• A federal judge granted TikTok an injunction Sunday, temporarily blocking the US government's attempt to block new downloads and software updates of the app in the US.
• According to the injunction, unsealed Monday, the judge said the restrictions imposed on TikTok "likely exceed" the authority of IEEPA, the law giving the president broad authority over economic transactions Donald Trump used to issue the app ban.
• TikTok also proved it would "suffer irreparable harm" if a ban occured, according to the judge. In court documents, TikTok said 80% to 90% of its US userbase would disappear if the ban lasted six months.
• Another hearing on Trump's attempted ban is expected before November 12, when the rest of the ban's "phased approach" is scheduled to go into effect.
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The US government's attempts to ban TikTok "likely exceed" the legal bounds of Donald Trump's executive authority, a federal judge said in his decision to grant an injunction this weekend, temporarily blocking the ban.

The judge's Sunday night ruling for the injunction came hours before the US government was set to enforce the first part of its two-pronged strategy to ban TikTok nationwide. Sunday's action, as recently laid out by the Commerce Department, would ban new app downloads and software updates for existing TikTok users.

TikTok first filed an injunction request Wednesday as part of the company's lawsuit against the US government challenging the legality of Trump's proposed ban.

The judge in the injunction, unsealed Monday, said the ban likely goes beyond the "lawful bounds" of the authority Donald Trump cited in his August executive orders to ban TikTok. Trump cited authority granted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which allows the president to execute "broad authority" in regulating foreign economic transactions. However, IEEPA specifically excludes the ability to regulate "information or informational materials," as the judge pointed out in his injunction ruling.

The federal judge also said TikTok demonstrated it would "suffer irreparable harm" if a ban were to go into effect. In documents submitted to the court, TikTok interim head Vanessa Pappas said that the app would lose 80% to 90% of its users if a ban lasted for more than six months. Pappas also says TikTok's battle with the US government has caused more than 50 candidates to turn down roles at TikTok — a company whose US employee base stands at more than 1,500 and is still rapidly growing.

The second part of the administration's order — which issues a complete ban on TikTok by targeting internet hosting services and content delivery networks — is set to take effect November 12. Separate proceedings will be held prior to that deadline to decide on the implementation of this second part of the ban, the judge said Sunday.

It remains unclear what will happen to the US government's planned TikTok ban if a deal to settle the company's ownership in the US is finalized. The current proposal would break off TikTok's global business into a new US-based company, in which Oracle, Walmart and US investors would have substantial stakes. However, there's still disagreement over whether the deal would give majority ownership to US investors, or whether TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance would maintain its majority ownership.

Last weekend, Trump said he had given his "blessing" to the Oracle-led deal. However, it is still awaiting approval from US and Chinese governments.

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• Prep for Amazon Prime Day 2020 this October by supporting small, US-based businesses. 
• Spend $10 at one of these businesses to earn a $10 credit to spend on Amazon Prime Day. 
• From shopping women- and black-owned storefronts to buying handmade, you can now fund initiatives you support with your patronage — and some extra Prime Day cash doesn't hurt. 
• Only Amazon Prime members can take advantage of this offer, limited to one per customer. 

If you're already an Amazon Prime member with all of our Prime Day 2020 coverage bookmarked, Amazon has introduced another way to prepare for the incoming event — an early Prime Day deal.

From now through October 12, members who spend $10 at select small businesses can get $10 to spend on Prime Day itself. The offer is limited to one per customer, but with the big price drops we expect to see over October 13 and 14, $10 goes a long way. 

How to get the $10 Prime Day credit:

• Only products from storefronts included here will get you the $10 credit. 
• The credit is only redeemable during Prime Day, from midnight PT October 13 to 11:59 p.m PT October 14. 
• You can check if your order qualifies here; it's also where you go spend your credit. 
• This offer is limited to Prime members only, but if you've never signed up before, consider signing up for a 30-day free trial now.
• Read the full terms and conditions and Amazon's FAQ here.

Qualifying products we've reviewed (and love):

• Fresh Patch Disposable Dog Potty by Fresh Patch, our pick for potty training a puppy.

• Mighty Patch Invisible+ by Hero Cosmetics, our pick for clearing acne in a few hours.

• Modkat Litter Box by Modkat, our pick for best top-entry litter box.

• Oxyfresh Water Additive by Oxyfresh, our pick for best dental water additive for dogs.

• Skoolzy Jumbo Toddler Lacing and Stringing Beads from Education Treasures, one of our picks for fine motor toys.

• Zuke's Mini Naturals Dog Training Treats from Pet Discounters, our pick for potty training a puppy.

More small businesses we recommend

• Alima Pure makeup essentials
• Atar Gold vegan hair care
• JustFoodForDogs fresh pet food
• MARLOWE. men's skincare
• Peak Design travel and everyday accessories
• Tommy John men's and women's underwear

• An excellent humidifier can make your home's air much more comfortable to breathe, particularly when the air becomes too dry. 
• There are a number of great humidifiers available, but our top pick is the Pure Enrichment Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier. It's stylish, inexpensive, and versatile enough to suit most people's needs.

When the air gets too dry, it can potentially lead to health issues such as bloody noses, cracked lips, itchy skin, and more.

It can also simply just be uncomfortable to breathe in dry air. This is common during cold weather when a home is heated. Additionally, besides making our bodies feel discomfort, low humidity may also damage porous things like wooden furniture and framed art.

An air humidifier can help. A humidifier is an electrical appliance that uses water to add moisture the air. Humidifiers come in different shapes and sizes, but for this guide, we focused on portable units that are affordable and can be easily purchased. Still, there are various types of portable humidifiers including those that use warm mist and cool mist. For a quick explainer on the difference, scroll to the bottom of this guide.

We looked at a variety of humidifiers to find the best ones, at a variety of price points.

Here are the best humidifiers:

• Best overall: Pure Enrichment Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier
• Best warm-mist humidifier: Vicks Warm Mist Humidifier
• Best for large rooms: Sunpentown SPT SU-4010 Humidifier
• Best germ-free humidifier: Honeywell HCM350W Humidifier

Prices and links are current as of 9/28/20. We streamlined the introduction of this guide and placed our explainer about the benefits of hot and cold mist toward the bottom of the article.

The best overall

The Pure Enrichment Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier is stylish, has two levels of misting, and even lights up for ambiance.

The best humidifier is the Pure Enrichment Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier. Not only is this an excellent and reliable portable humidifier, but it's also affordable.

This cool-mist model has a number of great features. It can humidify the air for up to 16 hours of continuous use leaving no need to worry about replacing the water often, thanks to the 1.5-liter water tank.

The device also has choices of either single or dual-mist nozzles, so you may switch the humidifier to output different levels of mist. An automatic shut-off feature detects when the water level is getting low or if the water tank has been removed. And, it can function as a night light (blue, green, or red).

Because it's small and compact, it isn't effective for larger rooms. The company offers an "XL" version with a larger water tank and longer continuous run-time, or you can check out our pick for large rooms.

Pros: Stylish design, relatively cheap, dual-mist control, automatic shut off, night light

Cons: Not great for larger rooms

The best warm-mist

Vicks' Warm Mist Humidifier has a gallon-sized water tank, an automatic shut-off feature, and is ideal for anyone who is sick.

While most people prefer cool-mist humidifiers, in some situations, warm-mist humidifiers are simply better, such as when you're sick and trying to clear a stuffed-up nose. In that case, there's one humidifier that stands above the rest: the Vicks Warm Mist Humidifier.

The device has a big water tank (1 gallon), which allows it to operate for up to 12 hours on a single filling. It runs quietly and there is a night light, which is helpful if you're running it overnight.

The high setting works great for larger rooms, while the lower setting will be a little calmer for small spaces. The way that it works is, the tank feeds the water into a boiling chamber where it's then heated. The vapor produced is up to 95-percent bacteria-free, according to Vicks. The humidifier has an automatic shut-off, so it will turn off when the water runs out.

Pros: Warm mist is great for sinus issues, large water tank, two settings, relatively inexpensive

Cons: Device gets hot, not suitable for homes with children or pets

The best for large rooms

The Sunpentown SPT SU-4010 Humidifier doesn't just have a large tank, it also offers both warm and cool mist settings, and the ability to control the mist output.

If you're looking for a humidifier for an expansive room, you'll probably want something with a larger water tank that's capable of outputting more mist. The best is the Sunpentown SPT SU-4010 Humidifier.

The humidifier has a gallon-sized water tank, but it's powerful enough to humidify rooms as large as 500 square feet.

Unlike our other recommendations, this device offers the option of cool-mist or warm-mist settings, which makes it incredibly versatile. It can run for up to 10 hours on the warm-mist setting or 12 hours if you opt for cool. You can also adjust the mist output.

Pros: Warm and cool mist settings, higher mist output for larger rooms, ability to adjust mist output

Cons: A little noisy, on the pricey side 

The best germ-free humidifier

The Honeywell HCM350W Humidifier boasts the ability to kill 99.9% of all germs and bacteria, and it's quiet.

If you're concerned about the bacteria that could be circulating in your room, the Honeywell HCM350W Humidifier is a great option. Honeywell markets the device as "germ-free," and that's thanks to the company's patented germ-killing process, which Honeywell claims to kill 99.9% of all water-bred germs and bacteria.

The germ-killing technology isn't the only great feature on the humidifier. It also offers three speed settings, which allow the user to adjust the moisture and sound levels.

The humidifier comes in white or black, so you can choose the color to best suit your room. On top of that, it can run up to 24 hours per filling — as long as it's positioned to a lower setting.

There are two maintenance requirements to consider. You'll need to learn how to maintain the humidifier's wick filter and you will also need to remember to switch out the filters, which adds to the overall cost of the device.

Pros: Technology to kill 99.9% of germs, quieter than other humidifiers, can run up to 24 hours, different colors available

Cons: Requires some maintenance, pricey

Which is better: warm mist or cool mist?

In general, humidifiers are divided into "warm mist" and "cool mist."

Warm-mist humidifiers release moisture into the air by heating it, which kills bacteria in the water. But, if there are children or animals in the house, warm-mist humidifiers can be hazardous because of how hot the appliance becomes, as well as the potential for accidentally spilled hot water.

Within the cool-mist humidifier segment, there are three types:

• Ultrasonic humidifiers use high-frequency waves to split water drops into particles, which are then released into the room.
• Evaporative humidifiers take the room's air and pass it through a filter with water in it, creating a mist. That mist is then blown out the other end of the humidifier.
• Impeller humidifiers are similar to ultrasonic humidifiers, but instead of using ultrasonic waves, they break-up water drops using a rotating disc. These humidifiers operate louder than the others.

The option you should choose depends on your environment. The Mayo Clinic recommends cool-mist humidifiers if you have children, because of the aforementioned safety concerns. It also said that both cool-mist and warm-mist humidifiers are equally effective. However, cool-mist humidifiers require more cleaning because they have a higher chance of bacteria and mold growth. It's also recommended that distilled or purified water be used instead of tap water.

As mentioned, warm-mist humidifiers disperse steam by heating water, rather than using a fan. They're quieter and can heat up small rooms, however, they also require more energy to operate. There are pros and cons to both, and the best option will depend on your needs.

Check out our other home heating and cooling guides

The best space heaters

If you don't have central heating, or do but don't want to use all that energy, then a space heater is a great way to ensure you keep nice and warm during those long winter months, whether you're in your frigid office, that one cold room in your house, or your chilly dorm room. These are the best space heaters.

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The best tower fans

A tower fan can move a substantial amount of air, creating appreciable cooling even in large rooms despite occupying less than a square foot of floor space. Some multifunction tower fans also have heating functions, making them ideal for use in all seasons, albeit usually with an added cost. These are the best tower fans.

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The best dehumidifiers

A good dehumidifier removes excess humidity from the air, which can help prevent mold and mildew buildup and eliminate allergens. These are the best dehumidifiers you can buy.

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Even a simple home appliance like an electric fan has seen impressive gains in function and performance over recent years. With all of the available designs, finding a fan that can meet your specific needs has never been easier. Here are the best electric fans.

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In some cases, portable air conditions are the only option in homes or apartments where there is no central AC and window units are not allowed, or simply won't fit. Thankfully, they're easy to use and a snap to install. Here are our top picks for the best portable air conditioners.

• On Monday, New Jersey resident James Kruzelnick filed a lawsuit against Andrew Napolitano, a legal analyst at Fox News and former judge.
• Kruzelnick's lawsuit alleges that Napolitano stalked him at the steakhouse where he was a waiter for years, harassed him, coerced him into providing sexual favors, and attempted to rape him.
• This lawsuit closely follows a lawsuit filed on September 11 by Charles Corbishley, which alleges Napolitano "forcibly sodomized" him when he was a 20-year-old defendant in the latter's court.
• Jon Norinsberg, one of Kruzelnick and Corbishley's lawyers, told Business Insider that he sees a "disturbing" pattern of abuse from Napolitano: "Men who are in a position of unequal power are being forced to do things they don't want to do."
• Napolitano denies all allegations, and countersued Corbishley for defamation. Fox News did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
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Fox News analyst and former New Jersey judge Andrew Napolitano is facing two separate allegations of sexual assault.

The first lawsuit against Napolitano was filed on September 11 and alleged that he had "forcibly sodomized" Charles Corbishley, then a 20-year-old defendant in Napolitano's court, in 1987. Napolitano filed a countersuit against Corbishley on September 15 for defamation, denying all of Corbishley's allegations.

On Monday, New Jersey resident James Kruzelnick filed a lawsuit seeking $15 million in damages from Napolitano, claiming a pattern of coercion and sexual abuse between 2014 and 2017. Kruzelnick alleges that Napolitano stalked and harassed him at his place of work, coerced him into "bizarre" sexual acts, and attempted to rape him, resulting in "severe and permanent emotional distress."

Napolitano's lawyer, Tom Clare, sent Business Insider the following statement: "These allegations are total fiction, and Judge Napolitano unequivocally denies them. This copycat lawsuit, filed and promoted publicly by the same lawyers representing career criminal Charles Corbishley, is nothing more than a pile-on attempt to smear Judge Napolitano for their own financial gain."

Jon Norinsberg, one of the lawyers representing both Corbishley and Kruzelnick, told Business Insider that Kruzelnick reached out to the firm after Corbishley's story went public.

"We find Mr. Kruzelnick to be a very credible witness," Norinsberg told Business Insider. "There are witnesses that corroborate parts of his story, and there are various pieces of corroboration that really support the central claims he's making."

Fox News has not publicly addressed Kruzelnick's claims, and did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment on Monday.

From 1987 to 1995, Napolitano was a New Jersey Superior Court judge. He has appeared on Fox News as a legal analyst since 1998.

The new lawsuit alleges 'abhorrent and repulsive' sexual abuse from 2014 to 2017

Kruzelnick's lawsuit alleges that Napolitano first developed an "infatuation" with him when Kruzelnick was a waiter at Mohawk House, an upscale steakhouse in Sparta, New Jersey. Napolitano, who was a regular, would always request Kruzelnick as his waiter, the lawsuit states.

Then in December 2014, Kruzelnick alleges Napolitano followed him to the bathroom and groped him from behind, saying "you are just so hot." Kruzelnick said he pushed Napolitano off him and told him not to do it again.

The lawsuit alleges Napolitano was friends with Mohawk House's owner, Steven Scro, who ordered Kruzelnick to continue to serve Napolitano each time he came to the steakhouse. Napolitano's attentions soon escalated to aggressive sexual remarks, and eventually he invited Kruzelnick to his home, according to the lawsuit.

Kruzelnick says he was both flattered due to Napolitano's status and wary because of his advances, but went to Napolitano's home with the intention of setting proper boundaries on September 6, 2015. As Kruzelnick was waiting in the living room for Napolitano to prepare drinks, the lawsuit alleges, Napolitano came in with his pants down and said, "I want you to do something for me," before throwing himself into Kruzelnick's lap.

Kruzelnick alleges that Napolitano forced him to play the role of "daddy" and spank him as he masturbated.

"Plaintiff was angry and upset about what Napolitano had done. Plaintiff felt like Napolitano had used him for his own gratification and forced him to play some type of bizarre sex game that he had no interest in playing," the lawsuit reads.

Following that incident, Kruzelnick says Napolitano continued to aggressively pursue him at Mohawk House, but Kruzelnick was afraid of losing his job if he confronted him. Scro, the steakhouse owner, would regularly call Kruzelnick "f----t" and "gay boy" at work, according to the lawsuit.

Scro did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Eventually, Kruzelnick said, he asked Napolitano what his legal rights were regarding Scro's harassment. Napolitano told Kruzelnick to come to his house, according to the lawsuit, where Napolitano told Kruzelnick, "If you do things for me, I'll do things for you," and forced Kruzelnick to spank him again.

The lawsuit states Napolitano later agreed to meet with Kruzelnick and his brother Dallas, who was facing criminal charges and had just become a father. Kruzelnick alleges Napolitano told Dallas he would only help him "if your brother gives me his full cooperation."

From spring 2016 to summer 2017, Kruzelnick alleges Napolitano made him perform "abhorrent and repulsive" sexual acts — including the allegation that Napolitano drugged Kruzelnick and forced him to engage in a threesome with a Fox News intern.

"While Plaintiff felt humiliated, degraded and abused by Napolitano, he also felt that he was powerless to stop the abuse," the lawsuit reads. "If he refused to do what Napolitano wanted him to do, then Napolitano would refuse to help out his brother, and Dallas would go to jail."

Kruzelnick says the abuse ended in August 2017 after Napolitano attempted to "forcibly sodomize" him at the former judge's home. The lawsuit alleges that Kruzelnick fought back by kicking and screaming, and Napolitano eventually let him go.

After the alleged attack, Kruzelnick says he became extremely depressed and withdrawn, and would start crying randomly at work.

Norinsberg said there are "striking" similarities between Kruzelnick's case and Corbishley's case, and that he wouldn't be surprised if there were other victims.

"There is a disturbing pattern," Norinsberg said. "Men who are in a position of unequal power are being forced to do things they don't want to do. And there are consequences they will suffer if they don't do those things."

Kruzelnick is seeking $15 million in damages, according to the lawsuit.

• Target's Deal Days will occur on October 13 and 14 this year.
• The second-ever Deal Days event will once again coincide with Amazon's Prime Day.
• "The two-day event will feature digital deals on hundreds of thousands of items, more than double last year," a Target spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement.
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Target's Deal Days event will take place on October 13 and 14 this year, alongside Amazon's two-day Prime Day sales.

"The two-day event will feature digital deals on hundreds of thousands of items, more than double last year," a Target spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement. 

Target's Deal Days are a relatively new phenomenon. The sales event debuted in July of 2019, touted by the retailer as a "no membership required" summer sale. Last year's Target Deal Days also took place on July 15 and 16, the same dates as Amazon's Prime Day.

Target's decision to once again link its Deal Days to Amazon's Prime event depicts the Seattle-based online retailer's influence over the yearly retail calendar. But the move is just the latest Target has made regarding its e-commerce strategy during the coronavirus pandemic.

The company is also slated to hire 130,000 seasonal workers for the holidays this year, with many of those roles focused on e-commerce fulfillment. CEO Brian Cornell told CNBC that twice as many seasonal hires will be tasked with fulfillment center roles or in-store tasks like fulfilling curbside and in-store pickup orders during the 2020 holiday season.

Target and Amazon aren't alone in their push to launch major sales events in the middle of October. A group of retail stakeholders, including Coresight Research and rewards app Shopkick, also plan to launch a "10.10" shopping festival on October 10 to spur consumer spending.

With major retailers hosting major sales events in mid-October, the fate of Black Friday 2020 — the sales event that traditionally rings in the holiday season — remains unclear. A spate of October and season-wide sales may further drain sales from the traditional shopping day.

• To get verified on Instagram, you'll need to be ready to submit some personal information, including your full legal name and photo ID. 
• There are several requirements you have to meet to get verified on Instagram, but Instagram isn't totally clear about what those exact requirements are.
• If you're certain you meet Instagram's standards, you can get verified by submitting a request through the app.
• Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories.

In today's influencer-driven social media landscape, the coveted blue "verified" checkmark found on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram gives you street-cred, and gives your posts a seal of authenticity from the platform. 

And while this tier of social influence was originally reserved for established celebrities and brands, Instagram has now made it possible for any Instagram user to apply for verification directly from the app — but users still have to meet some pretty high standards before Instagram approves the request.

Applying for verification itself is a pretty painless process. Here's how to request verification from Instagram, using the mobile app on your iPhone or Android phone. 

What you need to get verified on Instagram

According to Instagram's help site there a few key attributes it looks for when designating a verified account. Before you consider submitting your verification request to Instagram, take a look at the criteria to see if you'll be approved for a blue account badge. 

• Is your account authentic? As long as you're being yourself and not purposefully impersonating another person or brand, you qualify. 

• Is your account unique? Instead of focusing on impersonating accounts, this caveat focuses on how many Instagram accounts you're operating. For example, an influencer or brand would need to have just one central account that represented them (instead of several different ones) in order to be verified.

• Is your account complete? Instagram stipulates that a "complete" profile must have a bio, profile picture and at least one post. But the trickier part might be that Instagram also specifies your account can't have "add me" links to other social channels, like a promotion to follow your Twitter account. 

• Is your account notable? This is both the most open-ended standard and (arguably) the most important. Instagram defines notable as a brand or entity that is "well-known" or "highly-searched" and in part uses media coverage to determine this status — excluding paid promotional content. 

Apart from those criteria, and adhering to Instagram's community guidelines and terms of service, determining exactly what makes or breaks a verification request is still a bit of a mystery. But if Instagram denies your campaign for verification this time around, you can always apply again in 30 days. 

How to get verified on Instagram

If you feel that you meet all the criteria listed above, it's time to submit an application.

1. Open your Instagram app.

2. Tap your Profile icon in the bottom-right corner of the app screen.

3. Tap the three bars in the top-right corner of your profile.

4. Select the Settings option. 

5. Tap "Account." 

6. On your Account Settings page, choose "Request Verification."

7. You'll be prompted to provide your full name, a photo of an official document to verify it (like a driver's license, passport, or business tax filing), and a category that best describes your account (such as blogger/influencer, business/brand/organization or news/media). 

8. When you're done, tap the blue Submit button. 

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• How to get verified on Discord if you qualify for it, to mark your server as official

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• How to make your Instagram private and hide your account from everyone except the followers you approve

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• Amazon is currently offering new Kindle Unlimited subscribers 50% off for their first six months as part of an early Prime Day deal.
• Amazon Prime members can also select two Kindle ebooks to receive for free between October 1 and October 31.
• All Amazon customers can get a $5 ebook credit if they spend $20 or more on ebooks.
• Check out our Prime Day hub and Prime Day tech deals roundup for all the best offers when Prime Day launches on October 13 and 14.
• Visit Insider Coupons for more savings.

Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, the subscription service that offers thousands of books, magazines, and audiobooks for $10 a month, is currently discounted for new subscribers in preparation for Amazon Prime Day, the retail giant's massive annual shopping event scheduled for October 13 and 14.

New subscribers can get 50% off their first six months — that means you'll pay $30 for six months of Kindle Unlimited instead of $60. 

Kindle Unlimited isn't exclusive to Kindle and Amazon Fire tablets; you can access ebooks using the Kindle app on Android and iPhone, or read directly in your web browser using the Kindle Cloud Reader. The service also offers comic books and audiobooks along with a constantly changing library of magazines.

Amazon Prime subscribers will also be able to select two free ebooks from Amazon's First Reads collection from October 1 until October 31. Books in the First Reads collection are upcoming releases that are published early on Kindle. Prime subscribers normally get one free Kindle ebook from the First Reads collection each month; Kindle Unlimited subscribers can access First Reads titles for free the month after they're published.

Every Amazon shopper will also be eligible to receive a $5 credit when they spend $20 or more on ebooks.

Amazon's latest Kindle deals are an early promotion for Amazon Prime Day, which will take place on October 13 and 14. Our Prime Day hub has all the details on Amazon's annual shopping event.

If you're still shopping for an ereader, we also have a full guide to the best ereaders you can buy. The Kindle Oasis is our top-rated ereader, and prices could drop during Prime Day sales.

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• Fall weather can be unpredictable, but a good pair of weather-resistant sneakers can help you maintain your fashion sense and active lifestyle in any conditions.
• We rounded up seven of the best sneakers that'll keep you dry and comfortable during rain showers.
• To potentially save more on sneakers visit Insider Coupons for deals at Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Zappos, and Foot Locker. 

Fall is here, but that doesn't always mean sunny skies and beautiful autumn leaves. The season can also bring cold and rainy weather, so having a pair of waterproof sneakers is a useful way to keep yourself from wearing heavy boots too early in the year.

Most sneakers today are made out of knit or mesh fabric for lightweight performance, or basic leather for a classic aesthetic — but neither is ideal for wearing in the rain. Most people think that clunky boots are the only viable solution to staying dry, but there are certain sneakers made specifically for rugged and wet outdoor conditions.

So, to help you stay warm, dry, and comfortable this fall, we rounded up seven pairs of sneakers to wear during unpredictable weather. Whether big rubber rain boots simply aren't your style or you like to stay active regardless of how gloomy it is outside, these are the best choices on the market — including all-terrain sneakers from Adidas, water-repellent runners from Nike, Goretex-lined sneakers from New Balance, and more. 

7 water-resistant sneakers to wear in rainy weather:

Vans SK8-Hi MTE

Vans SK8-Hi MTE, available in five colorways, $89.95

Although you might not want to skate in these, the Vans SK8-Hi MTE is the best way to maintain that classic skate look without getting soaked in the rain. It features a Scotchgard-treated leather upper for water resistance, a fleece-lined interior for warmth, and rugged gum rubber outsoles. 

SeaVees Mariner

SeaVees Mariner, available in two colorways, $178

While SeaVees labels the Mariner as a boot, it's much more like a sneaker in terms of design and on-foot feel. Inspired by the shoes US Naval cadets wore in the late 1960s, the SeaVees Mariner features a waterproofed suede upper, sealed seams, gusseted tongues, and extra rubber foxing around the perimeter to ensure leak-free wear.

Read our full review of the SeaVees Mariner here.

Adidas Ultra Boost All-Terrain

Adidas Ultra Boost All-Terrain, available in three colorways, $135*

The Adidas Ultra Boost has been released in plenty of styles and variations since its initial launch in 2015, but the All-Terrain model is the most utilitarian of the bunch. It features a sock-like upper made from water-repellent Primeknit material, and a rugged Continental outsole for maintaining good grip in the rain.

*Limited stock

Salomon S/Lab

Salomon S/Lab, available in over 30 colorways, starting at $110

You may have thought that Salomon made gear strictly for outdoor performance, but its designs have begun to creep into the streetwear and style space. The S/Lab, in particular, brings the best of both worlds with a nylon and polyurethane upper for water resistance and a chunky outsole that reflects the "dad shoe" trend of today.

New Balance Fresh Foam 880v10 GTX

New Balance Fresh Foam 880v10 GTX, available in one colorway, $149.99

The New Balance Fresh Foam 880v10 is designed to be waterproof, lightweight, and well-cushioned for runners that like to put in miles in any weather. It features a knit and Goretex upper for keeping the water out and rugged soles for traction. 

Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 36 Shield

Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 36 Shield, available in four colors, from $130

Nike created the Air Zoom Pegasus 36 Shield for the dedicated runners who like to hit the streets rain or shine. As an adaptation of its popular runner, it features a seamless water-repellent upper, drawstring laces, and updated outsoles optimized for traction on wet surfaces.

Nike ACG Air Zoom Air AO

Nike ACG Zoom Air AO, available in four colorways, $130

With a waterproof upper, rugged outsoles, and a water drainage system (for water that makes its way into your shoes after being fully submerged), the ACG Zoom Air AO is built for any weather or terrain. It comes from Nike's All Conditions Gear sub-brand and surely lives up to it's name.

• Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor on the special counsel Robert Mueller's team, vividly detailed in his upcoming book the moment he uncovered damning evidence that helped incriminate former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for financial fraud.
• "Motherf-----," one FBI agent on Mueller's team said when Weissmann showed him what he'd found.
• Another prosecutor "let out a freewheeling hoot" when she saw the evidence, Weissmann writes. "If this holds up," Weissmann told them, "he's dead."
• Manafort was ultimately convicted of 18 counts of tax fraud, bank fraud, and failure to report foreign bank accounts. He also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of obstruction.
• He was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison last year, notching a high-profile victory for Mueller's team.
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"Motherf-----."

That's how an FBI agent on the special counsel Robert Mueller's team reacted when a prosecutor showed him evidence he'd uncovered that would be instrumental in nailing Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, for financial fraud.

The prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann, detailed the moment in his upcoming memoir, "Where Law Ends." Insider obtained an early copy of the book, which will be released to the public Tuesday.

The document Weissmann uncovered was an email between Manafort and his tax preparer that included a series of questions the preparer sent Manafort while working on his annual tax returns.

One of the questions asked whether he had any offshore bank accounts, which he was legally mandated to report to the government. Manafort replied: "None."

"It was the kind of dramatic evidence we called a 'hot' document — or what I called a 'summation' document, meaning it was so compelling that it should be used in our closing argument to a jury," Weissmann's book says.

Manafort's reply "was false — a critical piece of evidence to prove Manafort's intent," it continues. "This back-and-forth made it impossible for Manafort to credibly claim that he didn't know he was required to report his foreign bank accounts; here, his accountant was asking him to provide that information for his return, and Manafort was clearly lying and saying he had no foreign accounts to report."

Weissmann writes that he "ran next door" to the FBI agent, Omer Meisel, "and showed him what I found."

"Motherf-----," Omer said, according to the book. Both men then showed the email to three others working on the Manafort case. "If this holds up," Weissmann told them, "he's dead," the book says.

"I shared it with Jeannie Rhee, the Team R leader, next, who let loose with a freewheeling hoot," Weissmann writes. "Team R" refers to the unit of Mueller's team that was tasked with investigating Russia's election interference in 2016. Weissmann led "Team M," which was responsible for investigating Manafort. A third unit, called "Team 600," spearheaded Mueller's obstruction-of-justice probe.

Weissmann writes that after showing it to his colleagues, he set off to inform Mueller of his findings, "trotting down the hall like a proud hound with a pheasant in its mouth."

"'Guess what I found,' I told him, and began to lay out the story. When I finished, Mueller gave me a slight, barely perceptible nod. 'Good,' he said," according to the book.

Mueller's office ultimately charged Manafort with several crimes in two cases, one in Virginia and the second in Washington, DC.

In Virginia, Manafort was charged with multiple counts of tax fraud, bank fraud, and failure to report foreign bank accounts. He was convicted of eight of 18 total counts.

In the second case, brought in Washington, DC, he struck a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of obstruction.

Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison in the Virginia case. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Manafort to 60 months for the first count in the Washington, DC case, with 30 months concurrent with his sentence in the Virginia case. For the second count, Jackson sentenced Manafort to 13 months in prison. In total, Manafort was sentenced to 90 months, or 7 1/2 years, in prison.

"Mr. Manafort committed crimes that undermined our political process," Weissmann told the court at Manafort's sentencing hearing in March 2019.

He also emphasized how serious it was for Manafort to illegally lobby for foreign governments on US soil. "It is hard to imagine a more righteous prosecution of this act," Weissmann said, adding that it is not the first time someone has been prosecuted for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Weissmann also pointed to the crimes Manafort committed after already being charged in the Russia investigation.

"After being indicted, while on bail from two federal courts in a high-profile matter," Manafort engaged in criminal conduct that "goes to the heart of the American justice system," Weissmann said.

Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for September 29. I'm Tanya Dua, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider, filling in for my colleague Lauren Johnson while she's away this week. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Send me feedback or tips at tdua@businessinsider.com.

Today's news: Complex Networks branches out into product development, how to crack Instagram's competitive interview process, and the up-and-coming marketing professionals shaking things up at brands.

Complex Networks made millions selling products like hot sauce, and now it's applying that playbook to other brands

• Complex Networks has parlayed its sneaker- and hip-hop-focused media brands into a business selling related products like hot sauce, skateboards, and hoodies.
• Now it wants to apply that know-how to help brands like Pepsi and Champs develop products of their own with a new agency, Climate, reports Lucia Moses.
• It has plenty of competition, but Complex thinks its leadership, audience data, and media distribution will give it an edge.

Click here to read the full story. 

Insiders reveal how to break through Instagram's competitive interview process and land a job there

• Instagram, which has exploded since Facebook acquired it for $1 billion in 2012, has a highly competitive hiring process, report Lauren Johnson and Sydney Bradley.
• Former employees and experts they spoke to shared tips and tricks to nail the interview process, saying that referrals play a big role in giving candidates a leg up, as does knowing Instagram and its competitors' features. 
• Candidates go through a series of interviews at Instagram and meet with multiple people, and should be open to roles other than the ones they applied for as Instagram even tweaks roles for specific candidates.

Read the full story here.

Meet the rising stars of brand marketing

• Business Insider has launched its first list recognizing the rising marketing talent at brands.
• I profiled 25 such up-and-comers who are shepherding breakthrough campaigns for their companies, setting up internal agencies, or using media to reach consumers in new ways.
• These marketing professionals come from established brands like Procter & Gamble and Frito-Lay as well as challenger ones like Kin Euphorics and Verb Energy.

Click here to read the full story.

Other stories we're reading:

• Edelman's partnership with Cision was once positioned as the 'first of its kind,' but after its first year, the deal is no longer exclusive (Business Insider)
• Brands are hiring Animal Crossing players to help them sneak into the digital world, launch products, and create custom in-game experiences (Business Insider)
• Here's the data showing why TikTok's court victory was vital (Business Insider)
• Google to enforce 30% cut on in-app purchases next year (CNBC)
• Disney Sells Ad-Tech Firm TrueX to Gimbal (The Wall Street Journal)

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— Tanya 

• Some grocers are starting to compile "pandemic pallets" as they prepare for another possible surge in cases during the winter, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.
• Some pallets are reportedly focused on food, while others are for cleaning supplies and other goods to keep buyers healthy.
• While food shortages aren't as common as they were earlier this year, grocery stores could still see some limited variety.
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While the fall season started just last week, grocery stores are already preparing for winter. 

"Pandemic Pallets" are gaining more traction, with grocers preparing for worst and stocking the wooden storage structures with items that could be in high demand around Thanksgiving, and even Christmas, according to the Wall Street Journal. The goods being stockpiled on the pallets range from cleaning supplies to dry goods, the report said.

While the pallets vary in nature, their overall purpose remains the same: ensuring grocery stores will be able to handle demand if shoppers begin to "panic buy" as they did in March if COVID-19 cases spike in the winter. In the past week, coronavirus cases have risen in 21 states, as reported by CNN. In countries abroad, a second wave of infections has led to the return of lockdown orders.

Southeastern Grocers LLC, parent company for Winn-Dixie and other grocery chains, already added both turkey and ham to their inventory for the holidays, according to The Journal — months before the stores normally plan for the holiday-buying season. 

While some grocers are looking ahead in the demand for food, others are focused on cleaning supplies and other items shoppers may need in order to stay healthy, according to the report.

Associated Food Stores, a cooperative for independently-owned grocery stores in the US, has placed their focus on "cleaning and sanitizing products," The Wall Street Journal said.

"We will never again operate our business as unprepared for something like this," said Darin Peirce, vice president of operations, told the publication.

Before the pandemic, grocery stores operated in a way in which stores only stayed stocked for weeks ahead, not months. Kroger, the largest grocery chain in the US, was only keeping four to six weeks' worth of inventory before the virus took hold in March, according to the Wall Street Journal.

While grocers are preparing for increased demand, suppliers are trying to keep up as well. 

Although grocery stores aren't as sparse as the beginning of the pandemic, shortages will still be around. In some cases, stores have turned to other suppliers to meet demand, which is why some of the toilet paper found on shelves today is from Mexico. Meat suppliers have been hit especially hard by the pandemic due to outbreaks at packaging plants, as previously reported by Business Insider.

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his family aren't planning to get a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available, he told The New York Times' Kara Swisher in an episode of the podcast "Sway" published Monday.
• Musk said that he believes he and his kids aren't at risk of contracting the coronavirus and therefore have no plans to be vaccinated against the virus. There is no evidence Musk and his family are any less susceptible to the highly contagious virus that has so far killed more than 200,000 Americans of all ages.
• Musk, who has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus, has repeated falsehoods about COVID-19, including debunked claims that children are "essentially immune" to it. He has also said he believes he had the disease in January, before known spread to the US.
• Musk has been outspoken about the coronavirus crisis since the outset and has frequently disputed both the data around the virus as well as the government's response to it, particularly stay-at-home orders.
• "Essentially, the right thing to do would be to not have done a lockdown for the whole country but to have, I think, anyone who's at risk should be quarantined until the storm passes," Musk said. 
• Research has found that sweeping stay-at-home orders enacted between March and May may have prevented millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths in the US.
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Elon Musk says he and his family won't get a coronavirus vaccine when they become available.

Musk discussed his feelings about the virus on an episode of "Sway," a podcast hosted by The New York Times' Kara Swisher, published Monday. During their conversation, Swisher asked the Tesla CEO whether he or his family would get a COVID-19 vaccine once one becomes available. to which Musk said that he wouldn't because he was "not at risk for COVID, nor are my kids."

There is no evidence Musk and his family are any less susceptible to the highly contagious virus that has so far killed more than 200,000 Americans of all ages.

Swisher also brought up his response to the lockdowns earlier this year. Musk has said he opposed the lockdowns and that they did not "serve the greater good."

"Essentially, the right thing to do would be to not have done a lockdown for the whole country but to have, I think, anyone who's at risk should be quarantined until the storm passes," said Musk, who predicted in March that there would be "close to zero new cases" by the end of April.

Musk has made similar statements in the past, including in a July interview with The New York Times. He has falsely claimed that children and young people are not at risk when it comes to COVID-19, despite evidence of young people becoming seriously ill and even dying from the disease. Musk has also ignored data that shows that a significant portion of those affected with the virus are asymptomatic. 

Studies have also shown that lockdowns potentially prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths, and that delays in stay-at-home orders may have led to tens of thousands of avoidable deaths.

Still, Musk's apprehension about getting a coronavirus vaccine mirror the sentiment of about a third of Americans. A recent Ipsos MORI poll found that 33% of US respondents said they wouldn't get a vaccine as soon as one becomes available, citing concerns over side effects, though 20% of those respondents said they were opposed to vaccines in general. 

There are currently dozens of vaccines currently in the works, with 32 that are already in human testing. But policymakers are now trying to determine how to prioritize who should receive a vaccine first when it does become available. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser of Operation Warp Speed — the Trump administration's initiative to accelerate the creation of a coronavirus vaccine — recently told Business Insider's Andrew Dunn that a vaccine most likely won't be widely available to Americans until April, May, or June of 2021. 

Musk has been uniquely outspoken about the coronavirus outbreak since the outset, initially calling it "dumb" and a "panic," promoting the untested malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as as potential treatment for the virus, and questioning data around coronavirus deaths. In March, Musk said that Musk was also vehemently opposed to California's stay-at-home orders to help prevent the spread of the virus, describing the lockdowns as "forcible imprisoning" and "fascist."

When Alameda County in California, where one of Tesla's factories is based, refused to allow the company to resume production, Musk restarted production and said he was willing to be arrested. (Tesla was eventually allowed to restart its operations.) During his conversation with Swisher, he called the county "overzealous" and said its response was "a travesty." 

Lockdowns have been proven to save lives and slow the spread of the virus. Research has shown that coronavirus lockdowns in the US helped prevent as many as 60 million infections from March 3 to April 6. A study in Health Affairs published in July found that US stay-at-home orders may have prevented between 250,000 and 370,000 deaths between March and May.

• Donald Trump leads an expensive lifestyle and, at least on paper, his businesses aren't keeping up. 
• The New York Times obtained Trump's tax returns, and they show that he has hundreds of millions in liabilities coming due that make him a liability to the United States of America.
• That's because when Trump leaves office — next year or after — he will leave with US secrets in his brain. His history suggests that for the right amount of money, anyone could dislodge them.
• This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
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On Sunday night the New York Times published its first findings from a dive into more than two decades of President  Trump's tax returns. They found that in 2016 and 2017 he paid only $750 in federal income tax, and that for many years he paid no income taxes at all.

And they found, very clearly, that Trump is a threat to US national security. He has hundreds of millions in debt coming due in the next few years, and his businesses — at least on paper — rack up hundreds of millions in losses. These businesses run at the edge of a knife.

Every time Trump acquires a large sum of money, he bets it on himself. And when he bets on himself, he loses. This means he will always need cash, creative accounting, and willing lenders to maintain his lifestyle, and based on who he enjoys doing business with, the much-needed cash could come from places that put our country at risk.

A shaky financial situation

While the Times deep dive into Trump's finances only gives us part of the picture, it lets us in on enough to know that Trump's business empire is not on the most solid footing.

For instance, Dan Alexander of Forbes tallied Trump's liabilities they came to around $1.1 billion. Trump responded to the NYT story by saying his assets dwarf that amount, but his assets are illiquid — especially right now, in a pandemic when commercial real estate and hotel values have fallen like a stone.

Given the market, it's unclear just how much cash his real estate investments can generate or could generate from a sale of an asset like Trump Tower — an asset he took out a $100 million loan against. That loan comes due in 2022 and Trump hasn't paid down a dime of the principle. Trump also has an Internal Revenue Service decision pending that could cost him up to $100 million.

Trump could wriggle his way out of these problems — there's almost always some way for rich people to kick the can down the road on debt — but there are signs of financial stress.

He has been liquidating his stock holdings, selling $220.2 million since 2014 — as the market was in the middle of a post-financial crisis rally — leaving him with as little as $873,000 worth of stock, according to the NYT, certainly nowhere near what he would need to pay down his mortgages. 

All of these problems can be made more manageable if the government is making policy that makes them more manageable, of course, which is why Trump will stop at nothing to stay in the White House. 

If he stays in Washington he can continue to shape policy in his favor. Of course a man like Trump would cut taxes. Of course a man like Trump would cut the IRS budget. Of course a man like Trump would want to keep interest rates low.

These tax forms show that everything he does is for him and people like him. He does not care to pay taxes to fund the things that serve the people in his base — things like public schools and social security — because people like him do not need those things. And because he does not care at all about the people who do.

He does care about this debt, though. And that's where America's problem comes in.

Trump, the mark

We do not know if Trump or his children (including son-in-law Jared Kushner) have been offered anything from foreign governments or extremely rich private citizens over the last four years, but we know that when they when they leave the White House they face debt and (likely) legal issues. Republicans have been citing this as a reason Bill and Hillary Clinton have supposedly shady dealings for decades now.

With Trump those same concerns are magnified. During his time in office, Trump has shown an affinity for corrupt dictators — the way they make their money and the way they rule their countries. As retired Colonel Alexander Vindman — a witness to the Trump administration's corruption in Ukraine — told the Atlantic, dictators see Trump as a "useful idiot" and a "fellow traveler."

All of this makes him a threat to our country now and when he leaves the White House.

Favors to the Trumps do not have to be direct cash or the sort, they can be subtle. The New York Times story notes that Trump made $2.3 million from the Miss Universe pageant he hosted in Russia in 2013. What's weird is that everyone involved on the Russian side of the transaction, it seems, lost money. The billionaire oligarch Agalarov family — who invited Trump and invested $12 million in the project — lost $10 million on the deal.

Indeed Trump lost money on the pageants he held directly before and after this one.

This is a red flag for anyone who understands how the Kremlin works. The wealthy families of Russia owe their fortunes to President Vladimir Putin and are known to do his bidding around the world. That includes approaching people who could potentially be useful to Moscow and grooming them — making sure they have Russian contacts and a favorable opinion of the country.

I cannot think of a better way to leave Donald Trump with a good impression of a place and its people than presenting him with a room of beauty queens and, in essence, a check for $2.3 million. This is not a complicated psychological profile we're dealing with here. Trump is very easy to exploit.

And so it's quite likely that the Kremlin made sure Trump met who it wanted him to meet, and that he went where it wanted him to go. Putin's tricks are not new, this is a classic Russian recruitment tactic. A favor from Moscow was never going to be as explicit as a line item for "the Russian government" on Trump's 2013 tax return.

Going forward a Putin-like trick could be replicated by anyone on the planet with money. And when he leaves office Trump will leave with the secrets of the United States of America in his mind, ready to burst out of a mouth that has never known candor.

We ask presidents to divest of their financial interests before they enter office so we can be sure they do not have dealings with unsavory characters. Trump is already doing business in countries with openly corrupt, quasi-autocratic governments like The Philippines and Turkey. Now we know he has every reason to continue those relationships once he leaves office, at which point he'll be more useful to our adversaries than ever.

All of this makes Donald Trump's freedom to roam the planet an existential threat to US national security. This country cannot afford the risk of giving him and his perilously indebted family four more years of classified information. It's unclear if we can afford the last four. The eyes of the world are watching, and not all of them are friendly.

• Hollywood power couple Chrissy Teigen and John Legend just bought a new Beverly Hills mansion for $17.5 million.
• They put their old home in the same ritzy Los Angeles area on the market for $24 million in August. 
• The sprawling new property is spread out over 10,000 square feet, comprising six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
• It also comes with a home theater, an infinity pool, and a wine cellar.
• Katherine Clarke of the Wall Street Journal reported that Sally Forster Jones of Compass represented the home's seller, while Marshall Peck of Douglas Elliman represented Legend and Teigen.
• Legend told the Journal last month that their growing family motivated a hunt for a bigger home. Teigen is currently pregnant with the couple's third child, a boy. They're already parents to daughter Luna, 4, and son Miles, 2. 
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen bought a sprawling mansion in swanky Beverly Hills for a whopping $17.5 million.

Katherine Clarke of the Wall Street Journal reported that Sally Forster Jones of Compass represented the home's seller, while Marshall Peck of Douglas Elliman represented Legend and Teigen.

The home is over 10,000 square feet, comprising six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. It's also quite private, located on a small hill.

While their new house has fewer bedrooms than their previous home, the square footage is significantly larger — the old property had about 8,500 square feet of living space.

It has 24-foot high ceilings that allow for plenty of natural light and panoramic views of the lawn, saltwater infinity pool, and fire pit. The house also has an outdoor barbecue area, a bar, and a wine cellar.

Source: Compass

The kitchen comes stocked with two massive islands and upscale Miele appliances. It has marble walls and stainless steel drawers. The house has both a formal dining room and a more lowkey family room.

Source: Compass

The master suite, situated at the end of a bridge located inside the house, has suede walls, oak floors, and a shaded balcony. Guest suites also have their own private balconies.

Privacy is a key feature of the house. It comes with 16 security cameras that surveil the property.

Source: Compass

The modern bathrooms feature large mirrors and commercial-grade steam showers. The house also has three powder rooms with stone sinks and LED mirrors.

Source: Compass

The media room has the potential to create an authentic theatre-going experience for the family — it comes with a massive 145-inch projection screen and speakers.

Source: Compass

Legend and Teigen's previous home also had many enviable features like a home gym, cinema, playroom for their toddlers, and floor-to-ceiling windows that offered gorgeous views of Los Angeles.

Source: Business Insider

This huge chef's kitchen served as the backdrop for many of Teigen's Instagram stories and videos for her lifestyle brand, Cravings, that sometimes featured Legend and her mother, Pepper.

Source: Business Insider

The couple bought that home, which was previously owned by Rihanna, in 2016 for $14 million.

The family lived there until earlier this year, and they put the property on the market in August with an asking price of $24 million. The Douglas Elliman listing, now in "contract signed" status, indicates that they may have already found a buyer.

Source: Business Insider

• Uber is being sued by a woman who alleges the company failed to prevent her sexual assault by a driver in 2018.
• The lawsuit accuses Uber of negligence and deceptive business practices for promoting safe rides, particularly to "vulnerable women," despite having "historically lax screening procedures" for drivers.
• The lawsuit cites Uber's history of using of forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements to keep reports of sexual assault "shrouded in secrecy."
• Last year, facing criticism over a rising number of allegations, Uber acknowledged that more than 6,000 US customers had filed sexual assault reports in 2017 and 2018.
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Uber is being sued by a woman in New York who claimed the company's failure to properly vet drivers and monitor their interactions with passengers resulted in her sexual assault in 2018.

The woman, who is not named in the lawsuit, accused Uber of negligence and deceptive business practices for promising safe rides, particularly to women, despite being aware of a "clear pattern" of sexual assaults over the years and not taking steps to protect passengers.

"Despite providing minimal background checks and no oversight or monitoring of its drivers, Uber nonetheless affirmatively induces passengers, particularly young, unaccompanied, vulnerable women, to use its services with the false expectation of safety," the complaint alleges.

In the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in the New York Supreme Court, the woman is seeking a trial by jury and compensatory and statutory damages from Uber for "all physical and economic harm" she suffered as a result of its negligence.

Uber declined Business Insider's request for comment on the pending litigation.

The lawsuit cites Uber's track record of failing to prevent sexual assaults as well as its pre-2018 efforts to keep incidents "shrouded in secrecy" through practices such as: forcing customers to pursue sexual assault claims through independent arbitration, rather than in court; requiring survivors to sign nondisclosure agreements preventing them from speaking publicly; and withholding data.

Uber is facing similar lawsuits from more than 200 women in states including Connecticut, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, and California.

The company has faced intense criticism in past years following widespread allegations of sexual harassment both by employees and passengers.

CNN reported in April 2018 that more than 103 drivers had been accused of sexual assault or abuse. Shortly after, Uber abandoned forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements for sexual assault claims. Later that year, in its first-ever safety report, Uber disclosed that more than 6,000 US customers had filed sexual assault reports in 2017 and 2018.

The company has also come under fire for misrepresenting the strength of its background checks, agreeing to pay $28.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in 2016 and stop referring to its checks as "industry-leading." But despite growing concerns over its safety measures, Uber still aggressively lobbied against stronger requirements for ride-hailing drivers.

"Although it constantly touts its safety, in reality Uber knows that its historically lax screening procedures for its drivers has resulted in thousands of women being sexually assaulted by Uber drivers," the woman claimed in her lawsuit.

"Uber made a deliberate decision to adopt inadequate screening and safety monitoring in favor of profits at the risk of its customers," she said.

• Elon Musk appeared to confirm on Monday that the US-based electric-vehicle company is planning to eventually design and manufacture new and differing car models at Gigafactory Shanghai and Berlin.
• This comes as Musk recently presented at Tesla's "Battery Day" on September 22 that he expects a $25,000 "fully autonomous electric vehicle" to hit the automobile market in roughly three years.
• The comment gives us a glimpse at how Musk envisions the two factories functioning and fitting into Tesla's roadmap of the design and manufacturing of future products.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Monday that the US-based electric vehicle company is eventually planning to manufacture two new and differing car models at its Gigafactories abroad. 

"Both will do original cars," Musk said in response to a tweet about the Gigafactories in Shanghai and Berlin and their respective design factories.

Musk's remark expands the understanding of what Tesla's eventual roadmap is for its expanded supply chain, and hints that Tesla is planning to both design and manufacture news models in those two locations.

—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 28, 2020

Musk also confirmed that the $25,000, "fully autonomous" vehicle he teased during last week's Battery Day event won't be a low-cost version of a current vehicle. "We aren't cutting the price of Model 3 to $25k," Musk tweeted. The cheapest version of the Model 3 now starts at $35,000.

"We're confident that long term, we can design and manufacture a compelling $25,000 electric vehicle," Musk said at Battery Day. "This has always been our dream, from the beginning of the company." He estimated that the goal is for the cheaper car, which would be Tesla's least expensive yet, to be ready in around three years.

Musk made the announcement in November that he planned to build a Gigafactory in Berlin, stating that the first European location would be home to both an engineering and design center, according to CNBC.

In January, Car and Driver reported that Musk said that Tesla planned to build a new design studio in China where it would produce the Model 3. 

Business Insider reported in August that Musk said that it's "highly likely" Tesla will eventually create a smaller version of the Cybertruck, which is about the size of the bigger versions of the Ford F-150. It could be marketed overseas where vehicle and road policies have led to a relatively weaker demand for large-sized trucks.

Tesla plans to construct the originally announced Cybertruck by the end of 2021 at Gigafactory Austin.

"We're really, fundamentally making this truck as a North American ass-kicker, basically," Musk said in an interview with Automotive News. "The goal is to kick the most amount of ass possible with this truck."

Aside from the Cybertruck and yet-to-be-named $25,000 vehicle, Tesla is also working to launch the Tesla Semi and an all-new Roadster.

• House Democrats unveiled a new $2.2 trillion stimulus plan that includes reviving the $600 federal unemployment benefits until the end of January and additional stimulus checks.
• It also includes funds for education, coronavirus testing, and contact tracing.
• State aid and federal unemployment benefits form two areas of friction between Republicans and Democrats.
• Relief negotiations have been deadlocked since early August.
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House Democrats unveiled late on Monday a new $2.2 trillion stimulus plan which includes reviving $600 federal unemployment benefits and a second round of stimulus checks for millions of American taxpayers.

The new proposal — still named the Heroes Act — comes after House Democrats passed a $3.4 trillion spending package in May. It initially formed the basis of their coronavirus relief negotiations with Republicans, though they have lowered their demands and now insist on at least $2.2 trillion in new spending.

Here are several of the package's provisions:

• $600 federal unemployment benefits until January 31.
• Another round of $1,200 direct payments, plus $500 per dependent. 
• $436 billion in additional assistance to state and local governments.
• Reinstating the Payroll Protection Program to aid small businesses as well as nonprofits and restaurants.
• $225 billion in funds to help schools.
• $75 billion for coronavirus testing and contact tracing. 

Democrats and Republicans are deadlocked on further coronavirus relief measures. Negotiations in August stalled amid fierce disagreements over the amount of federal spending needed to prop up the economy. Unemployment benefits and state aid are two areas of friction between both parties.

A "skinny" $650 billion stimulus package from the GOP was blocked by Democrats earlier this month, who dismissed it as "emaciated" and inadequate to address the twin public health and economic crises.

Many economists have urged Congress to approve another relief package to keep people and businesses afloat through the pandemic and prevent the economy from backsliding. But the prospect of a Supreme Court nomination battle in the coming weeks has drained hopes of a package before Americans cast their ballots in November. 

• To make Google Chrome the default browser on your iPhone, you'll need to open its Settings page.
• If you've updated your iPhone to iOS 14 or newer, you can set a variety of internet browser apps as your default.
• Once you've made Chrome the default browser on your iPhone, you can move its icon to the Dock to replace the Safari icon.
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The iPhone has been out for over a decade, and for most of that time, Apple has only allowed one browser to be the default: Safari, the one they built.

But starting with iOS 14, you can now change the default internet browser (as well as your default email app) by going into your Settings. This means that Google Chrome fans can finally set the app as their default, and use it for all their browsing.

Here's how to set Google Chrome as the default internet browsing app on your iPhone, and how to fully replace Safari.

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How to make Chrome the default browser on your iPhone

First of all, make sure that you've downloaded the Chrome app and opened it at least once.

1. Open your iPhone's Settings app and scroll down until you find the long list of your apps.

2. In this list, tap "Chrome." This will open the app's specific settings.

3. Tap the tab that's labeled "Default Browser App." You'll be shown all the browsers installed on your iPhone.

4. Select Chrome. A checkmark will appear next to it.

Google Chrome is now the default browser on your iPhone. Whenever an app tries to open the internet, it'll open Chrome instead of Safari.

Once you've done this, you should add Chrome to your phone's Dock. This will ensure you never lose it.

How to add Chrome to the Dock on your iPhone

If you already have four apps in the Dock, you need to begin by removing one of them to make room for Google Chrome. 

1. Tap and hold an app icon until a pop-up appears. In this pop-up, select "Edit Home Screen."

2. Drag the app out of the Dock and place it on the Home screen.

3. Tap and drag the Chrome app icon into the Dock. 

4. Tap "Done" in the upper-right corner of the screen.  

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• Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, former second lady Jill Biden, reported earning over $16 million since leaving the White House, according to new 2019 tax returns released on Tuesday.
• The couple reported earning $11 million immediately after leaving the White House in 2017, $4.5 million in 2018, and over $944,000 in 2019. 
• Their tax returns showed they paid over $5.5 million in federal taxes between those three years.
• Their main sources of income were from book deals they signed after leaving the White House and dozens of speaking engagements, with Joe Biden regularly charging six figures for a single speech.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, former second lady Jill Biden, reported earning over $16.5 million in total since leaving the White House, according to new 2019 tax returns filed on Tuesday.

Both the Bidens and Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff released their 2019 tax returns ahead of the first presidential debate between Biden and President Donald Trump set to take place on Tuesday night in Ohio. 

The Bidens reported earning over $944,000 in taxable income, paid a little over $346,000 in taxes, and received a refund of nearly $47,000 in 2019, their returns show. 

The debate also comes after The New York Times published their first installments of reporting on Trump tax returns they obtained, highly sought-after documents that Trump has refused to voluntarily disclose. The Times revealed that Trump paid no income tax in ten of the fifteen years between 2000 and 2015, and paid just $750 in income taxes in both 2016 and 2017. 

Harris and Emhoff, a prominent entertainment lawyer, jointly reported over $3 million in taxable income and paying $1.18 in taxes in 2019, including payments of $732,000 in taxes throughout the year, their returns show. 

The new tax returns, combined with previously released tax returns and financial disclosures made public in 2019, show that since 2017, both Bidens signed lucrative book deals. Joe Biden earned anywhere from $8,000 to $90,000 for book-tour stops to promote his 2017 memoir, "Promise Me, Dad," and continued to earn royalties from his New York Times bestselling 2008 book, "Promises to Keep."

The couple reported earning $11 million immediately after leaving the White House in 2017, $4.5 million in 2018, and over $944,000 in 2019, when Biden was running in the Democratic presidential primary for most of the year. Their tax returns showed they paid $5.5 million in federal taxes between those three years, NBC reported.

In addition to a position at the University of Pennsylvania that paid over $400,000 over the course of several years, Biden regularly brought in six figures from a single paid speech, earning between $66,000 and $182,679 per speech for 18 speeches he gave in 2017 and 2018.

According to an in-depth June 2019 report from The Washington Post, Biden's contracts for speaking engagements often included allocations for travel to allow Biden to fly on a private plane and be driven by a private driver in a town car, and required his dressing rooms to be stocked with coffee, Coca-Cola, and a full-length mirror.

Jill Biden's disclosures released in 2019 showed she earned $90,000 a year for her position teaching English at Northern Virginia Community College, in addition to royalties from her 2012 children's book, "Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops," and an advance for her memoir, "Where the Light Enters," which was released in May 2019.

Jill Biden also reported income from 17 speaking engagements in 2017 and 2018, earning between $25,000 and $46,000 per speech.

The Bidens' 2019 financial forms said they hold assets between $2.2 and $8 million, a significant increase over the assets they reported before leaving the White House in 2017, which they listed as being worth $330,000 and $1 million.

For decades, Biden was nicknamed "Middle-Class Joe," and he drew on his humble roots from growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a working-class city, to connect with blue-collar voters and form connections with organized labor in his home state of Delaware and nationwide.

"If I heard one more thing about the scrappy kid from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and carrying a lunch bucket — I never carried a lunch bucket, but I guess I'm the middle-class guy. By the way, I'm proud of that. I'm proud of that," Biden said at a 2009 event, according to The Post.

But since leaving the White House, Biden has capitalized on his nearly 50 years in public life. According to The Post, they own two homes in Delaware, acquiring a beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, worth $2.7 million in 2017.

As of 2019, they also rented a sprawling 12,000-square-foot estate with a sauna, gym, and enough parking for 20 cars in McLean, Virginia, across the river from Washington, DC, with Zillow estimating the property's monthly rent to be $20,000.

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• With Halloween a little more than a month away, Business Insider looked at Rotten Tomatoes' list of the best horror movies of all time.
• The list is based on Rotten Tomatoes' adjusted score that accounts for the variation in the number of reviews for the movies.
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Halloween is a little more than a month away, which means horror-movie season will be in full swing for fans of the genre over the next month.

With that in mind, we turned to Rotten Tomatoes' list of the most acclaimed movies with the "horror" tag to determine the 100 best horror movies of all time, based on critic reviews.

The list ranks the movies by an adjusted critical score that Rotten Tomatoes derived from a weighted formula to account for the variation in number of reviews for each film.  That means that more recent movies like "Us" have an advantage over classics like "The Shining."

The list includes horror-thrillers like "Silence of the Lambs" and "Psycho," along with recent titles like the Oscar-winning "Get Out" and the acclaimed 2015 film "It Follows."

John Lynch contributed to an earlier version of his post. 

Here are the 100 best horror-related movies of all time, according to critics:

100. "Better Watch Out" (2017)

Critic score: 89%

Number of reviews: 64

What critics said: "Better Watch Out, directed and co-written by Chris Peckover, is a clever horror film that gets cleverer." — Financial Times

99. "An American Werewolf in London" (1981)

Critic score: 87%

Number of reviews: 54

What critics said: "A clever mixture of comedy and horror which succeeds in being both funny and scary, 'An American Werewolf in London' possesses an overriding eagerness to please that prevents it from becoming off-putting." — Variety

98. "The Omen" (1976)

Critic score: 86%

Number of reviews: 50

What critics said: "This apocalyptic movie mostly avoids physical gore to boost its relatively unoriginal storyline with suspense, some excellent acting (especially from Warner and Whitelaw), and a very deft, incident-packed script." — Time Out

97. "Crawl" (2019)

Critic score: 83%

Number of reviews: 198

What critics said: "A rare, straight-up horror film from Shyamalan, Split is a thrilling reminder of what a technical master he can be." — RogerEbert.com

96. "The Exorcist" (1973)

Critic score: 83%

Number of reviews: 81

What critics said: "The movie that launched a new era in horror films, and which, for one generation, remains one of the scariest experiences of their lives." — New York Daily News

95. "Near Dark" (1987)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 50

What critics said: "Bigelow's artful handling of the magic and menace of the night is hauntingly apparent." — Rolling Stone

94. "Chronicle" (2012)

Critic score: 85%

Number of reviews: 185

What critics said: "Although it dog-legs into silly mayhem in the homestretch, for a good portion of its quick 83-minute running time Chronicle is a quite clever boys-gone-wild-on-telekinetic-powers fantasy." — The Hollywood Reporter

93. "This Is the End" (2013)

Critic score: 83%

Number of reviews: 226

What critics said: "Finds a balanced tone most horror comedies fail to deliver. Grossout humor melds easily with grossout horror, sometimes at the same moment." — Chicago Sun-Times

92. "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (1971)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 41

What critics said: "Anachronistic period horror musical camp fantasy is a fair description, loaded with comedic gore of the type that packs theatres and drives child psychologists up the walls." — Variety

91. "The Haunting" (1963)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 40

What critics said: "When The Haunting digs into the internals of its story, summons its spirits and lets them play havoc with cold reason, it has a power and fervor unmatched by any film ghost stories." — Hollywood Reporter

90. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Critic score: 87%

Number of reviews: 62

What critics said: "[Director John McNaughton] shows few of Henry's dozen or so crimes. Instead he reveals the victims, at the scenes of their deaths, in slow zoom shots accompanied by elegiac music. He is a coroner with a touch of the poet." — Time

89. "The Orphanage" (2007)

Critic score: 87%

Number of reviews: 177

What critics said: "A creepily effective exercise in gothic technique." — NPR

88. "The Shining" (1980)

Critic score: 84%

Number of reviews: 93

What critics said: "Kubrick has made a movie that will have to be reckoned with on the highest level." — Time

87. "The Dead Zone" (1983)

Critic score: 89%

Number of reviews: 47

What critics said: "The Dead Zone does what only a good supernatural thriller can do: It makes us forget it is supernatural." — Chicago Sun-Times

86. "Bone Tomahawk" (2015)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 94

What critics said: "Equal parts charming, strange, goofy, unpredictable and genuinely horrifying." — Time Out

85. "Backcountry" (2015)

Critic score: 92%

Number of reviews: 50

What critics said: "A couple of weekend backpackers face off against man and beast in director Adam MacDonald's accomplished, blunt-force wilderness adventure." — Variety

84. "The Blair Witch Project" (1999)

Critic score: 86%

Number of reviews: 162

What critics said: "Whenever night falls, the movie takes off, but in a slow creep, with all your childhood fears of the dark suddenly revealing themselves as absolutely reasonable." — CNN

83. "The Devil's Candy" (2017)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 51

What critics said: "A lean and slick homage to occult films, but with a knowing edge that suggests director Sean Byrne is aiming for the critical rafters." — Global and Mail

82. "Gerald's Game" (2017)

Critic score: 91%

Number of reviews: 76

What critics said: "When the movie arrives at a phenomenal, breakneck climax, and then keeps going with a totally implausible twist, it's adhering to the unwritten rule: No matter who's driving, everyone must bow to the King." — IndieWire

81. "Hush" (2016)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 40

What critics said: "Once the premise kicks into high gear, Hush reveals itself as a finely craved one-trick pony." — Indiewire

80. "28 Days Later" (2003)

Critic score: 87%

Number of reviews: 232

What critics said: "The movie's craft makes the dread of a killer virus contagious: viewers may feel they have come down with a case of secondhand SARS or sympathetic monkeypox." — Time

79. "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985)

Critic score: 91%

Number of reviews: 44

What critics said: "Any film which features a dead, bald and very hungry punk lurching towards the camera screaming 'More Brains!' gets my vote." — Time Out

78. "Cronos" (1994)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 53

What critics said: "Surprises with its sophisticated and spirited look at a tale straight from the crypt." — Los Angeles Times

77. "The Wicker Man" (1973)

Critic score: 89%

Number of reviews: 54

What critics said: "Like many of the best horror/thrillers, 'The Wicker Man' works because it surprises audiences, relying on carefully-nurtured suspense rather than cheap, theatrical shocks." — ReelViews

76. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 51

What critics said: "With its toe-tapping cadences, its class cast and its king-sized cabbage, it's destined to become a classic of camp comedy." — The Washington Post

75. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 60

What critics said: "Despite the heavy doses of gore in 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,' Tobe Hooper's pic is well-made for an exploiter of its type." — Variety

74. "The Conjuring" (2013)

Critic score: 86%

Number of reviews: 223

What critics said: "In 'The Conjuring,' the scary casts out the spirit of the silly, permanently, and with a vengeance." — The Washington Post

73. "Misery" (1990)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 68

What critics said: "Reiner captures just the right level of physical tension, but for the most part wisely emphasises the mental duels. Terrific." — Time Out

72. "Frenzy" (1972)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 42

What critics said: "There's no sign of the serenity and settledness that generally mark the end of a career. Frenzy, instead, continues to question and probe, and there is a streak of sheer anger in it that seems shockingly alive." — Chicago Reader

71. "Let Me In" (2010)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 236

What critics said: "One of the few horror films that will trouble you long after the credits roll." — Newsday

70. "Halloween" (2018)

Critic score: 79%

Number of reviews: 371

What critics said: "It lays on the dread with finesse before turning the tables in mostly creative ways." — Boston Globe

69. "Frankenweenie" (2012)

Critic score: 87%

Number of reviews: 221

What critics said: "The best thing about an animated monster movie with this much heart is: It's alive. In the best possible way." — Miami Herald

68. "Eraserhead" (1977)

Critic score: 91%

Number of reviews: 58

What critics said: "What a masterpiece of texture, a feat of artisanal attention, an ingenious assemblage of damp, dust, rock, wood, hair, flesh, metal, ooze." — Village Voice

67. "The Witches" (1990)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 43

What critics said: "Real darkness seethes beneath the 'Once upon a time' surface, mostly due to Henson's seemingly curious selection of the brilliant and audacious Roeg to direct." — Los Angeles Times

66. "Upgrade" (2018)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 188

What critics said: "Upgrade is as fluid and exhilarating as anything the Wachowskis signed their names to in the days when they were brothers: the kind of nifty, sometimes nasty surprise our multiplexes sorely need." — Guardian

65. "We Are Still Here" (2015)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 44

What critics said: "Showcasing juicy performances by its actors who tear into their stock roles with admirable conviction, the film looks terrific." — Hollywood Reporter

64. "The Wolf Man" (1941)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 40

What critics said: "It finds modern sophistication and cultured intellects unprepared to deal with a threat that's already at hand, maybe even under our own skin." — AV Club

63. "Phantom Of The Opera" (1925)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 49

What critics said: "Lon Chaney's performance as the hideous organist prowling the sewers beneath the Paris Opera is still a cornerstone of gothic horror." — Chicago Reader

62. "CAM" (2018)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 97

What critics said: "A fascinating conversation starter driven by a great performance. Turn it on." — RogerEbert.com

61. "Dawn of the Dead" (1979)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 45

What critics said: "Undoubtedly the zombie movie to end 'em all." — Time Out

60. "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)

Critic score: 91%

Number of reviews: 210

What critics said: "Mixing horror and humor is no mean feat, but Shaun Of The Dead tightens throats in fear without making the laughs stick there in the process." — The AV Club

59. "The Endless" (2018)

Critic score: 92%

Number of reviews: 128

What critics said: "This impressive low-budget indie weaves a genre-defying tapestry of weirdness, atmospherics and cultish horrors across a dusty US setting." — Time Out

58. "Don't Breathe" (2016)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 232

What critics said: "A breathless, visceral, nerve-racking thrill ride that doesn't stop coming at you until its final gasps." — Detroit News

57. "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962)

Critic score: 92%

Number of reviews: 51

What critics said: "A lurid melodrama of hate, revenge and murder, a high-class horror film, in the Hitchcock vein." — The Hollywood Reporter

56. "Re-Animator" (1985)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 61

What critics said: "Re-Animator is splatter heaven. Based on the sci-fi novel by H.P. Lovecraft, Re-Animator's gore is exceeded only by its wit" — The Washington Post

55. "Zombieland" (2009)

Critic score: 89%

Number of reviews: 255

What critics said: "It's a black-blood-spitting mugging of a movie, but it's also relentlessly funny and innovative, the sort of film that makes you writhe and laugh at the same time." — Detroit News

54. "It Comes At Night" (2017)

Critic score: 87%

Number of reviews: 250

What critics said: "Scored intensely and photographed vividly, the electric film imagines a small slice of doomsday with horrific believability." — Globe and Mail

53. "Dracula" (1931)

Critic score: 91%

Number of reviews: 47

What critics said: "A sublimated ghost story related with all surface seriousness and above all with a remarkably effective background of creepy atmosphere." — Variety

52. "The Fly" (1986)

Critic score: 92%

Number of reviews: 65

What critics said: "Wildly imaginative, gut-wrenchingly scarifying and profoundly primal (not to mention funny), David Cronenberg's 'The Fly' is a movie that whacks you in the solar plexus and leaves you gasping." — Philadelphia Inquirer

51. "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)

Critic score: 94%

Number of reviews: 53

What critics said: "A highly imaginative horror film that provides the requisite shocks to keep fans of the genre happy." — Variety

50. "The Host" (2007)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 156

What critics said: "Rarely plays out the way you expect. Director Bong is careful to deliver the promised scares, but he is also willing to overlook plot formulas to explore his own interests." — Miami Herald

49. "Train to Busan (Busanhaeng)" (2016)

Critic score: 94%

Number of reviews: 116

What critics said: "A zombie movie content not to aspire to any loftier subtextual readings needs little more than a skilled choreographer of action, and there's plenty of evidence that this film had one in Yeon." — The AV Club

48. "Suspiria" (1977)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 57

What critics said: "Mr. Argento's methods make potentially stomach-turning material more interesting than it ought to be." — The New York Times

47. "Werckmeister Harmonies" (2001)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 40

What critics said: "Bela Tarr's style seems to be an attempt to regard his characters with great intensity and respect, to observe them without jostling them, to follow unobtrusively as they move through their worlds, which look so ordinary and are so awesome, like ours." — Chicago Sun-Times

46. "Room 237" (2013)

Critic score: 94%

Number of reviews: 131

What critics said: "There's enough real evidence supporting the theory that Kubrick was a genius, and that's pretty entertaining all by itself." — Newsday

45. "The Love Witch" (2016)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 131

What critics said: "A modern feminist horror tale that rewards deep exploration beneath its admittedly beautiful surface." — Detroit News

44. "Harpoon" (2019)

Critic score: 97%

Number of reviews: 59

What critics said: "'Harpoon' offers stylish compositions, amusing running gags and sharp, snappy dialogue. It's a sparse, nasty little thriller." — New York Times

43. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 58

What critics said: "Set at the intersection of post-Vietnam paranoia and the myopic introspection that became hippiedom's most lasting cultural contribution, the Philip Kaufman-directed Invasion alternates social commentary with impeccably crafted scares." — The AV Club

42. "The Innocents" (1961)

Critic score: 94%

Number of reviews: 51

What critics said: "Based on Henry James' story 'Turn of the Screw' this catches an eerie, spine-chilling mood right at the start and never lets up on its grim, evil theme." — Variety

41. "The Loved Ones" (2012)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 57

What critics said: "It's a terrifying masterpiece that turns high school drama into a literal dead zone." — IndieWire

40. "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn" (1987)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 60

What critics said: "Evil Dead 2's rampant inventiveness and manic energy have ensured that it will endure as a cult classic."  — The AV Club

39. "The Evil Dead" (1981)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 61

What critics said: "Sam Raimi maintains suspense and a nightmarish mood in between the showy outbursts of special effects gore and graphic violence which are staples of modern horror pictures." — Variety

38. "Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu the Vampyre)" (1979)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 58

What critics said: "This is a pinnacle of horror cinema: atmospheric, rhapsodic and -- especially in the slow-burn confrontations between Lucy and her otherworldly inamorato -- achingly transcendent." — Time Out

37. "Carrie" (1976)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 67

What critics said: "More superpowers from Brian De Palma, this time in high school, in a screen version of a Stephen King novel that's become a horror classic." — The Wall Street Journal

36. "Midsommar" (2019)

Critic score: 83%

Number of reviews: 387

What critics said: "Midsommar is a waking nightmare and I mean that in the best possible way." — Associated Press

35. "The Fly" (1958)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 40

What critics said: "It deserves a cult following among satire-loving, feminist-minded gore aficionados who appreciate a well-made human tail." — Entertainment Weekly

34. "House of Wax" (1953)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 42

What critics said: "House of Wax proves once and for all that true stereo combined with perfect color and directional sound is truly a visionary new and exciting medium." — Hollywood Reporter

33. "Drag Me to Hell" (2009)

Critic score: 92%

Number of reviews: 266

What critics said: "The dichotomies director Sam Raimi presents within that familiar genre are what make this such a kick." — Associated Press

32. "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" (2014)

Critic score: 96%

Number of reviews: 133

What critics said: "Combing horror, film noir and westerns, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature, 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,' is a refreshing take on vampire lore." — Globe and Mail

31. "Ready or Not" (2019)

Critic score: 88%

Number of reviews: 297

What critics said: "[A] witty, endlessly suspenseful US slasher movie that critiques privilege and entitlement." — London Evening Standard

30. "The Vanishing (Spoorloos)" (1988)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 47

What critics said: "Mr. Sluizer, whose direction has the spooky precision of nonfiction crime writing and whose matter-of-factness makes the characters seem quite real, builds a disturbing horror story from seemingly modest beginnings." — The New York Times

29. "It" (2017)

Critic score: 85%

Number of reviews: 377

What critics said: "I'm writing this not so much as a critic but as an ordinary moviegoer, experiencing Proustian transport via an old-fashioned scary movie executed by a team of filmmakers and actors at the top of their game." — Salon

28. "Don't Look Now" (1973)

Critic score: 94%

Number of reviews: 72

What critics said: "A devastating portrait of grief, a master class in disjunctive editing and a haunting disquisition on the use of the color red." — Los Angeles Times

27. "Young Frankenstein" (1974)

Critic score: 94%

Number of reviews: 66

What critics said: "More about the myth of Karloff than the monster, this Mel Brooks pastiche is probably his best early film." — Chicago Reader

26. "The Birds" (1963)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 56

What critics said: "Arguably the greatest of all disaster films -- a triumph of special effects, as well as the fountainhead of what has become known as gross-out horror." — Village Voice

25. "Godzilla" (1956)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 74

What critics said: "It's a terse, lean terror with a big, swinging tail."  — Dallas Morning News

24. "The Witch" (2016)

Critic score: 90%

Number of reviews: 325

What critics said: "In the tradition of William Friedkin's 'The Exorcist,' this chilling low-budget horror movie taps into the same temporal fear that sparks religious feeling."  — Chicago Reader

23. "The Cabin in the Woods" (2012)

Critic score: 92%

Number of reviews: 286

What critics said: "A horror movie embedded in a conspiracy flick embedded in another horror movie-the most inventive cabin-in-the-woods picture since 'The Evil Dead' and the canniest genre deconstruction since 'Scream.'" — The Atlantic

22. "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 235

What critics said: "Guillermo del Toro has crafted a masterpiece, a terrifying, visually wondrous fairy tale for adults that blends fantasy and gloomy drama into one of the most magical films to come along in years."  — Associated Press

21. "Repulsion" (1965)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 64

What critics said: "Roman Polanski's first English-language film is still a creepy little horror masterpiece."  —  Entertainment Weekly

20. "Eyes Without a Face" (1962)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 55

What critics said: "One of those rare horror films that induces discomfort by showing practically nothing."  — Entertainment Weekly

19. "Rosemary's Baby" (1968)

Critic score: 96%

Number of reviews: 72

What critics said: "Weird obstetricians, mysterious night noises and even Farrow's improvised stroll into actual oncoming traffic add up to a bustling nightmare that's spawned many a Black Swan since."  — Time Out

18. "Halloween" (1978)

Critic score: 96%

Number of reviews: 71

What critics said: "Halloween is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to Psycho." — Chicago Sun-Times

17. "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

Critic score: 96%

Number of reviews: 101

What critics said: "Has everything you want in a popular thriller. It's stylish, intelligent, audacious rather than shocking, and stolen by a suave monster you'll never forget."  — Boston Globe

16. "Aliens" (1986)

Critic score: 97%

Number of reviews: 76

What critics said: "Action thrillers assail but rarely test us; this is the tautest, most provoking, and altogether most draining example ever made."  — The New Yorker

15. "Night of the Living Dead" (1968)

Critic score: 97%

Number of reviews: 69

What critics said: "The immediate, quasi-documentary feel, a result of budgetary constraints, actually served the film's horror, jolting audiences because it all seemed just a little too real."  — Village Voice

14. "Freaks" (1932)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 55

What critics said: "Some of the most terrifying scenes ever consigned to film."  — The Wall Street Journal

13. "It Follows" (2015)

Critic score: 95%

Number of reviews: 259

What critics said: "It Follows represents a compelling evolution in how studios and audiences can (and should) conceive of its monsters."  — The Atlantic

12. "Let the Right One In" (2008)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 190

What critics said: "Lovelier than most bloodsucker flicks, but it doesn't quite transcend its well-chewed genre."  — NPR

11. "Hereditary" (2018)

Critic score: 89%

Number of reviews: 369

What critics said: "Hereditary feels like an endless drawing out of that queasy, shocking, falling dream sensation, as the ground beneath the Graham family, and the viewer, crumbles." — Newsweek

10. "Frankenstein" (1931)

Critic score: 100%

Number of reviews: 48

What critics said: "The most influential horror film ever made, this stark and stylish work has a weird fairytale beauty."  — Village Voice

9. "The Babadook" (2014)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 237

What critics said: "A deftly inventive and psychologically charged horror story that trades on the ways in which the prospect of maternal failure can be just as fearsome a boogeyman as any monster under the bed."  — Buzzfeed 

8. "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 46

What critics said: "Has an in-your- face audacity that hasn't dimmed all that much after 63 years."  — San Francisco Chronicle

7. "Psycho" (1960)

Critic score: 96%

Number of reviews: 101

What critics said: "Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today."  —  Village Voice

6. "Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire)" (1922)

Critic score: 97%

Number of reviews: 66

What critics said: "So this is it: ground zero, the birth of horror cinema."  —  Time Out

5. "King Kong" (1933)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 64

What critics said: "'King Kong' as spectacular a bolt of celluloid as has thrilled audiences in a couple of sophisticated seasons, is the product of a number of vivid imaginations."  —  New York Daily News

4. "A Quiet Place" (2018)

Critic score: 96%

Number of reviews: 372

What critics said: "There are moments when the movie takes us firmly by the hand and escorts us down a darkened path, and they lead to one of the most profound of communal pleasures: the sound of a movie audience screaming as one." — Slate

3. "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)" (1920)

Critic score: 100%

Number of reviews: 54

What critics said: "Undoubtedly one of the most exciting and inspired horror movies ever made."  —  Time Out

2. "Get Out" (2017)

Critic score: 98%

Number of reviews: 386

What critics said: "'Get Out' is the satirical horror movie we've been waiting for, a mash-up of 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?' and 'The Stepford Wives' that's more fun than either and more illuminating, too."  —  Vulture

1. "Us" (2019)

Critic score: 93%

Number of reviews: 532

What critics said: "A sharp, often funny meditation on the terrifying power of human connection." — The Atlantic