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Israel sends more troops into southern Lebanon as ground invasion expands

Lebanon's PM warns Israeli actions and statements threaten Lebanese sovereignty and violate international law.

Council on American-Islamic Relations Speaks Out Against Bill Maher Receiving Kennedy Center Honor

The organization says the award being given to Maher "highlights the glaring double standards surrounding bigotry and violence that exist in our society."

Here’s the big risk facing markets — besides inflation — as the Iran conflict drags on

The chances of accelerating U.S. inflation are growing with each passing day as the war in the Middle East continues, with the average price of gasoline nationwide spiking to…

Iran’s ‘economic heartbeat’, Kharg Island, may be the next battleground as Trump’s 5-day pause ends this weekend

President Donald Trump’s five-day pause on a planned U.S. attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure ends this weekend — putting Iran’s critical oil-export hub, Kharg Island, in the…

Leeza Gibbons Signs Multiyear Deal With Nexstar to Continue Co-Hosting Rose Parade, Will Host and EP ‘Remarkable Women’ for The CW (Exclusive)

'Remarkable Women' is Nexstar’s signature initiative spotlighting those who are making a meaningful impact in their communities.

Brown-Forman’s stock is soaring. Has it finally gotten cheap enough to attract a suitor?

Shares of Brown-Forman surged, after Bloomberg reported that Pernod Ricard was looking into a potential acquisition of the Jack Daniel’s whiskey parent.

Ranking coaches and teams that are likely to improve in 2026

Curt Cignetti reset how we view coaching turnarounds while Oklahoma State, with a new coach, has nowhere to go but up.

Streaming keeps getting more expensive: all the latest price hikes

Death. Taxes. All your streaming services getting a little more expensive all the time. These are the new certainties in life, it seems. Netflix has raised the cost of its…

Google Translate’s real-time headphone translations feature expands to iOS and more countries

The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what.

Trump says Iran ‘begging’ for deal to end war as Tehran issues new demands

Trump says US, Israel wiped out navy and air force, as Iran lawmakers plan to collect tolls for transiting ships.

Big Tech’s AI fantasy hits a nuclear wall: No fuel, no welders — and no Plan B

Big Tech is buying small reactors. Washington is buying time. Russia and China? They rule the nuclear-power world.

C-3PO Head From ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ Nets Whopping $1M at Propstore Auction

Propstore’s spring entertainment memorabilia live auction, which has garnered $6.5 million thus far, features items from ‘Jaws,’ ‘Batman Begins,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ ‘Top…

United Airlines, flight attendants reach labor deal for first raises since pandemic

United Airlines and its flight attendants union reached a new labor deal.

Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills

Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid.

Study: Sycophantic AI can undermine human judgment

Subjects who interacted with AI tools were more likely to think they were right, less likely to resolve conflicts.

Guthrie on missing mother: 'We cannot be at peace without knowing'

In her first interview since the disappearance, Savannah Guthrie recounts the moment she learned her mother was missing and wrestles with the idea that her fame may have made her…

Jim Gaffigan Reunites With ‘Linoleum’s Colin West ‘Outside Of Cleveland’; Alex Wolff, Brooklynn Prince, Sarah Wayne Callies Also Star In Fantasy Dramedy

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Wolff (Hereditary), Jim Gaffigan (Troop Zero), Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project) and Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead) have wrapped lead roles in Outside…

Rationing power and diluting petrol - how African countries are coping with effects of Iran war

The disruption in oil supplies has caused shortages and concerns in several African countries.

Gold’s tumble has created opportunities to buy these stocks at bargain prices

The recent sharp selloff in gold miner stocks has created opportunities for investors to buy at bargain prices if the appetite for gold flips back to bullish, as history suggests.

Major outgoing CEOs are citing AI as a factor in their decisions to step down

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey and former Walmart CEO Doug McMillon have told CNBC that the next wave of artificial intelligence is a reason for their departures.

Odey fired executives for telling him to ‘sit in dungeons’ to protect women

Financier told court he objected to safeguarding measures, including sitting on a lower floor, firm imposed after misconduct claims

IOC bans transgender women from Olympics

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy Thursday that aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump's executive…

LSU works to lure Wade back before firing coach

LSU is working to finalize a deal to bring back Will Wade, the current coach at NC State, who was suspended for the 2019 NCAA tournament while at LSU and later fired amid an NCAA…

Meta gets ready to launch two new Ray-Ban AI glasses

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Meta and its…

Olympics align with Trump as transgender athletes banned from women’s games

Transgender athletes banned from women's Olympic events by new IOC policy aiming for 'fairness, safety and integrity'.

Mortgage rates climb for the fourth week in a row — and they won’t drop back down until this happens

Rates had fallen under 6% for the first time since 2022 just days before the start of Operation Epic Fury.

Kim Kardashian to Auction Off ‘All’s Fair’ Wardrobe to Fund Free Legal Services to Women

“The ‘price of justice’ is a barrier that many women simply cannot afford,” Kardashian wrote in a post.

Keith Zhang Partners With ‘The Matrix’ Vets on Soulscape, an AI Cinema Lab, Summit and 48-Hour Film Competition

The inaugural event, launched by onetime Uber engineer turned Soulscape founder Zhang, is set to take place at San Francisco’s KQED headquarters on April 10-12.

PBS Teams With ITVS to Launch YouTube Documentaries Channel

The hub for nonfiction fare aims to help public television “meet new audiences where they already are,” says PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger.

Vice Studios President Amy Powell Fills Out Her Leadership Team (EXCLUSIVE)

Vice Studios president Amy Powell has announced her executive team: Adam Kassan has been named executive VP, scripted film and television; Cat Lawson is exec VP of unscripted;…

Family offices make opportunistic bets on real estate as investors sit on sidelines

Investment firms of ultra-wealthy families are snapping up bargains in multifamily and commercial real estate.

Olaplex to be acquired by German company Henkel in $1.4 billion deal

Olaplex announced on Thursday that it is being acquired by Germany's Henkel in a $1.4 billion deal after the company had a disappointing public run.

Maggie Baird Teams Up With Public Media Org WETA For Sustainable Lifestyle Series ‘Climate Kitchen’ (Exclusive)

The environmentalist founder of Support+Feed will host the show with a slew of guests including her two children, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Martha Stewart, Xiye Bastida and more.

$120-a-barrel oil may be a tipping point that shifts Fed’s focus from high inflation to recession threat

U.S.-traded crude was at around $93 a barrel on Thursday.

Investors are dangerously complacent about potential blowback from Iran conflict, former hedge-fund exec says

Markets are not fully reflecting the shock to oil prices resulting from the Iran conflict, Unlimited Funds’ Bob Elliott warns.

Donald Trump’s policy swings are creating instability, energy chiefs say

Industry that benefited from president’s cuts to regulation and green policy is wary of unpredictability

Pakistan says it is mediating US-Iran talks

Pakistan says it is mediating indirect talks between the US and Iran aimed at ending the war.

I don’t want Social Security to switch me from disability to retirement benefits. How can I stop it?

“I want to wait until 70 to collect full retirement benefits.”

Warner Bros. Discovery sets shareholder vote as sale to Paramount moves full steam ahead

A special meeting of Warner Bros. shareholders will be held on April 23 to vote on the buyout by Paramount.

WTO says world experiencing worst trade disruption in 80 years

WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the global trade order has ‘irrevocably changed’.

Tom Brady says he's asked NFL about potential comeback: 'They don't like that idea very much'

Tom Brady has asked the NFL about its policy of allowing minority owners to return as players, but he has no plans on returning the field, he told CNBC.

The best deals we’ve found from Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (so far)

Amazon loves to manufacture an event. March is historically a dry spell for deals; however, with Amazon’s third annual Big Spring Sale, which starts today and runs through March…

Air Canada CEO 'deeply saddened' his poor French skills distracted from victims of crash

Michael Rousseau has faced calls to resign for not speaking French in his message after the LaGuardia crash, which killed two Air Canada pilots.

Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use

On Thursday, senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) asking it to collect "comprehensive, annual…

Russian officials meet US counterparts as Moscow denies aiding Iran

Kremlin spokesperson says talks are part of '​necessary dialogue' with Washington as war in Ukraine continues.

Cohere launches an open source voice model specifically for transcription

Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.

Iranian naval chief killed in attack, Israel says

Israel says it has killed IRGC naval commander Alireza Tangsiri in a strike near Bandar Abbas by the Strait of Hormuz.

World Cup playoff preview, predictions: Who will book the final six spots?

The final six spots -- four from Europe and two from the intercontinental playoff -- will be clinched this week.

Is Europe heading to an energy crisis?

Europe is bracing for a supply crunch and a price shock as the Iran conflict drags on.

Tension between Tests and franchise T20 - Cummins

Some Australia players missed out on "half a million pounds" so they could be part of Australia's Test series against Bangladesh, says captain Pat Cummins.