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North Carolina resident Michael Cusick and his Rivian R1T got caught in Hurricane Helene last week.Cusick said his R1T not only survived but became an essential tool to help affected families.After Rivian reached out, the former Tesla owner said he became a Rivian convert. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email. Michael Cusick…

Israeli air strikes on central Beirut have killed 22 people and wounded at least 117, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health says. Videos published by local news channels and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency show chaotic scenes in the aftermath of Thursday’s air strikes on Ras el-Nabaa and al-Nuweiri in Beirut. The strikes appear to have hit densely populated residential areas as flames and smoke rose from two residential blocks. Many residents left their apartments in the high-rise blocks in the area and gathered in courtyards as emergency services rushed to the scene. The area is outside the city’s southern…

Jessie J’s singing the blues this week … ’cause LAPD responded to her home after burglars broke in and stole a bunch of jewelry, TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the singer-songwriter called the cops after she came back to her L.A.-area home earlier this week to discover it had been broken into and ransacked. We’re told the burglars smashed a back window to gain entry to the house and took off with more than $20k worth of jewelry. Jessie’s the latest celebrity victim of burglary … with celebs ranging from Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson to…

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner Julia Gordon and David Berenbaum, deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Housing Counseling at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), described a need for more reverse mortgage comprehension during an interview at this year’s National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego. As the interest rate environment improves, the likelihood that existing Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) borrowers will seek a refinance increases. Counseling plays a crucial role in educating reverse mortgage borrowers and their trusted advisers about the program’s features, obligations and instances when a…

For roughly the past two years, traders have bullishly invested in companies on the S&P 500, leading the index of 500 large U.S. companies to new heights—even as the Federal Reserve issued aggressive rate hikes.Jim Cramer reflected on the lead performing stocks, with his favorite buys being Nvidia, Broadcom and Fair Isaac.”The whole first year of this bull’s life was an anomaly—that’s because the Fed was furiously tightening and the market went up anyway,” he said. “Every night I say there’s always a bull market somewhere, and for the last two years, well, it’s been right in front of you.”Cramer…

Twenty-two people have been killed and 117 injured in Israeli air strikes on central Beirut, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. BBC reporters heard loud explosions echoing from the site of a strike in Bachoura, a small Shia area in the Lebanese capital. Rescuers were seen digging through rubble at the scene. Ambulances rushed many injured to the American University hospital. Unconfirmed media reports suggested the apparent target was Wafiq Safa, Hassan Nasrallah’s brother-in-law and one of Hezbollah’s high-ranking security officials. The group’s media office has not yet commented.The Beirut strikes came after two relatively calm days in Lebanon’s capital, which has…

We have an update on the tragic passing of Drake Hogestyn. As previously reported, the beloved soap opera actor died in late September at the age of 70. Hogestyn was best known for having played the character of John Black on Days of Our Lives for nearly four decades. Mary Beth Evans and Drake Hogestyn speak onstage during the 50th Daytime Emmy Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles on December 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Now, meanwhile, we can report that Hogestyn died from pancreatic cancer, according to a death…

Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images RFR Holdings has been struggling to hang on to the Chrysler Building after Cooper Union, which owns the land beneath the Art Deco skyscraper, moved last week to take control of the tower, citing overdue ground lease payments. RFR fought back, arguing in legal filings that Cooper Union hadn’t properly filed the paperwork, which also contained errors — not the most explosive rebuttal, but at the very least an effective volley. Now RFR is claiming that the school’s handling of campus protests last year drove away tenants, compromising RFR’s ability to make rent payments, Crain’s reports.…

Airports are looking to private wireless networks to improve operations, execs said at MWC Las Vegas.Passengers could see benefits like smoother baggage claim and check-ins, the panelists said.This article is part of “5G and Connectivity Playbook,” a series exploring one of our time’s most important tech innovations. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the…

The hearing is latest in years-long legal battle over Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.A United States federal appeals court is considering the fate of a programme that currently allows more than half a million undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children to live and work without fear of deportation. The New Orleans-based Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit heard arguments on Thursday in the latest chapter of a years-long legal saga over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, which was first introduced by former President Barack Obama in 2012. At stake is…