Cal Raleigh hit three home runs Monday as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 at T-Mobile Park, ending Philadelphia’s season-best nine-game winning streak. Raleigh, a catcher, went 3-for-3 with a walk and four RBIs, raising his average from .159 to .167. He hit a two-run homer in the...
American consumer confidence fell to an eight-nine point four reading in August, reaching its lowest level in seven months, according to Conference Board data released Tuesday. Persistent inflation, driven by gasoline prices staying above four dollars per gallon amid conflict with Iran, severely impacted short-term economic outlooks among surveyed consumers....
Apple is testing memory chips from Chinese supplier ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for potential use in iPhones and MacBooks sold in China, as an artificial-intelligence-driven shortage tightens global supplies, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Apple has also held discussions involving Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), a...
Pennsylvania reported two measles-associated deaths on Aug. 25, the first such deaths in the state in 35 years and the first reported in the United States this year. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said both unvaccinated victims were residents of Lancaster County, but released no identifying information. The state reported...
Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx co-owner Marc Lore has agreed to sell his controlling stake to limited partner Marc Stad at a $4.5 billion valuation, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The transaction, first reported Friday by ESPN's Shams Charania, comes barely a year after Lore and Alex...
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh prepares for his debut Jackson Hole keynote on Friday as long-term Treasury yields trade at levels not seen since 2007, raising pressure on the central bank chief to clarify policy intentions. The 30-year yield touched 5.31% on Aug. 17 and recently traded near...
OpenAI on Tuesday published benchmark results for its first in-house artificial intelligence processor, codenamed Jalapeño, developed in partnership with Broadcom. The custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is engineered specifically for AI model inference rather than general-purpose training. Evaluated on SemiAnalysis’s InferenceX platform across public models including GPT-OSS 120B, DeepSeek...
Rep. Al Green filed an impeachment resolution Monday accusing President Donald Trump of abusing presidential power through federal immigration enforcement. H.Res. 1486 alleges that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection operated without accountability and cites four deaths during enforcement operations, according to Green’s office. The filing does...
Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee during an individual offseason workout and is expected to miss six months, ESPN reported on August 24, 2026. The 23-year-old guard will undergo surgery, aiming for a late February 2027 return around the NBA All-Star break....
Taylor Swift discussed fame’s pressures and her commitment to music during a Recording Academy retrospective released Monday, after attending a wedding in England without husband Travis Kelce. The 36-year-old singer appeared Aug. 18 at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles for The Icon Sessions with Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason...
