The Big Rundown  On a Monday morning toward the end of the seemingly endless month of January, Elmo posed a question: "How is everybody doing?" Keep reading
More Big News  FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday issued what CNN calls a "dramatic public warning" about the cyberthreat posed by China, specifically to US infrastructure. Keep reading Also Making Headlines Today's Jaw-Dropper A woman fell into a dumpster while throwing out her garbage and was later rescued from a trash truck that had compacted the contents while she was inside, fire department officials in New Hampshire said. Keep reading
Don't Overlook A lemon that was ripe when George Washington was a child fetched $1,780 at an auction in the UK. Keep reading On the Lighter Side Her characters have been with child on Mad Men and The Handmaid's Tale, but the real-life pregnancy of Elisabeth Moss is decidedly a much happier occasion. Keep reading Science Buzz There were more than 207,000 syphilis cases in the US in 2022, a count that was last that high in 1950. Keep reading Wild Card Getting in touch with an old flame could have deadly consequences, according to Florida police, who allege a woman tried to kill her husband of 51 years after he received a postcard from a lover of six decades previously. Keep reading Comment of the Day "I did the DNA test and found out that Jim Henson is not my real dad." The Count Quote of the Day "There's been so much talk at these hearings and popcorn throwing and the like, and I just want to get this stuff done. I'm so tired of this." Today's 6 Most-Read Stories
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
An Innocent Question From Elmo Breaks the Internet (Daily Rundown by Newser)
Fed Holds Rates Steady for 4th Meeting in a Row (Newser Breaking News)
Happening Now  The Federal Reserve, surprising nobody, left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday at between 5.25% and 5.5%, its highest in 23 years. This was the fourth Fed meeting in a row that resulted in no change to the key rate, but while raising the rate was seen as a possibility at earlier meetings, analysts are now looking for signs that cuts are on the way, the Wall Street Journal reports. Keep reading From our sponsor  Score no interest until 2025 AND winning bonus offers with these cards. A long-time credit card writer says these are some of the best deals he's seen in his years of writing for top financial websites. Start racking up huge rewards. Learn More Today's 6 Most-Read Stories
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A Sin City Landmark Will Be Razed (Newser Morning 8)
1  House Republicans voted along party lines after midnight Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a "willful and systematic" refusal to enforce immigration laws, the AP reports. Keep reading 2 When the Tropicana Las Vegas opened in 1957, Nevada's lieutenant governor unlocked the door to what would become a Sin City landmark for more than a half-century. Keep reading
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3 Brian Wilson's wife of 28 years, famously portrayed by Elizabeth Banks opposite John Cusack's Brian in the 2014 film Love & Mercy, died Tuesday at age 77. Keep reading 4 On the eve of a planned hearing in the divorce proceedings of the special prosecutor in Georgia's election interference case against former President Trump, a tentative settlement was reached in the divorce, meaning the Wednesday hearing is off. Keep reading 5 One of the victims of a Minnesota home invasion and triple murder wasn't supposed to be at home at the time. Keep reading 6 Five professional hockey players who were members of Canada's 2018 World Junior Championships team have been charged with sexual assault in London, Ontario. Keep reading
7 The son of the imam fatally shot outside his New Jersey mosque on January 3 was arrested Friday on a firearms charge. Keep reading 8 The television audiences for the NFL playoffs and last Sunday's conference championship games are the highest on record going back to 1988. Keep reading This Day in History On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral. Find out what else happened on this date here. From the Newser Archives On this day in 2015: Houston’s Daughter Found Unresponsive, Is Breathing: Officials Yesterday's Most-Read Stories
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