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Criminals are using Zillow to plan break-ins. Here’s how to remove your home in 10 minutes.

Tech/Gear

Criminals are using Zillow to plan break-ins. Here’s how to remove your home in 10 minutes.

The whole country is watching the Nancy Guthrie case. When the suspected kidnapping happened, I was curious. How long would it take me to find her home address and cell phone number on a people search site?About 30 seconds.STOP FOREIGN-OWNED APPS FROM HARVESTING YOUR PERSONAL DATAI then pasted her address into Zillow and saw photos of her home. I could match what I found to the video from a home […]

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Your bedroom temperature could be putting your heart in serious danger, study warns

Health

Your bedroom temperature could be putting your heart in serious danger, study warns

The temperature of the bedroom at night could affect heart health — particularly in older adults.Heat places extra demands on the cardiovascular system, according to lead study author Dr. Fergus O'Connor from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.When the human body is exposed to heat, its reaction is to work harder to try and circulate blood to the skin surface for cooling, he noted.COMMON SLEEP AID COULD BE QUIETLY INTERFERING WITH […]

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Don’t ignore Apple’s urgent security update

Tech/Gear

Don’t ignore Apple’s urgent security update

If you use an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch or Apple TV, listen up. Apple has released a major security update to fix a zero-day vulnerability, which is a security hole that hackers discover and exploit before the company has a chance to fix it. Attackers were already using it in targeted attacks. In other words, this was not just a possibility. It was happening.The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20700, affects multiple […]

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State confirms outbreak of sexually transmitted fungal infection, experts urge caution

Health

State confirms outbreak of sexually transmitted fungal infection, experts urge caution

Minnesota health officials are warning of an outbreak of a contagious fungal skin infection.The condition is triggered by Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII), the same fungal species that causes ringworm.The primary symptom is round, red, irritated rashes that spread across the body, which can be itchy and painful, according to the state’s health alert.HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AT CENTER OF HEALTH ALERT OVER RAT-BORNE DISEASE"TMVII is a specific type of fungus that […]

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Hockey rink shooting suspect warned about going ‘BERSERK’ in X post day before attack

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Hockey rink shooting suspect warned about going ‘BERSERK’ in X post day before attack

The trans suspect accused of shooting and killing two people at a Rhode Island ice rink on Monday had posted on X about going "BERSERK" after an actor insisted that Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., is a man. McBride identifies as a transgender woman.Robert Dorgan, 56, appeared to become agitated after actor Kevin Sorbo wrote on X that "Tim McBride is a man. Community note this if I'm wrong," alongside a photo […]

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Canadian officials seize nearly 600 pounds of suspected methamphetamine at US border

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Canadian officials seize nearly 600 pounds of suspected methamphetamine at US border

Canadian border officials seized nearly 600 pounds of what they believe to be methamphetamine at the U.S.-Canada border this month.The Canada Border Services Agency announced the seizure on Tuesday, but the incident occurred on Feb. 4. They say a 29-year-old Canadian national, Kulbir Singh, was driving the drugs into Canada from the U.S."On February 4, 2026, a commercial truck arriving at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry from the […]

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Friday flights now cheapest as traditional travel booking wisdom dies according to new data

Business

Friday flights now cheapest as traditional travel booking wisdom dies according to new data

The days of booking your flights six months in advance to save a buck are officially over.According to Expedia’s 2026 Air Hacks Report, the early bird is now getting stuck with the bill, while a new wave of Friday flyers is reaping the rewards.As domestic airfares tick up 3% this year, a massive shift in travel data reveals that Friday has dethroned the weekend as the cheapest day to both […]

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Cheerios maker says cost of living, housing expenses changing way consumers spend

Business

Cheerios maker says cost of living, housing expenses changing way consumers spend

Cheerios maker General Mills cut its annual sales and profit forecasts, citing weak consumer sentiment and a shift toward healthier and lower-cost food options that are pressuring demand for packaged products."Weak consumer sentiment, heightened uncertainty, and significant volatility have weighed on category growth and impacted consumer purchase patterns, resulting in a slower pace and higher cost of volume recovery than initially expected," the company said in a statement ahead of […]

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Obama dragged for ‘headache’-inducing presidential center update that has visitors squinting

Politics

Obama dragged for ‘headache’-inducing presidential center update that has visitors squinting

Former President Barack Obama's presidential center in Chicago is again coming under scrutiny for its architectural design — this time leaving locals scratching their heads over confusing text wrapped around the top of the building. "I'm outside the Obama Center museum tower right now," Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bay posted to X Monday, sparking a deluge of mockery from locals and conservatives. "The new letters – an excerpt from Obama's Selma […]

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