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The Detroit Lions are no longer in the pole position of the 2022 NFL draft. The suddenly plucky Lions have now won two of their past three games, including Sunday’s stunning 30-12 victory over the first-place Arizona Cardinals, which has bumped them up to a 2-11-1 record — sliding them into the No. 2 overall pick in next year’s draft (for now). And with three weeks remaining in the regular season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are now in the draft’s driver’s seat — again — thanks to their… Source link

Blue states will get bluer, and red redder, in coming years, as more Americans factor political issues into their relocation decisions and head for places with like-minded tribes. That’s the forecast from real-estate brokerage Redfin, which included “more migration for political reasons” in its outlook for the housing market in 2022. The deepening political polarization of the country includes new city- and statewide laws likely to attract adherents and repel detractors, driving… Source link

This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Meta’s metaverse could track you more than you ever imagined Facebook is now Meta (FB), reflecting its focus on building up the so-called metaverse — a future version of the internet that will let people interact with others in 3-D virtual worlds. But that doesn’t… Source link

Sundar Pichai, Google testifies at congressional hearing, March 25, 2021. CNBC Google said on Thursday that it’s lowering service fees in its app store after a similar move by Apple, as both companies face pressure from lawmakers and regulators to make their mobile stores more accessible to developers. The service fee for subscriptions in the Google Play store will drop from 30% to 15% from day one, Google said in a press release. Under the current model, developers must pay a 30% cut on… Source link

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact agreed to under the Obama administration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, January 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Remember the Trans-Pacific Partnership? A few years back, the TPP morphed form a wonky trade deal among the United States and 11 other Pacific nations into a litmus test of fealty to the American working class. As a 2016… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, September 8, 2021 A country’s embrace of bitcoin puts 2 competing crypto visions on display Tuesday marked what one observer called the “start of a new world,” as El Salvador officially became the first country to accept bitcoin as legal tender.  The eagerly anticipated move is a big test of cryptocurrency’s staying power, and… Source link

Investors are nibbling at Apple (AAPL) ahead of potentially big September. Apple shares were among the top trending tickers on the Yahoo Finance platform on Tuesday, notching a gain of about 2% by afternoon trading. The stock has rallied to the tune of 7% in the past month, almost double the Nasdaq Composite. Apple’s stock is the second-best performing member of the FAANG [Facebook (FB), Apple, Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Google (GOOG, GOOGL)] cohort in the last month, only lagging an… Source link

(White House updates numbers of evacuees) By Idrees Ali and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – The United States has enlisted the help of six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington seeks to step up the pace of departures of Americans and at-risk Afghans from Kabul. The Pentagon said on Sunday it called up 18 civilian aircraft from United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air and others to carry people from temporary locations… Source link

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) congratulates Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) during an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Democrats swallowed the tax cuts for businesses and high earners that President Trump and his fellow Republicans passed unilaterally in 2017. They… Source link

Britney Spears is once again asking the courts to replace her father as conservator of her estate — but at least one expert thinks the latest filing is hardly in the pop star’s long-term interest.  On Monday, Britney’s newly appointed lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, filed a petition to remove Jamie Spears from his position as sole conservator of the pop star’s reported $60 million estate.  Rosengart — a former prosecutor and prominent Hollywood lawyer whose A-list clients include Ben Affleck… Source link