Here's Cheddar News' daily dose of news that impacts your day to day.
SLEEP DEPRIVED
According to a new study from Apple and the Bingham Women's hospital, only 31 percent of people are actually getting the recommended seven hours minimum of sleep they need. That study reviewed 42,000 people enrolling in the Apple Watch sleep tracking study. So what's the fix for this? Sleep experts recommend getting into a consistent sleep routine to help fix your internal clock. Then there's easier remedies out there such as getting rid of caffeine, large meals and screens.
META'S NEW SOCIAL APP
Meta is building a stand alone decentralized social network. The platform would provide users with a place to share text-based updates, similar to what Instagram does with photos. So what does decentralized mean? Users could create different servers and communities with their own rules rather than one centralized platform controlled by Meta. There's no word yet on when the app would launch or what it will be called.
Astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, who helped bring the crew of Apollo 13 back to earth after an explosion threatened their lunar mission, has died at 87.
A former Pennsylvania nurse who was accused of killing two people at a nursing home now faces additional murder charges.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza.
Desmond Mills Jr. became the first of five officers charged to reverse course.
The 31-year-old was convicted on all seven counts and faces up to 110 years in prison at his sentencing hearing in March.
Thursday's one good thing.
A wildfire in southern California doubled in size as firefighters battled flames fueled by the Santa Ana winds.
Cheddar News checks in with your mid-day coast-to-coast forecast for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.
A wildfire in southern California doubled in size as firefighters battled flames fueled by the Santa Ana winds.
Cheddar News checks in with your coast-to-coast weather forecast for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.
