Miller Sanford A scientist who runs a small Facebook weather page is being credited with saving hundreds of lives by warning Californians to prepare to pack up and flee the approaching wildfires before they even started. Edgar McGregor, 24, used his local page, Altadena Weather and Climate, to correctly predict conditions that would be “cataclysmic,” People magazine … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 9. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that … Read more
ALBANY, NY — He doesn’t need to hear it. Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) preemptively slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “State of the State” speech Tuesday — deeming her promises as worthless as her leadership. “She is a feckless and failed governor who needs to be replaced in 2026,” he said in the Albany state … Read more
Hunter Biden listens while his father, President Biden, speaks during a Hanukkah reception last month at the White House. (Rod Lamkey / Associated Press) The criminal charges against Hunter Biden “were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics,” the prosecutor who led the probes said in a report that sharply criticized President Biden … Read more
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is once again flexing his political muscle — this time by publicly touting the New York mayoral candidacy of former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson because “we don’t want NYC to become San Francisco or, God forbid, Los Angeles.” Tilson, who founded Kase Capital Management in 1999 and was among the … Read more
You snooze you lose. Apple users are raising the alarm about a glitch that’s leaving them late for work. According to various iPhone aficionados, their morning alarms are failing to sound, nearly nine months after Apple acknowledged the issue and claimed they were working on a fix. The glitch has been occurring to some users … Read more
Meta is planning to slash roughly 5% of its staff this year in a move aimed at weeding out under-performers, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed on Tuesday. In a memo to employees on Meta’s internal message board, Zuckerberg indicated that the company would hire new workers this year to replace the ousted employees. The Facebook and … Read more
Pete Hegseth, center, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, arrives to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed Tuesday to foster a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon, portraying himself as a “change agent” during a … Read more
Twenty-eight years after his death at 24, the unsolved murder of the Notorious B.I.G. remains a notorious mystery. And the new documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy,” which premieres on Peacock Tuesday, addresses rumors that the disgraced hip-hop mogul might have been involved in the drive-by shooting of his prize rap protégé on … Read more
An aircraft carrying Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on Jan. 7. President-elect Donald Trump has said the United States wants to acquire the Danish autonomous territory. (Emil Stach / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP / Getty Images) Whether it came from Will Rogers or Tony Soprano, the old tip to “buy land, God’s not … Read more
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