China is building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Here’s what you need to...
China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according...
View ArticleHow China’s lagging economy has affected its Singles’ Day shopping festival
Businesses and consumers in China found the annual Singles’ Day shopping festival less attractive this year amid a sluggish economy, forcing e-commerce firms to look abroad for growth. Online service...
View ArticleSome New Yorkers support Trump and AOC. Their reasons offer insights into...
Donald Trump’s win in the 2024 election revealed an overwhelming nationwide shift to the right. Interestingly, though, in several states where Trump prevailed over Vice President Kamala Harris in the...
View ArticleHow the GI Bill excluded Black veterans
When President Franklin Roosevelt signed the GI Bill into law on June 22, 1944, it laid the foundation for benefits that would help generations of veterans achieve social mobility. Formally known as...
View ArticleWho’s who in the new Trump administration
Fresh off his victory in the 2024 election, Donald Trump has already started making his picks for key members of his new administration. It’s a largely different lineup than the one he had at the end...
View ArticleNew Red Lobster menu: Endless shrimp is gone for good, but this customer...
Seafood-restaurant chain Red Lobster is looking to make a comeback from bankruptcy with a new menu, a new 35-year-old CEO, and a new way forward. The new Red Lobster menu includes nine new items,...
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Battlefields worldwide are being turned into parks—supporting conservation...
The horrors of war are all too familiar: lives lost, homes destroyed, entire communities forced to flee. Yet as time passes, places that once were sites of death and destruction can become peaceful...
View ArticlePistachio farming is on the rise in drought-prone California
In a sprawling plant in the heart of California’s farmland, millions of shells rush down a metallic chute and onto a conveyor belt where they are inspected, roasted, packaged and shipped off to...
View ArticleThe filibuster has been a thorn in Democrats’ side. Now it’s their last hope
For years, key members of the Democratic Party have been pushing for filibuster reform. According to one 2021 tally, 46 Democratic senators expressed an openness to transforming the filibuster, which...
View ArticleTrump picks Lee Zeldin to run EPA, Stephen Miller for deputy chief of policy
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as he continues to build out his future administration with loyal...
View ArticleWhat’s happening with 23andMe? Mass layoffs and restructuring are the latest...
DNA-testing company 23andMe (Nasdaq: ME), once an industry leader that attracted millions of customers, including rapper Snoop Dogg and investor Warren Buffett, has announced significant cuts to its...
View ArticleWhat will Trump’s Day One look like?
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to take a slew of executive actions on his first day in the White House to ramp up immigration enforcement and roll back President Joe Biden’s flagship legal...
View ArticleWall Street bonuses will likely be heftier this year. Here’s why
Wall Street firms are expected to pay heftier bonuses for this year, the first increase since a bumper year in 2021, according to a report by compensation consultancy Johnson Associates. Payouts will...
View ArticleWhy Southwest is offering buyouts to its airport workers
Southwest Airlines is offering buyouts and extended leaves of absence to airport workers to avoid what it calls “overstaffing in certain locations,” which it blames on a shortage of new planes from...
View ArticleMicrosoft and the Vatican unveiled this AI collaboration
The Vatican and Microsoft on Monday unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’s while helping the Holy See...
View ArticleShopify stock price is on fire today after an ‘outstanding’ quarter, boosted...
Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) are skyrocketing in early-morning trading after the company announced its Q3 2024 results, which beat expectations. As of the time of this writing, SHOP stock is up an...
View ArticleNew York Times Tech Guild workers end strike, but negotiations will continue
The New York Times Tech Guild is ending a week-long strike that started one day before the U.S. presidential election and will return to work on Tuesday, it said in a post on X on Monday. More than...
View ArticleMattel’s Wicked packaging snafu wasn’t AI—just plain ‘ol human error
Something bad is happening in Oz. Last week, fans of Wicked, the musical-soon-to-be-movie, headed to retailers including Target, Walmart, and Macy’s to pick up Mattel’s limited-edition Wicked Barbie...
View ArticleAARP has a new CEO: physician and public health advocate Myechia Minter-Jordan
AARP has tapped Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan as its new CEO while promising a “new chapter” of advocating for Americans who are 50 and older and their families, the group said on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleNASA explores building the Prius of airliners
If hybrid cars can cut CO2 emissions on the road, can hybrid-electric planes do the same in the air? NASA is exploring that possibility, announcing this week two contracts to aviation startup...
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