China’s military is stepping up its work on ship-based warplanes to keep up with its aircraft-carrier advances

China’s third aircraft carrier, Fujian, at its launch ceremony in Shanghai on June 17, 2022. Li Gang/Xinhua via AP Recent photos and videos show developments in Chinese early-warning aircraft and stealth fighter jets. Currently, Chinese aircraft carriers must rely on helicopters as their airborne early-warning system. China has stepped up efforts to develop its next…

GOP Sen. Pat Toomey says Joe Manchin was ‘taken to the cleaners’ on the Democratic-led climate and tax deal

Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP, File Sen. Pat Toomey on Sunday criticized the Democratic-led climate and tax plan backed by Joe Manchin. “It really looks to me like Joe Manchin has been taken to the cleaners,” the Republican said on CNN. Democrats have hailed the proposed climate investments as something…

THE DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM: An in-depth examination of the players and tech trends reshaping the future of healthcare

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Business Insider Intelligence Digital disruption is rocking the healthcare industry, and key stakeholders — payers, providers, manufacturers, and medical supplies distributors — are all feeling its effects differently. Until…

Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he doesn’t ‘trust a thing Kevin McCarthy says’ and accuses the GOP leader of ‘siding with insurrectionists’ to become House speaker

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois outside a January 6 committee hearing on June 13, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adam Kinzinger told CNN on Friday he found GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to be untrustworthy. After McCarthy contradicted statements from Cassidy Hutchinson, Kinzinger questioned the GOP leader. Kinzinger said that McCarthy will “do whatever he has…

Debris from an out-of-control Chinese rocket fell over the Indian Ocean

After carrying the latest piece of the country’s Tiangong space station to orbit on July 24th, a Chinese Long March 5B rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, creating a dazzling (albeit somewhat unsettling) display as it crashed down in the Indian Ocean. A Twitter user named Nazri Sulaiman captured a 27-second clip of the rocket’s…

With theft on the rise, these are the ‘hot products’ – including Spam – that drug stores are most likely to lock up

Willy Staley/Twitter Drug stores are targeted by thieves for the variety of ‘hot products’ they offer. Companies opt for plastic anti-theft cases as employees are prohibited from stopping shoplifters. Store security is focused on the ‘vital few’ over the ‘trivial many,’ expert says. As inflation rises, concerns about theft are increasing, too — and stores…

The pandemic drove Americans out of cities and into the exurbs. A recession could push some of them right back.

Maskot/Getty Images During the pandemic, many Americans left cities for exurbs, or more rural areas. But higher wages and alternatives to gas-guzzling cars are making cities look increasingly attractive. However, high housing costs are the tradeoffs of a city — especially if gas prices keep going down. Cities became less attractive for many Americans during…