U.S. Vice President JD Vance condemned the Knesset’s symbolic preliminary vote backing West Bank annexation, calling it an “insult” and out of step with Trump administration policy as Washington presses to uphold a Gaza ceasefire. Vance announced a coordination center where about 200 U.S. troops work on Gaza stabilization, while...
Broadway averted a strike early Thursday as the musicians’ union, Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, reached a tentative three-year deal with the Broadway League after an 18-hour, mediator-assisted bargaining session that ended at 4:30 a.m. The union said the pact includes wage and health benefit increases and...
Two writers fire up a 'trade machine,' floating six splashy NFL deals ahead of the 4 p.m. Nov. 4 deadline, with each proposal paired with a counterargument. Ideas include Alvin Kamara to the Chiefs, Bradley Chubb to the Eagles, Demario Davis to the 49ers, Mac Jones to the Vikings, Kyle...
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested Thursday at an Orlando hotel amid an FBI sports-betting probe, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Eastern District of New York and FBI director Kash Patel plan a 10 a.m. news conference to announce arrests. Sportsbooks had flagged a March 23, 2023 surge...
Four relatives of Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate for Illinois governor, were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana on Wednesday, his campaign said early Thursday. Bailey’s son Zachary, daughter-in-law Kelsey, and two of their children, ages 12 and 7, died; another grandson, Finn, 10, was not on board. The...
Psychologist Dr. John Gartner told The Daily Beast Podcast he sees a massive rise in clinical signs of dementia in President Donald Trump, arguing worsening cognitive decline is intensifying his malignant narcissism. He cited wandering, nonsensical speeches, including a military address that digressed to "gorgeous paper," word errors he called...
Near the seventh hole of Tallahassee’s Capital City Country Club, National Park Service archaeologists found 23 unmarked graves and 14 possible graves believed to be of enslaved people, less than a mile from the Capitol. More than four years after commissioners approved a memorial, none has been built. The city...
Major companies including Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta have donated to President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the White House said. Trump insists the project is privately funded by himself and donors and will not cost taxpayers. On Wednesday, he said the ballroom will cost...
The Trump administration is negotiating equity-for-funding deals with quantum-computing firms, including IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. Quantum Computing Inc. and Atom Computing are weighing similar arrangements. Shares jumped in early Thursday trading: IonQ and D-Wave up 9%, Rigetti 7%, Quantum Computing...
U.S. single-family rents rose 1.4% in August from a year ago, down from July’s 2.3% and the smallest increase in 15 years, Cotality said. Growth cooled across price tiers, with high-end up 1.6% versus 1.1% for low-end. Chicago led at 4.7%, while Dallas fell 0.6% amid a wave of new...
