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The Houston Astros have reportedly stolen Christian Walker away from the New York Yankees in free agency this offseason.

Millions of Americans hoping to travel for the holidays may encounter a snag at TSA stops across U.S. airports if the government shuts down. CBS News' Skyler Henry reports from Atlanta. Also, CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Jessica Burch breaks down the latest weather forecast for travelers.

The vehicle drove at the marked patrol car and Gardaí had to take evasive action to avoid being deliberately struck.

But Gisèle Pelicot does not want to be seen as an icon, one of her lawyers has said

When well-planned and managed with clear objectives, ERGs can be powerful tools to drive connection and change within the workplace.

Canary Black (Amazon) The Director Of Taken Gives Kate Beckinsale A Set Of Skills

The company had considered filing for bankruptcy a second time earlier this month after initially filing for one last year.

Terradot’s pilot program in Brazil involves spreading crushed basalt over farmland. | Image: Terradot

To try to counteract the impact their pollution has on the climate, Google and other big companies have bought into a plan to trap carbon dioxide using rocks. They recently announced multimillion dollar deals with a Sheryl Sandberg-backed startup called Terradot.

Updated with the latest: Colleen Hoover’s popular thriller Verity is in the works for a feature film adaptation with Amazon MGM Studios starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett and another of her books Regretting You has been picked up for an indie adaptation with stars already attached. Reminders of Him, her latest novel, […]

Spotify pads playlists with music by unknown artists, and has been accused of generating this music itself or using cheap library music to reduce the amount paid to artists. At Harpers, Liz Pelly, building on reporting by Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, reveals that the practice is pervasive. — Read the rest

Free agent first baseman Christian Walker and the Houston Astros have come to terms on a three-year, $60 million deal, per USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. FanSided’s Robert Murray was the first to report that negotiations between the two sides were serious, while The Athletic’s Jim Bowden detailed that the contract was agreed to and pending […]

Nigel Richards, a 57-year-old New Zealander and renowned Scrabble champion, won the Spanish World Scrabble Championship without knowing Spanish. He achieved this feat by memorizing the entire Spanish Scrabble dictionary. Richards, who also won the French championship using a similar method, demonstrates the power of rote learning, even in the age of AI.

To connect with different age groups, healthcare marketers must understand how each generation seeks and processes medical information to make healthcare decisions.

A congressional spending plan was abandoned this week with fears it could mean a shutdown of the US government.

The Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network’s tech subsidy helps volunteers and advisors to participate fully in the work it is doing.

The final chapter of "Stranger Things" has officially finished filming.

UK police are warning of a surge in "porch piracy" this Christmas, with millions of pounds worth of parcels stolen from doorsteps across the country.

The Gypsy King has not been speaking with his family ahead of the big rematch in Saudi Arabia this weekend and father John is no longer in his corner

"Everyone knows the script isn't really that good." — Minnie Driver.

A California sparkling wine company has expanded its business into…high quality dog toys.

Drug addiction has plagued the Black community for decades, and with the rise of fentanyl in recent years, Black people should be on high alert — especially our Black men, whom statistics say are the most vulnerable.

Speaker Mike Johnson laid out two potential paths to avert a government shutdown in a closed-door meeting with the House GOP Friday morning, according to a slide presented in the closed-door House GOP conference and shared with POLITICO.

The Italian regulator mandated OpenAI conduct a media campaign across various outlets to inform the public about ChatGPT's data collection practices.