QUESTION: There is a local second-hand shop where the owner and his employee kind of make up prices in, what seems to me, a manner that is based upon their
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Wednesday it registered 285 candidates for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize by the Feb. 1 deadline, down from 2023 when it received 351 valid nominations.
The U.S. economy grew at a robust 3.2% annual pace from October through December, propelled by healthy consumer spending, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday in a slight downgrade from its
A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and
The British government said Wednesday that it is stepping up security for lawmakers after politicians reported threats and intimidation connected to the Israel-Hamas war. The Home Office said a 31
In a press conference on Wednesday evening, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made a historic call for the forced conscription of Charedim into the IDF, declaring that “there is a
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday called for the Axis of Resistance to increase attacks on Israel during Ramadan and “break the siege on the Al-Aqsa mosque” in Jerusalem. He
Israeli Energy Minister and former Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, has voiced a firm stance on the potential for normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Cohen emphasized that the creation of
The U.S. and U.K. sanctioned a deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a Houthi militant member, Tuesday. The U.S. additionally sanctioned firms registered in Hong Kong and
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President Joe Biden “continues to be fit for duty,” his doctor wrote Wednesday after conducting an annual physical that is being closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks reelection in November.
More than half of the UK’s Conservative Party members say they perceive Islam as a significant threat to the British way of life, according to a new poll. The survey,
Congressional leaders announced Wednesday they have reached a tentative agreement to prevent a government shutdown for now, days before an end-of-the-week deadline that risked shuttering some federal operations. Under the
First year student Samuel Woo had been considering a career in cardiology so he would be able to pay off his medical school debt until the announcement this week of
The IDF on Wednesday announced that they have killed dozens of Hamas operatives across the Gaza Strip over the past day. The IDF released footage of a strike on a
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a
Price increases for cars and trucks in the United States, which helped fuel inflation for nearly three years, are slowing and in some cases falling, helping cool overall inflation and
President Joe Biden on Wednesday is signing an executive order aimed at better protecting Americans’ personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign
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