Stock market today: S&P and Dow rise after Fed cuts rates
U.S. stocks are rising Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for a second straight time, just as investors had expected. The S&P 500 was up 0.6% in afternoon trading, as momentum...
View Article‘The working class has abandoned them’: Bernie Sanders on where Democrats...
Now that the election is over, Bernie Sanders is speaking candidly about the Democratic party. In a memo shared on Instagram on Wednesday, Sanders expressed frustration with his view that the party is...
View ArticleHow the right won podcasting—and helped Donald Trump win the election
When Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White made a speech at Trump’s victory party this week, he closed on a note of gratitude: “I want to thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von,...
View ArticleCOP29: Here are the key issues at the UN climate summit
This month’s U.N. climate summit—COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan—has been dubbed the “climate finance COP” for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each year to helping developing...
View ArticleNew York City is under a drought watch for the first time in more than 20 years
After a historically warm and dry start to fall, New York City is now under a drought watch—a first for the city in more than 20 years. The reservoirs that supply water for New York City’s more than 8...
View ArticleWhy the future of product design is all about how it feels
In 2007, Apple won the smartphone wars by betting on our collective desire to fall into the iPhone’s looking-glass screen and explore the digital wonderland that waited for us on the other side. We’ve...
View ArticleStriking ‘NYT’ workers are asking you to skip Wordle—but they made other...
New York Times tech workers are still on strike after walking out one day before the presidential election. That means they’re still asking people to skip their usual Crossword, Wordle, or Connections...
View ArticleBetting odds called the 2024 election better than polls did. What does this...
Election Day has come and gone, and once again, millions of people are sifting through the data and trying to make sense of it all. One big question that remains unanswered: How accurate were the...
View ArticleCan Elon Musk run for president?
Elon Musk has made it crystal clear that he intends to be a player in the political process moving forward—and Donald Trump called him a “new star” in his victory speech early Wednesday morning. That...
View ArticleThe age of Frankenstein franchises is coming: First IHOP-Applebee’s combo...
Everyone loves a good fast-food combo meal, but what about a combo restaurant? How about IHOP pancakes with an Applebee’s steak and fries? Dual-concept or twin restaurants are a way to introduce...
View ArticleHow Black Americans are reacting to Trump becoming president again
Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory has sent shockwaves through Black American communities, which voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris despite a campaign by her...
View ArticleHow foreign policy might look during Trump’s 2nd term
While campaigning to regain the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump said that he would be able to end Russia’s war in Ukraine in 24 hours, warned that Israel would be “eradicated” if he lost the election...
View ArticleThe power of collaboration: Here’s how Quincy Jones changed musical arrangement
On the sleeve notes of some of the most memorable and best-selling albums of all time, you’ll find the words “Produced and arranged by Quincy Jones.” It was a hallmark of quality. Jones, who died on...
View ArticleThe FBI is investigating ‘very disturbing’ racist texts sent to Black...
Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and...
View ArticleWho will bid on Alex Jones’s Infowars bankruptcy auction?
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars broadcasts could end next week as he faces a court-ordered auction of his company’s assets to help pay the more than $1 billion defamation judgment he owes...
View ArticleGlobal climate catastrophes activate the Red Cross’s first-ever disaster...
The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector’s first multi-disaster insurance payout, the Red Cross told Reuters, signaling both the scale of the problem...
View Article‘Women are stockpiling’: Demand for birth control, medical abortion, and...
Americans are responding quite viscerally to Tuesday’s presidential election, which will send Donald Trump back to the White House. Zocdoc, a platform that helps people book medical appointments,...
View ArticleYou can now lease a Tesla Cybertruck for $999 a month
Tesla is offering the option to lease its attention-grabbing, sharp-angled Cybertruck, with prices starting at $999 a month. U.S. consumers who put down $7,500 have the option to lease an All-Wheel...
View ArticleDid they catch the monkeys? Here’s the latest on the Alpha Genesis research...
As if things in America needed to get any more dramatic this week, 43 wild monkeys are still on the loose after escaping from a research facility in South Carolina yesterday. Here’s what you need to...
View ArticleWhy the running influencer Matt Choi was banned from the New York City Marathon
Runners often get a bad rap, crowding footpaths on Saturday mornings, rubbing the rest of us up the wrong way with their boundless energy and brightly colored shorts. Often, the negative press is not...
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