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Fresh off hip replacement surgery, Nancy Pelosi, 84, secured another victory. House Democrats on Tuesday afternoon decided that 74-year-old Gerry Connolly—who announced his throat cancer diagnosis in November—will serve as ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, besting 35-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a closed-door caucus vote. “Gerry’s a young 74, cancer notwithstanding,” said Virginia Democrat Don Beyer, a Connolly ally. Pelosi had opposed the 35-year-old’s run for the role... Читать дальше...

China's top diplomat Wang Yi urged Japan on Tuesday to "earnestly fulfill its international obligations and responsibilities" over the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima…

Atletico Madrid weigh up a January move for Alejandro Garnacho, Manchester United in advanced discussions over a new deal with Amad Diallo, plus more.

A former employee alleged Brooks raped her in a hotel room in 2019.

The Ohio River Basin stretches from Pennsylvania to Illinois and contains a system of reservoirs, lakes, and rivers that drains an area almost as large as France. Researchers with the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) mission, a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales), now have a new tool for measuring water levels not only in this area, which is home to more than 25 million people, but in other watersheds around the world as well.

The Dell G16 gaming laptop with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card and 16GB of RAM is on sale at $450 off from Dell, bringing its price down to $1,300.

Heavy redactions obscured almost all information about the accusations themselves.

Strong westerly winds are highly predicted for parts of southwest Montana, including Butte, starting at noon Wednesday and dissipating by 5 p.m.

1. What’s behind the Dow’s current losing streak — and should investors be worried?  MarketWatch
2. The Dow just did something it hasn’t done since Jimmy Carter was president  CNN
3. Dow Jones Futures Rise Ahead Of Fed Decision, Powell; Nvidia Rebounds, Tesla Slides  Investor's Business Daily
4. S&P 500 Buyers Step in Ahead of Fed Meet Despite Narrow Breadth  Bloomberg

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In a span of about 20 hours, SpaceX could manage three rocket launches and one landing of a Dragon spacecraft.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has accused Israel of committing “ethnic cleansing” in Syria following the recent collapse...

The new rule requires businesses that advertise their pricing to tell consumers the truth up front about prices and fees and prohibits them from misrepresenting any fee or charge.

Japan wants renewables to be its top power source by 2040 in its push to become carbon neutral by mid-century, under government plans unveiled on Tuesday. Thirteen years…

At Neighbour, Dilawri handpicks high-quality knits that feel as good as they look.

Researchers at ELTE Department of Ethology, Hungary designed an experiment to investigate whether dogs can recognize their owners based on pre-recorded speech. The results provided the first evidence that dogs are capable of voice-based individual-level recognition of humans. The study is published in Animal Behaviour.

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan after five months in custody. He is planning to…

As a group, the premiers represent Canada far more accurately than the federal government does

The Senate is set to boost “Social Security payouts to public sector workers who receive pensions and did not pay taxes to support Social Security while working in the public sector,” thunders Reason’s Eric Boehm.

Lawmakers and local officials across the east coast are still looking for answers from the federal government after several unidentified drone sightings in recent weeks. Reported sightings began in New Jersey in November.

The social cost of carbon—an important figure that global policymakers use to analyze the benefits of climate and energy policies—is too low, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis.

Fully disabling optional, AI-powered filters seems to fix the problem.

returned to boxing at 58-years-old to take on a man thirty years his junior in . The promotion was bombastic, the undercard good and the event record-breaking. The main event, however, was underwhelming and hard to watch for those who appreciated ‘Iron’ Mike in his prime. At 58, Tyson was a shadow of his former […]

The Reform UK leader tells the BBC his party is "in negotiations" over a donation with the US tycoon.

"A small error can cause large worries."