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HOUSEWORK DISPARITY
A new Pew study shows that men and women are making about the same amount of money in their careers, but women are picking up a heavier load when it comes to housework and caregiving. Meanwhile, men are spending more time on leisure and at work. The number of women who earn as much or significantly more than their husbands has tripled over the last 50 years.
100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
Time has released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023. The list was divided into different categories, including artists, innovators, and titans. The list included a range of individuals, from actor Michael B. Jordan to Disney CEO Bob Iger, as well as Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelensky.
TIKTOK BAN
Montana could become the first state to completely ban TikTok. The bill moving through the state legislature proposes a $10,000 fine for anyone who violates the ban, each day they do so. It's worth noting that Montana's governor has already banned TikTok on government devices.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack.
The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed 22 more bodies, most of them bearing signs of starvation, according to the coast regional commissioner.
Cheddar News' senior reporter Chloe Aiello breaks down what's behind the growing popularity of shortening the school week to four days, which echoes more widespread calls to shorten the work week.
Well, it turns out the myth of sewer gators is real. A Florida work crew was on a job in Oviedo when they discovered a five-foot gator hanging out in a giant sewage pipe. The crew filmed the run in and posted it to their Facebook page where it has since gone viral.
Voice artist Amanda Elgie joins this edition of Stretching Your Dollar to talk about how she turned a side gig into a lucrative business.
The peak summer travel season is almost here, and pilots are stepping up their pressure on major airlines for new contracts that will include higher pay.
It's kitten season, and the ASPCA is asking cat lovers to step up and adopt. Valeria Caceres-Gil, senior manager of admissions and matchmaking at the ASPCA Adoption Center, joins Cheddar News to introduce some of furry friends that are currently looking for an owner.
A federal appeals court overturned all fraud convictions Wednesday of two parents who were found guilty of paying bribes to get their kids into elite universities as part of a sprawling college admissions scandal.
A U.S. Marine veteran who used a fatal chokehold on an agitated New York City subway passenger was freed from custody hours after surrendering on a manslaughter charge.
Pandemic-related asylum restrictions that expelled migrants millions of times have ended in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system.
