Cyber actors from Iran increased their attacks on U.S. education, finance, healthcare, and defense assets in August, according to an Aug. 28 report from the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory, which includes the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) Cyber Crime Center. The attacks deploy ransomware […]

Brenna Swindell, the daughter of former Major League Baseball pitcher Greg Swindell, was found safe in Oregon with her ex-boyfriend Morgan Guidry early Tuesday morning after she was reported missing over the weekend, according to multiple reports from police and family members. Before police in Oregon discovered her car, in which both she and Guidry […]

The Oakland Unified School District in California revealed on Monday that almost 200 drinking fountains and water faucets across the district in different schools tested at higher levels of lead than the district’s standard of 5 parts per billion. In a letter to parents, the district said it tested over 1,000 faucets and fountains, finding that […]

U.S. consumers added $27 billion in credit card debt during the second quarter of 2024, resulting in the highest level of credit card debt ever measured, $1.14 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Household Debt and Credit Report. While the Fed called the overall increase in household debt “moderate” in its […]

Simone Biles won the gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics final with two powerful and stunning vaults that showcased her skills in her strongest event. Biles beat silver medalist Rebecca Andrade of Brazil by more than three-tenths of a point due to the higher level of difficulty and the execution of her vaults. Biles […]

President Joe Biden and his administration announced new actions on Wednesday afternoon to deal with the “scourge of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.” In a briefing, the administration announced that Biden is issuing a new national security memorandum to call on federal departments and agencies to step up efforts to halt the flow of illegal […]

A majority of the more than 500 Activision/Blizzard Entertainment employees who form the World of Warcraft (WOW) development team voted on Wednesday to form a union as part of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), according to a press release by the union. A neutral arbitrator confirmed the vote, and Microsoft-owned Blizzard Entertainment recognized the […]

Starter homes of at least $1 million are now normal in 237 major U.S. cities even as Gen Z and Millennials say they are waiting for real estate prices to come down before buying, according to new reports from real estate companies Zillow and Re/Max. Zillow’s analysis defined starter homes as being in the bottom […]

A new report by Bankrate has ranked Delaware as the top state for retirement and Alaska as the worst, looking at metrics on overall well-being, weather, affordability, and crime, among others. It is Delaware’s first year at the top of the annual survey; it was in second place last year, while Iowa held the top […]

Buyers from outside the United States purchased 21.2 percent fewer residential properties in the country in the 12 months from April 2023 to March 2024, a new report from the National Association of Realtors revealed. This comes as the domestic housing market continues to see a decline in sales that started in 2022, the report […]

Ready-to-eat sausage and hot dog products from two different manufacturers have been recalled, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday in separate statements. The larger of the two recalls concerned 6,900 pounds of ready-to-eat hot dogs produced that were not inspected by the department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) officers before being shipped to […]

A new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) says that some 40 percent of new cancer cases and nearly half of cancer deaths in adults aged 30 and older in 2019 could have been prevented with lifestyle changes. “These are things that people can practically change—how they live every single day—to reduce their risk […]

A new survey by accounting firm Deloitte showed that back-to-school spending for K-12 children is expected to be flat this year after inflation has driven up prices. The survey dovetails with other Deloitte research, which shows that 73 percent of Americans are concerned about rising prices for everyday goods and services. According to Deloitte, total […]

Pfizer said in a press release Thursday that it will conduct further testing of danuglipron as a once-daily weight loss pill after its early-stage research found that patients did not tolerate a twice-daily regimen. During testing, one of its once-daily formulations was identified as “most favorable” because it was safest, and patients reacted best to […]

A new Bankrate survey has revealed that more Americans have been working two jobs—one full time and one side hustle—in the last two years as inflation has reached almost 21 percent since February, 2020. Some 36 percent of U.S. adults said they earned income beyond their full-time jobs, while the amount of money earned has […]

Wallethub’s 2024 Credit Card Debt Study revealed Monday that 46 percent of U.S. credit card users are still paying off last summer’s charges, even as the amount charged on credit cards went up 4 percent over the same period in 2023. About one-third of people surveyed predicted they would have more credit card debt by […]

Lower median income, higher poverty, and high rates of violent crime are cited as the main reasons Cleveland, Ohio, has been named the most stressed city in the United States in new research by WalletHub released on July 8. Cleveland ranked first among the 180-plus cities, only slightly higher than Detroit, Michigan, and Baltimore, Maryland. […]

A new large-scale study of 14 brands of tampons found toxic metals like lead and arsenic were present in all of the products tested. The study by Berkley Public Health looked at 16 metals and metalloids with known toxicity, and found measurable levels of 12 of them across the tampon samples. In addition to lead […]

According to a new report by personal finance company WalletHub, major American cities saw their rate of credit card delinquency rise by as much as 85 percent in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same time period last year. The report ranked the top 100 U.S. cities in terms of their increases in […]

A new study from the Anderson Economic Group (AEG) estimated that North American losses from the CDK Global software outage could reach $1 billion if the company can’t get the 15,000 affected new-car dealerships back online by the end of the week. CDK provides software to facilitate new-car purchases, including finance and insurance, dealer management, […]