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Bloomberg/GettyPresident Donald Trump’s pick to fill a Federal Reserve vacancy said he did not plan to resign from his White House role, if confirmed, alarming Democrats who said his elevation would bring the president closer to controlling the central bank.Stephen Miran, currently chief of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing on Thursday that he intended to take a leave of absence from the White House, given the short term nature of the Fed post.He assured them that he would act independently if confirmed.But he demurred when Democrats demanded he prove his independence by going on…

Liv McMahonTechnology reporterTeam CherryThe biggest online video game stores crashed on Thursday as they struggled to deal with high demand for Hollow Knight: Silksong – one of the most-anticipated games of the year.Thousands of users reported they were unable to buy the game on PC store Steam after its release at 15:00 BST, with errors persisting until around 17:30.Social media users also shared their difficulties trying to purchase Silksong on other platforms, including the Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox game stores.Fans of Hollow Knight have been eagerly awaiting the sequel after the first game’s release in 2017, which has sold more…

Charlie Sheen is making a public plea to reconnect with his Two and a Half Men costar Jon Cryer.  The 60-year-old actor asked Cryer to reach out to him after he sent a message to him thanking him for his involvement in Sheen’s upcoming Netflix documentary, Aka Charlie Sheen, but didn’t hear back.  “The only person I didn’t call personally to participate in the doc was Jon,” Sheen told PEOPLE in a new interview. “And the only reason I didn’t call him was because I didn’t have the right number for him, so the director reached out to him.” Jon…

The Week 1 NFL schedule kicks off on Thursday, and there are some tight Week 1 NFL odds to study as there are nearly a dozen NFL games with a line of a field goal or less. Some of these NFL odds include Chiefs vs. Chargers (+3), Rams vs. Texans (+3), Packers vs. Lions (+2.5) and 49ers vs. Seahawks (+2.5). There are just two contests with Week 1 NFL spreads of over a touchdown, including when No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward makes his pro debut as his Titans are 8.5-point underdogs to the Broncos, tying them as the biggest…

Millions of years ago, humans’ ancestors lost the function of a specific gene — but switching that gene back on could help protect people from gout, a new experimental study suggests.Gout is a type of arthritis that causes sudden, severe pain and swelling in the joints. It happens when there is too much uric acid in the blood, which can form sharp crystals in the joints, triggering painful inflammation. The painful attacks can come on quickly and may last for days or weeks.While there are several drugs that have been developed to manage elevated uric acid levels, many have either…

You'd better not forget your speciality dining reservation or everyone in your group will now be forced to pay $25 each—or more.

Heavy rains, flash-floods and cloudbursts have battered much of Northern India in recent weeks, killings hundreds of people and displacing more than a million.

The US justice department has initiated a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, according to new reports, as a lawsuit she filed against Donald Trump over her firing makes its way through court.Lawyers with the justice department have issued subpoenas for the investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal.Last month, Trump moved to fire Cook over unconfirmed claims that she listed two properties as her primary residence. Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing and Finance Agency and a close ally of Trump, alleged Cook had lied on bank documents and records to…

VACUUM DEALS OF THE WEEK Deals are selected by the CNET Group commerce team, and may be unrelated to this article.CNET’s key takeawaysNo robot vacuum has truly solved the challenge of multilevel cleaning without requiring you to physically move it between floors.This robo-vac can do it, for the high-end price of $1,700.You won’t find another robot vacuum with its features for less than $1,000 right now.The whole point of owning a robot vacuum is so you don’t have to do the cleaning yourself. But that was never the case at my house — partly because of what I call my…

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsBBCOrgan transplants certainly save lives but having surgery is a big undertaking with significant risksIs it possible to become immortal with the help of organ transplants? That was the unexpected topic of discussion this week between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin when they met at a military parade in Beijing.A translator, speaking in Mandarin on behalf of Putin, told Xi how human organs can be repeatedly transplanted “so that one can get younger and younger” in spite of age, and might even be able to stave off old age “indefinitely”.”It’s predicted…