In a conversation with Yahoo Finance, Paul Daugherty, chief technology & innovation officer at Accenture, and Robert Falzon, vice chairman of Prudential, discuss using technology to aid workers rather than replace workers.
With the start of hurricane season less than a month away, U.S. officials who predict, prepare for and respond to natural disasters had a message for Floridians on Friday: It’s not a matter of if a hurricane will hit, but when. The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be busier than average. To ensure that people everywhere are prepared, officials visited residents in Sanford, a landlocked city in the middle of the Sunshine State.
Nathan Teaney, 17, said when he decided to study at the East Peoria prom, the reaction he got seemed a mix of amusement and confusion.
California parents are facing charges after authorities discovered a backpack full of 25,000 fentanyl pills under their baby's crib.
New York’s legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders who treated the agency like a “mission-driven” startup rather than a government office, according to an internal review released Friday. The report detailed several problems at the state Office of Cannabis Management, including constantly shifting licensing rules, poor transparency and an absence of enforcement mechanisms, all of which have stalled the legal market and allowed illicit storefronts to flourish. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has called the state's program a “disaster,” ordered the comprehensive review in March, hoping to address the cascade of bureaucratic stumbles and legal challenges that have plagued the agency.
A geomagnetic storm is hurtling toward Earth, bringing with it the power to disrupt some communications and produce some dazzling northern lights.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the most popular baby names of 2023, the most recent list.
Ken Kusmer, whose long award-winning career with The Associated Press included exposing flaws in efforts to privatize Indiana's welfare system, died Thursday at his Indianapolis home after a short illness. Kenneth Doyle Kusmer began his AP career as a reporter and writer in Indianapolis in August 1984. Under the weight of bad publicity, then-Gov. Mitch Daniels canceled the contract in October 2009.
Target will limit which stores sell LGBTQ-themed products following last year's firestorm over its decision to sell products designed for transgender people.
New York City police are looking for a man who wrapped a belt around a woman's neck before sexually assaulting her in the Bronx last week.
A zoo in China is going viral for disguising dogs as baby pandas.
Following weeks of demonstrations, photographers from schools across the country share their images and reflections
It makes sense to be worried about your children’s safety, education and emotional well-being amid campus protests. Here is how to support them and yourself.
Investors are listening out for a parade of Fed speakers to test a growing confidence that a rate cut is on the way.
The skies opened once again Friday in southern Brazil, offering little respite for those whose homes have been swallowed by floodwaters, while the number of people forced to evacuate doubled in 24 hours.In the past 24 hours, the number of people forced to flee their homes almost doubled to around 400,000 people, according to civil defense figures.
Russian forces have made two cross border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials – in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a ‘new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia.
School board members in Virginia’s Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders – four years after those names had been removed.
Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has been placed under a conservatorship by a Los Angeles judge, following his struggles with dementia and the recent loss of his wife.Their legal guardianship was approved at Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday by Judge Gus May, who said Wilson suffers from a "major neurocognitive disorder" and is "unable to care" for himself, according to US media.
CLAIM: France sent troops to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. THE FACTS: The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement on X that France has not deployed troops to Ukraine, calling the claim “disinformation.” Reports of the deployment cited a May 3 blog post by Stephen Bryen, a deputy undersecretary for the Department of Defense during the Reagan administration.
The disgraced ex-coach says he needs to keep using his and his wife's joint funds to pay his legal bills – and that suing MSU would help both of them.
Make mom's morning magical with spicy green shakshuka, and a potato and onion frittata.
generic