
Amazon Prime will now have ads — unless you fork over an extra $2.99 a month
The next price increase to hit streaming: Amazon Prime is introducing ads to its shows and movies. Users can avoid them for an extra $2.99 a month…

US Navy ‘Ghost Fleet’ ships make first-of-its-kind visit in the Western Pacific as Pentagon looks to counter China’s military mass with drones
Two unmanned surface vessels arrived in Japan earlier this week amid an ongoing event that focuses on evaluating the capabilities of drone boats…

A ‘sugar baby’ is taking over TikTok with her post about the many demands her ‘daddy’ has for her, but the real story is wilder than you’d think
TikTok user Desirè Victoria shared a “sugar baby” routine that turned out to be for the US Army…

Lauren Boebert says she ditched the ‘Democrat’ filmed fondling her at ‘Beetlejuice’: ‘I learned to check party affiliations before going on a date’
“Honestly, he’s a private citizen and we peacefully parted. Great man, great friend and I wish him all the best,” Boebert told TMZ…

A sneaky move at a Kremlin meeting may show why Putin took his time in eliminating Prigozhin
Days after Prigozhin’s short-lived uprising, Wagner Group’s leaders visited the Kremlin for what may have been the meeting that sealed his fate…

Here’s how General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra justifies her $29 million salary
GM CEO Mary Barra got a 34% salary increase over four years. She’s only offering a 20% increase to her workers…

Luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault dismissed comparisons between his family and the Roys in ‘Succession’ — and said he hopes there’s no ‘duel’ to take over power
The world’s second-richest person gave his first international interview to the NYT, which reports the family hates being compared to “Succession."…

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The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter is now providing key aviation intelligence to Ukraine, defense agency says
Maksym Kuzminov, the pilot who switched sides in a daring defection, is now providing the Ukrainian military with key Russian aviation intelligence…

PenFed Credit Union Review 2023
Pentagon Federal Credit Union is one of the best credit unions out there, and you don’t have to be in the military to join. Start saving today…

There are different accounts of Elon Musk’s role in the thwarting of Ukraine’s surprise attack against Russia by cutting off SpaceX satellite access. Both show one billionaire’s outsized influence on the war
A new biography by Walter Isaacson initially claimed that Elon Musk “secretly told” SpaceX engineers to shut off vital satellite access near the Crimean coast on the night of Ukraine’s planned attack…

Scientists uncover hidden ancient drawings of animals in a Paleolithic cave using a technique to make them look 3D
Using a simplistic 3-D viewing technique, archaeologists discovered three new cave drawings that they believe were originally intended to appear 3-D…

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The congestion at the Panama Canal is so bad that one shipper paid $2.4 million to jump a line and get through the waterway: report
The congestion in the Panama Canal is closely watched because 40% of US container traffic passes through the waterway…

Step inside the Beverly Hills of the Philippines, where homes rarely change hands, access is nearly impossible if you don’t know a resident, and inequality is on full display
Homes in the Beverly Hills of the Philippines are rarely sold to outsiders, as many who live there are regarded as the “Old Money” of Cebu…

An 8.7 million-year-old ape skull suggests that human and ape ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa
The partial skull of the ape, which is called an Anadoluvius turkae, was found in Cankiri, northern Turkey…

A couple in the UK quit their 9-to-5 jobs to move to the Philippines. Now, they have no debt and their monthly utility bills rarely exceed $55 — see how they did it.
The couple estimates that they spent about $158,400 to build their two-story Philippines home, including the cost of the land and all their furniture…

Elon Musk met then-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal for a secret dinner in 2022 and said Agrawal was not the ‘fire-breathing dragon’ the platform needed
Walter Isaacson, a writer who spent three years trailing Musk, detailed the aftermath of the encounter in his forthcoming biography, ‘Elon Musk…

Companies are making bank off you forgetting you signed up for that subscription, researchers found
After economist Neale Mahoney realized he forgot to cancel his Peacock subscription, he got curious about how many people had the same problem…

How to decide if an online-only bank is right for you
Online banking allows you to transfer funds, make payments, and even deposit paper checks with your phone or computer…