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CBS Sports - Sports
Best NFL football knockout, survivor pool picks, advice, strategy for Week 3, 2024: Avoid this undefeated team
SportsLine's advanced computer model just locked in its top Week 3 NFL survivor picks1 hour ago - NFL -
Financial Times - Business
Thames Water seeks extension to debt terms to avoid nationalisation
The troubled UK utility is going to the High Court to request a deal with its creditors4 hours ago -
GameSpot - Tech
BioWare Wants To Avoid Only Having A Single Canon In Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Almost everyone's experience in the Dragon Age games varies depending upon the choices they make while playing them. And according to BioWare, the team behind Dragon Age: The Veilguard wants to ...6 hours ago -
NBC News - Top stories
Doctors overwhelmed by blast injuries as civilian impact of device explosions sparks outcry
BEIRUT — Hospitals in Lebanon are packed with people whose hands and eyes have been dealt serious injuries.6 hours ago -
Financial Times - World
Life insurance becomes less boring with creative financial engineering
As the Fed cuts rates, markets are rallying — but there are long-term risks from experiments6 hours ago -
The New York Times - Top stories
Powerful Philanthropies Step in to Help NY Migrants Become Self-Sufficient
A group of New York’s most powerful philanthropies will spend millions to help make migrants more self-sufficient.7 hours ago -
ABC News - Entertainment
Wojnarowski is leaving ESPN for alma mater to become GM of St. Bonaventure men's basketball team
ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from broadcasting to return to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, to take over the newly created position of general manager of the men’s basketball ...8 hours ago -
Yahoo Sports - Sports
Rams WR Cooper Kupp reportedly suffered high-ankle sprain, will avoid IR
Kupp's injury is not season-ending and he could return within the next month.8 hours ago - NFL -
CBS Sports - Sports
Cooper Kupp injury update: Rams star WR avoids IR for now as there's a chance he returns within 4 weeks
Kupp will spend the next week or so in a cast9 hours ago - NFL -
CBS Sports - Sports
Brewers clinch NL Central for second straight season: Milwaukee becomes first MLB team to secure playoff berth
The Brewers are still angling for one of the top two seeds in the National League9 hours ago - MLB -
The New York Times - Business
How to Avoid Cancellations on Short-Term Rentals
A family reserved an eight-night Vrbo in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but the owner canceled the day before the trip. Finding a comparable place was stressful and cost over $4,000 more; Vrbo wouldn’t ...13 hours ago -
The New York Times - Lifestyle
Former High School Classmates Finally Become Sweethearts
Austin Mills and Taylor Mills both attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, Calif., but didn’t connect until years later at a Los Angeles nightclub.19 hours ago -
The Hill - Politics
Microsoft president says election has become 'Iran vs. Trump,' and 'Russia vs. Harris'
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said Wednesday that there are "real and serious" threats of foreign actors attempting to wield influence on the 2024 election as November quickly ...Yesterday - Microsoft -
ABC News - Sports
Milwaukee Brewers clinch NL Central title, becoming first MLB team to reach playoffs this season
Milwaukee Brewers clinch NL Central title, becoming first MLB team to reach playoffs this seasonYesterday - MLB -
NBC News - Top stories
Billie Jean King to become first solo female athlete to receive Congressional Gold Medal
Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Yesterday -
The Hill - Politics
Michelle Bowman becomes first Fed governor to dissent since 2005
Michelle Bowman, a governor on the Federal Reserve Board, became the first Fed official since 2005 to vote against the central bank’s interest rate decision when she dissented Wednesday against the ...Yesterday - Federal Reserve -
ABC News - Sports
Wojnarowski is leaving ESPN for alma mater to become GM of St. Bonaventure men's basketball team
ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from broadcasting to return to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, to take over the newly created position of general manager of the men’s basketball ...Yesterday -
CBS News - Top stories
House to vote on Mike Johnson's spending plan to avoid a government shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is confident about a vote on his proposal to avoid a government shutdown. The Senate will likely block the plan if it passes in the House of Representatives. CBS ...Yesterday -
Inc. - Business
Key OceanGate Employee Says Titan Wreck Could have Been Avoided
The company's former operations director, David Lochridge,testified that theOccupational Safety and Health Administration received his complaint, but did not pursue concerns about the submersible's ...Yesterday -
CBS Sports - Sports
Adrian Wojnarowski leaves NBA reporting to become general manager at St. Bonaventure: Why colleges hire GMs
'Woj' is entering the new realm of college basketball programs hiring general managersYesterday - NBA -
CBS Sports - Sports
Snyder's Soapbox: Record-breaking White Sox should be more embarrassing for owner Jerry Reinsdorf than players
The players are about to break MLB's single-season losing record, but the root cause is deeper than themYesterday - MLB -
CBS Sports - Sports
2024 NFL Week 2 injuries: Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa heading to IR; wideouts Cooper Kupp, Deebo Samuel sidelined
Notable injuries from Week 2 in the NFLYesterday - NFL -
ABC News - Entertainment
What will become of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' musical legacy? Experts weigh in following his indictment
Sean “Diddy” Combs is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop, but his indictment Tuesday on sex trafficking and racketeering charges further clouds his legacyYesterday -
ABC News - World
EU warns deadly flooding and wildfires show climate breakdown is fast becoming the norm
The European Union's head office is warning that devastating floods through much of Central Europe and deadly wildfires in Portugal are joint proof of a “climate breakdown” that will become the ...Yesterday - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Democrats target tax avoidance before cuts expire in 2025
Democrats are going after tax avoidance from big companies and wealthy individuals as the debate on taxes heats up ahead of tax code expirations scheduled for next year. A new set of proposed rules ...Yesterday -
The Hill - Politics
Harris avoids getting too detailed as she battles with Trump
Vice President Harris has avoided getting into the nitty-gritty of detailed policy positions as she seeks to win over centrist voters from former President Trump. While the vice president has ...Yesterday - Donald Trump -
Wired - Tech
Josh Johnson Has Become the Funniest Guy on the Internet. That Is Not a Joke
The Daily Show correspondent and TikTok phenom once said the web was a bad idea. Now it’s the reason he’s famous.Yesterday -
The Guardian - World
‘This is very embarrassing’: Middle East crisis takes a detour to an office park in Taiwan
Media spotlight shifted to Taiwan tech company Gold Apollo which has denied supplying the pagers that exploded across the Hezbollah network in Lebanon. Pagers in deadly attack on Hezbollah ‘made ...Yesterday -
Financial Times - World
English village becomes flashpoint for Labour’s data centres push
Plans for facility on greenbelt land stokes tensions among local communityYesterday -
ABC News - Sports
Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. becomes first shortstop with multiple seasons of 30 homers and 30 steals
The Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. became the first shortstop in major league history with multiple seasons of at least 30 homers and 30 steals when the All-Star swiped second base in the first inning of ...Yesterday - NFL -
CBS Sports - Sports
WATCH: Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. becomes first shortstop with multiple 30-30 seasons
KC's young power-and-speed specialist has put himself in the AL MVP discussion with his 2024 seasonYesterday -
ABC News - Top stories
Senate IVF bill fails again to advance on mostly party line vote
Senate Majority Leader Schumer wanted to put Republicans on record with their vote on IVF, which has become a flashpoint in the presidential election.2 days ago -
ABC News - World
A migrant has died off a Greek island after smugglers ditched 31 people in the sea to avoid patrols
Greek authorities say one migrant has died after smugglers piloting a speedboat from Turkey to an Aegean Sea island forced their passengers into the sea to avoid detection by marine patrols2 days ago -
The Hill - Politics
Hillary Clinton: Trump counting on Americans becoming 'desensitized' to 'outrageous' claims
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee for president, says former President Trump is counting on Americans to become “desensitized” to his “outrageous” falsehoods. ...2 days ago - Donald Trump -
CNBC - Business
Your inherited individual retirement account could trigger a 'tax bomb,' advisor says. How to avoid it
If you've inherited a pretax individual retirement account since 2020, you could face a sizable tax bill without proper planning. Here's what to know.2 days ago -
The New York Times - Sports
The Champions League Coverage From C.B.S. Has Become a Global Sensation
The results of “Inside the N.F.L.” and “Inside the N.B.A.” show that pushing the envelope has worked for the network.2 days ago - UEFA Champions League -
CBS News - Top stories
Keegan-Michael Key on becoming young Bumblebee in new "Transformers One"
In "Transformers One," Keegan-Michael Key voices B-127 in the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron. The film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, features his character teaming up with ...2 days ago -
NBC News - Top stories
Putin orders Russian army to expand to become the world's second largest
The Kremlin said Tuesday that an order by President Vladimir Putin to transform Russia’s army into the second largest in the world was needed to address growing threats on Russia’s western borders ...2 days ago - Russia -
Yahoo Sports - Sports
Giants need dramatic change to avoid becoming embarrassment after loss to Commanders
The Giants' defense didn’t allow a touchdown while their offense scored three on Sunday. They still lost, 21-18, to the Washington Commanders.3 days ago - NFL