A top Chinese economist has issued a warning over the risks of overreliance on stimulus for short-term growth, including driving debt to unsustainable levels. Newsweek has contacted China’s Foreign Ministry for comment by email.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning millions of Americans to be aware of scams and identity theft during the holiday season. The announcement was made on Dec. 3 for the agency’s 10th annual National Tax Security Awareness Week. The initiative aims to raise awareness and educate the public about prevalent security threats.

Just after 8 a.m. Bay Area residents received a MyShake alert warning of magnitude 5.9 earthquake hitting east of Carson City, Nevada close to the Lake Tahoe region. The quake also appeared on the USGS map of latest earthquakes. But within minutes the report of the quake disappeared on the USGS page.

Up to 17 inches of snow is set to hit several states across the U.S. from Tuesday through to Thursday, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue multiple winter storm warnings and advise travelers to “drive with extreme caution” or even consider delaying all travel.

British scientific journal Nature retracted a climate study due to data reliability issues, particularly problematic information from Uzbekistan that skewed results.

The United States Geological Survey put out a false alarm for a 5.9 earthquake east of Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning.

Colorado faces one of its first major winter storms of the season, with the NWS issuing warnings of significant totals.

If you’ve put a screen protector on your iPhone 17 series, you’re not alone, but it seems that many can reduce the effectiveness of the iPhone’s Ceramic Shield 2.