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BetterHelp, which provides direct-to-consumer mental health services via video, audio or live chat or text message, bills itself as “the world’s largest online therapy platform.” The company has served nearly 3.5 million people and pulled $700 million in global revenue last year, according to Behavioral Health Business. BetterHelp has received positive reviews, earning 4.04 out of 5 stars from the Better Business Bureau along with an accredited A-rating. On Trustpilot, it has 4....

Famous for her role as Rose Nylund in The Golden Girls, the 99-year-old passed away on December 31, just 17 days shy of celebrating becoming a centenarian. Fans have harnessed the power of social media to orchestrate a fitting tribute to the late actress, a lover of animals all her life, aptly called the #BettyWhiteChallenge. A graphic is being widely shared across Twitter, which says: “On Betty White’s 100th birthday, January 17th, everyone should pick a local rescue or animal shelter in your area and donate just $5 in Betty White’s name....

Welcome to the disjunction between debt and Net. Debt analysts worry about whether a borrower will have the cash to make interest payments and to repay principal when it comes due. Internet-stock players couldn’t care less. They value issues based on buzz and perceived potential and name recognition and a lot of measures (including intangibles like “stickiness,” meaning the amount of time an average visitor spends on a Web site) that are related to profit only vaguely....

CHAMPS: President George W. Bush: Whatever you think of him, you’ve got to respect his political smarts. Starting after his inaugural in January 2001, Bush decided to act as if he had a mandate to lead, even though he didn’t. By pushing through his tax cut, he put the Democrats on the defensive–where they have stayed ever since. By leading effectively just after September 11, he solidified his national security credentials....

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has updated its oddsboard and posted props ahead the 2015 U.S. Open, which tees of Thursday at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington. There’s been no change at the top since earlier this week, with Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth priced well ahead of the rest of the field , at odds of 7-to-1 and 8-to-1, respectively. Tiger Woods’ odds were raised from 50-to-1 to 60-to-1, and in another indication of how far he has fallen, Woods is an underdog to make the cut, with the ‘No’ side of that prop priced at -140 and ‘Yes’ offered at +120....

It was supposed to be more than a vacation with a politically correct name. Eco-tourism was based on the realization that some people (usually poor Africans, Asians and Latin Americans) live in places surrounded by precious living things that other people (well-off Americans and Europeans) want to preserve. The idea was to enable people in the developing world to earn more by preserving nature than by using it up; people would put down their machetes and harpoons and pick up laundry and trays....

Well, Beyond Meat may soon have a solution for you. Following the massive success of its signature plant-based Beyond Burger, the company announced plans to create a meatless alternative to cow and pig products like steak and bacon. The new plant-protein products are a part of Beyond Meat’s longer-term efforts to expand the company’s portfolio while giving consumers more options, the company’s CEO Ethan Brown told CNN Business on Tuesday....

Footage of Rocky the dog shooting a death stare in the direction of canine companion and fellow Bichon Frise Cometin was shared to TikTok by their owner Lilian Preyes. The video has proven popular among dog lovers, racking up 1.8 million views, with fans left pondering the source of Rocky’s apparent rage towards Cometin. The clip offers one potential clue to the source of their feud, with Rocky shown sat on the couch with his owner while Cometin lurks in the doorway, unsure of whether to enter or not....

“Today’s announcement by the CDC—that new research and concerns about the Delta variant leads CDC to recommend a return to masking in parts of the country—is another step on our journey to defeating this virus,” Biden said in a statement Tuesday. The CDC’s updated mask guidance recommends that fully vaccinated people resume wearing masks indoors in places with “substantial” and “high” transmission rates—nearly two-thirds of all U.S. counties. “In recent days I have seen new scientific data from recent outbreak investigations showing that the Delta variant behaves uniquely differently from past strains of the virus that cause COVID-19,” CDC Director Dr....

White House officials reported that an estimated 10 million U.S. homes receive water via lead pipes. Lead from these pipes has been known to seep into drinking water, poisoning people in places such as Flint, Michigan. According to the World Health Organization, lead poisoning, even in smaller quantities, can be especially dangerous to children, as it can affect brain development and cause behavioral changes, along with a host of other health complications....

The statement was posted on Twitter by the Human First Coalition, for which Rauf serves as president. He wrote that efforts by the U.S. government, his family and several other groups and entities helped secure his release. The successful release of Rauf, along with his brother Anees Khalil, is a win for the Biden administration as it works to free several other people who have been imprisoned or held captive abroad....

As he was leaving a Black History Month event at the White House, Biden was asked by a reporter if “Americans should be worried about a nuclear war?” The question came after Putin put his nuclear forces into “special combat readiness.” “No,” the president responded. White House officials have also said that the administration is not going to change its nuclear alert levels at this time. “We are assessing [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin’s directive and at this time we see no reason to change our own alert levels,” Press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during Monday’s briefing....

The Associated Press first reported the news of Garland, citing two people familiar with the selection process and is expected to announced Garland’s appointment on Thursday. Garland was previously rebuffed by Senate Republicans for a Supreme Court seat in 2016, after being nominated by then-President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy left following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. After his appointment, McConnell declined his nomination and said that the next president should be the one to nominate a Supreme Court Justice....

And yet now, with record numbers of migrants attempted to cross the border each month, President Biden is reportedly seeking to end the provision as early as April, due to the waning pandemic. Ending Title 42 along with other COVID restrictions would not be a problem except for the fact that, as a result of a string of other policy decisions the Biden administration has made over the past 14 months, it is the only functioning mechanism still in place to remove migrants who cross our borders illegally....

The poll, which was conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, found 53 percent of respondents saying they’d vote for the former vice president, compared to 44 percent for Trump. Reuters/Ipsos surveyed 1,008 adults in Wisconsin from October 20 to October 26 and reported a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Biden’s 9-point lead is a slight increase from earlier this month. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted October 6-11 found Biden leading Trump by 7 points (51 to 44 percent), while another from October 13-19 found Biden ahead by 8 points (51 to 43 percent)....

According to the poll, 52 percent of respondents said they would vote for Biden if the election were held today, while 42 percent said they would choose Trump, giving the former vice president a 10 point lead. The poll, which was conducted by Data for Progress, surveyed 794 registered voters from July 22 to July 28, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Data for Progress has been conducting weekly tracking polls since April 14....

On Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre offered several non-answers to questions about the recent developments, while reminding the media that the administration has been “fully cooperating” with the DOJ investigation and continues planning to do so. “I’m just not going to go beyond what the president said,” Jean-Pierre said during the press briefing. “We have talked about this at length. We’ve had multiple statements on this.” The Biden administration has scrambled to address the classified, Obama-era documents that have been found in Biden’s possession....

These comments ought to serve as red flags amid ongoing negotiations between Ankara and Washington over Erdogan’s offer to deploy Turkish troops to guard Kabul’s international airport after U.S. departure. The airport is Kabul’s lifeline to the outside world, providing access for aid workers and foreign diplomats. “The president has made it very clear we’re going to maintain a diplomatic presence in Kabul,” Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said earlier this month....

Biden announced the visit with hopes to build diplomacy between the United States and Middle Eastern allies—while also hoping to convince Saudi Arabia to increase oil production to help lower domestic gas prices, which climbed in recent months amid inflation and sanctions on Russian oil. However, the trip was met with criticism over Saudi Arabia’s record on human rights. Critics questioned if Biden would successfully walk the fine line between promoting diplomacy while holding Saudi leaders responsible for several alleged abuses—including their alleged involvement in the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi....

Ron Klain, who has been named as Biden’s chief of staff, detailed this forthcoming announcement on Sunday though would not be drawn on what posts would be outlined nor who might fill them. Speaking on ABC News’ This Week he said: “You’re going to see the first of the president-elect’s cabinet appointments on Tuesday of this week, meeting the pace, beating in fact the pace that was set by the Obama-Biden transition, beating the pace set by the Trump transition....