Think ‘brain rot’ summed up 2024? Oxford agrees it was the word of the year
LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “Brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the…
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Costco Is Recalling 10,800 Units of Its Kirkland Signature Pasture-Raised Eggs Over Salmonella Concerns
The eggs, which came in 24-count boxes and weren't meant to be sold in stores, "were instead packaged and distributed in retail packaging." If you have purchased eggs from Costco…
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Crime prevention program shows dramatic drops in homicides, shootings in some parts of Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — A program that provides federal funds to groups in Detroit working to reduce homicides and shootings is showing reductions of 83%, 73% and 61% in some of…
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Coast Guard suspends its search for the crew of a capsized fishing boat in the Gulf of Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The search for five people believed to be aboard a fishing vessel that capsized in rough seas in the Gulf of Alaska has been suspended, the Coast Guard…
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What billionaires and their advisers say keeps them from giving more and faster
BOZEMAN, Montana (AP) — Marie Dageville and her husband Benoit Dageville became billionaires overnight when his data cloud company, Snowflake, went public in September 2020. After that life changing moment,…
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Iraqi fighters head to Syria to battle rebels but Lebanon’s Hezbollah stays out
DAMASCUS — Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria on Monday to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, while Lebanon's Hezbollah has no plans for…
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Intel CEO Gelsinger retires; Zinsner and Johnston Holthaus named interim co-CEOs
SANTA CLARA, California — Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, the struggling chipmaker said today in a surprise announcement. Two company executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will act…
Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use…
Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wake
SAINT GEORGE'S (AP) — The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season came to a close on Saturday, bringing to an end a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to the average seven,…
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Intensified gang violence, U.S. flights ban leave Haitians with few options to flee
PORT-AU-PRINCE — When Haiti orphanage founder and author Mitch Albom heard that U.S. commercial flights into the troubled Caribbean nation were banned for 30 days after gangs shot at three commercial…