The middle finger is the most controversial digit. Thank the ancient Greeks for that.
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve ever “flipped the bird,” you have something in common with ancient Greeks. It was around 2,500…
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Macy’s rejects a $5.8 billion unsolicited takeover offer
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Macy’s has rejected a $5.8 billion offer to take the 165-year-old retailer private, announcing late…
Continue ReadingBiden campaign puts reproductive rights front and center as it plans to tie Trump to abortion bans
By Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden campaign will hit the airwaves in battleground states with its first abortion-focused ad of the…
Continue ReadingIcy conditions make for hazardous travel across central US, but warmer air is on the horizon
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Icy conditions are making for hazardous travel as freezing rain pelts large…
Continue ReadingBoeing faces new safety alert over earlier generation of 737s
By Gregory Wallace and Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — The US Federal Aviation Administration has urged airlines to inspect so-called door plugs on an…
Continue ReadingA house fire in Indiana has killed 5 children and injured another
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Five children have died and a sixth is being treated for burns after fire tore through a house in northern Indiana. The…
Continue ReadingCalifornia State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers in the California State…
Continue ReadingSpain’s top court says the government broke the law when it sent child migrants back to Morocco
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Spanish authorities acted illegally when they sent unaccompanied child migrants back to…
Continue ReadingFederal officials recommend that airlines inspect door plugs on some older Boeing jets as well
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration recommends that airlines inspect the door plugs on certain Boeing 737s that are older than…
Continue ReadingLiberia’s new president takes office with a promise to ‘rescue’ Africa’s oldest republic
By MARK N. MENGONFIA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s new President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has been sworn into…
Continue ReadingTrinidad government inquiry into divers’ deaths suggests manslaughter charges against company
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A government inquiry into the deaths of four divers in Trinidad who became trapped in a pipe while doing maintenance…
Continue ReadingDave Eggers’ children’s book ‘The Eyes & the Impossible’ wins prestigious Newbery Medal
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Eggers’ “The Eyes & the Impossible,” the great adventure of a very fast dog,…
Continue ReadingHis presidential bid over, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he won’t seek a third term as governor
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum says he will not seek a third term as governor.…
Continue ReadingUS targets Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad, its CEO and Hamas cryptocurrency financiers for sanctions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad is denying U.S. allegations that have resulted in it…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rejects an appeal from a former business partner of Hunter Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a former business partner of presidential son Hunter Biden who was seeking to…
Continue ReadingDutch court convicts pro-Syrian government militia member of illegally detaining, torturing civilian
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted a former high-ranking member of a pro-Syrian government…
Continue ReadingInsider Q&A: Small federal agency crafts standards for making AI safe, secure and trustworthy
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — A little-known federal agency, The National Institute of Standards and Technology, was tapped by…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court will consider overturning Oklahoma death row prisoner Glossip’s murder conviction
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu touts ‘initiative’ to free hostages in Gaza as pressure mounts
CNN By Amir Tal, Mitchell McCluskey, Hagi Cohen-Boland and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has offered a two-month ceasefire to Hamas as…
Continue ReadingLiz Weston: Retiring wasn’t easy — even after years of writing about it
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet I thought I’d covered most aspects of retirement in three decades of writing about it, but there were a few surprises.…
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