Twitter is now offering a new annual plan to pay for its blue checkmark. The tool was originally used to identify verified accounts of important public figures. Twitter Blue is Elon Musk’s product that charges users for the checkmark. It ruffled some feathers when he first proposed it, but one group welcomed the chance to pay…

China’s population has declined for the first time in decades; a former candidate has been arrested in shootings at New Mexico elected officials’ homes; and Elon Musk’s trial over a tweet he posted about Tesla begins today. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Tuesday morning, Jan. 17, 2023.  Trial over Musk Tesla…

A close call at JFK airport; California braces for more flooding and landslides; a Mafia boss is caught after 30 years; and Starbucks plans to expand in China. These stories and more highlight your daily rundown for Monday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2023. Near collision at JFK airport New audio from air traffic control reveals the…

A new year means making resolutions that likely won’t stick, along with making fantastic predictions that will likely never come true. The latter is exactly what Denmark-based Saxo Bank does each year. We have the most outrageous predictions for 2023 in this week’s Five For Friday.  #5: Country bans meat production The global agenda to…

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., served as the chair of the House Intelligence Committee. He should know what a free press means. However, according to the latest Twitter Files release, the California congressman wanted Twitter to suspend a journalist from the platform for exercising his First Amendment rights. Independent journalist Matt Taibbi published the latest volume…

There’s a shortage of the diabetes drug Ozempic due to people using it for weight loss. The shortage is making it harder for diabetics to find the important medicine.  Ozempic helps people with type two diabetes lower their blood sugar and A1C. Ozempic is the brand name for semaglutide, which stimulates insulin secretion and helps…

The internal Twitter documents, also known as the “Twitter Files,” provided by CEO Elon Musk to journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, Lee Fang and Michael Shellenberger for public release were intended to criticize the decisions of Musk’s predecessors. Primarily, the goal was to pull back the curtain on alleged bias and government influence in the…

The last 12 months have been a rollercoaster for business and economic news. Unfortunately, most of us are entering 2023 with a lot less fortune. Here are the biggest stories that dominated 2022 headlines in this week’s Five for Friday. #5: FTX Scandal Cryptocurrency was already facing turmoil amid the long crypto winter. Then, the…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been flipping the platform with some big changes. Now, he’s taking aim at scientific consensus. “New Twitter policy is to follow the science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of the science,” Musk tweeted.  Musk did not elaborate what constitutes reasoned questioning nor how this policy would take effect. Previous Twitter…

The Biden administration announced new COVID testing requirements for Chinese travelers; U.S. is selling millions of dollars of arms to Taiwan; and a Twitter outage causes outrage. These stories and more highlight our morning rundown for Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.  US requires testing from China travelers Starting next week, any travelers from China to the…