PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ with bans and lawsuits-in the blood of 97 percent of Americans-“Forever chemicals” are everywhere. The thousands of chemicals in the group known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are found in cookware, packaging, cosmetics, clothing, carpet, electronics, firefighting foam and many other products.The chemicals don’t naturally

Powerball’s lottery jackpot grew to $1.9 billion after no ticket matched all six winning numbers during Saturday night’s drawing.Just after 11 p.m., Powerball announced the monumental winning digits were 28, 45, 53, 56, 69 and 20. The jackpot was worth $1.6 billion.Lottery players might have had big dreams to become billionaires but they had only a 1 in 292 million chance of winning

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Peru on Saturday to demand the resignation of leftist President Pedro Castillo. Castillo’s government is under investigation following several corruption charges. In Lima, the capital, protesters marched toward Congress, but their procession was halted when dozens of riot police released tear gas. There were no immediate reports of

Twitter Inc. said it has begun rolling out software updates to charge users $7.99 a month to mark their accounts with a blue check, part of Elon Musk’s early efforts to boost revenue a little more than a week after taking ownership of the social media network. Details of the latest software versions began appearing Saturday on Apple Inc.’s App Store, promising new features

Founding Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor is suffering from stage 4 prostate cancer, his bandmates revealed during their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction speech on Saturday nightTaylor, 61, was unable to attend the band’s induction ceremony on Saturday night but frontman Simon Le Bon read a letter Taylor had written, in which he revealed

Houston Astros clinched their second World Series title -Yordan Alvarez drilled a three-run home run to straightaway center field to support another strong effort from Framber Valdez as the Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Game 6 to claim their second World Series championship in six seasons. Alvarez clubbed his third homer of the postseason in the sixth inning

Aaron Carter, 34, the brother of famed pop icon and Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has been ‘found dead in his bathtub’ at his home in Lancaster, California. Law enforcement said that they received a 911 call at 11 am on Saturday saying that a male had drowned in the tub.’Homicide detectives have been dispatched to the scene, but there is no information or evidence of foul play

Twitter staff who face losing their jobs in the UK have been given three days to nominate a representative for a formal consultation about their employment. An email sent to staff from Twitter’s HR department on Saturday said they had until 9 am on Tuesday to nominate any current employee. Staff can nominate themselves. The social media company began widespread staff cuts around the

NBC News retracts erroneous Paul Pelosi story that fueled conspiracy theories -NBC News reporter Miguel Almaguer had what seemed like a scoop on Friday about an intruder’s attack last week on Paul Pelosi. The curious new details he presented on the “Today” show quickly went viral on right-wing sites and social media accounts.One problem: Much of Almaguer’s account was

Former President Obama campaigned for John Fetterman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday – Barack Obama warned about divisions fueling a ‘dangerous climate’ politics as he stumped for John Fetterman on Saturday with just three days until the midterms – and the Pennsylvania Senate race too close to call in the polls.The biggest names in Democratic and Republican

Manhattan – Thirty-eight people were hurt, with two suffering life-threatening injuries, after a fire broke out inside a 37-story building.The FDNY reported that a three-alarm fire erupted from the battery of a micro-mobility device, or e-scooter, at around 10:30am on the 20th floor of an apartment building at 429 East 52nd Street. Officials said at least two dozen residents rushed to the roof

A stormy weather pattern off the southeastern coast of the United States could allow the next named tropical system of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season to form next week, AccuWeather meteorologists say. But even if a tropical system doesn’t take shape, rough seas and drenching rain will be ongoing concerns for residents in some coastal areas.A broad area of slowly spinning low pressure,

Florida’s state medical boards voted Friday afternoon to approve the language of a first-of-its-kind rule banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors who don’t already receive it. The rule updates the medical standards of practice in the state to mostly prohibit health care professionals from starting treatment for gender dysphoria in those younger than 18. Gender dysphoria refers the

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday morning, said South Korean military, adding the missiles flew about 80 miles at an altitude of about 12 miles.North Korea has launched a series of missiles this week, including a possible failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), drawing condemnation from Washington, Seoul and Tokyo and raising

Former president Barack Obama and President Biden are both coming to Pennsylvania on Saturday with the aim of giving a boost to Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, who is locked in a tight race with Republican Mehmet Oz that could determine control of the Senate next year. Oz, the celebrity physician, is getting help Saturday as well, with former president Donald Trump

Trump’s rally, in Miami with Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Ron DeSantis was not invited and didn’t ask to attend. – Florida’s two most powerful Republicans will be far apart on Sunday. And that’s how they want it.Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally Sunday in Miami as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is campaigning at competing events hundreds of miles away, exposing the

Michael Malekzadeh – Rare sneaker broker who made $300m and rode $29k Louis Vuitton bike around his mansion is arrested – A rare sneaker broker who made $300 million by scamming customers out of more than $70 million worth of shoes has been arrested for his Ponzi-like scheme. Michael Malekzadek, the former owner of Zadeh Kicks, a now-defunct company that sold limited

Sean “Diddy” Combs has agreed to purchase licensed marijuana operations in three states for up to $185 million, adding a new business to a portfolio that includes fashion, media, and spirits. If approved by U.S. and state regulators, the deal could create the nation’s largest Black-owned and licensed cannabis company. Mr. Combs said he wants to use the business as a platform to increase

Former president Donald Trump will have an additional week to meet the deadline to turn over documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.“We have received correspondence from the former President and his counsel in connection with the Select Committee’s subpoena,” Chairman Bennie G. Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney said

Devastating cuts to Twitter’s workforce on Friday, four days before the midterm elections, are fueling anxieties among political campaigns and election offices that have counted on the social network’s staff to help them combat violent threats and viral lies.The mass layoffs Friday gutted teams devoted to combating election misinformation, adding context to misleading tweets,

Nike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving after a week where the Brooklyn Nets star was embroiled in an anti-Semitism row. It also said it would not launch the Kyrie 8s later this month – the shoe designed by the player and company. A Nike statement said: ‘We believe there is no place for hate speech, and we condemn any form of antisemitism. ‘To that end,

Former President Donald Trump is preparing to announce a comeback White House bid by the end of November, people familiar with the discussions say, moving him to the center of attention as Republicans work to capitalize on momentum ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.“In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it again,” Mr. Trump said Thursday night at a

Elon Musk has now purged roughly half of Twitter’s 7,500 employee base, leaving whole teams totally or near completely gutted, including those tasked with defending against election misinformation ahead of the US midterms next week, The Verge has learned.The areas of Twitter impacted the most by Musk’s cuts include its product trust and safety, policy, communications, tweet curation, ethical AI, data science, research,

King Charles and Prince William erupted into “torrents of profanity” after hearing comments from Donald Trump about Kate Middleton’s 2012 topless photo scandal, a new biography revealed this week.Kate, then the Duchess of Cambridge, was infamously photographed that year sunbathing topless on private property in France while vacationing with her husband, Prince William.The pictures were subsequently

NBC News pulled a report Friday that claimed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband didn’t let on that he was in any danger when cops showed up at his home just prior to the hammer attack on him.The now-deleted clip said Paul Pelosi, 82, answered the door for cops who responded to a 911 call at the San Francisco home, but the officers were “seemingly unaware they had been called to the home of

The Powerball jackpot has risen to a record-breaking $1.6billon, making it the largest lottery jackpot in history. One lucky winner could scoop the eye-watering figure during this Saturday’s draw – after the mammoth jackpot rolled over 40 times. There wasn’t a winner during Wednesday’s game, where the jackpot sat at $1.5billion. Now the figure has increased once again, making it the largest sum in lottery history. On Wednesday, the numbers drawn were 2

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband didn’t let on that he was in any danger when cops showed up at his home just before a madman cracked his skull with a hammer, a new report claims.Paul Pelosi, 82, answered the door for cops who responded to a 911 call at the San Francisco home, but the officers were “seemingly unaware they had been called to the home of the speaker of the House,” NBC News reported,

A New York jury Friday found Trump confidant and billionaire Thomas Barrack not guilty of all charges in his trial on federal foreign lobbying allegations.Barrack, a 75-year-old investor who was an adviser to former President Donald Trump and chair of his Inaugural Committee, was accused of using his connections to Trump’s administration to try to sway U.S. foreign policy for a client, the United Arab Emirates

An off-duty Miami-Dade Police officer was critically injured after he was shot in a domestic-related incident in a Hialeah neighborhood Friday morning, officials said.Hialeah Police spokesman Sgt. Jose Torres said the officer, whose identity wasn’t released, was shot in the 1200 block of W. 79th Street.The officer was transported in “extremely” critical condition to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center

Friday is the deadline for former-President Donald Trump to turn over documents as part of a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The documents in question refers to assorted electronic messages, call logs, photos and videos — even hand-written notes — from as far back as September 2020.It’s unclear whether Trump will abide by the committee’s subpoena, issued on Oct. 21

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Twitter over Elon Musk’s plan to sack thousands of staffers — as employees were abruptly locked out of their company Slack and email accounts, and barred from going into the office ahead of the mass layoffs Friday.The lawsuit was filed Thursday in San Francisco federal court after the company notified employees it would eliminate some 3,700 jobs, half its

Gannett Staffers Stage Daylong Strike to Improve Wages- across 14 newsrooms -More than 200 Gannett Co. staffers are staging a one-day strike Friday to push for better wages and benefits and protest layoffs and furloughs, among other cost-cutting measures at the news publisher. The striking staffers from 14 of the company’s newsrooms won’t work Friday, said a spokeswoman for the NewsGuild, a division of

Cuninico in the Peruvian rainforest – British and American tourists are among 70 adults and children being held hostage on a river boat – Britons have been taken hostage by an indigenous group in in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, local media reported.The tourists were part of a group of 70 travellers who were also from France, Spain, the US and Switzerland when they were held up on their river boat.A

U.S. employers added 261,000 jobs in October, a sign of continued resilience in the labor market, and the jobless rate rose to 3.7%.The October payrolls number marked a decline from the prior month’s upwardly revised 315,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.Healthcare, professional and technical services and manufacturing sectors led the gains.Average hourly earnings rose 0.4% in October from the

The internet-based telecom provider Vonage agreed to pay $100 million to the Federal Trade Commission – to settle charges that it created an artificially burdensome process to cancel the service that included hidden termination fees.In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Vonage, an Ericsson subsidiary, made it easy for consumers to sign up for its services but far more difficult to cancel. Consumers could sign up for

A Republican running for South Dakota state Senate was charged with felony child abuse Thursday for allegedly grooming and raping his young family member for years, according to local reports. Joel Koskan, the third-time candidate for state senate, allegedly groomed and abused the young girl for at least six years starting in 2014, court documents

The Trump Organization’s asset transfers and other operations will be supervised by an independent monitor, a Manhattan judge ruled Thursday, while the judge presides over an upcoming trial in a $250 million lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general that could cripple the company’s operations.New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled in favor of a request by Attorney General Letitia James to impose supervisory conditions

Kash Patel, a loyal aide to Donald Trump and former White House deputy, faced questions before a grand jury Thursday as part of a criminal investigation into the former president’s possession of classified records more than 18 months after he left office, according to a person familiar with the matter.National security prosecutors asked Patel about his public claims this spring that Trump had declassified a large number of government

Oprah Winfrey on Thursday endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Senate race and rejected Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom she had helped launch to stardom nearly two decades ago when she brought him on her popular daytime talk show as a regular guest.Until now, Winfrey had said she would leave the election to Pennsylvanians, but she changed that position in an online discussion on voting in next Tuesday’s

South Korea’s military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean warplanes flying north of the military border over four hours on Friday.The North Korean aircraft flew north of the so-called tactical measure line, drawn to up 12 miles north of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), South Korea’s military said in a statement.South Korea scrambled 80 aircraft, including, F-35A stealth fighters, in response. About 240 aircraft

Kyrie Irving has been suspended for at least five games by the Brooklyn Nets -After the Brooklyn Nets suspended him and the Anti-Defamation League rejected his proposed $500k donation, Kyrie Irving finally apologized late Thursday night for linking to an anti-Semitic film on social media. In an Instagram statement, Irving said: ‘To All Jewish families and Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you

A California professor and former CIA analyst said that white Christian men are poised to start a civil war in AmericaBarbara F. Walter, author of the 2022 book How Civil War Starts, made her inflammatory comments on PBS Tuesday evening while speaking with anchor Hari Sreenivasan.Walter’s remarks come just days before the midterm elections, which the left and right alike have been characterizing as a battle over democracy itself.

CNN’s flashy new morning show co-hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins bombed in its debut episode on Tuesday.Despite heavy promotion from the network, “CNN This Morning’s” first show drew a mere 387,000 viewers and averaged 71,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, according to Nielsen ratings.By comparison, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” amassed 793,000 viewers head to head from 6 to 9 am ET

If there was a path to mending the situation after Kyrie Irving’s retweet of an anti-Semitic movie last week, Irving himself put a torch to it on Thursday afternoon. Speaking to reporters for the second time since his promotion of the film, “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” Irving refused to say he was sorry, refused to say he didn’t hold anti-Semitic beliefs, refused to say the Holocaust happened, and cast himself as the victim in the entire

Benjamin Netanyahu makes comeback as PM Lapid concedes defeat -TEL AVIV — Bibi is back. On Thursday, with nearly all the votes counted, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid conceded defeat to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“The State of Israel comes before any political consideration,” said Lapid, who has served as interim prime minister for four months. “I wish Netanyahu success, for the sake of the people of Israel and the State

One of the nation’s biggest publishers has decided to stop printing Alabama’s three largest newspapers and make them digital-only, the latest in a long string of local paper closures across America.Advance Publications, which owns 24 newspapers as well as the Condé Nast magazine-publishing empire, plans to announce it will end the print operations of the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register in February.“The print

Ray Guy, widely considered the greatest punter in history, has died at the age of 72.“The Southern Miss family mourns today following the passing of Golden Eagle great Ray Guy, who died Thursday morning following a lengthy illness,” his alma mater said in a statement on the university’s website.In 2014, Guy became the first – and so far only – specialist punter to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. He was also the first punter ever to be taken in

The French parliament was suspended today after a black MP was told to ‘Go back to Africa!’ by a far-Right opponent. Carlos Martens Bilongo, a 31-year-old from a Congolese background, was asking a question about climate change when he was verbally attacked on Thursday afternoon in the Paris National Assembly.’Go back to Africa!’ was heard from the benches of the National Rally – the far-Right party led by Marine Le Pen.The duty vice-president, the equivalent of the Speaker,

A former housekeeper for Jeff Bezos has sued the billionaire Amazon founder for alleged racial discrimination and “unsafe” working conditions, according to court papers. The former housekeeper, Mercedes Wedaa, alleged that she and other staffers were denied easy access to bathrooms in Bezos’ Seattle-area mansion when the Amazon mogul was in town — and therefore frequently developed urinary tract infections.“When the Bezos family was

The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by 0.75 percentage point on Thursday, its largest rise since 1989, as it fights a surge in inflation from rising energy prices even as the U.K. economy slides into an expected recession.The central bank raised its benchmark lending rate for the eighth consecutive meeting to 3% from 2.25%, taking it to the highest level since November 2008. Higher borrowing costs will hurt analready weak economy as

The Justice Department has arrested 21 people suspected of belonging to a theft ring that made millions of dollars from stolen catalytic converters, the car parts that have increasingly become targets across the country.A team of law enforcement agencies at the local, state and federal levels seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, such as homes, bank accounts and cash, cars and jewelry from the defendants.They are being

Dwyane Wade is exposing his ex-wife’s “damaging lies” after she accused him of profiting off their transgender daughter, Zaya.The retired NBA player addressed Siohvaughn Funches-Wade’s bombshell court filing in a lengthy Instagram statement Thursday, saying he is not “surprised” by her “attempt to fight Zaya’s identity” and “drag [his] name through the mud.”“I’m very disappointed that she continuously finds ways of centering herself and HER needs,

CBS and its former Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves have been ordered to pay $30.5 million dollars — mostly to shareholders — for insider trading and covering up multiple sexual assault allegations against Moonves, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Wednesday.CBS, now part of Paramount Global, is required to redistribute $22 million to its shareholders while Moonves, who resigned from CBS in 2018, must pay shareholders

The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night’s huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing Saturday night. That is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 2, 11, 22, 35, 60, and the red PowerBall 23.No one has won the top Powerball prize since Aug. 3, making for 39 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all six numbers. What’s behind three