Just as “tripledemic” stablizes, experts fear viral spike will follow holiday gatherings

Just as “tripledemic” stablizes, experts fear viral spike will follow holiday gatherings – CBS News Watch CBS News Flu, RSV and COVID infections are expected to spike after holiday travel and gatherings. Dr. William Schaffner explains how to keep your family safe. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, … Read more

Denver paper calls out Lauren Boebert’s “rhetoric that fuels fear and hate” and laments recent vote

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s critics on both the left and the right were disappointed when the far-right MAGA congresswoman narrowly defeated Democrat Adam Frisch in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. It was an incredibly close race; as of Friday morning, Nov. 18, Boebert was ahead by only 551 votes in a very GOP-leaning district. During the campaign, … Read more

Google is toughening its performance reviews to identify 10,000 low performers. Employees fear layoffs are next

As if performance reviews weren’t already positioned to be stressful enough in a year shadowed by exhaustive debates around return to office, lost productivity, and the future of work, employees at Google are bracing for ramped up work anxiety as the Silicon Valley giant intensifies its performance review process for the end of the year. … Read more

Buy the fear like Warren Buffett. Here are 3 top stocks yielding as high as 9.2% — so you can ‘make your money on inactivity’

Buy the fear like Warren Buffett. Here are 3 top stocks yielding as high as 9.2% — so you can ‘make your money on inactivity’ Everyone wants to buy low and sell high. But it’s a lot easier said than done — especially in a falling market. The S&P 500 has tumbled 16.5% year to … Read more

Sam Warburton: Wales need biggest reform in history | ‘I fear for Wales over next five years’ | Rugby Union News

“The game in Wales needs the biggest reform in its history if there are not to be repeats of the unacceptable defeat by Georgia. This situation has been brewing for some time. The system is not working. The whole thing needs to be wiped clean. Sadly, I know it won’t happen” – Warburton Last Updated: … Read more

FTX Contagion Creates Fear Among Whales And Old Hands

While the contagion effects of FTX’s collapse still cannot be fully assessed, Bitcoin whales and OGs seem to be playing it safe. Most notably, the insolvency fate of Genesis Trading, DCG and Grayscale is hovering over the Bitcoin market like a sword of Damocles. This uncertainty is especially evident in the cohort of Bitcoin whales … Read more

Guangzhou Covid-19: China locks down key transportation hub; markets fear economic fallout

Hong Kong CNN Business  —  China has locked down a major transportation hub in the south, as the country grapples with its largest nationwide Covid outbreak since April. The lockdown also follows rising cases in Beijing, which reported the country’s first Covid deaths in nearly six months. In recent days, China had begun to ease … Read more

Chris Hemsworth discovers he has rare genetic makeup that significantly increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease: “My biggest fear”

Chris Hemsworth’s new show with National Geographic on Disney Plus is “a mission to live better for longer.” But because of that show, he has come face-to-face with his “biggest fear” – that he might develop Alzheimer’s disease. During one episode of the show, the 39-year-old “Thor” actor underwent genetic testing to learn more about … Read more

Accounts of torture emerge from Kherson, Ukraine’s ‘city of fear’

Written by Jeffrey Gettleman and Andrew E. Krame Olena Naumova’s descent into two weeks of terror began in late August, when three Russian soldiers with automatic rifles banged on her door in the occupied city of Kherson. She said they ordered her to turn over her gun. She had no gun. “‘Don’t lie,’” she said … Read more