A record number of full-time office workers are turning to side gigs and second jobs amid rising economic anxiety, inadequate workplace support, and growing concerns about job security, according to a new survey.
May 28 (Reuters) - Russia has massed more than 50,000 troops, including some of its best forces, near Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, but Kyiv has taken steps to prevent them from conducting a large-scale offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
The build-up comes as Russia appears to be gearing up for a summer offensive in Ukraine while Kyiv waits for Moscow to present a memorandum laying out its conditions to proceed with ceasefire talks.
Starbase, Texas, has notified some residents that they might "lose the right to continue using" their property as they do today, according to a memo obtained by CNBC. The town, home to Elon Musk's SpaceX, is considering a new zoning ordinance and citywide map. The notice, sent to property owners in a proposed "Mixed Use District," would allow for "residential, office, retail, and small-scale service uses." Read more
Longtime White House reporter Brian Karem is suggesting that, as disturbing as Donald Trump's mental decline has become more apparent during his second term, what is even more dangerous are the people who support him and defend despite evidence that he is giving signs that he is slipping. In his column for Salon, Karem wrote that the president had another temper tantrum during his press availability on Wednesday when he was asked about Wall Street using "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) as shorthand for betting on the market after his tariff pronouncements. That, in turn, led the president to shoot back, "Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question," which left many attending "not overly impressed" by his outburst because they have become accustomed to his decline, leading one pool reporter to comment, "I really think he lost it a long time ago." Read more
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his "Make America Healthy Again" Commission report harnesses "gold-standard" science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions. Seven of the cited sources don't appear to exist at all. Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes is listed in the MAHA report as the first author of a study on anxiety in adolescents. When NOTUS reached out to her this week, she was surprised to hear of the citation. She does study mental health and substance use, she said. But she didn't write the paper listed. "The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," Keyes told NOTUS via email. "We've certainly done research on this topic, but did not publish a paper in JAMA Pediatrics on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title."
Time to chat. Look at this article about women wanting to be kids again. Makes sense. Why cant they act their age? www.dailymail.co.uk
Zaur Gurtsiev, Deputy Mayor of the Russian city of Stavropol who led an airborne operation to capture Mariupol, has been permanently removed from the chessboard by an explosion on the night of 28-29 May. A man identified as Nikita Penkov (29) approached the veteran special operations officer, a Russian military hero, and activated a hand grenade which neither of them survived. Prima facie, this appears to be a martyrdom operation against Zaur Gurtsiev, a former Russian paratrooper. Russian authorities suspect Ukrainian involvement. Previous Ukraine GUR missions behind enemy lines utilized escape plans or remote detonation devices. See video of operation in link. Read more
Syrian refugee Muhammad Al Muhammad (19) was hailed as a hero after he pinned down a German native woman (39) who stabbed 18 people in Hamburg's main railway station last week. Muhammad was waiting on the platform for his train when he spotted a woman wielding a knife and people running away from her. The hero intervened and assisted a Chechen man who kicked her knee, causing her to collapse. Muhammad then pinned the maniac down until the polizei arrived. None of the victims died and the attacker was sent to a psychiatric facility for evaluation. Strict firearm regulations prevented this lunatic from owning a gun, which she could have used to cause more casualties and possibly fatalities, like a typical US mass shooting. Read more
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) reports: "Between 3 Dec 2023 and 27 Mar 2025, the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted at least 518 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) flights to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) using the Shadow R1 aircraft almost daily out of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus."
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Elon Musk has announced his departure from the Trump administration, bringing an end to his role as a special advisor and the public face of the government's cost-cutting campaign. The move comes just one day after the billionaire entrepreneur publicly criticised President Donald Trump's marquee legislative proposal, which he described as "a massive spending bill" that undermines his work. Posting on X, his own social media platform, Musk wrote, "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."
Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure have continued to become better organized over the past 12 hours. Some banding features have become more pronounced over the southern semi-circle. Recent scatterometer data depicts that the system now has a well-defined low-level center. Thus, the system is now classified as a tropical depression, the first of the eastern Pacific season. The initial intensity is set at 30 kt based on a T2.0 Dvorak classification from TAFB.
Steve Martin doing the Marty Robbins classic "El Paso" from his 1980 TV special "Comedy Is Not Pretty."
Gov. Ron DeSantis's office announced Tuesday that the Sunshine State hit a new tourism record last year. In 2024, 143 million visitors visited Florida, an increase of 1.7% over the previous record set in 2023. The governor's office said 130.65 million domestic travelers, 8.94 million overseas visitors, and 3.41 million Canadian tourists visited the Sunshine State last year. DeSantis also announced that Florida has welcomed 41.2 million visitors in the first quarter of 2025. "Florida's tourism industry leads the nation," DeSantis said. "These results are proof that our freedom-first policies work " and that Florida remains the best place to visit, work and raise a family." The governor's office said the state is "positioned for even greater success as the most visited destination in the United States."
Andrew Tate and brother Tristan have been charged with rape and human trafficking in the UK, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed. Andrew, a 38-year-old influencer and former kickboxer, faces 10 charges connected to three alleged victims, including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain. Tristan, 36, faces 11 charges connected to one alleged victim, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking. The pair deny the total of 21 charges dating back to between 2012 and 2015. The charging decision was made after prosecutors reviewed a file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police. A European Arrest warrant was issued for the brothers in 2024, but ongoing criminal matters in Romania must be dealt with first.
Conservative analyst Jessica Riedl says tariffs damage economies by "raising prices, distorting markets, and encouraging foreign retaliation" against US exports, but Americans don't see the "swamp-infested cronyism" as lobbyists "seek exemptions for individual businesses." These businesses, she said, include the farming industry, whose participants knowingly voted for the tariffs they now want to be excluded from.
