Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A glamorous 200-year-old brownstone in one of New York’s most coveted neighborhoods would be most people’s “forever” home. That’s not the case for comedian and actress Amy Schumer, who just listed her Brooklyn Heights home for $14 million…
President Donald Trump earned a wave of backlash from the political right after endorsing Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. for re-election last week. A torrent of replies flooded Trump’s Truth Social post as people disagreed with the president’s move, including retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who very briefly served as national security advisor during Trump’s…
Thunderstorms could move into the Myrtle Beach area Monday evening, bringing the possibility of severe weather. Storms are expected to hit the Myrtle Beach area between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., said Stephen Keebler with the National Weather Service. Strong winds are the main threat, with winds gusts getting up to 60 mph or greater,…
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) CEO Larry Fink is sounding the alarm on what he sees as a looming retirement crisis in the U.S., and he says younger generations have every right to feel uneasy about the future. In a recent interview with CNN, Fink said plainly: “Retirement is not that bad of a problem for the top…
Serious questions have emerged over the tragedy still playing out on a construction site in Thailand’s capital four days after an earthquake in neighboring Myanmar rattled the metropolis. A 30-story skyscraper that had been under construction was the only tower in Bangkok that completely failed to withstand Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks. It was…
A metal detectorist recently discovered not one, but two bronze and wood daggers that experts dated to over 3,000 years ago. Only the bronze portions of the instruments survived for so long buried in a German field. Scholars believe the daggers weren’t used as weapons, but rather were ritual offerings. Two bronze-bladed daggers over 3,000…
Crash involving 2 tractor-trailers leaves Mass. highway littered with Poland Spring bottles A crash involving two tractor-trailers on Monday morning left a Massachusetts highway littered with Poland Spring water bottles. The crash happened on the southbound side of Interstate 95 at Exit 39B to the Massachusetts Turnpike. A photo shared by the Weston Fire Department…
Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1526, a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa to prevent courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. This bill could receive a vote on the House floor as early as next week. Senator Josh Hawley recently introduced a similar bill in the Senate. Both bills would prohibit district courts…
Every time you browse the web, you’re being tracked. Most websites contain invisible tracking code that allows companies to collect and monetize data about your online activity. Many of those companies are data brokers, who sell your sensitive information to anyone willing to pay. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open-source browser extension…
Take some time during your Spring Break to catch up on the latest digital rights news by subscribing to EFF’s EFFector newsletter! This edition of the newsletter covers our new open source tool to detect cellular spying, Rayhunter; The Foilies 2025, our tongue-in-cheek awards to the worst responses to public records requests; and our recommendations to the…