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South_agency | E+ | Getty ImagesConsumers lost $5.7 billion to investment scams in 2024 — more than in any other type of fraud and up 24% from 2023, according to new data from the Federal Trade Commission.Investment scams generally involve claims that a consumer will get big returns by investing in a hot new moneymaking scheme, according to the FTC.Most people — 79% — who reported an investment scam to the FTC lost money, with the typical victim losing more than $9,000 on average, the agency said.Since FTC data is based on consumer reports of fraud, the true scope of…

SAN FRANCISCO — The Sacramento Kings aren’t alone in their Steph Curry misery.Back in 2009, when the Golden State legend was a sinewy, sharpshooting prospect from Davidson who never could have imagined draining 4,000 3-pointers in his NBA life, the Kings were one of five teams that passed on the babyfaced assassin in the draft before he went No. 7 to the Warriors. The Minnesota Timberwolves, infamously, declined his services twice with the fifth and sixth picks while opting instead for Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn.When the then-21-year-old came to Sacramento just four days before that year’s draft, having extended…

Yemeni health officials say nine civilians killed in US bombardment, days after Houthis vowed to resume maritime attacks if Israel did not lift Gaza blockade.United States President Donald Trump has announced a series of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in the most significant military action of his second term to date. At least nine civilians were killed and nine injured in the strikes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, according to Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry. “Your time is up, and your attacks must stop, starting today. If they don’t, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever…

Where the federal government sees waste, states see opportunity — both to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration and to recruit some much-needed talent.In the weeks since the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, began eliminating jobs, state and local governments have been actively recruiting federal workers impacted by the Trump administration’s effort to dramatically reduce the federal work force.Hawaii is fast-tracking job applications. Virginia started a website advertising its job market. Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania signed an executive order aimed at attracting federal employees to the state’s 5,600 “critical vacancies” in the state government. Both New…

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Australia is being urged to reconsider its relationship with the US after Donald Trump imposed hefty tariffs on all trading partners.The US president has flagged further trade measures, putting more pressure on the federal government after Australia failed to secure an exemption from his 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium.Greens leader Adam Bandt does not believe retaliatory tariffs would be the right response, but warned the nation should not be “hitching Australia’s wagon” to Mr Trump.”Donald Trump is a threat to peace, a threat to democracy and he’s a threat to Australia as well,” Mr Bandt told ABC’s…

On Dec. 10, Michael Connelly stood on the patio behind his house in the Hollywood Hills and gazed down at a generous slice of the city he’s been writing about for 38 years. There were the spires of Hogwarts at Universal Studios. There was the 101 freeway, flowing steadily in both directions. There was the Hollywood sign, presiding over a slope of trees and scrub.Depending on the direction of the wind, Connelly said, you could smell smoke from a wildfire in Malibu. Then, with his Chihuahua mix, Pinto, in quick pursuit, he led the way through his kitchen and family…

Experts have raised concerns that it will take years before the sea wall can be ready, and that is if Indonesia manages to find the money to fund the megaproject.

Even throughout Lady Gaga’s requisite ups and downs as a singer, songwriter and actress (the less said about last year’s “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the better), the 38-year-old New Yorker born Stefani Germanotta has remained imperially famous for so long, it can be difficult to recall the subversive thrill of her initial rise.When she ascended to superstardom in 2009, Gaga was an unabashed striver of a downtown club kid who cut her crowd-pleasing electro-pop with a deadpan, Warholian affect and an old-fashioned sense of musical showmanship. Whether dressed like an alien, an evil monarch or a butcher shop’s display window,…

Silicon Valley’s earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence.Startup accelerator Y Combinator — known for backing Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe — this week held its annual demo day in San Francisco, where founders pitched their startups to an auditorium of potential venture capital investors.Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan told CNBC that this group is growing significantly faster than past cohorts and with actual revenue. For the last nine months, the entire batch of YC companies in aggregate grew 10% per week, he said.”It’s not just the number one or two companies — the whole batch is…