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Saturday, January 04, 2025

Historically, "Ladies' Nights" have been great for business. Discounted drinks or meals tend to draw a large crowd of women, which in turn tends to draw more men -- which then leads to packed bars and increased sales for the business. read more


Video footage and other data collected by Tesla helped law enforcement quickly piece together how a Cybertruck came to explode outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day. read more


US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Friday warning Americans that alcohol consumption can increase their cancer risk and called for an updated health warning label on alcoholic beverages. read more


Josh Marshall: Over the last four days the bizarre Cybertruck fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas has run from comical interlude to possible terrorist incident to tragic suicide of another veteran of America's forever wars. read more


This piece by Joshua Kaplan is a mind bender. He tells the story of wilderness trainer who decided, on a freelance basis, to infiltrate a militia and try to thwart the group's plans from within. The conclusions the infiltrator draws are dire and, the writer points out, likely to escalate if Donald Trump follows through with his plan to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. read more


In a bid to gain favor with the president-elect, Apple CEO Tim Cook has contributed $1 million of his personal finances to the inauguration fund. read more


US President Joe Biden has blocked the takeover of US Steel by a bigger Japanese firm, delivering on a political promise despite fears the move could hurt Washington's relations with Tokyo and scare off other foreign investors. read more


Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: Legal scholars have identified a potential workaround that a president with dictatorial ambitions might seek to exploit in pursuit of a third term. read more


Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: The past two years have brought a flood of shocking revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas' acceptance of lavish gifts, loans, and vacations from his billionaire buddies. But the justice has faced remarkably little accountability read more


Friday, January 03, 2025

Authorities were en route on Friday to execute an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Yonhap news agency reported, as a crowd of protesters faced off with police outside his residence and vowed to block any attempt. read more


Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles on Instagram and Facebook ... read more


In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 ... read more


ABC News is reporting that MAGA loyalist Rep. Virginia Foxx appeared to fall down the stairs at the U.S. Capitol on Friday after the vote for House speaker. read more


An independent federal agency recommends the House Ethics Committee open a full-scale investigation into U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles over discrepancies in his campaign finance disclosures. read more


In California, prices have reached $8.97, a 70% increase in the last month, per the U.S. Department of Agriculture's egg markets report. read more


As Rudy Giuliani's life gets stripped for parts to satisfy a $148 million defamation verdict, the former New York City mayor is fighting to keep one gleaming set of sports memorabilia ... read more


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