It's not clear if House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will have the votes today to pass the budget compromise he made over the weekend with President Joe Biden. A group of the most conservative members is trying to tank the bill, which Biden needs to sign by Monday to prevent the U.S. from defaulting. Some senators have said they will try to remove and add provisions, which would eat up more time. If the countdown to our debt default was renamed TikTok, would Congress act with a little more urgency? |
McCarthy's compromise deal raised the ire of hard-right representatives. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) |
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The man charged with the worst antisemitic attack in American history admits that he did it. On the opening day of trial, an attorney for Robert Bowers told jurors that he planned and carried out the 2018 massacre that killed 11 Jewish worshippers and injured seven others at a Pittsburgh synagogue. |
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Seven and a half years after a Wall Street Journal report cast doubt on her claims that Theranos could run hundreds of tests "from a few drops of blood," Elizabeth Holmes reported to a Texas prison camp to begin an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors into pumping billions of dollars into the company. |
Officials escort Elizabeth Holmes into the federal women's prison camp. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) |
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The lack of paid sick leave for restaurant workers is making diners sick as well. About four in 10 restaurant food poisoning outbreaks between 2017 and 2019 were linked to a worker who was sick or contagious on the job, according to the CDC. Fewer than half of restaurants said they gave workers paid sick leave and just 16% required staff to tell managers and stay home if they had symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea. There's a lesson in here somewhere. |
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Ralph Yarl, the Black teenager shot in the head and arm after ringing the wrong doorbell in April, walked at a brain injury charity event in Kansas City, Mo. Yarl, now 17, has debilitating migraines and trouble balancing, and struggles with emotions. Shooting suspect Andrew Lester, an 84-year-old white man, has been free on bond since pleading not guilty to armed criminal action and first-degree assault. |
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Nvidia on Tuesday became the first chipmaker to hit $1 trillion in market value and, before dipping back into 12 figures, sat with just four other U.S. companies: Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon. The company's stock has more than doubled in the last year as investors bet on the future of AI, which requires advanced chips like Nvidia's. |
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Minnesota has become the 23rd state to legalize weed. Gov. Tim Walz's signature means that by Aug. 1, adult Minnesotans will be able to have and use cannabis that they buy or have grown at home. The law will expunge misdemeanor possession convictions and allows people convicted of possessing larger amounts and some other cannabis-related offenses to apply for reduced sentences.
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Apple is ending its old photo-storage app on July 26, so iPhone, iPad and Mac users should download their photos from My Photo Stream before the service is removed. Users will still be able to store photos on the cloud through iCloud Photos. |
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A year after premiering in the U.S., Top Gun: Maverick is still raking in box-office cash. Meanwhile, you can no longer ask Alexa to curse you out in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson, HBO drops a new trailer for The Weeknd's controversial new film The Idol out June 4, and social media reacts to the Succession series finale. |
The "Maverick" man is a money-making machine. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) |
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Illusionist Jeanette Andrews doesn't just perform magic — although she did on air, and we have no idea how she did it — but she also explains how our brains and our senses help make it work. It's really cool. |
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With preparations for New York Fashion Week under way, Cheddar News spoke to Fern Mallis, the fashion icon who founded NYFW 30 years ago. On a walk-and-talk through Manhattan, Mallis explains how a highlight of the global fashion calendar was borne out of calls for safer, professionally managed shows after one venue's ceiling began crumbling over the runway. |
Fern Mallis also hosts a conversation series at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images) |
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Ugh hate it when I'm in line at the grocery store and suddenly remember that ultimately I am a speck of dust, alone in an uncaring universe lol
—@emily_murnane
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