Almost 1,000 songbirds have died in a single night after smashing into the windows of a glass-fronted exhibition centre in Chicago. Experts have described this as a “shocking outlier” – as typically, no more than 15 birds would perish at the McCormick Place, the largest convention centre in the US. David Willard, who has been
A scene from “The Office.” NBC-TV If you’ve watched HBO’s “Silicon Valley” or NBC’s “The Office,” you’ve seen several examples of obnoxious aggression and manipulative insecurity exhibited by leaders. It almost goes without saying that actual managers shouldn’t look to mimic Michael Scott, or the command-and-control culture dramatized on television. Instead, leaders should strive for
A customer inspects a Tesla Motors Inc. Powerwall unit inside a home. Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a summer of extreme weather and wildfires and now during the peak of hurricane season, the power going out again is becoming familiar to more Americans. That means it may be a good time
Serious collisions and multiple landslips have been reported in Scotland as extreme rainfall sweeps the country. Aerial footage shared by search and rescue helicopters showed soil, rocks and earth strewn across the A83 between Tarbet and Lochgilphead – with Police Scotland confirming the road is completely closed. Officers are urging drivers in Argyll and Bute
Wilko will shut the doors on its last remaining high street stores for the final time after the chain’s collapse. The 93-year-old retailer has been closing each of its 400 UK stores over the past month after collapsing into administration in August. Forty-one stores now remain but will close on Sunday. The shelves have already
The Hamas operation started just before 7am in Israel and came without any warning. Israel is coming to the end of the Jewish festival of Sukkot and today is the Shabbat day of rest, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency meeting of his security cabinet to work out how to respond to this
When Labour last met in Liverpool for its annual conference, Liz Truss had just delivered her mini-Budget, sterling had fallen to a 37-year low and the markets were about to be plunged into turmoil. With her government imploding and weeks after the Johnson collapse, Labour were on a high. Sir Keir Starmer had clocked up
Can the RS e-tron GT keep up with Tesla’s Model S Plaid? Audi is hoping so. The automaker is offering up to $20,000 off its high-performance e-tron GT as it looks to stay in the race. Next to the Porsche Taycan Turbo, Audi was one of the first automakers to take on Tesla’s Model S
With the stock market deeply oversold this week, we put cash to work by picking stocks across a range of sectors including energy, technology and materials. We also added a former Club chipmaker to our Bullpen and upgraded a premium beer name to a buy rating. Finally, Friday’s market reversal helped us make good on
The board of Metro Bank rejected a secret takeover approach last month from a rival British lender, just days before its share price crashed when it emerged that it was seeking hundreds of millions of pounds to shore up its finances. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Shawbrook has tabled several bid proposals to Metro
Thousands of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel in a surprise attack by the Hamas militant group on Saturday morning. Large plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from a number of Israeli towns. Images on social media show cars on fire and some buildings damaged, and the Israeli ambulance
In this article SNAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Snapchat application on a smartphone arranged in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, Jan. 29, 2021. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Snap is under investigation in the U.K. over privacy risks associated with the company’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO),
Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast in history after sealing her sixth career world all-around title in Antwerp. The 26-year-old’s appearance at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships marks her return to major international competition after she took a two-year break to focus on her mental health. The American gymnast led her team
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain announced today that GM has “leapfrogged” other automakers in strike negotiations by agreeing to place all EV battery plant workers under the union’s national master agreement. The UAW has been on a partial strike for three weeks now, contending that workers’ pay has not kept up with auto industry
Witness Adam Yedidia answers questions during Sam Bankman-Fried fraud trial over the collapse of FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, at Federal Court in New York City, October 5, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters Two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s former friends from MIT, who also worked at crypto exchange FTX while living with
Two rail companies have advised customers not to travel to and from Scotland tomorrow, with Met Office weather warnings in place for heavy rain. Avanti West Coast said there would be advised customers not to travel between Scotland and Preston and said there would be “no services north of Preston, and as a result other
In this article FRHC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Freedom Holding CEO Timur Turlov speaks during a press interview in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2019. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Freedom Holding, a Nasdaq-traded Kazakh financial firm that’s been the target of prominent short sellers, is being investigated by federal prosecutors and Securities and Exchange
The UK is on course for the biggest tax rise in at least 50 years because of the freeze on personal thresholds and soaring inflation, according to new analysis. The Resolution Foundation said taxpayers are set to hand over about £40bn a year by 2028 – up from a forecast of £30bn at the time
The man charged with abducting a nine-year-old girl from a campsite in New York state is being investigated over the unsolved murders of two teenage girls who disappeared close to his home around 20 years ago, police have said. Craig Nelson Ross Jr, was charged with alleged first-degree kidnapping after Charlotte Sena was found “safe
When Patricia Noble had to make the decision to end her dog’s life just hours after he fell ill, the grief was almost unbearable. “When my dad died, I grieved for him, but he wasn’t in my life regularly,” she says. “Dougie felt like a support dog… it was like my world had crashed.” Dougie,