Risks are increasing for the DC region ahead of Sunday’s storm

Risks are increasing for the DC region ahead of Sunday’s storm

short Weather models continue to debate the strength and position of a weekend storm system. The most likely scenario calls for rain Sunday morning changing to a mix and then wet snow by Sunday evening. Accumulation threat has emerged over the past 24 hours, with most models suggesting between 1 and 5″ of snow in … Read more

Kansas City has moved to shut down an unsavory downtown business. It didn’t work

Kansas City has moved to shut down an unsavory downtown business. It didn’t work

For a business that should have been on the verge of closing, Downtown Market is doing a brisk business. Five months after the city labeled it a nuisance and the owner moved to evict, the lights are on at 1103 Grand. Beer coolers hum. The selection of alcoholic beverages remains extensive. The counter display still … Read more

The US military is airlifting a small reactor as Trump pushes to rapidly deploy nuclear power

The US military is airlifting a small reactor as Trump pushes to rapidly deploy nuclear power

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — The Pentagon and Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah for the first time, demonstrating what they say is the U.S.’s potential to rapidly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use. The nearly 700-mile flight last weekend — which carried a 5-megawatt … Read more

Renowned “Big Short” investor Michael Burry made a dire prediction about Palantir stock. I think he’s dead wrong

Renowned “Big Short” investor Michael Burry made a dire prediction about Palantir stock. I think he’s dead wrong

Michael Burry is a legend in the investing community. He made a name for himself by being among the first to predict the collapse of the subprime lending market in 2008. His high-stakes bets made a real fortune, netting him $100 million personally and $725 million for his investors. The film that presented these events, … Read more

Checks in 2026 will be “substantially” larger than before. How to use it wisely

Checks in 2026 will be “substantially” larger than before. How to use it wisely

Saul Loeb/Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue by linking to the content below. With tax season underway, working Americans may soon see a financial windfall, according to President Donald Trump — and he says it’s all thanks to one law. “Tax refunds this year, due to the ‘BIG BEAUTIFUL’ … Read more

Former Cardinals pitcher accepts plea deal on hunting violations in St. Louis County Clair

Former Cardinals pitcher accepts plea deal on hunting violations in St. Louis County Clair

Former Major League Baseball player Danny Cox and three other men entered plea deals three years ago on his property in rural Freeburg. That ends cases against eight men, including Freeburg Mayor Seth Speiser, in St. Louis Circuit Court. Clair County. Illinois Conservation Police issued them a total of 29 citations and 22 written warnings … Read more

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer Says It Would Be ‘Reckless’ Not to Pursue Controversial SEDA Project

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer Says It Would Be ‘Reckless’ Not to Pursue Controversial SEDA Project

Despite a setback for a planned mega-development in southeast Fresno, Mayor Jerry Dyer is committed to seeing it through. The Fresno Bee recently sat down with the mayor for a 40-minute interview to discuss his accomplishments as mayor so far and how he looks forward to the remaining two years and 10 months of his … Read more

Trump warns he is considering limited strikes as Iranian diplomat says proposed deal is imminent

Trump warns he is considering limited strikes as Iranian diplomat says proposed deal is imminent

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Friday that limited strikes against Iran were possible, even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expected to have a deal ready in the coming days after nuclear talks with the United States. In response to a reporter’s question about whether the U.S. might take limited military action … Read more

Victoria’s Secret CEO’s ex-lawyer caught on hot mic jokingly threatening to ‘kill’ him at Epstein deposition

Victoria’s Secret CEO’s ex-lawyer caught on hot mic jokingly threatening to ‘kill’ him at Epstein deposition

Former Victoria’s Secret mogul Les Wexner’s lawyer was caught on a hot microphone jokingly threatening to “kill” him if he continued to give lengthy answers to questions during his testimony on Jeffrey Epstein by the House Oversight Committee. The moment came after the committee released the full, nearly five-hour deposition of Wexner, 88, as part … Read more

Life is hard and dangerous in Russian-ruled parts of Ukraine, activists and former residents say

Life is hard and dangerous in Russian-ruled parts of Ukraine, activists and former residents say

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Even now, safe in her new home in Estonia, Inna Vnukova says she can’t shake the terrifying memory of living under Russian occupation in eastern Ukraine at the start of the war and her family’s harrowing escape. They hid for days in a damp basement in their village of Kudriashivka after … Read more