Wide swathes of Ukraine were without power on Jan. 8 due to poor weather conditions and Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said. Twelve oblasts throughout Ukraine were affected, causing at least 560 settlements to lose power. Poor weather impacted eight regions, particularly affecting settlements in Odesa, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. In […]
Traffic in Southwest Florida is the worst we have ever seen it. But we said that last year. And the year before, and the year before that, and … Traffic backs up on Daniels Parkway in Fort Myers heading east towards I-75 on during afternoon rush hour on Monday, Nov. 13. This seems to be […]
The man who brazenly attacked a Las Vegas judge after leaping over the bench and slamming her into a wall told corrections officers he had a bad day and tried to kill her, a police document shows. Court cameras showed the moment Deobra Redden, 30, appeared to “Superman” over the bench during a hearing Wednesday […]
Dear Body Works & Quirks, This is so embarrassing. Lately I’ve started to smell — bad. So far I’m the only one who notices, but I’m self-conscious about it — and more importantly, I’m a little worried something might be up with my health. What’s going on? Oof, I get it: Worrying that you smell […]
Former state Rep. Bob Young apologized Friday for his “bad actions” over the past six months that resulted in him being convicted of domestic violence and three other misdemeanors. Young said he embarrassed himself, his family and his political colleagues. “All I can do is go forward and be a better version of myself,” Young […]
Real estate investors still account for a significant number of single-family home purchases, buying 26% of all homes sold in June 2023, according to a recent report. These numbers have remained fairly unchanged over the past two years, and are causing some lawmakers to call for banning large investors from purchasing homes that could otherwise […]
Major stock market indexes came off session lows Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve released minutes from its December meeting, while small caps took heavy fire and Treasury yields were erratic. X The S&P 500 was off 0.4% after the minutes came out at 2 p.m. ET. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.8% and is on […]
Is it really that bad to wear not-so-fresh underwear? My wife and I keep having this argument. I think she’s overreacting, but is dirty underwear (while not ideal) really that bad for your health? —Fresh Enough Few people actually enjoy wearing dirty underwear — but sometimes, it happens. Maybe the airline lost your luggage, or […]
Is it really that bad to wear not-so-fresh underwear? My wife and I keep having this argument. I think she’s overreacting, but is dirty underwear (while not ideal) really that bad for your health? —Fresh Enough Few people actually enjoy wearing dirty underwear — but sometimes, it happens. Maybe the airline lost your luggage, or […]
‘I believe in this’: A 52-year-old Austin man says he has no retirement savings and $50K-$60K in bad debt — and now he seems to be stuck in a pyramid scheme. Here’s the reality check he got It’s easy to forget how rapidly your financial situation can change. One day you’re making millions of dollars, […]
A Utah woman convicted of a felony for trying to cash a fake check in 2008 has taken her fight to own a gun to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her attorneys filed a petition for review with the high court last week on this question: Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently […]
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny special counsel Jack Smith’s request to expedite a ruling on whether Donald Trump can claim presidential immunity over his alleged crimes following the 2020 election could come back to bite the former president, one legal expert says. In a column for MSNBC, Loyola Marymount University Law Professor Jessica […]