Ever since El Salvador legalized Bitcoin (BTC) as mainstream tender, President Nayib Bukele used Twitter on numerous occasions to announce the country’s BTC acquisitions. However, ALAC El Salvador — a non-governmental anti-corruption bureau — was recently denied information from a state development bank, BANDESAL, regarding El Salvador’s Bitcoin purchases and sales. As a development bank
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A passenger plane cruises at 40,000 feet (12,000 meters), passing in front of the half moon. (Image credit: Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The moon’s presence in the night sky has transfixed people for millennia. But why is the moon sometimes visible during daylight? We sometimes see the moon during the day for
Creepy-crawlies with a menacing bite that can trigger an insatiable itch, ants are the stuff of nightmares for many people. A close-up image of one of these pint-size terrors from Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition 2022 (opens in new tab) is eliciting a horrified response that has spread across the internet like venom through the
close video Ohio farmer on rising diesel cost: Its a challenge Yoder Farms owner Josh Yoder says he spends $1,500 a day for one tractor amid skyrocketing diesel cost. Fuel supplier Mansfield Energy is taking steps to prepare for a diesel shortage on the East Coast of the United States, issuing an advisory to businesses
Worcester Police Department body cam footage shows exactly what transpired in the moments before a pastor was tasered and arrested, along with his son, inside a Baptist church in August 2019. Police were at the church attempting to retrieve a child as part of a custody dispute. The situation turned tense after the pastor repeatedly
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Abiomed (ABMD) – Abiomed stock soared 51.6% in premarket trading after agreeing to be acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in a nearly $16.6 billion deal. J&J will pay $380 per share for the maker of heart, lung and kidney treatments, and will
Nikolai Mushegian, co-founder of the cryptocurrency lending platform MakerDAO and the decentralized Dai (DAI) stablecoin, was found dead in Puerto Rico last week. Mushegian died due to drowning after being dragged by sea currents on the Condado beach in San Juan, the local newspaper El Nuevo Día reported. Mushegian had no vital signs by the
“The holiday season is tougher than other times of the year and has been noted to be more stressful,” says Dr. Ashley Zucker, a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California. “Some of the most common causes are financial strain, feeling over-scheduled, and increased pressures at work to get things done by the end of
A worker drills plywood on a single family home under construction in Lehi, Utah, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images The once-hot housing market is cooling off at an alarming rate, and some homebuilders say it will only get worse come the new year as new orders dry up.
The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosis (D-Calif.) husband Paul Pelosi has been met with finger-pointing over whos to blame for political violence, fueling partisan tensions in the week before the midterm elections that will decide if the Speaker and her fellow Democrats keep or lose control of the House. The brutal assault has kindled
As Massachusetts officials prepare to send nearly $3 billion in excess state revenues back to taxpayers starting this week, the Department of Revenue late Monday afternoon clarified its staggered distribution plan for Bay Staters. Tax refunds, issued as checks in the mail or via direct deposit, will start flowing Tuesday to eligible residents as required
NEW YORK – No one won the grand prize in Monday night's Powerball drawing but a couple of people in New York woke up a lot richer. A $2 million ticket was sold to a person who picked the five white balls and also paid an extra $1 for the power play option that doubled
Archaeologists and volunteers have discovered a stone bearing a mysterious inscription and carved birds that the Picts of Scotland crafted more than a millennium ago. The cross slab, found in a small cemetery last month, dates to between A.D. 500 and 700, and sheds new light on the historic interaction between heritage and faith in
Dogecoin DOGE/USD , the top gainer in October, doubled its value over the course of that month, but it was not the only coin to achieve that feat. Huobi Token (HT), the native token of Huobi Global, saw a 100.6% increase over the last 30 days. DOGE rose 109.95% in the same time frame. The
Former President Donald Trump has filed an emergency application, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, asking to block an appeals court order that paved the way for the House Ways and Means Committee to get years of his tax returns. What Happened: "This case raises important questions about the separation
North Korea's Kim Jong Un threatened powerful action against the U.S. if it did not halt joint military drills with South Korea. What Happened: The North Korean foreign ministry, in a statement released on official media, demanded that the U.S. and South Korea stop large-scale military exercises, calling them a provocation that may draw "more
close video Florida homebuyers eye hurricane-battered areas Fox News contributor Katrina Campins discusses the real estate market heating up in Florida following the devastation from Hurricane Ian and mortgage demand hitting low levels. Americans searching for a place to spend their golden years have a new top priority this year: being able to make their
Kentucky will benefit from $74 million in federal funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Actto tackle the problems created by abandoned coal mines. The announcement came from Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland at a press conference in the state’s capital earlier this month. “We have a once-in-a-generation investment to address these sites with
A nonprofit created to build a venue for a wide swath of youth and other participant sports in the Phoenix area has stumbled out of the gate in its first year of operation, according to bond disclosure documents. Legacy Cares, the 501(c)3 behind the 320-acre Bell Bank Park sports venue in Mesa, Arizona, failed to
UK home secretary Suella Braverman used her personal email address to handle official documents on seven occasions, an internal Home Office inquiry has found. Braverman, who is under mounting pressure over security breaches leading up to her resignation under Liz Truss’s shortlived government, apologised for her actions on Monday. She is due to answer MPs’