33 black vultures were killed, then 'dumped' in Great Smoky Mountains, park says
A grisly investigation is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, after nearly three dozen federally protected ... Read More
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US firms add 109,000 jobs, most since early 2025, ADP says
U.S. companies boosted payrolls in April by the most in over a year, the latest evidence of stabilization in the labor market.
Private-sector payrolls rose 109,000 in April after a revised 61,000 advance in the prior ...Read more
Crypto exchange Coinbase to lay off 14% of staff as AI reshapes work
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said it's slashing roughly 14% of its workforce, or about 700 workers, partly because artificial intelligence is reshaping the way people work.
"The biggest risk now is not taking action....Read more
Court upholds $495 million verdict against Abbott Laboratories in case over preterm infant formula
A Missouri appellate court has upheld a $495 million verdict against Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories in a case over whether its formula for premature infants caused a girl to become seriously ill.
The decision is the ...Read more
Push to install gates at NYC's Washington Square Park to enforce midnight curfew sparks controversy
NEW YORK — A renewed push to install permanent gates at Washington Square Park that could be locked at night is sparking controversy between those who see it as an effective way to enforce the existing midnight curfew ...Read more
Latest Trump administration lawsuit targets Colorado's large-capacity magazine ban
DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice sued Colorado on Wednesday over the state’s ban on large-capacity magazines, following up on a similar lawsuit the Trump administration brought to challenge Denver’s assault ...Read more
Top takeaways from fiery, at times ugly, California governor's debate on CNN
LOS ANGELES — Democrat Xavier Becerra’s rapid rise in California’s race for governor made him a ripe and constant target during a combative nationally televised debate Tuesday evening, his first real test in a high-...Read more
Baltimore Inner Harbor water quality 'gradually declining,' report shows
BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is getting worse — even as other waterways in the region show signs of recovery, according to a new report that sharpens concerns about the city’s long-running struggle with ...Read more
Obama to Colbert: Bar is low for presidential run after Trump
NEW YORK — Former President Barack Obama is telling Stephen Colbert not to rule out a run for the White House.
In a mostly light-hearted interview to the soon-to-be-jobless late-night host, Obama suggested President ...Read more
Chavista hardliners turn on Delcy Rodríguez amid growing ties to Trump
The political transition that followed the dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year was always expected to fracture Venezuela’s ruling movement. But few anticipated how quickly criticism from within Chavismo...Read more
Sound Advice: Fast charger quickly comes to the rescue
Hero charger saves the day: I just got a new charger and had not planned on writing about it so soon, but it immediately proved its worth so I am going to relate the experience while it is fresh in my mind.
I am writing ...Read more
Chris Jones: What the Tony Award nominations got right, and where they blew it
Here are two Tony Awards truths, as confirmed by Tuesday’s announcement of the nominations for the 2026 awards.
No. 1: It’s better to do mediocre work in a show likely to get lots of awards than to do excellent work ...Read more
Iran weighs response to US plan to end war as China urges peace
Iran is evaluating a new proposal from the U.S. to end their almost 10-week war, according to a person familiar with the matter, as China added its voice to global pressure to wrap up the conflict.
Washington’s one-...Read more
AI bots auditioning for Wall Street trading are mostly losing
AI isn’t ready to replace your fund manager — and the public experiments testing it are showing why.
Across a series of new trading contests between the world’s leading AI models, the verdict so far is unflattering....Read more
RFK Jr. clears path for minors' use of tanning beds, much to the dismay of dermatologists
Days before the 2024 presidential election, future Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a statement on X promising to end the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "aggressive suppression" of such...Read more
Protestant leaders once championed birth control – not to liberate women, but as part of ‘responsible parenthood’
Mother’s Day seems like a strange time to celebrate birth control, which, on its most basic level, is about helping people to not become mothers – or not become mothers again.
But in the mid-20th century, ...Read more
Reese Witherspoon 'cried and cried and cried' over hectic work schedule
Reese Witherspoon has recalled how she "cried and cried and cried" when she hit breaking point with her hectic work schedule.
The 50-year-old actress was trying to juggle building up her media company Hello Sunshine ...Read more
Travis Kelce jokes Taylor Swift has made him 'more of a man'
Travis Kelce has admitted Taylor Swift has made him "more of a man" in one area of his life.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has spoken in the past about how he is fussy with food, but his brother Jason Kelce thinks the ...Read more
Media mogul Ted Turner dead at 87
CNN founder Ted Turner has died.
The media mogul - who was famously married to actress Jane Fonda for almost a decade between 1991 and 2001 - passed away on Wednesday (06.05.26) at the age of 87 following a battle with ...Read more
Iran evaluating US proposal to end war as China calls for peace
Iran is evaluating a new proposal from the U.S. to end their near 10-week war, according to a person familiar with the matter, as China added its voice to global pressure to wrap up the conflict.
Washington’s one-page ...Read more
China urges opening of Hormuz in Iran talks before Xi-Trump meet
China’s top diplomat called for the swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, signaling Beijing’s urgency to resolve a global energy crisis just days before President Xi Jinping...Read more
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