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The Cincinnati Bengals offense has hit its stride in recent weeks, but an injury to a star receiver is now bringing things to a screeching halt.Ja’Marr Chase will miss the next four to six weeks with a hip injury, according to multiple reports. Chase will not need surgery but is a candidate to be put on injured reserve, which would force him to miss at least four games, according to NFL Network.The second-year receiver injured his hip two weeks ago against the New Orleans Saints despite scoring two touchdowns on seven receptions for 132 yards, but he aggravated it this…

Amazon.com delivery trucks in Richmond, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in extended trading.Amazon — Shares of the e-commerce giant plunged as much as about 19% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted weaker-than-expected earnings and revenue for the third quarter and issued disappointing fourth-quarter sales guidance.Apple — Apple share fell as much as about 4% following its quarterly financial report, which included weaker-than-expected iPhone revenue. Apple still beat Wall Street estimates for its earnings and revenue, however, and the shares pared their losses.Intel — The chipmaker saw shares…

A British woman who decapitated her friend and forged her will to receive 95% of the victim’s estate was convicted of murder on Thursday, police said. Jemma Mitchell, 38, murdered 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong, also known as Deborah Chong, in June 2021 after they met through a Church group. Mitchell had acted as a “spiritual healer” to Deborah and convinced the victim to give her about $230,000 for house repairs, but the relationship soured when Deborah backed out of the deal. “Deborah Chong was a vulnerable lady – in the weeks before her murder, she was seeking help for her declining mental health,”…

CNN  —  More than 13.8 million pre-election ballots have been cast in 44 states as of Thursday, according to data from election officials, Edison Research and Catalist. Florida continues to have the largest number of pre-election ballots cast for the midterm elections, at more than 1.9 million. Texas, California and Georgia each have also seen more than 1 million ballots cast. Georgia is home to several competitive statewide races this year, including for governor – with GOP incumbent Brian Kemp facing a rematch from four years ago against Democrat Stacey Abrams – and for Senate – where Republican Herschel Walker…

More than 15 million people have voted already in the 2022 midterms, smashing records from previous midterm years with 12 days until Election Day.In battleground states with hot Senate races — Georgia and Pennsylvania in particular — the story of high turnout is the same.Georgia has seen historic turnout at a record pace in early in-person voting this year with early voting on day one nearing turnout levels in the 2020 presidential election, a year of exceptionally high early voting turnout.Though less turnout is typically the norm in non-presidential election years, 1.02 million early votes have already been cast in…

CNN  —  The Colorado 8-year-old who set out this week to become the youngest person to climb El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park is over halfway to reaching the summit, his father – and climbing companion – said. Sam Adventure Baker and his father, Joe Baker, started their trek on Tuesday and the journey is expected to last four days. They plan to camp one night on the top of El Capitan and then hike down 8 miles on the fifth day. “We just crawled into our sacs on our port-a-ledge. Sam is out like a light,” Joe Baker…

The cryptocurrency market is on the upswing today, with Bitcoin’s price rising above $20,500 for the first time in weeks, Ethereum’s price rising above $1,500 for the first time since the post-merge turmoil, and the total market cap surpassing $1 trillion after three weeks below that threshold. According to the latest information from coinmarketcap, the bitcoin price has increased by over 2% today, reaching $20,322. According to the site, after weeks of very moderate movement below that barrier, it is the first time the price of the main cryptocurrency has been above $20,000 since October 7.Aside from Bitcoin, numerous cryptocurrencies are…

Apple beat Wall Street analysts’ sales and income expectations for the quarter ended in September, despite an otherwise bruising earnings season for tech companies and worries that demand for the newest iPhones might have been weaker-than-expected. The tech giant posted sales of just over $90 billion during its fiscal fourth quarter, up 8% from the same period in the prior year. Profits reached $20.7 billion, a gain of just under 1% from the year-ago quarter. “Our record September quarter results continue to demonstrate our ability to execute effectively in spite of a challenging and volatile macroeconomic backdrop,” Apple CFO Luca…

Investors wiped more than $89bn from Meta’s market capitalisation on Thursday after the Facebook owner reported another quarter of declining revenues and failed to convince investors that big bets on the metaverse and artificial intelligence were paying off. Shares in Meta dropped 25 per cent in New York as the world’s largest social media platform joined other Big Tech groups in warning that an economic slowdown was hammering its advertising businesses as brands spend less on marketing. On top of the wider macroeconomic woes, Meta faces a confluence of challenges, including rising competition for its Instagram platform from rivals such…

“Victoria and I have always been in conversation about fashion,” says Mia Regan. She’s referring, of course, to Victoria Beckham, with whom –  as a rising model and an influential dresser herself – Mia has always had lots to talk about. It was last year, when Victoria suggested a louche pair of trousers in one of her collections be named after Mia, who “loves a baggy fit”, that the idea of a collaboration first came up. “I’ve always wanted to do something like this,” adds Mia, who was given full creative freedom to design the six-piece denim capsule, which launches on…