Deadline for National Insurance top ups softened

Deadline for National Insurance top-ups softened

A looming deadline for people to plug NI gaps, to ensure they get the full state pension, has been eased.

BBC News - 9h

Trump fires top general in Pentagon shake-up

The new defence secretary earlier accused Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown of having a "woke" focus.

BBC News - Feb. 22

Trump shakes up top military leadership

Late Friday night, President Trump fired General Charles "C.Q." Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the firing last year due to Brown's ...

CBS News - Feb. 22

Trump fires nation’s top-ranking military officer in latest job cuts

President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top-ranking military officer, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. CQ Brown Jr. It’s the first of many more job cuts expected with thousands of ...

NBC News - Feb. 22

Panthers place Matthew Tkachuk on LTIR, freeing up lots of cap space ahead of NHL Trade Deadline

The Florida Panthers have had a busy weekend.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

NHL trade deadline tracker 2024-2025: Panthers acquire Seth Jones from Blackhawks as market heats up

Plenty of names are beginning to be dealt ahead of Friday's trade deadline

CBS Sports - 8h

Bristol's David among England call-ups for pre-Six Nations camp

Millie David, Charlotte Fray, Jade Shekells and Sarah Parry are in the England Women's training squad for the first time ahead of the Six Nations.

BBC News - 14h

Trump fires top US military officer in Pentagon shake-up

President removes CQ Brown and other senior leaders who he blames for pushing diversity, equity and inclusion policies

Financial Times - Feb. 22

Violence up at German train stations, with Berlin top of the list

Yahoo News - 2d

Francisco Alvarez picks up his second hit of the spring as Mets face Nationals

In split-squad action, the Mets fell to the Washington Nationals by a score of 11-6 on Sunday at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 23

Will the working-class GOP really cut health insurance?

Budget chicanery begets more budget chicanery. About this time in 2010, Democrats were trying every procedural and accounting trick they could conjure to push ObamaCare through a restive Congress. ...

The Hill - 6d

Bracketology: Tennessee faces Texas A&M in battle of No. 2 seeds who could move up if a top-line team falls

This weekend could see some movement in Jerry Palm's NCAA Tournament bracket projection

CBS Sports - Feb. 21

College basketball rankings: Duke, Houston move up, Tennessee in top five after Alabama falls in Coaches Poll

The Cougars, who are closing in on the Big 12 regular-season championship, are No. 4 in the Coaches Poll

CBS Sports - Feb. 24

NBA power rankings 2024-25: Celtics take over No. 1, while Lakers vault up into top five

How big of a threat are the Lakers and Nuggets to the Thunder this postseason?

Yahoo Sports - 5d

2025 NFL Draft: How do Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward stack up to top QB prospects in 2024 draft?

Where would Sanders and Ward rank if they were in the 2024 draft class?

CBS Sports - 4d

College basketball rankings: Houston, Tennessee, St. John's move up in AP Top 25; Louisville makes big move

At No. 6 in this week's AP Top 25, the Red Storm has their highest ranking since the 1990-91 season

CBS Sports - 4h

Bracketology: Kansas gets shot at moving up, can bump Houston from top line to a No. 2 seed

The Jayhawks are a No. 6 seed in Jerry Palm's bracket, but could move up by beating the Cougars on Monday

CBS Sports - 5h

The top 10% of Americans are propping up the economy. Here’s what will happen if they stop spending.

The wealthy are spending, but many consumers are pulling back — and the stock market is fragile.

MarketWatch - 3h

Weekly jobless claims jump to 242,000, more than expected in latest sign of economic softening

Initial filings for unemployment benefits hit their highest level of the year last week.

CNBC - 4d

Here's why Trump tariffs may raise your car insurance premiums

The Trump administration’s tariff policies may raise auto insurance premiums for motorists, according to a new Insurify analysis.

NBC News - Feb. 24

Here's why Trump tariffs may raise your car insurance premiums

If they take effect, tariffs are expected to raise costs for auto insurers to repair or replace cars, meaning motorists pay higher premiums.

CNBC - Feb. 24

Insurance companies denying some additional breast cancer screenings

Millions of American women are at high risk for breast cancer but many insurances don’t cover the costs of follow-up screenings needed to detect the disease. Typically, the companies cover one ...

NBC News - Feb. 24

My $30,000 health insurance claim was denied. Then I tweeted about it

Public shaming works – but it’s also a sign of how broken the appeals process is in the US health insurance industry. In December 2016, I was hospitalized with severe electrolyte abnormalities that ...

The Guardian - 5d

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Browns take QB with extra first-rounder from Myles Garrett trade; Titans give up top pick

Plus, the Rams find their Cooper Kupp replacement

CBS Sports - Feb. 21

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Giants trade up to No. 1 after missing out on Matthew Stafford; defenders dominate top 10

Examining how the NFL combine could impact the draft

CBS Sports - 3d

NFL scouting combine: Texas' Isaiah Bond fails to back up prediction of topping Xavier Worthy's 40-yard dash record

The Texas WR said on Friday that he would beat Worthy's record time of 4.21.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)

Cybersecurity insurance is increasingly critical, particularly as AI transforms (and simplifies) hackers' methodologies.

VentureBeat - Feb. 20

Trying to cancel my washing machine insurance leaves me in a spin – the Edith Pritchett cartoon

The Guardian - Feb. 22

The Rangers Have No Choice But To Sell At The Trade Deadline

Coming out of the 4 Nations Face-Off break, the New York Rangers have looked abysmal and there’s no other way around it.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 24

The fragile ceasefire in Gaza faces a key deadline. Will it last?

The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of brutal warfare between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on Saturday

ABC News - Feb. 24

Deadline looms for federal workers over Musk’s demand

President Trump praised Elon Musk’s demand for federal workers to outline in an email what they accomplished last week – or face dismissal. But there is also confusion after the Trump ...

NBC News - 6d

Super Micro shares fall ahead of filing deadline

If Super Micro fails to file the reports, its stock could be delisted from Nasdaq.

CNBC - 6d

Red Wings 2025 Trade Deadline Tracker

It's almost Christmas for hockey fans.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Sabres Trade Deadline Disposition – Alex Tuch

The Buffalo Sabres have been rumored to be in the mix of all kinds of possible moves before the NHL trade deadline next Friday. GM Kevyn Adams has indicated that he has an interest in signing ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Deadline looms for Trump’s Canada, Mexico tariffs

Plus: RFK Jr. touts measles vaccine amid outbreak {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Monday. This is a big week in Washington with President Trump’s Tuesday evening joint address to Congress. Reminder: ...

The Hill - 6h

Swiss Re expects L.A. wildfires to cost the global insurance industry $40 billion, making them the costliest U.S. fires ever

Swiss Re said that its losses from the Los Angeles wildfires would come in under $700 million and that it had no plans to “pull back” from California.

MarketWatch - 4d

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