Consumer sentiment dropped in September close to the lowest level ever recorded in the 74-year history of the University of Michigan's monthly survey, fresh data on Friday showed. Shopper attitudes soured as a monthlong bout of inflation squeezed co...
NEW YORK -- Online behemoth Amazon said it's increasing the minimum starting hourly wage for its U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20 ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season. With the $1-per-hour increase across the board for these ...
A devastating landslide and flood believed to be caused by a massive glacier breaking apart sent an unstoppable wall of water through Nepal, destroying everything in its path....
The deadly floods that have devastated parts of Nepal can be tracked all the way to the Himalayas where a "massive geophysical event" set off a chain reaction Wednesday, a geophysicist who studies such events told ABC News. A lan...
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Walter Isaacson on OpenAI's cyber breach: This is the first thing that 'totally scares me' https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/22/walter-isaacson-on-openais-cyber-breach-this-is-the-first-thing-that-totally-scares-me.html...
OpenAI said that its AI models were behind an “unprecedented cyber incident” that impacted Hugging Face. The models escaped a sandboxed testing environment, accessed the internet and exploited a vulnerability to gain access to H...
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the closely watched Los Angeles mayoral primary election, with 83% of the expected vote in on Sunday night. The two are vying for the second spot in the race, as Los Angeles ...
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President Donald Trump on Monday voiced support for suspension of the federal gas tax as the White House looks for ways to ease a surge in gas prices set off by the war with Iran. A repeal of the tax – which amounts to 18.4 cents a gallon of r...
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A new air traffic controller hiring campaign from the Department of Transportation (DOT) is targeting gamers to address a longtime staffing shortage. The DOT's new ad shows clips of video games and tells potential applicants: \\\\\\"You've been train...
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Mortgage rates whipsawed in recent weeks as markets reacted to a flurry of policies from the Trump administration. It began with a major milestone. Mortgage rates earlier this month fell below 6% for the first time in nearly three years, according t...
Discover the phenomenon known as asymmetrical sleep, where parts of an animal's brain are asleep while other areas remain active. -- Many animals need sleep. But all of the threats and demands animals face don’t just go away when it’s t...
The Southern fried chicken, biscuits and tea fast food chain will drop nightly surprise offers from Oct. 22-31 for a twist on its slogan "It's Bo Time," swapping it out for a creepy holiday slogan, "It's Boo Time." The exteri...
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