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Tennessee is in the midst of an unexpectedly close special election, with U.S. Democrats hoping to flip the reliably conservative 7th Congressional District.Voters in the southern state headed to the polls Tuesday to choose a successor to Republican Rep. Mark Green, who resigned in July to pursue a career in the private sector.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHis vacant U.S. House seat paves the way for a surprisingly competitive offseason campaign and is seen by Democrats as a possible sign of growing dissatisfaction with Republican President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.The race is between Trump-backed…

Manager Arne Slott has confirmed that Mohamed Salah will travel to the African Cup of Nations before December 15, but the Liverpool forward will still be available for the Premier League game against Brighton on Saturday, December 13.With Salah set to represent Egypt in the competition, Slott admitted Liverpool must start preparing for a crucial period without one of their most high-profile players. “That (deadline) is December 15th. As always, there’s the country, the officials and the club. There’s always a conversation about what’s best for all three of us,” Slott said. “He’s not here so we have to find…

There’s nothing I want more than something I want but can’t have. In fact, for most people, there is a hierarchy of spending:If you don’t want something and don’t have it, you don’t think about it. If you want something and don’t have it, you may feel okay. If you want something but don’t have it, you may feel demotivated. If you want something and can’t get it, you completely drive yourself crazy.As I explain in my book, The Art of Spending Money, it hardly matters what that “something” is here. A glass of water to a thirsty person is…

Based on recent stock market performance, Alphabet’s Google just gained an edge over OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Shares of Alphabet and its chip partner Broadcom have soared this quarter after the release of a new version of Gemini AI, while private OpenAI distributors Nvidia and Microsoft have underperformed. Once considered an AI laggard, Google surprised the market last month with the release of its Gemini 3 AI model, which outperformed and matched several features of ChatGPT and GPT family models in industry benchmark tests. Google also released its latest custom silicon chip, a 7th generation Tensor Processing Unit called Ironwood, in November,…

A judge has ordered Rahmanullah Rakanwal held without bail after a mass shooting in Washington, D.C., caused “pure terror.”Published December 2, 2025December 2, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareA man accused of fatally shooting two National Guard soldiers during an attack in Washington, D.C., has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and assault charges.Rahmanullah Rakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, made his first court appearance remotely via video from his hospital bed on Tuesday. Lakhanwal was also shot dead in the case, and his lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of…

A police watchdog report said police were guilty of “profound complacency”, “fundamental failures” and “a concerted effort” to blame fans during and after the Hillsborough disaster. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has spent 13 years conducting the largest-ever independent investigation into police misconduct and criminal allegations.The report identified more than a dozen police officers at South Yorkshire Police, including the then chief constable, who would have been charged with serious misconduct had they still been on duty. Officer 13 could have faced a misconduct lawsuit.Hillsborough remains to this day the worst disaster in British sporting history.On April 15,…

French AI startup Mistral launched its new Mistral 3 family of open-weight models on Tuesday. It’s a launch aimed at leading the way in bringing AI to the public and proving it can serve enterprise customers better than its Big Tech rivals.The 10-model release includes a large Frontier model with multimodal and multilingual capabilities, and nine smaller models that are offline-enabled and fully customizable. The announcement comes as Mistral, which develops open weight language models and Europe-focused AI chatbot Le Chat, appears to be catching up to some of Silicon Valley’s closed-source frontier models. Open-weight models expose the model weights,…

President Donald Trump’s tariffs, aimed at replacing American jobs lost to overseas manufacturing, could instead lead to job cuts at home, according to recent statements from business executives and economic forecasters.The labor market is already in a “no-fire, no-hire” situation, with fears rising that tariffs on U.S. imports will raise operating costs and force companies to cut payrolls.For example, respondents to the Institute for Supply Management’s survey on factory conditions in November expressed increased levels of concern.”We’re starting to implement more permanent changes because of the customs environment,” said one transportation equipment executive. “This includes job cuts, new guidance for…

Tech CEO Michael Dell and his wife Susan on Tuesday pledged $6.25 billion to the so-called Trump Account, a type of tax-advantaged savings account for children.This initiative will expand access to seed money for children who are not old enough to qualify for a planned $1,000 grant from the Treasury Department. With the additional funding, about 25 million American children under the age of 10 born before Jan. 1, 2025, will each receive a $250 grant in Trump’s account, according to Invest America, a nonprofit advocacy group affiliated with the Dells.”It’s designed to help families feel supported from the start…

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins holds a press conference on the government shutdown with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Friday, October 31, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesU.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday threatened to cut off federal funding to Democratic-leaning states over their alleged refusal to share SNAP program data with the Trump administration.Rollins told President Donald Trump during a White House Cabinet meeting that the administration will “begin halting federal funding to these states” starting next week “until they comply.”Rollins said the department needs state-by-state data on…