Yahoo Finance

He Retired Hurt and Opened a Fire-Truck Repair Shop. The IRS Called His Pension Wages. Social Security Counted the Shop.

business  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times Business

5 New Hotels for Your Late Summer Getaway

From Cape Cod to Croatia, here’s where to enjoy the end of the summer.

business  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times Business

New Drug Approved by F.D.A. for Pancreatic Cancer Could Be First of Many

Companies are testing dozens of similar drugs in cancers of the pancreas, lung, colon and more.

business  Aug 27, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Knowles Targets 30% Margins as Specialty Components Drive Growth

business  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Science

How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog so thick she struggled to see her own hands. She trailed a cord out to the coast and plopped a hydrophone into the water to record the calls of belugas.As many as 1,000

science  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times Business

Prediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political Battle

A legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general.

business  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times Business

Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech

When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.

business  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times Business

Screwworm Flies Steer Clear of Agriculture Dept. Traps

No wild flies caught could mean the outbreak is contained. It could also mean, as scientists have said, that current trapping methods are outdated.

business  Aug 27, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Billionaire Agarwal’s Vedanta Plans Third Rupee Bond This Year

Vedanta Ltd., the Indian resources conglomerate controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, plans to raise at least 10 billion rupees ($105 million) through local-currency bonds in the next few weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, as more companies tap the debt market amid signals interest rates may rise.

business  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times World

Saudi Arabia Appears to Be Preparing for a New War With the Houthis

Analysts say that weeks of Houthi attacks on Saudi targets have brought the kingdom and the Iranian-backed militia to the brink of full-blown conflict, and could open a new front in the Iran war.

general  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times Tech

Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why.

Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.

technology  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times World

Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic

Russia is the largest destination for stolen Canadian cars. Smugglers are meeting the demand of a booming black market.

general  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian

Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights

State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws risks overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’The Queensland government’s latest law and order crackdown – subjecting some children as young as 10 to a mandatory sentence of a year behind bars – could lead to “cruel outcomes”, according to human rights lawyers.In documents tabled with the legislation on Thursday, the government conceded its laws, dubbed “breach bail, go to jail”, would breach human rights

general  Aug 27, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Ryan Howard on Sports Investing and MLB’s Labor Fight

Ryan Howard spent more than a decade as one of baseball’s most feared hitters. Since retiring, he’s built an interesting second act as an entrepreneur and investor, with bets spanning everything from the “Topgolf of baseball” to youth sports and professional soccer. In this episode of The Deal, Ryan tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how he transitioned from playing baseball to investing in ventures like Batter Up that will help more people play baseball, why making deals can feel like playin

business  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We’re at a crisis point’: Chappell Roan, Shirley Manson and Eli on playing Olivia Rodrigo’s female-only festival

Ahead of playing Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields, artists explain why female-first festivals are due for a resurgenceWhen I first saw the poster for Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in June, I assumed it was AI. Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, the Breeders, Bikini Kill and Garbage, all arranged in a neat line – and this was before I got to the words “special guests”. Karen O, Sarah McLachlan. And, to top it all off, Stevie Nicks? No.I saw the post confirmed on Rodrigo’s Instag

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian

UK’s small power plants face continued cyber risk after Iran-linked hack

Government measures to improve resilience are not due until 2030 and July’s hack has not altered this timeline Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small gas power plant for four days last month, and put the industry on alert over the growing cybe

general  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

Report shines light on ‘catastrophic situation’ where young people make themselves more ill to avoid losing supportSome of the most vulnerable children and young people in care are deliberately self-harming to avoid being abandoned when they get better or turn 18 and face a “cliff edge” of no further support, according to research.Abi Booth, a psychotherapist who works with children and young people, said some were in a “catastrophic situation” in which they were hurting themselves to keep their

general  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times Business

Pint-Size Cars, With Enviable Smiles Per Gallon

Microcars are underpowered, noisy and sometimes smoky, and it helps if you’re good with a wrench. But “the struggle is what makes it fun,” one enthusiast said.

business  Aug 27, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

How America Got Hooked On Celsius

In a corner of the beverage industry known as much for over-caffeinated hype as it is for outrageous naming conventions, new brands appear just as quickly as others disappear. Deena Shanker explains how Celsius has managed not only to outlast most of its competition, but to stand apart. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Aug 27, 2026

NY Times World

Scenes From a Destroyed Barbershop in Lebanon

Our reporter Abdi Latif Dahir visits a barbershop in Lebanon that was demolished in an Israeli airstrike in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

general  Aug 27, 2026