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  • Brazilian firefighters battle national park wildfire that is enveloping Brasilia in smoke

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters on Monday battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil that is enveloping Brasilia in smoke. It's the latest wildfire in the country, which is experiencing an historic drought.

  • Oregon tribe sues over federal agency plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction

    EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction next month, saying the environmental analysis underpinning the sale was too narrow and based on a “predetermined political decision.”

  • Investors uncertain of big capex spending on AI: Analyst

    Stifel applied technology analyst Ruben Roy joins Josh Lipton and Alexandra Canal on Market Domination to discuss the status of the chip sector amid recent volatility as Nvidia (NVDA) tries to hold onto its dominant position. Roy tells Yahoo Finance that investors are worried about when Big Tech companies will see the payoff of their AI investments. Another key chip investor concern is the sustainability of the increased capital expenditures (capex) spending to invest into AI and where the spending will shift after data centers are built. Nvidia stands out as a major benefactor of the AI boom. Despite recent volatility, the chipmaker's stock has more than doubled since the start of 2024. The analyst tells the Market Domination team that Nvidia’s “checks have been solid” and “it's not just Blackwell” as demand for the company's Hopper GPUs is also holding strong. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

  • Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 5 states

    Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least five states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material.

  • Amazon to mandate 5 days a week in office in 2025

    STORY: Amazon is bringing an end to working from home at the e-commerce giant, telling employees they will be required to return to the office five days a week starting next year.In a letter posted to the company’s website on Monday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote (quote):“…before the pandemic, it was not a given that folks could work remotely two days a week, and that will also be true moving forward—our expectation is that people will be in the office outside of extenuating circumstances.”Companies have been allowing many employees to work from home since the pandemic, leaving downtown offices nearly empty in a number of cities.But Amazon has taken a tougher stance than many of its rivals.Some employees who were consistently out of compliance with the existing three-day mandate were told they were "voluntarily resigning," and were locked out of Amazon's systems.In May of last year, workers at Amazon's Seattle headquarters staged a walkout protesting a return-to-office mandate as well as changes to the company's climate policy and layoffs.According to an employee Q&A shared with Reuters, Amazon is also is eliminating a prior program that allowed workers the option to work from anywhere for four months per year.

  • Police searching for suspect in fatal shooting

    A man shot multiple times in Severn on Sunday night has died, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said the suspect is still on the run. County police said officers were called just before 9 p.m. to the 8200 block of Marlton Court for a report of a shooting. Police said officers found a man in a wooded area, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his torso.

  • MPs to hold emergency debate after 6 First Nations deaths by police over 2 weeks

    The House of Commons will hold an emergency debate Monday evening after six separate incidents in two weeks where First Nations people were killed by police.

  • Bowen Yang Reveals What Shane Gillis Told Him Before ‘SNL’ Firing

    Bowen Yang is pulling back the curtain on comedian Shane Gillis’ hiring and subsequent firing from Saturday Night Live in 2019.Yang spoke about the situation in a profile in The New Yorker published Monday, recalling that Gillis phoned him after his old homophobic and racist jokes, made on a previous podcast, went viral following SNL’s announcement that he would be joining the cast for the sketch comedy show’s 45th season. Yang was also a member of that year’s class, making him the program’s fir

  • Man arrested, charged with stalking after allegedly harassing UConn star Paige Bueckers for months

    A 40-year-old Oregon man is being charged with breach of peace, electronic stalking and harassment.

  • Defense questions police practices as 3 ex-officers stand trial in Tyre Nichols' death

    Defense attorneys tried to poke holes in officer training practices and policies while questioning a police lieutenant Monday during the trial of three former Memphis officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. Larnce Wright testified for his third day in the federal trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith in Memphis. Wright trained the officers and two others who have taken plea deals in the case.

  • Springfield schools evacuated yet again over ‘threats’ after Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants

    Ohio governor Mike DeWine said there had been at 33 hoax bomb threats in recent days, at least some of which came from overseas

  • Is streaming still a great business? MoffettNathanson asks

    MoffettNathanson senior analyst Robert Fishman joins Alexandra Canal on Market Domination Overtime to discuss the state of streaming as deals between big players change the landscape. “Clearly, we're in a time of disruption, and the traditional cable bundle is going through that almost every day,” Fishman tells Yahoo Finance, later adding: "There's continued deals that are evolving and the terms of these deals continue to shape the future of the landscape.” Disney (DIS) recently finalized its deal with DirecTV and restored the media giant's cable channels to the provider's bundles. Warner Brother Discovery (WBD) and Charter (CHTR) announced an early renewal of their distribution agreement last week. "Clearly, Netflix (NFLX) has proven that [streaming] is a pretty good business," Fishman says, finding traditional media companies have struggled to "replicate that success." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

  • Patriots' pocket is not yet safe enough for Drake Maye to take over for Jacoby Brissett

    The New England Patriots showed in Week 2 why they are sticking with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback over first-round draft pick Drake Maye.

  • 'My kids want to go home; we can’t go home': Lockport supporting family of 7 that lost home in fire

    After a house fire destroyed a Lockport family’s home and killed two of their pets, a neighbor is stepping in to help this family of seven recover and find a new place to live.

  • Security Guard Claims Nicki Minaj and Husband Kenneth Petty Still Owe Over $500,000 After Alleged Backstage Beating

    Thomas Weidenmuller, the security guard allegedly assaulted by Kenneth Petty, has filed a memo of costs after judgment and a writ of execution against them

  • Kirton, Heyliger put on a show as Canada beats Nepal in cricket one-day international

    KING CITY, Ont. — Captain Nicholas Kirton scored 73 runs not out and Dilon Heyliger took five wickets as Canada celebrated its first one-day international on home soil in 11 years with a commanding 103-run win over Nepal in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play Monday.

  • Investors turned more bearish on oil last week than ever

    Investors were more bearish than ever on crude oil last week, deepening a months-long selloff that pressured prices to multi-year lows amid growing concerns of weak demand in top consuming nations. Negative sentiment swept oil markets so strongly that short positions on Brent crude overtook long positions for the first time, data from the Intercontinental Exchange showed on Friday. "This historic speculative selling pressure prompted a more than $10/bbl collapse in crude prices between late-August and this past Tuesday," Commodity Context analyst Rory Johnston wrote.

  • Gen Z and millennials are propping up the economy — with help from their parents, 'Oracle of Wall Street' says

    Consumers between the ages of 24 and 38 hold the largest discretionary spending power in the US, Meredith Whitney said in an op-ed.

  • 150+ witnesses could be called in man's trial

    Jury selection is underway in the trial of a Cockeysville man charged with shooting two Baltimore County police officers. 25-year-old David Linthicum is accused of shooting the officers during a three-day manhunt that ended after an eight-hour standoff in Harford County. The court assembled 150 people in hopes of seating a jury of 12. 11 News has learned during jury selection that as many as 151 witnesses may be called for the trial that's expected to last 10 days.

  • Naomi Campbell and David Gandy join Starmer at No 10 for London Fashion Week

    The reception was hosted by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.