USA Update

Toward the end of his tenure, Gen. Mark Milley, who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2023, told Bob Woodward of The Washington Post that Donald Trump was a fundamental threat to the safety and integrity of the United States. “No one has ever been as dangerous to this […]

When money market interest rates broke above 5 percent last year, it was a wake-up call for many investors who had grown accustomed to getting almost nothing for their money at banks. Hundreds of billions of dollars flowed into the funds, which swelled in size month after month. Now that the Federal Reserve has begun […]

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and Republican opponent Sam Brown sparred on a range of topics Thursday night during their one and only face-off for the crucial battleground state of Nevada.  The debate, hosted by KLAS, touched on the issues from immigration to abortion to recent UFO investigations.   Both candidates were asked about immigration […]

American homeowners have accrued hundreds of thousands of dollars in home equity and they’re increasingly borrowing against that value, even though interest rates remain high. Home equity, the difference between your home’s value and what you owe on your mortgage, has ballooned as home prices have risen. American homeowners with mortgages have about $315,000 in […]

Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang have collectively grown over $150 billion richer this year, a figure that exceeds Warren Buffett‘s net worth. Zuckerberg, the CEO and cofounder of Meta, has added $76.1 billion to his fortune in 2024, making him the largest wealth gainer on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s worth $204 billion as of […]

BERLIN — U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to maintain support for Ukraine during a highly-symbolic meeting in Berlin on Friday as European leaders face the prospect of a Donald Trump victory in the U.S. election in less than three weeks. “We must sustain our resolve, our effort and our support,” […]

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s road safety agency is again investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The National Highway Safety Administration says in documents that it opened the probe on Thursday with the company reporting four crashes after Teslas entered […]

All names of survivors and their family members in this article have been changed by DW to preserve anonymity. Minors, especially minor girls, are in the central  state of Madhya Pradesh. In a small countryside town, DW met with the family of 6-year-old Masoom who was raped in broad daylight by a 27-year-old man.  Her mother […]

From reality television, to the plot of “Bridgerton,” 2024 might very well be the year of the “throuple.” The polyamorous relationship involving three romantic partners, instead of the more conventional two, seems to be popping up everywhere.  And a throuple is at the center of a murder investigated by “48 Hours” and correspondent Peter Van […]

A new study has found that children as young as eight say they struggle to put screens away. Some 26% of eight- to-14-year-olds struggle to spend time away from gaming and social media. Over half (53%) of eight- to 12-year-olds and almost two-thirds (65%) of 12- to 14-year-olds believe they ‘spend too much time online’. […]

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