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Why are people pouring milk down the drain over a cow feed additive?
The new additive aims to cut down on methane emissions from cows, but some have raised safety concerns.BBC News - 7h -
OpenAI's active user count soars to 300 million people per week
After months of C-suite changes, tender offers and a soaring valuation, OpenAI has reached a new milestone: 300 million weekly active users.CNBC - 1h -
Mysterious illness in Congo has killed dozens of people, health authorities report
A mysterious disease with flu-like symptoms has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to health officials.NBC News - 1h -
Guilty pleas in trial on bride's death hours after wedding
Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty to charges in the trial related to the death of a South Carolina bride. Komoroski is accused of crashing her rental car while intoxicated into a golf car holding ...CBS News - 1d -
Vietnamese tycoon faces scramble to raise billions to avoid death sentence
Truong My Lan must repay three-quarters of $12bn she embezzled from bank in a case that shocked the country. The Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against the death ...The Guardian - 1d -
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released after death sentence is overturned
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against the Iranian regime.NBC News - 2d -
Death sentence upheld for tycoon — unless she pays $9 billion
Truong My Lan was convicted of swindling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and sentenced to death for fraud totaling $27 billion.CBS News - 1d -
Iran frees rapper Toomaj Salehi months after death sentence overturned
Iran has released dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi more than two years after his backing of women's rights protests over Mahsa Amini's death landed him in prison.CBS News - 1d -
Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
Medical experts have been sent to southwestern Congo after a mystery disease killed dozens of people over two weeks, authorities saidABC News - 1d -
Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
Medical experts have been sent to southwestern Congo after a mystery disease killed dozens of people over two weeks, authorities saidABC News - 1d -
Daniel Penny jury deliberates in chokehold death of Jordan Neely
Jurors have begun deliberations in the chokehold death trial of Daniel Penny, who is accused of killing Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train.ABC News - 23h -
Was Daniel Penny 'reckless'? Jurors deliberate on subway chokehold death
Daniel Penny is accused of putting a homeless man in a fatal chokehold for six minutes on a New York subway train.Yahoo Sports - 20h -
Doctors say Texas abortion ban is causing preventable deaths
According to new reporting from ProPublica, Texas' strict abortion ban is leading to preventable deaths. ProPublica reporter Lizzie Presser joins "America Decides" to unpack her findings.CBS News - 19h -
What we know about the suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO's shooting death
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York City on Wednesday in what officials are calling a targeted attack.CBS News - 1h -
Lucy Letby questioned over suspicious deaths of babies in Liverpool
Jailed neonatal nurse’s lawyer condemns ‘leaking by police’ as possible link to Liverpool Women’s hospital emerges. Lucy Letby maintains her innocence, her lawyer said on Wednesday as he condemned ...The Guardian - 1h -
56 people killed in Guinea soccer stadium disaster following controversial referee decision
Monday's events are the latest in a long line of soccer stadium disasters over the last three decadesCBS Sports - 2d -
Winter weather alerts for 5 million people as snow continues to hit northern states
Some 5 million people across the Great Lakes and southern Appalachians are under winter weather alerts Monday morning, with the snow and rain that have disrupted the post-holiday travel period in ...NBC News - 2d -
What Trump’s plan to end IRS ‘overstepping’ could mean for audits of rich people — and call hold times for everyone else
The incoming Trump team wants to change the IRS mentality from “we’re the tax police,” one expert said.MarketWatch - 7h -
Village People singer defends Trump's use of 'Y.M.C.A.,' says song isn't a 'gay anthem'
Village People co-founder and lead singer Victor Willis said Y.M.C.A. has “benefited greatly” from Donald Trump's use and isn't a "gay anthem."NBC News - 1d -
Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits
Israel has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 peopleABC News - 1d -
3 people killed when 8 shot at a gathering in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood
Eight people were shot, three fatally, Monday afternoon during a "social gathering" at a residence in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood, a police official said.NBC News - 1d -
Democrat Adam Gray flips California swing seat blue
Republican Rep. John Duarte was narrowly ousted from his seat in a rematch against a Democratic rival.Politico - 16h -
‘They felt they couldn’t market us to white people’: 90s hip-hop iconoclasts Digable Planets return
As they mark the 30th anniversary of album Blowout Comb, the Grammy-winning trio revisit their egalitarian ethos, anti-fascist lyrics and Pink Floyd influences. It’s 1 March 1994, and at New York’s ...The Guardian - 1d -
Unknown disease kills 143 people in south-west DRC, local authorities say
Infected people described as having flu-like symptoms including high fever and severe headaches. An unknown disease killed 143 people in a south-west province of Democratic Republic of the Congo in ...The Guardian - 1d -
Whoopi Goldberg doesn't understand 'why people are clutching their pearls' because of Biden pardon
“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Tuesday that she doesn’t understand “why people are clutching their pearls” about Hunter Biden’s pardon by his father, President Biden. “This is his right as ...The Hill - 23h -
Village People frontman says ‘YMCA’ isn’t a ‘gay anthem’ and supports Trump using it at rallies
Singer-songwriter Victor Willis revealed Trump’s use of the song has greatly benefited its streaming numbersYahoo Sports - 20h -
Village People Singer Praises Trump For Boosting 'YMCA,' Rejects Song’s ‘Gay Anthem’ Label
In a lengthy note, Victor Willis explained why he changed his tune on the Republican's use of the 1978 disco classic.Yahoo Sports - 20h -
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?
It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in historyABC News - 4h -
A rival weight loss drug to Wegovy helped people shed more pounds, study shows
People who took Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, shed more pounds than those on Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in a clinical trial, Lilly said in a release Wednesday.NBC News - 4h -
Prosecution makes closing argument in murder trial over stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
Closing arguments have begun in the trial of a tech consultant in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco last yearABC News - 1d -
Trent Williams' wife Sondra announces that their son Trenton was stillborn at 35 weeks
The loss of a child was the second for a 49ers player and his family this season. Charvarius Ward lost his 1-year-old daughter, Amani Joy in October.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Vietnamese tycoon must find $9bn to avoid death penalty after appeal fails
She is now in a race for her life - if she can pay back 75% of what she took, she could be spared.BBC News - 1d -
Vietnam court may commute tycoon's death sentences if she repays $11 billion
A court in Vietnam has upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some $11 billionABC News - 1d
