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Brian Walshe was found guilty of the first-degree murder of his wife, Ana Walshe, whose body was never found. Walshe was emotionless in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday as the jury reached a verdict after just hours of deliberation. He will be sentenced on Wednesday. Ana Walshe, a 39-year-old Serbian immigrant and real estate executive, was … Read more
In medical school, the professor who taught me about the flu shared what he considered to be the gold standard method of diagnosing a case of the virus: the £20 note test. The basic premise was that if someone said they had put a £20 note on the garden gate and it was yours for … Read more
Hi, I’m Alexa, and I usually use this space to track Donald Trump’s “hot” economy, but we also need to examine how his policies affect ordinary people — especially his loyal followers. So welcome Donnie Hate Clock. BuzzFeed As you may know, throughout his campaigns, Donald Trump has drawn a hard line on immigration and … Read more
A hero who disarmed one of two gunmen on Bondi Beach has told his cousin he thinks he will die before defeating the attacker. Ahmed al-Ahmed, a Syrian national who worked in the police, said: “I’m going to die… tell my family I saved people’s lives,” before attacking one of the gunmen and fighting for … Read more
The S&P 500 has posted gains of 15% or more for three consecutive years only eight times since 1926. There is no clear historical pattern as to what happens in the fourth year after a hot streak for the index. Investors should focus on a larger S&P 500 trend. 10 Stocks We Like More Than … Read more
A version of this post first appeared on TKer.co Wall Street strategists are almost unanimously upbeat about the earnings outlook. Their estimates for S&P 500 (^GSPC) earnings in 2026 range from $300 to $320 per share, implying 11% to 19% year-over-year growth from this year’s expected level. However, strategists are divided on valuations – in … Read more
BERLIN (AP) — European leaders are expected to bolster support for Ukraine on Monday as it faces pressure from Washington to quickly accept a U.S.-brokered peace deal. After talks in Berlin on Sunday between US envoys and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian and European officials are set to continue a series of meetings in an … Read more
Nick Reiner, the son of famous Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, struggled with drug addiction and even lived on the streets for a while. An article from 2016 in People magazinedepicted Nick Reiner’s struggle with drugs and homelessness, despite being born into one of Hollywood’s most respected families (Nick’s paternal … Read more
On a stormy Monday in March 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven died after a long illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was ravaged by jaundice, his limbs and abdomen swollen and every breath a struggle. While his associates are shipping the personal belongings, they discover a document that Beethoven wrote a quarter … Read more
A Connecticut nonprofit has spent months preparing nearly 2,000 care packages filled with toiletries, snacks and handwritten cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. Volunteers gathered at a local high school in mid-November to wrap everything in Christmas paper before shipping 1,139 boxes to service members in more than a dozen countries. Then 884 of them … Read more