Orlandoâs iconic swans are dead. Authorities suspect bird flu
A dozen of the iconic swans that live in the heart of downtown Orlando, Florida, have died in recent days of an unknown cause, leading officials to suspect that bird…
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Crackdown on anti-ICE TikToker backfires as judge throws out case for lack of access to lawyers in immigration detention
A federal judge has dismissed a criminal case against a popular Los Angeles TikTok streamer, citing constitutional violations after his lawyers were denied access to him while he was in…
Corporate board service isnât charity. Itâs risk capital
Recent headlines about a major technology companyâs board compensation have reignited a familiar, and often reflexive, debate: how much is too much? It is an easy question, and the wrong…
Why Singapore is the only Southeast Asian country in Pax Silica, the U.S.âs new AI âinner circleâ
With its new Pax Silica Declaration, Washington has picked its most trusted partners in the AI sector: An array of close U.S. allies, including Australia, the U.K., and Israel. Yet…
Trump says he still might fire Powell as Fed chair pick looms
President Donald Trump teased that he has a preferred candidate to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but is in no hurry to make an announcement â while…
Trump warns U.S. will âknock the hell out ofâ Iranâs nuclear capabilities if itâs rebuilding them amid Israeli concerns about long-range missiles
President Donald Trump warned Iran against reconstituting its nuclear program Monday as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his home in Florida for wide-ranging talks. The warning comes…
Silicon Valley summit offers rare insight into humanoid robotsâand China is the clear winner
Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors â too complicated, capital-intensive and âboring, honestly,â says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in…
The weakest labor market since 2011 has BofA asking, âDude, whereâs my job?â
The weakest job market since 2011 is increasingly being framed not as a glitch, but as the new normalâone where growth roars and jobs barely move, leaving a generation asking,…
African millennials and Gen Z are quitting their big-city dreams to go make more money back on the farm
On a blazing afternoon in Senegal, 33-year-old farmer Filly Mangassa heaved peanut plants onto a horse-drawn cart, sending clouds of dust swirling. Ten years ago, he left his village for…
New York City finally joins London, Singapore and other world-class cities with a tap-only subway system
When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the worldâs oldest and largest transit systems. Now,…