Riley Gaines reveals she wraps her 3-month-old daughter in bulletproof blanket due to threats

Riley Gaines reveals she wraps her 3-month-old daughter in bulletproof blanket due to threats

Women’s rights defender Riley Gaines said death threats against her have become so severe that she has been wrapping her newborn daughter in a bulletproof blanket. The 25-year-old former collegiate swimmer — who welcomed her first child, Margot, in September — attended Tuesday’s Supreme Court arguments in a case that could bar transgender women from…

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Wells Fargo misses profit estimates on severance costs, shares fall

Wells Fargo misses profit estimates on severance costs, shares fall

WELLS Fargo missed analysts’ profit estimates in the fourth quarter on Wednesday, after it booked US$612 million in severance expenses as part of CEO Charlie Scharf’s effort to streamline operations, sending the bank’s shares lower. Its shares closed down 4.6 per cent at US$89.25, recording its biggest one-day percentage loss in six months. The bank…

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Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexually assaulting 2 former employees in the Caribbean

Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexually assaulting 2 former employees in the Caribbean

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. The Spanish prosecutors’ office told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the allegations were related to media reports from earlier this week that alleged Iglesias had sexually and physically assaulted…

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Stop Chasing Funding, Start Chasing Customers

Stop Chasing Funding, Start Chasing Customers

There’s a lie many founders hear on day one: you need outside money to build a real business. You don’t. The first step isn’t a pitch deck. It’s a customer. My stance is simple and firm. Funding should not be your default plan—revenue should. This matters because chasing investors sends many founders down the wrong…

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South Carolina confirms over 120 new measles cases, outbreak along Arizona-Utah border grows

South Carolina confirms over 120 new measles cases, outbreak along Arizona-Utah border grows

Health officials in South Carolina confirmed 124 new measles cases since Friday, as the outbreak in the northwestern part of the state balloons following the holidays. There is a second, separate measles outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border, where 418 people have been infected since August. Last year was the nation’s worst year for measles spread since 1991,…

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