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Editor's Note: Hints of an emotional bond between humans and their dogs stretch into the distant past: researchers have previously discovered the 14,000-year-old remains of a puppy buried in Germany alongside a man and a woman: the analysis suggested the young dog had been nursed through several periods of illness, despite having no particular use.
| Work NYC Congestion Pricing Cleared by Judge for Sunday Launch - Bloomberg (No paywall)  New Jersey challenged toll over traffic patterns, wants freeze Plan would charge $9 for many drivers entering Manhattan |
| Work Does Robert Kiyosaki's Bullish 2025 Bitcoin Prediction Make Sense?  Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. |
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| Work How Low Can Bond Spreads Go? Five Numbers to Watch  Aerospace supplier Incora won court permission to exit bankruptcy after announcing that its top creditors have agreed to support a restructuring after years of acrimony over an infamous financing maneuver that pitted lenders against each other. |
| Work Longevity Upends Traditional Financial Planning: MIT AgeLab Study  Are you a financial advisor looking to grow your business? SmartAsset AMP helps advisors connect with leads and offers marketing automation solutions so you can spend more time making conversions. Learn more about SmartAsset AMP. |
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| Work TikTok knew its livestreaming feature allowed child exploitation, state lawsuit alleges  As with underage users and sexual content, the unredacted documents showed that TikTok’s investigators had identified a “high” risk for money laundering on Live. But, the lawsuit says, “TikTok never took meaningful measures to curb money laundering or illicit activities”. |
| Work Washington Post cartoonist resigns over papera??s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos  Telnaes won the prestigious Pulitzer for illustrated reporting and commentary in 2001 - coincidentally, while working for the LA Times Syndicate - and was a finalist in the same category for the Post in 2022. She also received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben award in 2017, becoming the first woman to win both that prize as well as a Pulitzer. |
| Work a??Wea??ve been at this rodeo beforea??: gun-safety groups prepare for second Trump term  "We are led by a woman who has survived the unsurvivable, who has stared down the toughest of conditions and not blinked," Brown said. "This is a moment for courage and fortitude and the pursuit of unlikely allies." |
| Work Indie film-maker Jeff Baena dies aged 47  Baena is survived by Plaza, mother Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena, stepmother Michele Baena and brother Brad Baena, as well as step-siblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman, Deadline said. |
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| Work Days-long funeral procession for Jimmy Carter begins in south Georgia  There, Carter’s body will lie in repose until Tuesday morning, when it will be transported to Washington to lie in state at the US Capitol. His state funeral is Thursday at 10am at Washington National Cathedral, followed by a return to Plains for an invitation-only funeral at Maranatha Baptist church. |
| Work Covid and flu rates rise across the US, according to the CDC  Last September, a study released by the Ohio State University’s Wexner medical center found that less than half of Americans planned to get their Covid-19 vaccine in 2024, and slightly more than half planned to get a flu shot. |
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| Work Protesters march in London for release of teenage boy in Dubai jail  “I’m confident that, on appeal, the custodial sentence will be overturned and he will be allowed to return home. The question is, how long is that going to take and how much effort is that going to take, whether that’s British intervention or the public support in telling Dubai this is unacceptable?” |
| Work Man dies after 70-metre fall from mountain ridge in Lake District  The route is described as “strenuous” on the Cumbria tourism website, which states: “Its lofty position and fine sculpted crest have the capacity to excite even the most jaded scrambler. But it also has the capacity to scare some people.” |
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| Work Fears of unrest as PM considers open prisons for more offenders  An MoJ spokesperson said: “The new government inherited a prison system on the point of collapse. We have taken the necessary action to stop our prisons from overflowing and to protect the public. |
| Work All NHS acute hospital trusts in England are missing Laboura??s 18-week target  A spokesperson from University hospitals Sussex NHS foundation trust said: "We are providing additional clinical capacity as well as making the most of new community diagnostic centres. As a result, our waiting lists have fallen faster than most other trusts in the country by around 30,000 since its peak, which is close to a 20% reduction. We will keep working at this pace to ensure people receive safe, high-quality care." |
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| Work UK weather: power cuts, traffic chaos and cancelled flights due to heavy snow  He continued: “There is a risk of freezing rain across parts of the Midlands and northern England, but especially Wales, adding to the risk of ice and leading to some treacherous conditions in places. |
| Work Syria to resume international flights at Damascus airport  Syria is reeling from 13 years of civil war and crippling western sanctions targeting Assad’s regime, which was toppled in a rebel offensive last month. The conflict has displaced millions and left the economy in ruins, with basic infrastructure struggling to function. |
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| Work Hamas releases video it says is of Israeli hostage held in Gaza since 2023 attack  Its military campaign, with the stated goal of eradicating Hamas, has levelled swathes of the territory, driving most people from their homes, and has killed 45,717 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry. |
| Work Ukraine waits for Trump the dealmaker to broker end of Putina??s war | Shaun Walker in Kyiv  A senior western defence official who has left office but stayed in touch with Ukrainian counterparts, said there was little sign Ukraine is ready to make concessions without such promises: "Western security guarantees will be crucial in any peace talks. Without these guarantees, what would prevent Putin from invading again in a few years?" |
| Work Coalition talks between Austriaa??s two biggest centrist parties collapse  Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen, a former leader of the Greens, therefore tasked Nehammer with forming a government. Now that Nehammer is stepping down, the two most likely options are either that Kickl is tasked with forming a government or a snap election is called. |
| Work Australiaa??s crackdown on scams could cost digital platforms and banks more than $100m  Complaints to Afca topped 100,000 for the first time in 2023, and of those complaints, 9,000 were related to scams. The Albanese government has said that it had invested $180m to tackle scam activity and that losses to scams had decreased for the first time since 2016. |
| Work Pilot and passenger killed as light plane crashes into sea off NSW coast  Police units associated with the Marine Area Command police, Mid North Coast police and Coffs-Clarence police will undertake the operation, supported by Marine Rescue NSW and Surf Life Saving Australia. |
| Work Southern Australia swelters through third day of heatwave as fire risk increases  BoM issues heatwave warning for SA, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, with temperatures set to reach the 40s in some parts of the country on Sunday |
| Work Fire at food market in northern China kills eight people and injures 15  Fire sources can range from gas bottles to charcoal used to roast meat and discarded cigarettes, while ageing infrastructure, such as underground gas lines, have also been blamed for fires and explosions. |
| Work Worlda??s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, dies in Japan aged 116  Itooka, who had previously spoken of her love of bananas and a Japanese yoghurt-flavoured drink called Calpis, was born on 23 May 1908, six years before the outbreak of the first world war, and in the same year as the Ford Model T was launched. |
| Work Thousands of rival protesters rally in Seoul after Yoon Suk Yeol avoids arrest  Chae Jin-won, of Humanitas College at Kyung Hee University, said: “It may be challenging to carry out the arrest until the constitutional court rules on the impeachment motion and strips him of the presidential title.” |
| Work Microsoft is spending $80 billion on data centers this year  Microsoft is spending a lot of money on AI data centers, most of which will go towards projects in the US. |
| Work What to read this weekend: The friends you make in the apocalypse  The first of its five issues was released this week, diving right in with a murder, an exorcism and a strange hospital visit. It’s mostly setting up the story that has yet to unfold — cuing us in on Father Manuel Barrera’s downfall and reassignment to Puerto Cristina, the world’s southernmost city, as a trainee under Father Merrick Stygian — but it’s definitely got me intrigued. I really like the art style, especially how grotesque the characters’ facial features are at times. |
| Work Tenable Chair, CEO Amit Yoran dies unexpectedly after cancer fight (NASDAQ:TENB) | Seeking Alpha Amit Yoran, Chair and CEO of Tenable Holdings, unexpectedly passed away. |
| Work South Korean Unrest Conspiracy Theories Are Spread by Social Media  If President-elect Donald J. Trump has a “Make America Great Again” movement behind him, Mr. Yoon has the “taegeukgi budae” (literally, “national-flag brigade”). It consists of mostly older, churchgoing South Koreans who enliven their rallies with patriotic songs, a wave of South Korean and American flags in support of their country’s alliance with Washington, and vitriolic attacks on the nation’s left-wing politicians, who they fear would hand their country over to China and North Korea. |
| Work N.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday  “This is just simply a misguided policy,” said Ed Day, the Rockland County executive. He has sued to halt the program, which, he said, “raises serious questions about fairness, priorities and accountability.” |
| Work Opinion | What Explains the Resurgence of the N.F.L. Running Back?  It's not a miracle, but it seems like one. |
| Work Opinion | 'Squid Game' Season 2 Has an Essential Twist That Perfectly Mirrors Our Moment  Ultimately, the contestants realize that a more expedient way to gain an edge is to eliminate the opposition, rather than convert it — and as the corps fully devolves into tribalism, they take up arms and attack one another. That’s the eventual message of the show’s second season: Tribalism is a conflagration that consumes itself. |
| Work Jeff Baena, Film Director and Husband of Aubrey Plaza, Dies at 47  “My parents were divorced, so I’m sure the trauma of divorce helped inform my sense of humor,” Mr. Baena said in an interview on Fresh Fiction, a YouTube channel, in 2022. “Most comedy probably comes from drama.” |
| Work Hamas Releases Video of Teenage Israeli Soldier Held Hostage in Gaza  In a statement, Ms. Albag’s family said that “her severe psychological distress is evident” in the video, and the footage had “torn our hearts to pieces.” They asked leaders to “make decisions as if your own children were there.” |
| Work Friends From Debrina Kawam's Happy Past Aghast After Subway Burning  Ms. Kawam, 57, grew up in a small white house on a street dotted with modest single-family homes. Her father worked on the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Linden. Her mother worked in a bakery, said Malcolm Fraser, Susan’s husband and a childhood friend of Ms. Kawam. She had an older brother and sister. |
| Work 'The Interview': Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls  On Jan. 2, I sat down with Blinken at the State Department for a wide ranging conversation about the world he is leaving behind, which, despite it all, he argues is better than the world of four years ago. |
| Work Ralph Lauren Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom  The fashion world, which had been largely absent from the event in the past, was well represented at the White House on Saturday. Joining Mr. Lauren in receiving the gilded medallion from President Biden was Anna Wintour, a steely Brit (and longtime supporter of Democratic causes) who has been Vogue’s editor in chief since 1988. |
| Work Amit Yoran, chair and CEO of cybersecurity firm Tenable, dies unexpectedly after cancer battle  "His passion for cybersecurity, his strategic vision, and his ability to inspire those around him have shaped Tenable's culture and mission," Coviello said. "His legacy will continue to guide us as we move forward." |
| Work Washington Post cartoonist quits after drawing of Bezos, other billionaires with Trump rejected  Telnaes' departure is the latest of several internal shakeups at the Post. Publisher and CEO Will Lewis took over the paper last year and has clashed with the newsroom, as reported by NPR. Several top editors at the paper have left since Lewis took over. |
| Work Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System  Ms. Nichols also recommends wearing layers, even during the summer. “You’re going to be sitting there for quite a while, watching,” she said. “It’s going to get chilly, even in August.” |
| Work Park City Ski Patrol Strike Against Vail Resorts Continues  “We deeply regret that this is having any level of impact on the guest experience and are grateful to our thousands of employees who are working hard every day to enable the experience at Park City Mountain and open the terrain that we can safely open,” Mr. Rock said in the statement. |
| Work What We're Watching in 2025  Big Tech may not catch a break. While corporate America has been anticipating a longer leash under the Trump administration, Silicon Valley giants may still face a lot of scrutiny. Several of Trump’s picks to lead key regulators — Andrew Ferguson at the Federal Trade Commission, Gail Slater at the Justice Department’s antitrust division and Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission — are expected to keep looking closely at Big Tech. |
| Work Spirit Airlines' worth, Tesla's miss, and drug hikes: Business news roundup  Since winning the election on Nov. 5, Donald Trump has moved remarkably, if not unexpectedly, quickly to name his picks for top leadership posts in his administration. While Trump’s campaign rhetoric suggested a strong America-first, strong-dollar, tariff-led protectionist trade policy with low taxes and lower government spending at home, his picks are presenting a picture of an administration that may be more moderate, and may be fiercely at odds with itself. |
| Work Biden Awards 18 Medals of Freedom, and Delivers One Unmistakable Message  As many presidents have done with the Medal of Freedom, Mr. Biden also honored some of his party’s most prolific fund-raisers, including the man who looms largest of all among Democratic donors — George Soros, the liberal activist billionaire whom Republicans have cast as the party’s evil puppet master. |
| Work Who Are the Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?  Mr. Carter, a Rhodes scholar and trained physicist, served as defense secretary under President Barack Obama. He assumed the post after a lengthy Pentagon career and used his influence as defense secretary to expand military eligibility for women and transgender service members. He died at age 68 in 2022. |
| Work Soldier's Struggles Began Before Las Vegas Tesla Explosion, Nurse Says  Despite his troubles, Sergeant Livelsberger was also kind, funny and intelligent, Ms. Arritt said. He liked to hike, camp and play with her dogs. She said there was nothing in his talk or in his actions that suggested he was inclined to carry out a violent act like the one on Wednesday, when, according to the police, he detonated explosives in front of the Trump International Hotel. |
| Work From Plains to Atlanta, a Rolling Tribute Traces Jimmy Carter's Life  The hearse crossed through Plains, his tiny hometown, and then paused outside the farmhouse he moved into when he was 4 years old, where he raised chickens, helped his father tend peanut crops and lived years without running water. |
| Work Nazi ties to Credit Suisse ran deeper than was known, hidden files reveal - WSJ (No paywall)  Switzerland thought it came to terms with its Nazi-assisting past after harrowing probes in the 1990s led its two largest banks to pay more than $1 billion restitution to Holocaust victims. Documents unearthed in bank archives show it might have been at least in part a whitewash. |
| Work Johnson Ekes Out Win For Speaker on First Ballot  In the end, the threat of a far-right revolt turned out to be more real than expected, as Republican Mike Johnson initially came up short Friday on the first ballot of his bid to stay Speaker. Only after some backroom arm-twisting and plenty of public embarrassment did he prevail on a day that offered an early sign that Republicans will struggle to achieve a unified governing majority in the second Trump era. |
| Work Donald Trump's plan for new US empire - Newsweek (No paywall)  Over the past few weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has ruffled feathers by suggesting the United States should seek to expand its territorial holdings by encouraging Canada to join the Union as the 51st state, purchasing Greenland from Denmark and reclaiming control of the Panama Canal. |
| Work Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warning on Alcoholic Drinks - Inc (No paywall)  Alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label, the U.S. Surgeon General said on Friday in a move that could signal a shift towards more aggressive tobacco-style regulation for the sector. |
| Work DEA opioid quotas, women?s health screenings, ADHD as a ?superpower,? and more - STAT (No paywall)  First Opinion is STAT?s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. |
| Work Where Is Cannabis Legal? A Guide To All 50 States - Forbes (No paywall)  Last year was a roller coaster for the cannabis industry. Both presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, came out in favor of reforming the nation?s marijuana laws. But when it came to ballot measures, efforts to legalize adult-use failed in Florida, North and South Dakota. Nebraska, on the other hand, legalized medical marijuana, making it the 39th state to allow for medicinal use of cannabis. In December, the Drug Enforcement Administration held its first meeting about the effort to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug?it is currently in Schedule I, the same category as heroin and LSD. |
| Work Cancer vaccines are showing promise at last - The Economist (No paywall)  TOWARDS THE end of the 19th century William Coley, a surgeon in New York, made a surprising observation. One of his patients, close to death with a neck tumour, recovered after catching a serious bacterial skin infection. Intrigued, Coley tried to replicate the finding, injecting patients with a cocktail of killed bacteria to get their cancers to regress. He ended up treating over a thousand patients in this way, often successfully. |
| Work Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025 - Scientific American (No paywall)  The sun sends out a constant flow of charged particles called the solar wind, which ultimately travels past all the planets to some three times the distance to Pluto before being impeded by the interstellar medium. This forms a giant bubble around the sun and its planets, known as the heliosphere. |
| Work UK vies with Germany to be European EV champion - FT (No paywall)  Year of record sales was still below government targets |