Новости за 19.12.2023

(NY1) -- Hundreds of U.S. synagogues and Jewish organizations across the U.S. were targeted by emailed bomb threats over the weekend, according to law enforcement officials and a nonprofit that tracks the security of Jewish communities. The FBI has launched a nationwide investigation, but said no explosives have been found so far. No suspects have…

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Former President Donald Trump leads President Biden by two percentage points among registered voters nationwide in a head-to-head 2024 election matchup, according to a poll out Tuesday. The New York Times/Siena College survey shows Trump is backed by 46% of those voters, while Biden is supported by 44%. Another 9% of registered voters refused to...

‘If you want to sit together, you give someone else your upgrade and take the lesser seats. End of story’

This one is from a couple months ago, but I’m clearing out some older stories that I didn’t have the time to write up when they were new. For years, we’ve highlighted how the DMCA is regularly abused for a variety of purposes. Often it’s abused to try to take down content someone doesn’t like, […]

Best Buy is running a 24-hour flash sale and a “last-minute” sale that goes through Sunday, ostensibly for folks who are still looking to pick up a present before Christmas. But it’s also a pretty good time to pick up a cheap but decent Chromebook, Windows laptop, or any number of other products. Meanwhile, Amazon and Lenovo […]

“What was interesting to me beyond what I knew of Ms. Wilkerson being just this incredible writer was this idea of caste,” shares “Origin” actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “and her reintroducing it to us as Americans as a new language for us to consider social divisions in this country. And that was exciting to me.” Watch […]

On Tuesday night, the 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year will be awarded for the 70th time, with England Lionesses goalkeeper Mary Earps the overwhelming favourite to win the award

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack had an open records lawsuit against her dismissed after she turned over all requested records.

New York is in a tough position, with Tom Thibodeau’s group in need of something to catapult it to the next level, but facing a trade market with limited options.

Three U.S. Senators have urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to block the $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel, citing national security.

Right-wing influencers blamed a student's rejection from Cornell University on the fact that he is white. But the 17-year-old who made the now-viral video never mentioned race as a factor and asked for the video to be removed after it went viral.

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Djed Spence’s Leeds United career is now up and running, with the right-back starting two matches over the last week for the Championship side after overcoming his injury problems. Spence’s time at Elland Road has not gone according to plan so far, with the right-back missing a big chunk of the campaign so far due […]

1. Scottish Budget: Higher earners to pay more income tax  BBC
2. Scottish Budget: Income tax changes announced  Moneysavingexpert
3. Higher earners to be taxed more heavily in Scotland to protect public services  The Guardian
4. SNP hits high and middle earners with triple tax hike  The Telegraph
5. New income tax band in Scotland will hit everyone earning over £75,000  Sky News

Bloemfontein’s water is safe to drink.

Developed by Stanford graduate students, an AI model can determine -- with impressive accuracy -- a specific location simply by looking at Google Street View.

Blue Origin launched its first rocket in more than a year on Tuesday, reviving the US company's fortunes with a successful return to space following an uncrewed crash in 2022.

The Buffalo Bills took the Dallas Cowboys to task on Sunday, easily topping Week 15 of the NFL regular season. The Fox matchup scored 26.34M viewers, up 23% over last year’s comparable window, according to Nielsen. The game also managed nearly 10M more than the second most-watched, which was Fox’s earlier regional window. The Chiefs-Patriots […]

Zahid Hussain committed 10 speeding offences mainly on the A13 in east London

Maybe there is a reason Reacher usually says nothing. Alan Ritchson, who plays the man mountain of a Lee Child character on TV, shared with Jimmy Kimmel how he reached out (no pun intended) to Tom Cruise to acknowledge the movie megastar’s contribution to the role. Only to get rebuffed by an intermediary. The lead […]

HORRIFIED passengers who flew over Iceland on Monday night managed to capture incredible photos and videos of the volcanic eruption.

AirTags don't have a GPS chip; instead, they send out Bluetooth signals that can be received by nearby devices that are on Apple's Find My network.

The league’s social media team cleverly tweaked the longtime Seattle coach after Monday night’s win over the Eagles.

Harry Wayne 'KC' Casey talks about 50 years of making joyful dance music for the masses.