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friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, im willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. w...

When I win the lottery, I am going to buy one of these to heat my blankets at home. Of course, that would mean that I will have to start playing the lottery, so until then I’ll just have to rely on my cat Myrtle to prep things. Just because you own a home, doesn't mean you're wealthy; some homeowners live in poverty. A LendingTree analysis shows that more than 3 million families who live in owner-occupied homes in the U.S. earn incomes below the poverty threshold for their...

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesThere’s a new show from Marc Brown, the creator of Arthur, coming soon. And just like Arthur, every character of Hop—which premieres April 4 on Max—has an original point of view.Hop, which Max calls a “younger continuation of Arthur,” follows Hop the frog (David Connolly), his older sister Penny (Misha Bakshi), and their neighborhood pals in Fair Village. What’s special about Hop, apart fro...

Welcome to February 29; The 366th day is added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year or seasonal year. What do astronomers know that we don’t? In general, what do “they” know that we don’t? Recall when Wells Fargo left correspondent, and other correspondent investors wondered the same thing. Now Rocket Companies will shut down Rocket Pro Originate in June, a mortgage origination platform for real estate agents and other financial pros. What...

Manuel Ferreira passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Eagle Tribune on 2024-02-18.

It was a sad day earlier this week for anyone who likes food out of a toaster as the inventor of Pop-Tarts passed away at age 96. (Yes, Pop-Tarts were invented… they don’t grow naturally in the wild.) Something else that isn’t found naturally is airline seat pricing. We’re in mid-February, and conference activity will increase, and families will start thinking about summer vacations. That often means flights. Prices do go up significantly 21, 14, and seven days before...

The Biden-Harris Administration announced a nationwide action Wednesday to protect frontline transit workers, calling assaults on bus drivers and other transit...

Bus drivers are critical to our public transit system, but many say they are facing worsening violence since the pandemic. AC Transit, which serves portions of...

Peterborough Transit workers voted 86.5 per cent in favour of ratifying a new three-year agreement with the City of Peterborough on Saturday. The union represents 123 employees.

Red Deer transit workers opt for arbitration, averting strike