The FBI’s watchdog found it made errors when told of sexual abuse by US gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
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Covering former President Donald Trump’s trial on television is a difficult job.
More US workers will soon be free to leave their employers to work for rivals, thanks to a new federal rule that will block the long-standing practice of locking in workers with noncompete agreements. The US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a final rule that bans most noncompetes nationwide. The agency estimated that by allowing people more freedom, the change would lead to the creation of 8,500 new businesses annually, an average annual pay increase of $524 for workers, lower health care costs, and as many as 29,000 more patents each year for the next decade. The FTC says…
Last Updated: 4/22/24 | April 22nd, 2024 Tokyo is one of the most amazing cities in the world. It’s fast-paced, futuristic, and bursting with weird and wonderful activities to keep you busy, including gorgeous shrines, palaces, and temples; hip clubs and bars; and fashionable people and shopping, not to mention beautiful cherry blossoms. Tokyo lives up to all the hype. If I could spend months living there, I would. You never know what you’ll find here. One second you’ll run into a group of women dressed in pig masks and ’80s dresses and the next you’re in a robot café…
The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized a rule making it easier for workers to leave their jobs for better ones, in a move intended to boost competition and raise workers’ pay. The Federal Trade Commission barred so-called noncompete agreements, under which employees agree not to work for certain other businesses after leaving a current employer. The agreements, which are often presented as a condition of taking a job, now cover an estimated one in five workers, according to the FTC; critics say they have been shown to suppress workers’ pay and make it harder to start their own businesses. “In…
The second day of arguments in former United States President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has concluded with the prosecution’s questioning of former tabloid publisher David Pecker dominating much of the proceedings. Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents in connection to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The 2024 Republican presidential candidate is accused of mislabelling reimbursements made to his lawyer Michael Cohen, who paid Daniels $130,000 in exchange for her silence over an alleged affair. Trump has denied that affair took place. For the felony charges to hold, prosecutors…
Screenshot: Fox News YouTube Former Attorney General Bill Barr declared that he would now support Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. His stunning transformation comes just months after stating he’d “jump off” a bridge if there is a rematch between the former and current President. Speaking with Fox News host Neil Cavuto, Barr said that he doesn’t like having to choose between his former boss and President Biden, but at the end of the day, it’s Trump’s policies that are better for America. “I was fine with his policies. I think his policies were good policies,” Barr said of…
Since the Bitcoin network completed its fourth “halving” on Friday evening, the price of the cryptocurrency has only risen slightly, as rewards for miners adding a new block to the blockchain were slashed to 3.125 from 6.25. Historically, halvings lead to price surges, but the original cryptocurrency hasn’t yet gained 4% since the event, trading around $66,500 as of early Tuesday afternoon. ✨ Legends celebrating the 1st #Bitcoin halving when the price was $12 in 2012 pic.twitter.com/tkOKCXYDub — Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) April 18, 2024 There are various reasons for Bitcoin’s price remaining fairly steady so far, and HODLers may have…
The US Senate is expected to approve a $60.8bn aid package for Ukraine on Tuesday, bringing to an end a six-month delay in financial support. However, Kyiv is in dire need of new manpower to defend a front line that stretches more than 1,000km (620 miles).
Sores covered nearly every inch of Eva Edl’s emaciated young body. People gagged when they came near her; bed bugs, fleas and lice were devouring her "festering body."
Perplexity, the AI search engine startup, is a hot property at the moment. TechCrunch has learned that the company is currently raising at least $250 million more at a valuation of between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. The news comes on the heels of two other big fundraises that have seen company’s valuation leapfrog in the last four months: in January the company raised nearly $74 million at a valuation of $540 million (up from $121 million in April 2023). And at the beginning of March, the company closed $56 million on a valuation of $1 billion — a raise…
I can get my kids to eat almost anything with ketchup or homemade ranch dressing on top… or if I season it with taco seasoning! I know many moms who keep taco seasoning packets on hand to use in the thousands of kid-friendly ways suggested by Pinterest. I lived in Texas for much of my life and fell in love with the flavors of both Tex-Mex and authentic Mexican cuisine. This taco seasoning mix is a family favorite recipe we’ve carefully perfected over many years. Ground beef, chicken, eggs, or even a veggie scramble… it’s all better with this taco…