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Google's Fitbit fined $12.2 million after customers burned by watches
Fitbit failed to report overheating incidents involving its Ionic watches in which customers suffered serious burns, safety regulator said.
USA TODAY
How to set your thermostat in the winter: What to know if you're new to the cold
Turns out, there is a magic number for your thermostat during the cold winter months.
Associated Press
Average rate on 30-year mortgage slips below 7% after climbing five weeks in a row
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased this week to just below 7%, its first decline after climbing five weeks in a row. The rate fell to 6.96% from 7.04% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week.
CBS News
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders over persecution of women
The chief prosecutor of the U.N.'s International Criminal Court is seeking an arrest warrant for the Taliban chief for suspected crimes against humanity.
USA TODAY
Man charged over injecting fake Botox, causing adverse reactions in clients: Prosecutors
A New York man, Joey Grant Luther, has been arrested and charged after being accused of injecting clients with counterfeit Botox, prosecutors say.
Yahoo Finance
Mortgage rates drop as Trump holds off on tariffs in first days in office
Mortgage rates followed bond yields lower as traders assessed President Trump's first executive orders. The average rate on a 30-year loan dipped under 7%.
AFP
Trump tells Davos elites: produce in US or pay tariffs
US President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to global elites in a video message to the World Economic Forum on Thursday: Make your product in the United States or pay tariffs."But if you don't make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then very simply you will have to pay a tariff."
USA TODAY
'America is back and open for business' Trump tells leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos
The first day of the world leaders' meeting on Monday coincided with the inauguration of Trump's second term.
Associated Press
Rubio will visit Central America, including Panama, on first trip abroad as secretary of state
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, including a stop in Panama, which President Donald Trump has riled with talk of trying to reclaim the Panama Canal. Rubio, a former Florida senator who is the son of Cuban immigrants, will also visit El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Thursday.
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Trump issues more immigration orders on third day in office, while enforcement details remain unclear
President Donald Trump signed more executive orders aimed at shutting down the southern border, but the details on how migrants would be blocked from crossing remain unclear.
Time
Trump’s ‘Biological Truth’ Executive Order is Not Based in Biology or Truth
Donald Trump recently signed an executive order which attempts to ban the mentioning of of intersex people.
CBS News
Divorcee who stopped having sex with husband wins appeal at court
"I hope that this decision will mark a turning point in the fight for women's rights in France," the woman said.
Associated Press
Trump won't ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist
Numerous faith leaders across the U.S. say the immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump’s new administration has sown fear within their migrant-friendly congregations. In Portland, Oregon, the Rev. W.J. Mark Knutson, said he plans to offer undocumented migrants sanctuary at Augustana Lutheran Church anyway — just as he did in 2014. “These are sacred spaces.”
Reuters
Where did dinosaurs first evolve? Scientists have an answer
Researchers are now proposing a surprising location for the birthplace of dinosaurs, based on the locations of the currently oldest-known dinosaur fossils, the evolutionary relationships among these early forms and Earth's geography during the Triassic Period. This locale spans the modern-day Sahara desert and Amazon rainforest regions, now separated by thousands of miles and an ocean thanks to a geological process called plate tectonics. "Our research suggests they likely originated in the low-latitude regions of Gondwana near the equator, an area that today includes northern South America and northern Africa," Heath added.
Associated Press
Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs
President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t. Speaking by video from the White House to the annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, on his third full day in office, Trump ran through his flurry of executive actions since his swearing-in and claimed that he had a “massive mandate” from the American people to bring change. “Come make your product in America and we will give you among the lowest taxes as any nation on earth,” Trump said.
AFP
Leaky, crowded and hot: Louvre boss slams her own museum
The head of the Louvre in Paris has warned the government about leaks, overcrowding and sub-standard catering in a confidential note that has raised alarm about the state of the world's most-visited museum.She warned about the "proliferation of damage in museum spaces, some of which are in very poor condition".
The Wall Street Journal
Behind MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Bet: Investors Who Usually Play It Safe
“Bitcoin bonds” offer insurers a less risky way to purchase cryptocurrency.
Associated Press
What to know about President Donald Trump's order targeting the rights of transgender people
An executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people nationwide. The order calls for the federal government to define sex as only male or female and for that to be reflected on official documents such as passports and policies such as federal prison assignments. As for federal spending, it's not clear what his vow to end broader gender classifications will mean on the ground.
CBS News
Bitter cold poses new challenges for Hurricane Helene survivors
Bitter cold has swept the South — including parts of North Carolina that were hard hit by Hurricane Helene four months ago.
AFP
American Airlines shares fall on lackluster 2025 profit outlook
Shares of American Airlines plunged Thursday after the carrier released a disappointing 2025 profit outlook even as its earnings topped expectations in the most recent quarter.American executives forecast a loss of as much as 40 cents per share in the first quarter of 2025 as the company works through the low-demand months of January and February and digests elevated costs from recent contract agreements with labor unions.

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