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A brutal sell-off for AI stocks sends Wall Street reeling, and the S&P 500 tumbles 4.4%
A brutal sell-off swept through Wall Street on Thursday, led by stocks tied to the build-out of AI data centers. The wipeout more than erased the U.S. stock market’s gain from the day before, which was its best in three months. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 4.4% for its worst day since President…
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GOP’s ‘unacceptable’ step after election loss sparks uproar from MAGA senators: report
Hardline Senate Republicans are trying to throw a wrench into their party’s plans after a bruising night at the polls. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is collecting signatures for a letter urging GOP leaders to call a conference meeting before Senate Republicans hold their closed-door leadership election, which is still expected to happen as planned on…
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Girl, 2, who fell from NYC apartment window was ‘super energetic’ kid who loved to climb: dad
The 2-year-old girl who tumbled to her death from a fifth-floor Bronx apartment window was a “super energetic” and “bubbly” kid who loved to climb, her grieving dad said Thursday. Julia Cante Wilcox-Polanco was fiddling with the accordion divider supporting the window air conditioning unit in her Mott Haven apartment when she fell late Tuesday,…
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Prince Harry makes secret New York City trip days after moving into new UK home with Meghan Markle: report
Prince Harry was back in the United States just days after moving into his new home in the UK. The Duke of Sussex was at the 5-star luxury Lotte New York Palace hotel in New York City on Monday evening, People reported. A source told the outlet that Harry was spotted in conversation with another…
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First, ‘meatball sub,’ and now ‘deli meat.’ Even Justin Herbert’s passes are getting the Subway treatment
Justin Herbert famously loves Subway subs. During his rookie season in 2020, the Chargers quarterback told GQ magazine he was “living off” the sandwiches, consuming both a Steak Philly sub and a Chicken & Bacon Ranch sub each night for dinner. He has since appeared in at least eight TV commercials for the restaurant franchise.…
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Fury brewing over Senator’s ‘blank check’ written for a ‘dirty’ deal: ‘Blatant disregard’
Protesters are planning to gather outside the Brooklyn home of US Sen. Chuck Schumer on Friday morning, demanding he block what they’ve dubbed a “dirty data center deal” from passing through the Senate. The bill, known as the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), is aimed at speeding the permitting process for energy infrastructure,…
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Abdul El-Sayed underperformed with Jewish voters. Here’s what he has to say about it.
Abdul El-Sayed ran well behind other Michigan Democrats in places with more Jewish voters, according to a detailed POLITICO analysis of precinct-level results. Statewide, the progressive senator-elect only ran two points behind Democratic Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson, getting 52.5% of the vote compared to her 54.5%. But the gap was much larger in heavily Jewish communities:…
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Angel City signs 17-year-old Maddie DiMaria to four-year deal
Angel City heads into this weekend’s NWSL playoffs with the youngest starting lineup in the league. And with a 10-game unbeaten streak, it has the hottest team in the league as well. On Thursday, that team got a little younger and potentially a bit better when it announced the signing of 17-year-old Maddie DiMaria, the…
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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon launches bizarre podcast as firing rumors swirl: report
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has found a curious new way to reach the public, and it barely touches on the war. On Thursday, U.S. Central Command, the military’s headquarters for the Iran war, debuted a podcast dubbed “Inside CENTCOM,” The Daily Beast reported. Its release came half a year after Hegseth last stood at a Pentagon…
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L.A. voters went bold by choosing Raman as mayor. Let’s hope she stays bold
Bold. That’s what I initially thought when a political novice named Nithya Raman upset an incumbent in 2020 to become the first democratic socialist elected to the Los Angeles City Council. That’s what I felt when Raman weathered well-funded challengers and loudmouth opponents to win reelection outright in the 2024 primary, despite representing a district…