hand, [the iPhone has] […]
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Family’s abandoned train car turned Airbnb brings in up to $110,000 a year: ‘Our dreams were surpassed’
In 2020, Isaac French, 27, and his family purchased a train car that had been sitting abandoned on a neighbor’s farm in Deary, Idaho. They paid just $3,000. Train car number 306 was built in the 1900s and originally ran on the Washington Idaho & Montana Railway from 1909 until the 1950s. When the family got […]
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Ukraine captured two injured North Korean soldiers, Zelenskyy says
Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine speaks at the press conference during the European Council Meeting on December 19, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Pier Marco Tacca | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ukraine has captured two injured North Korean soldiers from the battlefield in Russia’s Kursk region and transferred them to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday. “Two […]
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Author lived in an underground bunker for 10 days to study sleep, happiness and health—1 key thing she learned
On her quest to better understand how factors like when we eat and how much sunlight we get affect our ability to feel rested, happy and balanced, Lynne Peeples went 50 feet below ground for 10 days. Peeples, a science journalist and author of “The Inner Clock: Living in Sync With Our Circadian Rhythms,” found […]
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This ETF provider launches a new way to play Tesla
ETF Edge This ETF provider launches a new way to play Tesla Published Sat, Jan 11 202511:00 AM EST Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source
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Jeju Air black box data missing from last 4 minutes before crash
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Kim Hong-Ji | Reuters The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped […]
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Bitcoin soared in 2024. How much — if any — should you own?
A bitcoin ATM in Miami. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Bitcoin prices soared in 2024. But you may want to tread with caution before euphoria leads you on a hasty buying spree. Bitcoin and other crypto should generally account for just a sliver of investor portfolios — generally no more than […]
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Trump’s plan for mass deportation could have a big effect on prices
The U.S. saw inflation cool in 2024, but economists warn that President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants could greatly affect prices. “Certainly the economic impacts are going to be felt,” said David J. Bier, the director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute. “There’s going to be supply chain issues. […]
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