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McDonald’s latest move to fix its afternoon sales slump: expensive beverages
Fast food chains, thirsty for new ways to grow, are amping up their beverage offerings. McDonald’s said Tuesday it will launch six crafted beverages in U.S. restaurants on May 6. It’s joining other chains, like KFC, Wendy’s and Taco Bell, that have elevated their drinks in order to lure customers away from rivals like Starbucks
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Visibly irritated on stand, Musk defends his financial commitment to OpenAI
Elon Musk became visibly irritated on the witness stand Wednesday as an attorney for OpenAI questioned whether the billionaire backed off his financial commitment to the startup in its early years. In his second day testifying at a closely watched trial over his claims that OpenAI betrayed its altruistic mission in pursuit of profit, the
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NYC driver who randomly attacked 5 strangers was working for Amazon during unhinged rampage
An unhinged driver appeared to be working for Amazon when he allegedly attacked five strangers in Queens — including ramming into a carload of women with his cargo van full of packages, according to authorities. Dauri Batita, 32, was hit with a slew of charges, including attempted robbery and assault, for the string of unprovoked
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The trillion-dollar question: Is tech’s massive AI spending actually working?
A frenzied day of earnings reports offered a glimpse at how some of the world’s biggest tech companies are doing in artificial intelligence. The upshot: Alphabet Inc.’s Google is seeing a clear payoff from its AI spending, while Meta Platforms Inc. is lagging behind. The two companies’ results were part of a flood of financial
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Teen fatally stabbed in the back outside NYC building
A teenager was fatally stabbed in the Bronx on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Officers responded to the front of a building on Beach Avenue in Soundview just after 4:30 p.m. and discovered Jonathan Melo, 17, with a stab wound to his back. Melo was rushed to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi in critical condition, where
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Cartier heir gets 8 years for $470M drug money crypto scheme
Talk about some dirty diamonds. A descendant of the Cartier jewelry dynasty was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after confessing to running an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange that laundered more than $470 million in drug trafficking proceeds. Maximilien de Hoop Cartier, a resident of France who moonlights as a singer under the name “Max
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Alabama cops plan extensive search of landfill for 2-year-old girl missing since Christmas
Police in Alabama are turning to a landfill in the tragic search for a 2-year-old girl who has been missing for months and is believed to have been killed by her mother, then stuffed into a bag and trashed on Christmas. Little Genesis Reid was first reported missing on Feb. 16, but authorities alleged that
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Mexico’s dilemma — Extradite officials to U.S. or risk angering Trump
MEXICO CITY — The stunning U.S. indictment of 10 current and former Mexican officials for alleged links to the Sinaloa cartel has put Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in an extremely tight corner. Most of the those accused, including Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya and a senator, Enrique Inzunza Cázarez are members of Sheinbaum’s ruling leftist Morena party.
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Milestone reached in Eaton Fire recovery as last dog displaced finds forever home
Nearly a year and a half after the deadly Eaton Fire swept through Altadena and the San Gabriel Mountains, a new milestone in the aftermath and recovery has been met. Pasadena Humane took to Instagram on Wednesday, revealing that the final dog who was displaced by the fires – a German shepherd named Artemis –
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USS Gerald Ford coming home after record-setting deployment to Iran war, Maduro capture
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. The Ford will be leaving the Middle East in the coming days