Digested week: Snail’s pace payments, a dodgy knee and gullible hounds

Digested week: Snail’s pace payments, a dodgy knee and gullible hounds | John Crace

As the Post Office Horizon inquiry ends, Gary Lineker steps aside and Donald Trump makes some mad picks. More than four years after it was established, the Post Office Horizon inquiry is finally ...

World - The Guardian - 21 hours ago

Digested week: my cardio rehab is done, and my dog’s joint care chews are a miracle | John Crace

Labour lets the Taylor Swift story rumble on, while KemiKaze, Honest Bob and Spurs just leave you feeling indifferent. Herbie is now 13 years old. Which, depending on how you measure it, makes him ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Digested week: Crap telly, power naps – oh and I think I may have saved a friend’s life | John Crace

Also this week, Sunak fails to go out with a bang, while his party can just about be bothered to pick his replacement. Life skills you never knew you had. A little while ago I met a friend for ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

A dream day for Labour as opposition is reduced to noises off | John Crace

Reeves is untroubled by a financially illiterate Tory leader, while Starmer allows himself a minor celebration. UK politics live – latest updates This was the sort of day of which all ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Honest Bob Jenrick won’t sleep until everyone sees he’s the maddest person in the room | John Crace

The Tory leadership hopeful believes that if he shouts the same things a bit louder, everyone will eventually come round to his way of thinking. You can only conclude that some politicians are ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

Congratulations, your serene highness: Starmer, Farage and Lammy call Trump | John Crace

The PM offers warm compliments, Farage a trip to Clacton, and the president-elect tries his best to remember them both. Rory Stewart : Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 47th president of the ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

The Healthy and Unhealthy Ways to Digest Polls in the Final Two Weeks

The presidential race is close. For now, we have to live with that.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

Digested week: Trump-voting trad wives and the fabulously monstrous Martha Stewart

Also this week, Bezos, Musk and Zuckerberg change their mailing address to Donald Trump’s Rectum. Looking back to Monday, the world seemed a quaint place – but by the end of the week it had become ...

World - The Guardian - November 8

Digested week: Obama fan-boys Eminem, American Airlines gets tough on ‘gate lice’

Plus: Trump alleges foreign interference in the election while an Aussie hiker gives us all something to smile about. Friends in New York with non-American accents are careful not to go canvassing ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard will reportedly miss 'weeks' with lingering knee issues

Kawhi Leonard will remain in street clothes for the foreseeable future.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 23

Ravens' Lamar Jackson misses second straight practice with back, knee injuries ahead of Week 9 vs. Broncos

The quarterback was initially held out for 'rest'

Sports - CBS Sports - October 31

Joel Embiid injury update: 76ers star could return from knee issue this week, but NBA investigation lingers

Embiid has not yet played this season, and the 76ers are 1-5 without him

Sports - CBS Sports - November 5

Hornets' Miles Bridges out at least 2 weeks with bone bruise in right knee

Bridges is the Hornets' second-leading scorer, though he's averaging seven fewer points per game than last season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 8

2024 NFL Week 10 injury tracker: Bills' Dalton Kincaid hurts knee; Eagles' Darius Slay exits but returns

A roundup of the most notable bumps and bruises

Sports - CBS Sports - 5 days ago

Chiefs to have new kicker vs. Bills in Week 11 after Harrison Butker lands on injured reserve with knee injury

Butker will miss at least four games

Sports - CBS Sports - 16 hours ago

A.J. Brown injury update: Eagles star WR day-to-day after leaving Week 9 win with knee issue, per report

The Eagles could have Brown available for Sunday against the Cowboys

Sports - CBS Sports - November 4

St. John's, Pitino begin life as a ranked team as part of the week's AP Top 25 national schedule

St. John's enters this week ranked for the first time in nearly six years in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll

Sports - ABC News - 3 days ago

Customer Data Can Be Fragmented, but HubSpot Makes It Digestible

If you want to understand your customers better, there are some simple strategies to pursue.

Business - Inc. - October 21

Movie Review: ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ a stop-motion charmer, examines the shells we build around us

“Memoir of a Snail” is a stop-motion movie that is most definitely not for kids

Entertainment - ABC News - October 22

Review: Get under its shell and you'll be charmed by 'Memoir of a Snail' and its unique loner

Voiced by Australian stars Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jacki Weaver, this decidedly grown-up piece of animation makes a sophisticated case for the medium.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 25

Your waiter does not want to hear about your digestive issues

A pasta restaurant worker reports on an unhappy side effect of the gut-health movement

Business - Financial Times - November 2

Morning TV Hosts on Fox and MSNBC Digest Trump Victory

From jubilant to disheartened, the mood on the sets of U.S. morning shows provided stark split-screen reactions.

Business - The New York Times - November 6

Paul Skenes and Luis Gil win Baseball Digest rookie of the year awards

Jackson Merrill and Colton Cowser were the runners-up in the NL and AL, respectively.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 7

Mortgage demand stalls as financial markets digest Trump presidency

While tiny, the week's increase in total application volume marked the first rise in overall demand in seven weeks.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Mortgage demand stalls as financial markets digest Trump presidency

Mortgage rates continued to climb last week as investors considered the future of the economy under a Trump presidency.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Review - Quite A Pace

A Quiet Place has quickly grown into one of the better horror franchises of the past decade. Three movies deep, the creature features have explored a fascinating world in which blind aliens use a ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 21

Fed Leaders Favor Rate Cuts, But Differ on Pace

Four policymakers agree the central bank should make further rate cuts, though some support a slower, smaller set of reductions.

Business - Inc. - October 22

US economy grew at robust pace in third quarter

U.S. GDP grew at a 2.8% annualized rate over three months ending in September.

NI's 'transition' gathers pace before big 2025

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill discusses the progress of his side in the last 12 months after their 2-0 win over Belarus in Belfast on Friday.

'John Malkovich isn't me': John Malkovich remembers 'Being John Malkovich'

The title star of 'Being John Malkovich' looks back on the 'iffy call' to make the movie that would introduce audiences to future Oscar winners Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 29

Fear that winter fuel payment cut will cost lives

Wales' older people's commissioner says people will die because of the decision.

Wise chief executive fined £350,000 over ‘tax issues’

UK financial regulator says Kristo Käärmann breached conduct rules but clears him to continue in his job

Business - Financial Times - October 28

UK borrowing costs hit post-election high on eve of Reeves’ first Budget

Chancellor will draw parallels with Tony Blair government’s efforts to repair country’s social fabric in late 1990s

Business - Financial Times - October 30

Housing benefit payments to be frozen next year

Labour has confirmed rates will stay the same next year, after several freezes over the past decade.

Woman 'sickened' by demands to return flood payment

Flood compensation was offered to businesses affected by heavy flooding in 2023.

dLocal, Viva Aerobus partner to ease payments for travellers

World - Yahoo News - November 8

Pair of knee injuries reportedly end Aiyuk's season

Brandon Aiyuk was carted off the field after taking a hard hit directly to his knee on Sunday.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 21

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