Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. New York Stock ExchangeThe yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond has risen to its highest level in nearly two decades, and some strategists see room for the sell-off in long-term government bonds to go further. The 30-year Treasury yield, which is typically sensitive … Read more
Reddit is testing a new way for people to access Reddit content: converting text posts into audio/video content. As part of an experiment, some posts are adapting to videos that use AI voices to read the main post text and some comments. The video highlights the text as read by the AI voice, and below … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is challenging her brothers’ vote to sell the family’s remaining 17.8% stake in the Lakers, according to a letter from her attorney obtained by ESPN. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported earlier Monday that the Buss family voted to sell their remaining shares to Josh Kushner and Bob … Read more
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COVID created a permanent class of young shut-ins, according to a stunning new report. Nearly 10% of Gen Zers said they had zero face-to-face interactions with another person in their daily life, according to an analysis of US Census data by the Financial Times. The dangerous trend was triggered by the COVID pandemic, when millions … Read more
Opening statements began Monday after a week of jury selection. Over the next few weeks, witnesses, experts, investigators and possibly even some famous witnesses are scheduled to testify about what happened that night. Prosecutors allege that Davis acquired a gun and arranged two vehicles to travel to a Las Vegas club, one of them a … Read more
Updated at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 17. Information will be regularly updated. Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green announced during a press conference Monday afternoon in Hilo about the recovery from Hurricane Lala that all public schools, as well as all county and state offices on the Big island, will be closed Tuesday. This is because of a … Read more
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – JUNE 6: South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung speaks during a ceremony commemorating Korea Memorial Day at Seoul National Cemetery on June 6, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea marks the 70th anniversary of Memorial Day, honoring those who died during military service in the 1950-53 Korean War. (Photo by … Read more
MANHATTAN (WABC) — Amtrak has reopened Line 2 of the East River Tunnel, marking the halfway point of a restoration project that began more than a decade after Superstorm Sandy. Amtrak marked the milestone with a reopening celebration Monday at Penn Station. The tunnel, which carries more than 450 Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road and … Read more
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