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 |  | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024 · 4 min read |
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| A morning digest from Yahoo News
by Lily Herman with Anthony Rivas |
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| Good morning, all. The South could see more severe weather today, while intermittent rain is forecast for the Northeast throughout the week. Be careful when traveling. Now on to the news. |
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 | Michael Cohen in 2023 | Yuki Iwamura/AP |
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| | On the stand: Cohen is expected to directly connect Trump to the 34 allegedly falsified business records he’s charged over, which prosecutors say concealed reimbursements for the hush money payments. [AP] |
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| | Cohen’s past: Cohen spent more than a year in federal prison for the hush money payments and other crimes. During his sentencing, he told the judge he felt it was his “duty to cover up [Trump’s] dirty deeds.” [New York Times] |
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| | Defense’s strategy: Trump’s team, which has claimed Cohen made the payments on his own volition, will aim to paint Cohen as a liar who lacks credibility. [The Hill] |
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| | Swift’s ‘TTPD’ era | Taylor Swift rearranged her Eras Tour set list to include seven songs from her album The Tortured Poets Department. She called the new section “Female Rage The Musical.” [People] |
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| | Graduation protests | Small but largely peaceful protests continued at college graduations this weekend, including dozens of students who walked out of Duke’s commencement during comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s address. [AP] |
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| | Key Bridge demolition | The demolition to remove a part of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was rescheduled to today due to lightning risks. The operation will help remove debris and free the cargo ship that has remained stuck. [CNN] |
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| | Northern lights | A series of powerful solar storms brought the northern lights further south than usual over the weekend to places in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Here’s what they looked like. [CBS News] |
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| | In the NBA playoffs, the Celtics play the Cavaliers at 7 p.m. ET on TNT. The Celtics lead the series 2-1. [USA Today] |
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| | In the NHL playoffs, the Rangers and the Hurricanes play at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The Rangers lead the series 3-1. [NBC Sports] |
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 | Today in history |  | In 1973, tennis players Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court (pictured above) faced off in a first “battle of the sexes” match, which Court lost in less than an hour. It set the stage for Riggs’s famous match against Billie Jean King and led to women getting equal pay in the sport. [USA Today] | Illustration: Yahoo News; photos: AP Photo/Wally Fong, Getty Images |
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3 Questions... | about banking scams | Anthony talked to Casey Bond, resident banking editor for Yahoo Finance, about her team’s reporting on an uptick in bank scams and how you can avoid getting tricked. |
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| | Have bank scams really become more of a problem lately? |
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| They have. Our reporter, Kat Tretina, found that Americans lost more than $10 billion to fraud last year. That’s a 14% increase over 2022, and the first time they’ve been that high. |
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| | Your team reported on seven common ones. What do they look like? |
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| In many cases, scammers leverage technology to trick you out of your money. Think: Creating fake bank websites or sending phishing texts. We laid out what you can do about them. |
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| | What red flags should people look out for if they suspect they’re being scammed? |
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| Two big ones: If you’re being pressured to provide personal details or send money immediately, it could be a scam. This is especially true for payments via gift card or crypto, which are less traceable. |
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 | Chris Allen |
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| | Chris Allen and his mom, Lee, have had lunch together every week since 2022 and became popular on the Milwaukee Foodie Facebook group for sharing photos of their meals. “Her smile just makes my day,” one commenter recently said. [Washington Post] |
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Have a great day. See you tomorrow! |
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| 💡 P.S. Before you go, your daily advice: If your job involves a lot of sitting, set a timer to get up and walk around for five minutes every hour. [Yahoo Life] |
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 The Yodel team
| The Yodel is written by Lily Herman and edited by Anthony Rivas. Today's edition was copy edited by Chris Simpson. Emily Mahaney is our editorial director. |
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