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Americans Lack Confidence in Trump, Govt — WashPost Poll

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During the interview, Schultz said he is "seriously" considering running for president "as a centrist independent, outside of the two-party system". Howard Sc...

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End of shutdown: White House denies Donald Trump 'caved' to Democrats

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Dam breaks in southeast Brazil, causing casualties

The official death toll from the disaster stands at 34 but more than 300 people are still missing and have been give little chance of survival. More than a doze...

Venezuelan oil exports to U.S. still a primary source of cash

Global were down 56 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $61.52 per barrel. Although, it is worth pointing out that if the US-China trade war talks do not make any headw...

Whole Foods recalls baby spinach products over salmonella concerns

Satur Farms, located in Cutchogue, New York, voluntarily recalled baby spinach and mesclun in an announcement released by the FDA on Wednesday. The Whole Food...

Pompeo Hires Former Trump Critic as Point Person on Venezuela

After Washington's declaration of support for Guaido, Maduro cut off diplomatic relations with the United States on Wednesday and gave USA diplomats 72 hours to...

Honda confirms production and sale of Urban EV model in 2019

The event takes place in March this year and will celebrate the launch of a number of cars. However, the yet-unnamed EV has a curvier body compared to the retro...

PG&E Surges 75% After Utility Cleared in Deadly Tubbs Fire

If PG&E's facilities, including its transmission lines, are determined to be the substantial cause of a particular wildfire, then "the utility can be held liabl...

How Facebook tricked children into spending money on games

According to the documents , Facebook encouraged game developers to let kids spend money without a parent's permission, which the company referred to as " frien...

U.S. oil up 1% on Venezuela turmoil, but hefty stock build weighs

Venezuela now supplies around 480,000 barrels per day of crude oil to Gulf Coast refineries. Oil closed higher for the third day in a row as a deal to reopen...

Hulu Drops Price to $5.99 as Netflix Announces Hike

Netflix is the largest streaming service in the US, with 58 million subscribers, while Hulu has roughly than 25 million. If you're a subscriber to Hulu's ad-...

BuzzFeed Plans To Lay Off 15 Percent Of Its Workforce

The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. BuzzFeed will lay off 15% of staff, or about 218 employees. Bryan Maygers, the head of opini...

Bitcoin ETF withdrawn due to United States government shutdown

For a few weeks now, the US Government has been in shutdown mode and they now appear to be making it hard for the financial space to include new products tied...

Unemployment rate edges lower to 5.0%

Iowa closed the year with the lowest unemployment rate at 2.4%; Alaska with the highest rate at 6.3% (albeit a record low for Alaska). In addition, underemploym...

How to help government workers survive the shutdown

According to Politico , a TSA spokesman said the pay period would cover December 23-Jan. 5. "TSA similarly used fiscal 2018 money to provide $500 bonuses and ...

Sweethearts candies won't be on shelves this Valentine's Day

January is nearly over which means it's just about time to celebrate Valentine's Day. According to candystore.com, conversation hearts were the most popular V...

More than 200 missing after dam collapses in Brazil

At least 50 people died in the disaster on Friday, Avimar de Melo, mayor of the nearby town of Brumadinho, told the Hoje em Dia newspaper. Brazilian authoriti...

Walmart Seeks To Hire Hundreds Of Truckers At Nearly $90,000 A Year

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Carlos Ghosn steps down as Renault chairman

Renault's emergency board meeting, where Ghosn is expected to be replaced, comes two months after his arrest and subsequent dismissal from Nissan . Ghosn di...

Tons of Gold Medal Flour Recalled Due to Salmonella Fears

No one has been sickened as a result of the product thus far, the company explained in a statement . You can contact General Mills at 1-800-230-8103 or vis...

Huawei will launch its foldable-screen 5G smartphone at MWC

Worldwide smartphone shipments likely fell 3 percent last year, returning to low single-digit growth this year and through 2022, when 5G mobile network technolo...

USA pulls non-essential diplomatic staff from Venezuela

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said earlier this month that Nicolas Maduro had "seized power through fraudulent and anti-democratic elections ". Ch...

Family Kicked Of Flight For Smelling Terrible

American Airlines removed a family from a plane on Wednesday after passengers and crew members complained one of the family members smelled. The airline pu...

China Blocks Microsoft's Bing Due to Technical Error, Sources Say

At this point, the leading search engine in China is Baidu, which has more than 70 percent of the search market locally. NPR's Shanghai Correspondent Rob Sc...

FAA Grounds Flights in New York-Area Airports Due to TSA Shortages

Flights into LaGuardia, Newark Liberty International and Philadelphia International airports are delayed Friday morning by an average of 41 minutes, according t...

Venezuelan Military Stands by Maduro

Venezuela's president expressed his gratitude to Turkey , Russia and China on Thursday for their support after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himse...

Home appliances maker Dyson to shift head office to Singapore

Brilliantly, when The Guardian asked if Dyson could still be described as "a great British success story" as David Cameron called it in 2014, Rowan replied th...

White House denies reports of canceled trade meeting

President Donald Trump's top economic adviser on Tuesday denied news reports that the United States had canceled a meeting this week with the Chinese govern...

Amazon testing delivery by self-driving robots

Amazon's forays into autonomous aerial delivery with drones are well-known, but now the omnichannel giant is taking the concept to the ground. They can drive ...

Tesla's Model 3 is finally coming to Europe

A Tesla representative recently called to say this person was next on the list for a Model 3 , but its price tag went up to around $48,000. Elon Musk , Tes...