OCTOBER 30, 2022
Morbi Bridge Collapse. - (Image: Gujarat government website: morbi.nic.in)
More than 60 people died, mostly women, children, and the elderly, after a suspension bridge, noted to be an “engineering marvel”, on Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi city collapsed on Sunday evening, days after it was reopened after renovation.
BJP MP Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya from Rajkot said the death toll...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Elon Musk has finally bought Twitter. While some are happy about his takeover, there are many who are worried about the platform's credibility and surge in misinformation. Having a similar belief, a top European official has issued a stern warning to the new boss of Twitter, just hours after Musk closed the $44 billion deal.
Thierry Breton, the...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most popular kind among U.S. home buyers, rose to 7.08 percent on Thursday. - Philip Cheung / NY Times
Mortgage rates barreled past the 7 percent mark on Thursday to their highest level since 2002, as the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate increases, meant to combat inflation, continued to seep through...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
A shopper browsing in a Whole Foods supermarket in New York. - Richard B. Levine/Sipa USA
A new batch of inflation data released Friday showed that while prices remained uncomfortably high in September, a slowdown in wage growth indicates some relief may be in sight. That’s an encouraging development for the Federal Reserve, which is battling to bring...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Elon Musk plans to change Twitter from a public to a privately held company.
SAN FRANCISCO — In August 2018, Elon Musk called Michael Dell for advice.
Mr. Musk, who was trying to take Tesla, his electric car company, private, quizzed Mr. Dell, who had done that very thing with his eponymous computer company in 2013, about the process...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Flu-related hospitalizations nationwide have risen dramatically in recent weeks, reaching levels historically not seen until much later in flu season, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday.
"We haven't seen this level of activity this early before," said Lynnette Brammer, team lead of the domestic influenza surveillance team at the CDC. Typical flu...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects military exercises at an undisclosed location in North Korea on Oct. 8, 2022. South Korea says Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. Independent journalists were not given access to cover...
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Welcome back market watchers, Phil Rosen here. Dust off your dictionaries because today's GDP release might reignite the recession debate that's proved as semantic as it is economic.
The year kicked off with back-to-back negative GDP readings, but the headline today should look more upbeat, with growth of 2.4% expected.
But no matter what politicians may tell you (midterms...
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Jenna regularly stands at the window and demands hugs from her human family.
Williamsburg, Virginia - Ryan Phillips was initially startled when he heard a strange knocking at his window in the middle of the night, but the reason for the odd noises soon became clear.
Phillips, founder of the Life With Pigs Farm Animal Sanctuary in Virginia, shared...
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Man, kissing a woman, by the beach. - Photo: Dean Drobot / Shutterstock
Genuine. A word seemingly reserved in today's society for objects or artifacts. This is a "genuine" piece. A "genuine" collection. A "genuine" whatever the hell.
What you do not often hear, though, is how a person is genuine. I read (and listen to) stories on nearly...
