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NBA player diagnosed with Bell’s palsy. Here’s what to know.

Joel Embiid, the All-Star center for the Philadelphia 76ers, has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a condition that can occur suddenly and cause weakness or paralysis in the muscles on one side of a person’s face, leading to distorted facial expressions. [Warning] U.S. law could rob you of your IRA,… Read More

In front of SCOTUS, Donald Trump just won a victory in disguise

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical of former President Donald Trump’s argument for presidential immunity, but court looked likely to favor Trump in another way: its timing. During Thursday’s two-hour arguments, several justices expressed reservations about the charges, which could lead to a lengthy delay in the trial, possibly extending… Read More

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes Thursday

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others. The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration. In 2017,… Read More

Smart doorbell customers just got a $5.6 million settlement through PayPal

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending over $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Ring, an Amazon-owned company that provides doorbell cameras and home security services. The settlement comes after the FTC accused Ring of failing to protect customers’ private video footage from unauthorized… Read More

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went ballistic on NYPD Wednesday

Earlier this month, Columbia University President Nemat Shafik testified before Congress, and she promised to crack down on campus anti-Semitism. On the spot, she committed to revoking a position from a pro-Hamas professor. Soon, Shafik faced a test. She returned to campus to find her students pitching tents in the middle… Read More

US birthrates fall to 44-year low, following a post-pandemic bump

U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s about 76,000 fewer than the year before and the lowest one-year tally since 1979. Sponsored:… Read More

ByteDance prepares to sue for ownership of TikTok

President Joe Biden officially signed legislation on Wednesday that forces TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or cease operating in the United States. However, the newly enacted law may face challenges in court, as critics argue that it violates the First Amendment rights of TikTok users. ByteDance, the… Read More

Harvey Weinstein sees his conviction overturned on this technicality

In a significant ruling, New York’s highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction on Thursday. The court determined that the trial judge had improperly allowed women to testify about allegations against the former movie mogul that were not part of the case. This decision reverses a landmark ruling from… Read More

Nikki Haley threw a wrench into Tuesday’s election

Pennsylvania held its primary elections on Tuesday. In this battleground state, the Democrats received attention for primarying some — but not all — of the state’s far-bizarro left-wing representatives in Congress. However, the GOP primary contains the bigger story. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley won 157,000 in the state’s presidential… Read More

The first glow-in-the-dark animal may have been… what?!

Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on summer evenings. But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow,… Read More