Wall Street's main indexes slipped on Friday as the Iran war approached its fourth week, roiling energy markets and prompting investors to aggressively reprice bets on the Federal Reserve's interest-rate cuts. The conflict in the Middle East showed no signs of easing as Iran attacked an oil refinery in Kuwait...
Pinterest CEO Calls for Ban on Social Media for Youth Under 16
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready called on world leaders to ban social media for youth under 16 in a LinkedIn post on Friday. Ready posted his statement while a trial is under way in Los Angeles about youth social media use. Google and Meta face allegations that their apps are fueling...
Action Star Chuck Norris Dies, Family Says
Chuck Norris, the former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero who fought the bad guys in "Code of Silence," "Missing in Action" and "The Delta Force" and upheld the law in the TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger," died on Thursday, his family said in a statement on his Instagram...
Ramadan Invites Us to Imagine a Better Future
Ramadan is a futurist practice. Ritual fasting and increased spiritual contemplation are ruptures in Muslims’ daily habits, not just in eating, but in our movement through the world. They force you to pay attention, with eyes misty with spirituality — to feel viscerally what is wrong with the world. Ramadan...
Netanyahu Says “Jesus Has No Advantage Over Genghis Khan” in Defense of War Strategy
Benjamin Netanyahu argued that moral authority alone is insufficient in war, invoking a stark historical comparison during his first English-language press conference since fighting with Iran began, The Times of Israel reported. Citing historian Will Durant, Netanyahu said “Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan,” contending that power ultimately...
Fresno Council Starts on Path of Restoring Old Street Names From Chavez Blvd
The city of Fresno is beginning an effort to scrub Cesar Chavez's name from a major south Fresno street. A day after a bombshell allegation about the iconic labor leader's sexual abuse, the city council gave a thumbs-up to change the name of Cesar Chavez Boulevard. The roads will revert...
Amazon Down for Thousands, Downdetector Reports
Amazon is down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to Downdetector.com. There were more than 2,500 reports of issues with the shopping platform as of 4:55 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages from a number of sources. Most users reported an issue with the checkout and accessing...
FCC Approves Combination of Nexstar and Tegna TV Stations
The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it has approved the sale of some local broadcast TV stations from Tegna to Nexstar. "By approving this transaction, which allows Nexstar to own less than 15% of television stations, the FCC acts mindful of the media marketplace that exits today — not...
Former FBI Agents Sue Patel Claiming They Were Fired for Work on Trump Election Conspiracy Case
Two former FBI special agents sued agency director Kash Patel in federal court on Thursday, claiming they were fired because of their work on the investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The agents, who filed their lawsuit in Washington D.C. federal court...
‘The Bachelorette’ Season Canceled After Leaked Video of Assault
An upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” was pulled Thursday, a spokesperson for Disney said, after a video of its star attacking the father of one of her children was leaked. Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality star who was to lead a season of the show slated to premiere Sunday, has...