APPLE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Tech giant Apple has launched a high-yield savings account with a 4.15 percent annual interest rate. The company said there are no fees, minimum deposits, or minimum balance requirements, and users can set up and manage their savings account directly using "Apple Card." The interest rate is higher than a standard savings account, but some online banks do offer higher rates. Goldman Sachs is partnering with Apple on the offering. .
GARBAGE LIFE
You've likely heard of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a giant heap of trash in the ocean between California and Hawaii. Now a new study has revealed that the patch has gotten so large that dozens of species are now living on it. Scientists said plastic pollution is creating a new floating ecosystem for organisms that don't normally live in the open ocean. Coastal invertebrate organisms are surviving — and reproducing — on the floating debris.
BAD BAT NEWS
In what is being called the inaugural "State of the Bats" report comes the news that 52 percent of bat species could be at risk of extinction. The report found climate change, disease and habitat loss are taking their toll. It also found wind turbines alone kill about half a million bats annually.
General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a six-week-old strike against Detroit automakers, three people briefed on the deal said.
Israel says a female soldier captured by Hamas militants during their Oct. 7 incursion has been released during its ground operations in Gaza.
U.S. health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops because of the risk of infections that could lead to blindness.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert and specifically mentioned 26 eye drop products from a number of brands.
Cheddar News checks in with your coast-to-coast weather forecast for Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.
A man has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American woman and her son.
Former Pittsburgh Penguins player Adam Johnson died after appearing to suffer a deep cut to his neck from a stake during a game in England.
Global governing body of soccer FIFA banned ex-Spanish Federation president Luis Rubiales for misconduct following backlash over his kiss of a top Spanish soccer player following the women's World Cup in August.
A 13-year-old Florida boy is being charged with first-degree murder after being accused of fatally stabbing his mother while she was sleeping.
Former Pittsburgh Penguins player Adam Johnson died after appearing to suffer a deep cut to his neck from a stake during a game in England.
