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Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announces that Russia and Iran are taking ‘specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections’
US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe. Reuters Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced on Wednesday that Russia and ...
How to download music on your iPhone, so you can listen even without an internet connection
There are several ways to download music on your iPhone, including through iTunes and Apple Music, or with a music ...
Health secretary Alex Azar says all Americans who want a vaccine could get one by spring 2021
Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Secretary, speaks to reporters in Washington on February 28, 2020. Reuters The US is ...
A series of 1-minute interactions gave a correctional officer the coronavirus, prompting new CDC guidance about brief exposure
Correctional officers at the Rikers Island correctional facility in New York, March 12, 2015. Brendan McDermid/Reuters The CDC advises anyone ...
Unprecedented new video shows NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft landing on an asteroid and sucking up dust
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft landed on an asteroid to suck up a sample of rock and dust on ...
Gov. Cooper extends Phase 3. Here’s what it means for bars, theaters, Halloween.
North Carolina will remain in Phase 3 for at least three more weeks. What does it mean for bars, amusement ...
Downtown South developers want Raleigh’s help to pay for stadium, affordable housing
The 143-acre project is being reviewed by the city’s Planning Commission. The developers want the land rezoned before they will ...
Coronavirus relief act promised two weeks of paid leave for COVID-19. Here’s the reality.
Millions of North Carolina workers are excluded from federal COVID-19 paid sick leave benefits. Powered by WPeMatico
Gov. Cooper extends Phase 3. Here’s what it means for bars, theaters, Halloween.
North Carolina will remain in Phase 3 for at least three more weeks. What does it mean for bars, amusement ...
Downtown South developers want Raleigh’s help to pay for stadium, affordable housing
The 143-acre project is being reviewed by the city’s Planning Commission. The developers want the land rezoned before they will ...
Coronavirus relief act promised two weeks of paid leave for COVID-19. Here’s the reality.
Millions of North Carolina workers are excluded from federal COVID-19 paid sick leave benefits. Powered by WPeMatico
Trump needs a psychiatric test now. He’s evaded it for years, and COVID-19 can affect the brain long after the illness fades.
Business Insider Getty If or how COVID-19 and its treatments affected President Trump’s cognition is hard to tell. Some typical ...
The UK food and drink industry warns Boris Johnson companies will have to pull out of Northern Ireland due to Brexit
DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: The leaders of 39 food and drink associations have warned Boris Johnson that companies ...
Bitcoin leaps to highest since July 2019 after PayPal opens service to cryptocurrencies
Reuters Bitcoin spiked as much as 8% on Wednesday after PayPal said it would soon allow users to buy, sell, ...
Pelosi strikes an optimistic tone on stimulus negotiations with the White House, saying ‘there will be a bill’
The House passed a $2.2 trillion stimulus to help keep the US economy afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Nicholas Kamm/AFP ...
The history of the polarizing Hummer, from notorious gas-guzzling SUV to zero-emission electric pickup of the future
Hummer H2 SUT. AP Photo/General Motors General Motors revealed its very first electric pickup truck on Tuesday — the GMC ...
Jud Ammons, influential developer of Triangle housing communities, dies at 85
Jud Ammons, who built some of the largest subdivisions in north Raleigh, died earlier this month at age 85. Powered ...
Jud Ammons, influential developer of Triangle housing communities, dies at 85
Jud Ammons, who built some of the largest subdivisions in north Raleigh, died earlier this month at age 85. Powered ...
Only 2 major US newspapers have endorsed Trump for reelection
President Donald Trump. Caitlin O’Hara/Getty Images President Donald Trump has received only two endorsements from major newspapers for his reelection, ...
US stocks climb as investors await signs of stimulus progress
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid US stocks climbed on Wednesday as investors waited for news on stimulus talks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and ...
GMC will be releasing 3 more variants of its ‘super truck’ Hummer EV over the next 4 years — see how they compare
2022 GMC Hummer EV. GMC GM opened reservations for the $112,595 “Edition 1” trim of the Hummer EV on Tuesday. ...
After ending free trials in the US, Netflix is giving an entire country a free weekend of streaming
Netflix. Photo by Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images Netflix will offer one weekend of free streaming in India. The ...
A British supermarket launched a chicken nugget into space for the first time in history and filmed its journey
Iceland Foods sent a chicken nugget into space and filmed its journey. Iceland British frozen foods grocer Iceland Foods sent ...
A huge fake-nude Telegram operation shows the big threat posed by deepfakes is revenge porn, not disinformation
Ruobing Su/Insider A huge network on messaging app Telegram has been providing members with deepfaked nude images of women using ...
The Trump campaign is burning through its finances and isn’t raising enough money to make up for it
President Donald Trump at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona on October 19, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images ...
A Biden win and a ‘blue wave’ outcome could mean the Fed hikes rates sooner than expected, a Morgan Stanley portfolio manager says
Eric Thayer/Reuters A Joe Biden win and a ‘blue wave’ in the upcoming US election could spur a hike in ...
All eyes are on Tesla to see if it can keep its profit streak alive — here’s what to expect from its earnings today
Elon Musk. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Tesla will report its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon. Wall Street analysts expect the company to ...
A White House coronavirus task force member says Trump barely meets them anymore, and is only getting updates from Mike Pence and anti-lockdown advisor Scott Atlas instead
President Donald Trump Dr Scott Atlas, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaks with President Donald Trump during a COVID-19 ...
A ‘blue sweep’ could boost US recovery and lift GDP across the euro-area, Goldman Sachs says
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris- the Democrat ticket for the 2020 Presidential election. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images A sweeping ...
SPAC craze is driven by a frenzy of speculation and may not yield expected returns, legendary short-seller Jim Chanos says
Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates. Business Insider The special-acquisition company frenzy is being driven by unrestrained speculation and may ...
