The family of a young Microsoft engineer who died at work is pleading with Silicon Valley firms to stop overworking their employees. Pratik Pandey, 35, of Menlo Park, Calif., badged into Microsoft’s Mountain View office at 7:50 p.m. on Aug. 19 – and was found face-down in the campus’ courtyard around 2 a.m., his uncle, Manoj Pandey, told the Palo Alto Daily Post. An initial report by the Santa Clara County Medical ... Read more
Homeowner blasts insurance company for flying a drone over her roof and canceling coverage over one tiny flaw
When Lynne Schueler looked up at the branches of a beloved tree in her Massachusetts yard, she never expected that a drone might be looking down on her. Schueler, who had held a policy with the same insurer for more than a decade, was shocked to receive an email containing an aerial photo of her home and a warning that she had six weeks to cut back limbs hanging over her roof — or lose her coverage. “It was very ... Read more
Trump’s talk of “war” in American cities sparks fierce Democratic backlash and warnings he’s crossed the line
Democrats are criticizing President Donald Trump for a social media post that appeared to threaten Chicago with deportations and the U.S. military. Trump posted on Truth Social an AI image of himself styled as Robert Duvall’s character in "Apocalypse Now," a Vietnam War epic about a decorated U.S. officer who has gone rogue deep in the Cambodian jungle. The words "Chipocalypse Now" were also seen on the ... Read more
Biden beams at granddaughter’s birthday dinner just days after revealing painful head wound from cancer surgery
Former President Joe Biden was photographed smiling — and with an official-looking slip of paper peeking out of his sport jacket — Thursday night at a pre-birthday dinner in Philadelphia for his granddaughter Finnegan Biden after sporting a large gash on his head from skin cancer surgery. Biden, 82, sat at an eight-person table with Finnegan, who turns 25 next week, his daughter Ashley Biden, 44, and former first ... Read more
Trump ends the week with a Pentagon shake-up and a fierce new crackdown on cartels
President Donald Trump wrapped up the week Friday by signing an executive order to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. The executive order gives the green light to use the name "Department of War" as a secondary title for the Department of Defense, along with terms like "secretary of war" for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to a White House fact ... Read more