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Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor May 21, 2024 As impressive moves of faith unfold across America from the beaches of northeastern Florida to the shorelines of Southern California many are wondering if the country could be on the cusp of revival. Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, and the former

CNN suffered its worst ratings among primetime viewers in the most coveted demographic by advertisers — dealing a gut punch to embattled new boss Mark Thompson. The cable channel, which touts itself as “the most trusted name in news,” drew just 83,000 viewers aged 25 to 54 during the week of May 13-19 from 8

Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor May 22, 2024 Liberal comedian Bill Maher drew applause from “The View” audience Tuesday after a back-and-forth with co-host Sunny Hostin over Israel, Hamas, and the ongoing war in the Middle East. Listen to the latest episode of the Quick Start Podcast ? Following a debate over the term “woke” and

After several unexpectedly high inflation readings, Federal Reserve officials concluded at a meeting earlier this month that it would take longer than they previously thought for inflation to cool enough to justify reducing their key interest rate, now at a 23-year high. Minutes of the May 1 meeting released Wednesday showed that officials also debated

Kim Botteicher hardly thinks of herself as a criminal. This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. On the main floor of a former Catholic church in Bolivar, Pennsylvania, Botteicher runs a flower shop and cafe. In the former churchs basement, she also operates a nonprofit organization focused on helping people

Nvidiaforecast quarterly revenue above estimates on Wednesday and announced a stock split, lifting its shares to record-high territory and impressing investors who have tripled the chipmaker’s market value in the past year on AI optimism. Nvidia shares jumped 5.9% to $1,005 in extended trade, peaking above the psychologically important $1,000 mark and adding about $140 billion

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon hinted that he could step down as head of the nation’s largest lender sooner than was widely anticipated. The 68-year-old Wall Street titan told analysts at JPMorgan Chase’s “investor day” gathering of shareholders on Monday that “the timetable [for his retirement] isn’t five years anymore.” He did not elaborate further

The Posts owner News Corp agreed to a landmark content licensing deal with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, the firms announced Wednesday. The agreement allows the ChatGPT creator to use current and archived content produced by News Corp-owned publications — which also include the Wall Street Journal, Barrons, The Sun and The Times of London —

Microsoft on Monday debuted a new category of personal computers with AI features as it rushes to build the emerging technology into products across its business and compete with Alphabet and Apple. At an event on its campus in Redmond, Wash., Chief Executive Satya Nadella introduced what Microsoft calls “Copilot+” PCs, saying that it and a range

UK regulators fined Citigroup 61.6 million pounds ($78.5 million) for controls failings in its trading operations, one of the biggest sanctions for systems breaches, which in one case saw the Wall Street firm cause a sudden fall in European stocks. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the markets watchdog, both probed and fined Citigroup over

Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor May 21, 2024 As impressive moves of faith unfold across America from the beaches of northeastern Florida to the shorelines of Southern California many are wondering if the country could be on the cusp of revival. Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, and the former

A highly popular dog food blend has been voluntarily recalled for a risk of containing loose metal. The product in question is the 44-pound-sized bags of Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food that were sold at Walmart, according to the Food and Drug Administration. There were 315 bags impacted

CNN suffered its worst ratings among primetime viewers in the most coveted demographic by advertisers — dealing a gut punch to embattled new boss Mark Thompson. The cable channel, which touts itself as “the most trusted name in news,” drew just 83,000 viewers aged 25 to 54 during the week of May 13-19 from 8

Nestl is launching a line of food products tailored to people using weight-loss medication in an effort to capitalize on a market expected to reach $30 billion in the next six years. Under its new Vital Pursuit brand, the global food giant plans to launch 12 products ranging from frozen protein pasta, sandwich melts and

Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor May 22, 2024 Liberal comedian Bill Maher drew applause from “The View” audience Tuesday after a back-and-forth with co-host Sunny Hostin over Israel, Hamas, and the ongoing war in the Middle East. Listen to the latest episode of the Quick Start Podcast ? Following a debate over the term “woke” and

Dozens of used electric-vehicle batteries were stacked like cordwood on pallets in a warehouse-style building about 30 miles east of Reno, Nevada, when I visited the site last week. The batteries were bound for an assembly line that would begin the chemical process of recycling up to 95 percent of the lithium, cobalt, and nickel

After several unexpectedly high inflation readings, Federal Reserve officials concluded at a meeting earlier this month that it would take longer than they previously thought for inflation to cool enough to justify reducing their key interest rate, now at a 23-year high. Minutes of the May 1 meeting released Wednesday showed that officials also debated

Google has taken the bizarre step of paying the US governments proposed damages in full as it seeks to avoid a risky jury trial in the Justice Departments case targeting its alleged monopoly over the digital advertising market. In a little-noticed court filing last week, Google revealed it cut a cashiers check for a redacted

Apple said Tuesday it plans to ask a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department and 15 states in March that alleged the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices. In a letter to US District Judge Julien X. Neals, Apple said “far from being