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Lugging Credit Card Debt Into 2024? Now’s the Time to Make a Plan
As 2024 dawns, Americans’ credit card debt and late payments are rising, and card interest rates remain high, but many people lack a plan to pay down their debt. If your balances are ballooning, a New Year’s resolution to tackle them would be timely.
Clown Cardio Doesn’t Take Exercise Seriously
Whenever Alex Lee mentions Clown Cardio, he is met with some confusion. “People will say, ‘What is that? People dressed like clowns chasing after you?’” Lee, a 42-year-old technical writer who lives in Los Angeles, said after a recent class. No one’s wearing face paint or red noses — nor are they necessarily chasing anyone (more on that later) — but this hourlong session, which costs $20, incorporated a bicycle horn, mini circus tents from Ikea and carnival-style popcorn boxes.
Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Evasion Charges
LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of evading taxes on millions in income from foreign businesses, six months after the collapse of a plea deal that would have brought an end to the long-running investigation into him.
As Utility Bills Rise, Low-Income Americans Struggle for Access to Clean Energy
WASHINGTON — Cindy Camp is one of many Americans facing rising utility costs. Camp, who lives in Baltimore with three family members, said her gas and electric bills kept “going up and up” — reaching as high as $900 a month. Her family has tried to use less hot water by doing fewer loads of laundry, and she now eats more fast food to save on grocery bills.
Will Chatbots Teach Your Children?
Sal Khan, the CEO of Khan Academy, gave a rousing TED Talk last spring in which he predicted that AI chatbots would soon revolutionize education. “We’re at the cusp of using AI for probably the biggest positive transformation that education has ever seen,” Khan, whose nonprofit education group has provided online lessons for millions of students, declared. “And the way we’re going to do that is by giving every student on the planet an artificially intelligent but amazing personal tutor.”
Climate Change Is Driving a Sharp Drop in Snow Levels, Study Finds
Changing snow patterns have far-reaching consequences, from water shortages to shuttered ski resorts. A new study confirms that human-caused climate change has affected snow patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, including clear declines of snowpack in at least 31 individual river basins.
The Tech That Needs Fixing in 2024, and What Got Fixed Last Year
Tech companies would like us to believe that their products tell a story about progress. Faster phones! Better cameras! Brighter screens! Yet despite all the improvements, there are pieces of tech that have been flawed for years.
Mortgage Rates and Inflation Could Draw Attention to the Fed This Election
This year is set to be a big one for Federal Reserve officials: They are expecting to cut interest rates several times as inflation comes down steadily, giving them a chance to dial back a two-year-long effort to cool the economy.
Secret Synagogue Tunnel Sets Off Altercation That Leads to 9 Arrests
NEW YORK — A decades-old fight about the direction of one of New York’s most prominent Hasidic Jewish groups tipped into chaos this week, when a faction of the group clashed with police over a tunnel that had secretly been built to the movement’s main synagogue, one of the most significant religious sites in the city.
Elections and Disinformation Are Colliding Like Never Before in 2024
Billions of people will vote in major elections this year — around half of the global population, by some estimates — in one of the largest and most consequential democratic exercises in living memory. The results will affect how the world is run for decades to come.
The FDA Warned an Asthma Drug Could Induce Despair. Many Were Never Told.
In early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration responded to decades of escalating concerns about a commonly prescribed drug for asthma and allergies by deploying one of its most potent tools: a stark warning on the drug’s label that it could cause aggression, agitation and even suicidal thoughts.
Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Block New York Bridge and Tunnel Traffic
NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators Monday blocked off entrances to the Holland Tunnel and the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges, disrupting rush-hour traffic in Manhattan as they protested Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip and called for a cease-fire.
‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 5 Golden Globes and ‘Succession’ Wins 4
The 81st Golden Globes kicked off Hollywood’s awards season Sunday in a chaotic and sloppy manner, with the host, Jo Koy, delivering a train wreck of a monologue, winners alternately seeming to take the ceremony seriously and not at all, and prizes going to a wide array of films and television shows.
Ukraine’s Patriot Defenses at Work: Shuddering Booms and Bursts of Light
The first warning was a blip, a small anomaly picked up by radar scanning the skies over Ukraine. Within seconds, it became clear that the blip was a Russian ballistic missile streaking in Kyiv’s direction at several times the speed of sound.
How Trump Has Used Fear and Favor to Win Republican Endorsements
On his last day as president on Jan. 20, 2021, Donald Trump stood in a snapping wind and waved goodbye to relatives and supporters before he took his final flight on Air Force One back to Mar-a-Lago. No elected Republican of any stature showed up at Joint Base Andrews for the bleak farewell.
In Searing Speech, Biden Warns 'Your Freedom Is on the Ballot'
President Joe Biden on Friday delivered a ferocious condemnation of Donald Trump, his likely 2024 opponent, warning in searing language that the former president had directed an insurrection and would aim to undo the nation’s bedrock democracy if he returns to power.
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