Dermot Mulroney blames the cake. As sports reporter Michael O’Neal in My Best Friend’s Wedding, Mulroney expected many doors would fly open after his star turn. “I was sitting there ready for the gift with purchase that was supposed to come along with being in a popular movie, and instead, I probably didn’t work for […]
By: Jake Smith, Daily Caller News Foundation There is near-total uncertainty surrounding the status of the remaining hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, U.S. and Israeli officials anonymously told NBC News. Hamas took over 250 men, women and children as hostages during its attacks against Israel on Oct. 7 that left roughly 1,200 people dead.
KRIS BOYD says Rangers fans should accept Cyriel Dessers for what he is — a striker who is going to miss more than he scores. The Nigeria cap’s Hampden double against Hearts on Sunday set up a Scot
Spending on lobbying to shape AI policy in Washington is soaring—and tech
Technology majors Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft unveiled their earnings for the first quarter of 2024. Artificial intelligence (AI) continued to be a major spending area for all three companies.Let's break down the earnings reports:FinancialsGoogle: Google's parent, Alphabet, reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2024. Profits reached $23.7 billion on revenue of $80.5 billion, with growth attributed to cloud computing, YouTube, and continued strength in online search...
New Delhi: A study has found about 500 chemicals in recycled plastic pellets worldwide, and samples collected from Delhi had about 224 chemicals that included pesticides as well as industrial chemicals harmful to human health.The study was held by the International Pollution Elimination Network (IPEN), a group of 600 NGOs worldwide, including Toxic Links from India, which also co-founded it. A total of 24 countries sent their samples to the IPEN lab the US. Toxic Links sent two samples from the...
Meta Platforms saw advertising revenue grow to $35.6 billion during the first quarter of 2024. That's up 27% compared to the same three-month period last year. Following chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's cost-cutting “year of efficiency,” which involved mass layoffs, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp now has 69,329 employees, down 10% compared with the same period in 2023, but up from the previous quarter.
Analysts at Sophos X-Ops are comparing the low-budget cybercrime tools to “junk guns” — cheap, imported weapons that flooded the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s.
Rep. Cori Bush (R-MO) reportedly spent $86,000 on legal fees during the first quarter of the year amid a Justice Department investigation into payments her campaign made for her husband’s security services. Bush’s campaign finance records, obtained by Axios, reveal her team paid nearly $100,000 to law firms between January and March. That reportedly leaves her campaign with $528,000 and $91,000 […]
CNBC's Jim Cramer said next week's PCE index report will be the real gauge of inflation.
Officials say Putin retains culpability for the death of his fiercest
NBC’s unusual “rolling audition” to fill its lead golf analyst seat continues rolling along without a clear-cut favorite, and some industry analysts point out that is a problem as the network’s coverage of the marquee U.S. Open fast approaches. The network parted ways with analyst Paul Azinger in November when the two sides couldn’t reach