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Holiday travel expected to break records

America's airports and highways will be jam-packed over the next two weeks, with the holiday travel season expected to set records. AAA is predicting more than a 119 million Americans will travel ...

CBS News - 21m

Google Proposes Fix to Solve Search Monopoly

The search giant’s proposals included allowing flexibility for companies and consumers in choosing a search engine.

The New York Times - 10h

Johnson moves forward on spending Plan C: Breaking up the bills

Politico - 1d

Why This Coffee CEO Turns Down Tax Breaks

Brandon Ivan Peña doesn’t want Puerto Rican financial incentives to get between him and his employees.

Inc. - 3d

How to Navigate Updates to Apple’s and Google’s Photos Apps

Redesigned interfaces, new features and artificial intelligence are meant to enhance the experience, even if the changes can be confusing at first.

The New York Times - 3d

Breaking down the Gilgo Beach murder case updates

Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heurmann has been charged with a seventh murder. He has pleaded not guilty in the murders of six other women. CBS News New York reporter Carolyn Gusoff has more.

CBS News - 3d

Hodgkinson 'pretty close' to breaking 800m world record

Keely Hodgkinson says she has the 800m world record in her sights after the Olympic champion was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

BBC News - 3d

FIFPro calls for breaks in women's calendar

FIFPRO is calling for mandatory four-week off-season breaks and two-week in-season breaks to safeguard players from the risks of overload following a new study into the fragmented football calendar.

ESPN - 4d

'A million percent broken': College football is at a breaking point

College football is in the middle of an unprecedented evolution as it shifts from an amateurism model to a professional entity. Put simply: It's a mess right now.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Rapper Slowthai breaks down as he is cleared of rape

The musician had been accused of raping a fan following a gig in Oxford in September 2021.

BBC News - 5d

Browns RB Chubb breaks foot in loss to Chiefs

Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb suffered a broken foot in Sunday's 21-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

ESPN - 5d

Holiday travel expected to break records

The end of 2024 is expected to be the busiest holiday travel period on record, as experts predict it will narrowly beat the record set in 2019. Kris Van Cleave has more on the nation's travel plans.

CBS News - 5d

Rehabilitation Through the Arts: Breaking the cycle of incarceration

Go inside the New York prison theater program (inspiration for the acclaimed film "Sing Sing") that is credited with dramatically reducing the recidivism rates of inmates who engaged in the ...

CBS News - 6d

How theater can break the cycle of incarceration

The critically-acclaimed film "Sing Sing," starring Colman Domingo and newcomer Clarence Maclin, was inspired by a theater program at New York's notorious Sing Sing prison, where the recidivism ...

CBS News - 6d

The Trouble With Searching Google for 'the Best'

Shopping sites tout five stars. No. 1 rankings. Media endorsements. But how do you know what’s real?

The Wall Street Journal - 6d

Google’s Sundar Pichai on Antitrust, Trump and A.I.

Google’s chief executive spoke with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit

The New York Times - 6d

Junk bonds outperformed in 2024. Will 2025 be their breaking point?

The bond market risks remaining volatile in 2025, despite the burst of investor optimism about the economy following the U.S. presidential election.

MarketWatch - Dec. 14

Lawmakers tell Apple, Google to prepare for TikTok ban

The top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) told Apple and Google on Friday to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores, as a potential ban looms next ...

The Hill - Dec. 13

Breaking down Luigi Mangione's expected extradition process

Luigi Mangione is still in custody in Pennsylvania as the timing of his extradition to New York remains in the air. CBS News' Lilia Luciano breaks down what's known about the suspect's legal ...

CBS News - Dec. 13

Boston trade party? Breaking down the Atlantic landscape

If a roster upgrade presents itself, the defending champion Celtics will pounce on it — but another team in the division is most likely to play let's make a deal.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 13

Google Hints at a Return to the Smart Glasses Game

Google’s AR Glass experiment earned the company praise and scorn when it launched in 2013. Wearable devices have evolved since then, and the tech giant may be ready to try again.

Inc. - Dec. 12

Lawmakers Push Bill to Break Up Drug Middlemen, Affecting Stocks

A small number of groups control the majority of pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S.

Inc. - Dec. 11

Elizabeth Warren, Josh Hawley Co-Sponsor Bill to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates

New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.

The New York Times - Dec. 11

Holiday travel expected to break records again

The end-of-the-year holiday travel rush begins next week and AAA is expecting more than 119 million travelers. Most, 107 million, will drive, with gas prices nearly $.15 cheaper than a year ago.

CBS News - Dec. 11

Google Unveils A.I. Agent Based on Gemini 2.0

The experimental tool can browse spreadsheets, shopping sites and other services, before taking action on behalf of the computer user.

The New York Times - Dec. 11

EU Looks Into Google Ads Targeting Teens

The European Union’s digital regulator is looking into Google’s advertising practices under an online content law that bans companies from using minors’ data for targeted advertising.

The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 10

Thames Water boss says break-up would be a distraction

Chief executive Chris Weston says utility focused on raising debt and equity to help avert cash crunch

Financial Times - Dec. 10

Breaking down the U.S. military implications of Assad's fall

President-elect Donald Trump is now signaling that the U.S. military should not intervene in Syria, posting on social media over the weekend, "this is not our fight." Charlie D'Agata has more on ...

CBS News - Dec. 9

Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.)

The New York Times - Dec. 9

Vivendi Shareholders Back Break-Up Plans

More than 97.5% of shareholders’ votes were in favor of plans to spin off its television business Canal+, its advertising and public relations business Havas, and create a new company known as ...

The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 9

Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip

It solves in five minutes a problem computers now would need 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to work out, Google says.

BBC News - Dec. 9

Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip

Chip takes minutes to complete tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years. It measures just 4cm squared but it possesses almost inconceivable speed.. Google has built ...

The Guardian - Dec. 9

Girl, 15, was fatally stabbed standing up for friend after a break up, court hears

Elianne Andam was attacked outside a shopping centre in Croydon, south London, in September last year.

BBC News - Dec. 9

How to Break Up With a Friend

And how to lessen the blow.

The New York Times - Dec. 7

Breaking down the November 2024 jobs report

New numbers from the Labor Department show the U.S. added 227,000 new jobs in November, more than expected. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has a look at the report.

CBS News - Dec. 6

Pep: Sigh of relief to break City's losing 'routine'

Pep Guardiola celebrated the end of Manchester City's seven-game winless run with a much needed 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.

ESPN - Dec. 5

Stock buybacks soar as holiday rally breaks records

Buyback plans surge to a fresh record as stock market heads for biggest two-year gain in a quarter-century

MarketWatch - Dec. 5

Are Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan over? Break-up reports suggest 'I guess so'

Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan reportedly are taking a 'break' from their year-long relationship to focus on their respective music and film careers.

Los Angeles Times - Dec. 4

The case for Honeywell breaking itself up gets even stronger after its Bombardier deal

Jim Cramer said Tuesday that Honeywell's partnership with Bombardier is "Exhibit A" for why Elliott's breakup push is correct.

CNBC - Dec. 3

What’s Next for Google’s Search Monopoly

The federal judge who ruled Google was a monopolist in search is weighing the U.S. government’s proposal to force the company to sell its Chrome browser. Here’s what happens now.

The New York Times - Dec. 3

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