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The Reason Your Election Anxiety Feels Worse in 2024

Less than five days from Election Day in the US, most people can’t help but check the news—or TikTok or X—but what they see can make their anxiety worse. There’s a reason for that.

Tech - Wired - November 1

Trump’s tariff obsession is worse than before

Trying to close current account deficits with trade tools could cause serious damage

World - Financial Times - November 7

Bank Holiday airport chaos made worse by password issue, report says

An air traffic control engineer was unable to fix a major fault from home, a report says.

'Being stalked was worse than being held at gunpoint'

Just five Stalking Prevention Orders were issued in 2023, despite more than 8,000 reports.

Is it better to vote early or on Election Day?

Democrats have been getting a hidden advantage not revealed by the polls.

Politics - The Hill - November 5

Streets are safer but our policing is no better

Yvette Cooper plans reforms to improve performance across England and Wales, urging better government leadership

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

'I struggle to speak but dream of being on stage'

A lack of awareness of selective mutism is making diagnosis life worse for families living with it.

Blackhawks Stage Hollywood Comeback Vs Kings

The Chicago Blackhawks are victors after defeating the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday afternoon.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3

US stocks stage rally as global markets await election result

Wall Street prepares for ‘a long night for volatility’ as investor mood remains febrile

Business - Financial Times - November 5

7 Days in the Cultural Life of a Broadway Stage Manager

When he’s not herding performers at “Once Upon a Mattress,” Cody Renard Richard is bowling, catching up with theater friends and, to his surprise, bumping into Beyoncé.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Thailand to start second stage of stimulus programme in January

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

Jets fire GM Douglas, setting stage for reboot

The Jets have fired general manager Joe Douglas on Tuesday with the team floundering at 3-8. Phil Savage was named interim GM.

Sports - ESPN - 4 days ago

What next for the Nations League as group stage ends?

The group stage for the new-look Nations League is over, so what next for the Home Nations and who is through to the quarter-finals?

When Dr. Phil Defended Harris While Endorsing Trump

It was an odd moment at the big Trump rally.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 30

Civil rights campaigner Dr Paul Stephenson dies age 87

His family issue a statement to say he died on Saturday after a "courageous battle" with Parkinson's disease.

Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Morant and Giannis off to disappointing starts

Which fantasy basketball players are on the rise? Whose value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it out in a look around the NBA.

Sports - ESPN - November 4

Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Hield's hot shooting, Haliburton's struggles continue

Which fantasy basketball players are on the rise? Whose value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it out in a look around the NBA.

Sports - ESPN - November 8

Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare and Medicaid agency CMS

Dr. Mehmet Oz previously ran for a Senate seat from Pennsylvania. CMS is one of the biggest agencies in the U.S. government, overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

Trump taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead key Medicare and Medicaid agency

Dr. Mehmet Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022. Now he's Trump's choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Trump picks TV's 'Dr. Oz' to run Medicare and Medicaid agency

Oz, who has been criticized for promoting false and misleading claims about health and science, is Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Trump taps Dr. Oz to head Medicare and Medicaid agency

President-elect Donald Trump chose TV personality and physician Mehmet Oz to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, while tapping Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to be commerce ...

Politics - NBC News - 4 days ago

Trump nominates ‘Dr Oz’ as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator

TV personality’s medical advice has proven so controversial a 2014 study declared half of it ‘baseless or wrong’. Donald Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz, best known globally as Dr Oz, to serve as the ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Trump picks former WWE CEO and TV's Dr Oz for top roles

Linda McMahon is the US president-elect's choice for education secretary, and Mehmet Oz is lined up for a healthcare job.

False alarm over DR Congo hero's golden tooth

World - Yahoo News - 3 days ago

Could changes be coming to Medicare, Medicaid with Dr. Oz leading CMS?

Donald Trump tapped Dr. Oz to lead the CMS. Could changes be coming to Medicare and Medicaid, which are run by the federal government?

BBC visits mpox clinic as WHO says DR Congo cases 'plateauing'

Lwiro hospital was overrun when the BBC visited two months ago, now nurses say infections are easing.

Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, for FDA chief

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, as commissioner of the FDA.

Trump Chooses Dr. David Weldon, a Former Congressman, to Lead the C.D.C.

In selecting a doctor who is skeptical of vaccine safety, the president-elect is emphasizing his commitment to reforming the role of federal health agencies in radical ways.

Health - The New York Times - Yesterday

Steve Bannon Is Out of Prison and Spreading Lies Online

Within hours of being freed from a low-security prison where he’d been serving time on contempt charges, the MAGA architect was rallying his troops on a Rumble stream.

Tech - Wired - October 29

Blitz — a bravura wartime epic from Steve McQueen

The director tells the story of bomb-struck London through the eyes of a family — and a child in particular

World - Financial Times - October 31

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