By Luis Acosta, Jr, for Madison365 Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — The art and start-up universes may be beginning to collide, thanks to the initiatives at Madison start-up nest StartingBlock. Located in American Family Insurance’s “Spark” Building on East Washington Avenue, the non-profit organization specializes in
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By Mostafa Salem and Walé Azeez, CNN Business The United Arab Emirates and its international finance hub Dubai are switching to a four-and-a-half-day work week ending at midday Friday to make it easier to do business globally. The move away from the current Sunday to Thursday schedule — the first by a Gulf state —
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By Swati Gupta and Amy Woodyatt, CNN A teenager has been arrested in western India for beheading his 19-year-old sister while his mother allegedly held the young woman’s legs, according to police. The victim, who got married against her parents’ wishes, was two months pregnant, police told CNN Tuesday, citing her husband. The incident happened
Continue ReadingBy LUCAS ROBINSON Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — On this day 80 years ago, Madisonian William Scheer, then a 19-year-old in the Army Air Corps, was at Wheeler Field on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Scheer watched as Japanese aircraft
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By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell didn’t get the candidate he wanted in New Hampshire. He’s seen states like Pennsylvania and Arizona turn into brutal primary fights. And he’s had to deal with the constant barrage of attacks from former President Donald Trump over his leadership. But the 2022
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Presenting a far richer story than a simple biopic, “Being the Ricardos” turns writer-director Aaron Sorkin loose again on the medium of television and produces one of the year’s most satisfying movies. That it was made for a streaming service, Amazon, is a wrinkle even the legendarily foresighted Desi Arnaz
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TONIGHT: Today’s system will depart shortly after sunset, leaving us dry overnight. Despite snow showing up on radar much of the day, expect no impact this evening as most, if not all, of it will evaporate or sublimate. Lows will make a return into the mid to upper 20’s. TOMORROW: Temperatures on Wednesday climb back
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Christian Chapman, a former underwriter at Better.com, thought he was logging onto another of CEO Vishal Garg’s town halls. He didn’t know it would be his last call as an employee of the online mortgage company. “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is
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By Deidre McPhillips and Jay Croft, CNN Michigan continues to struggle amid the pandemic, setting a record this week for Covid-19 hospitalizations and leading the nation in per capita case rates, new data reveal. The state also recently reported its highest seven-day average of new daily cases, at 10,014, on December 3. The average dipped
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips and Jay Croft, CNN Michigan continues to struggle amid the pandemic, setting a record this week for Covid-19 hospitalizations and leading the nation in per capita case rates, new data reveal. The state also recently reported its highest seven-day average of new daily cases, at 10,014, on December 3. The average dipped
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de Chile aprobó este martes por 82 votos a favor, 20 en contra y 2 abstenciones el proyecto que regula el matrimonio de parejas del mismo sexo. Tras recibir el respaldo en este último trámite legislativo, el proyecto se remitió al Poder Ejecutivo para su
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN A climber who found a trove of precious stones on Mont Blanc has been given half of the 150,000-euro ($168,700) haul to keep after authorities couldn’t find the original owner. The climber found the emeralds and sapphires on the mountain in France in 2013, and he has now been allowed to
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The pandemic brought the world to a halt and spurred significant lifestyle changes from work-life balance to spending habits. Persona Talent analyzed data from the American Time Use Survey collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to look at how people spent their time during 2020 compared to 2019.
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Record-low mortgage rates at the start of the pandemic led to a swift uptick in the demand for housing—and it hasn’t slowed down since. SmartAsset used September 2021 data from the CoreLogic Homeowner Equity Report to compare 10 metros based on their negative equity shares in the second quarter of 2021.
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes’ marathon testimony is expected to conclude on Wednesday morning, capping six days on the witness stand considered the main event of one of the highest-profile Silicon Valley trials in decades. Each side sought to portray vastly different portraits of Holmes to the jury. Prosecutors tried to show
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ZeroDown analyzed data on 10 cities that have the best real estate investing prospects in 2021 and beyond by using data from the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2021 report.
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Stacker surveyed Metacritic for the top-ranked documentaries and ranked them according to their Metascore as of December 2021.
Continue ReadingStacker compiled a list of 10 key moments defining how the U.S. debt ceiling affects its spending, by reviewing articles, government reports, and academic papers.
Continue ReadingBy Ken Corn Click here for updates on this story HAYWOOD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Haywood County resident Alcy Kates turned 100 years old on Monday. The World War II veteran spent the morning with News 13’s Ken Corn, talking about his time marching across Europe with the 71st Infantry division. Monuments remembering the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A jury has found an animal rights activist guilty of taking a goat from a ranch in Transylvania County. District Attorney Andrew Murray tells News 13 Wayne Hsiung has been convicted on felony charges of breaking and entering and
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