Seven people aboard a cruise ship may have gotten hantavirus, a deadly illness more often associated with breathing in desert or other land dust. How could that happen? When ship outbreaks make the news, the culprit tends to be norovirus or the virus that causes COVID-19. Now, though, the cruise ship MV Hondius is moored…
Chris Clarke had gone the traditional route, pitching for three years at USC after starring at Newbury Park High, then toiling for six more seasons in the Chicago Cubs minor league system after being a fourth-round draft pick in 2019. But his big league dream abruptly became a wake-up call last August when the Cubs…
Employees at Google DeepMind in London have voted to unionize as part of a bid to block the AI lab from providing its technology to the US and Israeli militaries. In a letter addressed to Google’s managing director for the UK and Ireland, Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers…
A deal for Vox Media, which generates more than $80 million through podcasts alone, would elevate Mr. Murdoch’s company, Lupa Systems, as a major player in U.S. media.
The federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant use in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced this week. Antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, have long been a target for Kennedy, the Trump administration’s health secretary, who talked about the plans at an event Monday hosted by the…
“The School for Good and Evil” author Soman Chainani has moved on from fairy tales to radical politics with the Tuesday release of his debut YA novel, “Young World,” from Penguin Random House. Told through diary entries interspersed with over 150 neon-orange visuals, “Young World” is described as a geopolitical thriller that follows an average…
Wolfe Research believes that the latest growth driver for Five Below comes in the form of a squishy toy dumpling. In a Tuesday note to clients, analyst Spencer Hanus reiterated his outperform rating on the off-price retail chain. Hanus’ new price target of $291 price target implies upside of 26% from where shares of Five…
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, claiming that one of the company’s chatbots masqueraded as a psychiatrist in violation of the state’s medical licensing rules. “Pennsylvanians deserve to know who — or what — they are interacting with online, especially when it comes to their health,” said Governor Josh Shapiro in…
Stocks near 8-year low ahead of summer travel season despite collapse in demand
Jonathan Pollard, a former US navy intelligence analyst jailed for 30 years for spying for Israel, has said he will stand for election to the Knesset this year on a platform of ethnic cleansing. Speaking to Channel 13 television, Pollard said: “I personally prefer the forcible removal of all current residents of Gaza, and the…
