With data collected months before its main survey begins, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is already changing what we thought we knew about asteroids. In the Main Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the telescope spotted a large asteroid spinning shockingly fast. Its name is 2025 MN45it measures 710 meters (2,330 feet) … Read more
With the use of artificial intelligence (AI) skyrocketing, this sector of the market is a great place to look for stocks that could double in less than a year. Many AI companies are generating explosive growth and these are the ones you need to take a look at. Three in particular have a chance to … Read more
As a single mother, Crystal Roure was extremely protective of her children. So when she started dating a handsome man from church, Crystal didn’t introduce him right away. In fact, she waited until they had been dating for a full year before he met the kids. “He took his time,” Crystal’s sister, Stephanie Roure, told … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the state faces a $2.9 billion budget shortfall this year, significantly less than legislative budget analysts had estimated. The deficit, though small, could still require cuts and means the Democratic governor has no money to push for new programs in his final year in office. … Read more
Hot Seats, an illegal Leesburg casino with apparent ties to the racketeering case against former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, was raided Thursday night along with two other Lake County gambling operations. The operation – dubbed “Calvin Coolidge” after the former US president for reasons that remain unclear – targeted the Hot Seats; The Hub, … Read more
Mortgage rates have moved within 11 basis points of their 2025 low since late October. However, President Trump’s push for government mortgage originators Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion worth of mortgage bonds could be the boost mortgage rates need to finally fall below 6 percent. The national 30-year fixed mortgage average … Read more
In early January 2026, when Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, made their first court appearances in the US when he was captured, an image circulated online that users alleged (archived) showed Flores in court with a bandaged head and a black eye. American forces got his hands on Maduro and Flores … Read more
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday accused the United States and Israel of “direct involvement” in his country’s ongoing anti-government street protests and trying to turn them into violence, while dismissing their military intervention as “a faint possibility.” Speaking during a press conference after meeting Lebanese House Speaker … Read more
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue for some articles through the links below. As skyrocketing land prices and the “Yellowstone effect” prompt a historic sale of ranch land to billionaire foreigners, a Montana family is charting a different course to preserve the Old West. Dale and Janet Veseth, owners of Veseth … Read more
The supranational power, or global governance, exercised by institutions of the international legal system, such as the United Nations, must be strengthened. Their independence must be protected, effective mechanisms must be established and mandatory actions must be defined to guarantee the protection of human rights and democracy. These principles must prevail over the law of … Read more