WASHINGTON — Campus activism has flared as the academic year winds down, with pro-Palestinian demonstrations leading to arrests at several colleges. Compared with last spring, when more than 2,100 people were arrested in campus protests nationwide, the demonstrations have been smaller and more scattered. But the stakes are also much higher. President Donald Trump’s administration…
Nvidia (NVDA, Financials) shares rose Tuesday after the chipmaker secured a major AI hardware deal in Saudi Arabia, lifting its market valuation to $3 trillion and boosting CEO Jensen Huang’s personal wealth.Nvidia’s stock rally added to a surge that brought the company’s market capitalization to $3 trillion. Shares closed at $129.93, up 5.6%, following news…
Researchers have found that a severe form of physical or emotional stress that causes a condition colloquially known as “broken heart syndrome” results in more deaths among men than in women, according to a new study from the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study released on Wednesday stated that the condition, scientifically referred…
Justin Baldoni’s legal team contends that Blake Lively allegedly tried to get friend Taylor Swift to publicly support her side in their ongoing lawsuit. Baldoni’s camp recently subpoenaed Swift, 35, over her reported involvement in the case, which Lively, 37, and her attorneys have since requested to dismiss. In a new court letter obtained by…
For at least the past 25 years, human traders have been anxious about being replaced by machines and yet — today — there are more people trading than ever. I’d argue that many of them shouldn’t be trading and note that many of the human tasks in markets have been replaced but the future is…
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FILE VIDEO: The series of atmospheric river storms dumped historic amounts of rain and snow on California and gold prospectors are flocking to the state. KTVU FOX 2 sat down with Geology Professor Johnathan Miller of San Jose State University to find out why. Modern-day science accidentally achieved what medieval alchemists dreamed of doing by…
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attacking a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon and attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight. Francisco Severo Torres, of Leominster, pleaded guilty to one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon…
For the first time since the release Monday from Gaza of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander’s by the militant group Hamas, his family spoke publicly about what their emotional reunion was like, and what their son went through. In a news conference Tuesday from the hospital in Tel Aviv where her son is recovering, Yael Alexander…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Democrats have long focused on immigration when courting Latino voters in states like Arizona, Nevada, New Jersey, and Florida, where generations of Mexican, Cuban and other Latin American immigrants have settled and gained permanent legal status. But Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election and the rightward shift of Latino…