(Bloomberg) — The Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is battling a potential US ban with the signature tools of American democracy — lawyers, lobbyists and money. Most Read from Bloomberg TikTok has deployed Washington power brokers and $1,500-an-hour attorneys to fend off a new law barring the app unless its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance Ltd., divests. […]
Two manatees were spotted in the Hague Thursday morning, a relatively rare sight in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk. The sea cow was spotted about 10 a.m. by a Daily Press/Virginian-Pilot staff photographer, who said it was about 6-8 feet long, on the Hague’s pedestrian bridge. A small group of people stopped to watch as […]
Alexandria Chmiel emerged from a bank along the Cumberland River — the same river where the body of University of Missouri student Riley Strain was found Metro Nashville PD/X Alexandria Chmiel, who went missing in Nashville, is seen in this image shared by the MNPD A woman from New Jersey who went missing in Nashville, […]
What effect does the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling have on Donald Trump’s New York criminal case? According to a new court filing from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, it has “no bearing on this prosecution.” That may turn out to be so. But let’s consider how the Roberts Court’s ruling, which came after […]
(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk’s X has given users a way to prevent their posts and interactions from helping train his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. Most Read from Bloomberg Settings for X users default to allow their data to be provided to the chatbot. But, “all X users have the ability to control whether their public […]
Bread Financial , once home of the 5.25% yield on a 1-year certificate of deposit, has dialed back its rate. The financial institution recently dialed back its annual percentage yield for its 1-year CD to 5.15%. Though the deal is still a compelling one for savers who want to lock up some of their idle […]
A Ugandan activist, one of dozens detained this week for participating in banned demonstrations, was sexually assaulted in custody, his lawyer has said. More than 90 youths were arrested and some were charged with being a public nuisance following anti-corruption protests that hit the capital, Kampala. Some of those released from detention have also reportedly […]
“Life has been hard for years now. It’s true that food prices have come down recently, but they’re still so high,” says Rodrigo, a private security guard working in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. He did not want to give his last name. Amid a decades-long economic crisis, Rodrigo thinks that “people are ready for a change.” […]
This article was originally published in New Hampshire Bulletin. Even after the exams and papers are done, students at New Hampshire’s community colleges have sometimes faced another headache: credit transfers. Across the state’s public higher education systems, not all completed courses at a community college are helpful for a given degree at a public four-year […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited former United States President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for talks as Trump dismissed any suggestion of tensions between the pair. Netanyahu met Trump, the Republican candidate in November’s presidential election, on Friday, a day after Netanyahu met Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President […]
The top teams in the National League and American League were involved in a notable deal Friday, with the Baltimore Orioles sending outfielder Austin Hays to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for relief pitcher Seranthony Domínguez and outfielder Cristian Pache. After an All-Star season last year, Hays is struggling with a .255 average and .711 […]
After surprisingly being designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitcher James Paxton is on his way to the Boston Red Sox. Paxton, 35, goes to Boston in exchange for minor league infielder Moises Bolivar, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan. He had an 8–2 record so far this season for the Dodgers, but with a […]