All of the positive economic talk out of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting had a negative impact on investors, who have now taken expectations for even one interest rate cut this year off the table. In his post-meeting news conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell took an upbeat view of current conditions, even with what he…
Many Americans are feeling the financial pain following the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance. About 1 in 10 people — 9% — who were enrolled in an ACA marketplace health plan last year are now uninsured following the lapse of enhanced subsidies that reduced their monthly premiums, according…
Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta is beginning a yearslong rollout of more advanced artificial intelligence systems that will handle content enforcement-related tasks like catching scams and removing illegal media, as the company reduces its use of third-party vendors and contractors in favor of AI. In a blog post Thursday, Meta said that…
The city of Gaziantep in Turkiye has been designated a globally recognised Gastronomy City by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network due to its association with the Antep pistachio – the region’s “green gold”. The history of this nut creates not just a cash crop but forms part of the economy and food culture in the…
A 47-year-old Idaho mayor died after collapsing as he was attending a town hall on Wednesday night. Nampa Mayor Rick Hogaboam suffered a “medical emergency” at the regional town hall with neighboring city officials and died shortly after, the city’s government confirmed in a statement late that night. The city asked that people in the…
While the US has concentrated much of its military effort on degrading Iran’s missile and drone capability, sinking its Navy and, in recent days, attacking targets along Iran’s long Gulf shoreline, Israel has gone to great lengths to assassinate Iran’s leaders and attack elements of state control, including paramilitary Basij units responsible for much of…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced it’s acquiring Astral, a small startup that builds popular open source tools for software developers. Astral’s team will join OpenAI and help build out its artificial intelligence coding assistant…
Yes, you read that right! In her podcast with Oprah, Kristin shared that she came to know about her husband, Andrew, also being at the same Colplay concert through her daughter. “I was walking into the concert and my daughter messaged me and said, ‘Oh it’s so great that you and Andrew are both at…
WASHINGTON — A key Senate committee voted 8-7 on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The vote in the Senate Homeland Security Committee sends Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to the full Senate for consideration one day after a contentious confirmation hearing. The committee…
President Idris Mahamat Déby orders the military to be on high alert and a “total closure” of the border. Source link
