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The restructuring of Europe's largest lender comes as it looks to cut costs and navigate a diplomatic minefield across its sprawling operations.
A Florida woman has been accused of directing a 10-year-old child through the online gaming platform Roblox to kill a two-month-old baby by dropping it… Read More »Florida Woman Accused of Using Roblox to Instruct 10-Year-Old to Kill 2-Month-Old by Dropping Baby on Tile Floor
The literary establishment welcomes Feeld, a very sex-positive dating app, to a party on the Upper East Side.
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Restaurant managers in downtown Augusta say business is returning to normal, more than three weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the region. “We're actually busier now… Read More »Business is picking up at downtown Augusta's eateries, but problems persist
The Ames test provided a quick and cheap way to identify carcinogens, leading to the ban of chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects.
A woman trying to retrieve her lost phone from between boulders in Australia's Hunter Valley became stuck upside down for seven hours before being rescued… Read More »Woman was stuck upside down between rocks for seven hours after trying to retrieve her phone
The engines turned off and there it was. Many of the spectators lucky enough to be there jumped up and down for joy, hugged their… Read More »After watching hundreds of launches, SpaceX's rocket capture was a new sensation
Forest City was a bold $100 billion project from a top Chinese developer. Today the project is a fraction of what was planned and the… Read More »In a Malaysian pop-up city: echoes of the Chinese housing crash
A man wanted on child pornography charges in two Massachusetts communities was arrested Monday after he was found hiding at a remote campsite in Connecticut,… Read More »Man wanted for child pornography in two Massachusetts towns hiding in remote campground, FBI say
During a snowstorm in 1978, he and a friend at home started designing the first computer bulletin board, a precursor to online services like Reddit,… Read More »Ward Christensen, early social media visionary, dies at 78
