Oklahoma city damaged by 2023 tornado still waits for FEMA funds
Oklahoma city damaged by 2023 tornado still waits for FEMA funds
Oklahoma city damaged by 2023 tornado still waits for FEMA funds
Severe thunderstorms are expected in parts of southeastern Texas and the Mississippi Valley.
The stories you need to start your day: Oklahoma tornado outbreak, Taylor Swift’s album sales record and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter
Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate replaces traditional third-party recruitment agencies that often use analog workflows and charge exorbitant fees. Zen Educate digitizes everything through a self-serve platform, removing pricey intermediaries from the equation in the process.
The holiday weekend runs May 24-27, but you can already save big on your favorite brands.
Celebrities have descended on the south of France in style.
Longtime New York-based seed investor, Contour Venture Partners, is making progress on its latest flagship fund after lowering its target. Contour Venture Partners could not be reached for comment. It's been a tough few years for venture funds looking to raise new vehicles.
Here's what we know about Combs's legal problems in the wake of the 2016 hotel assault video surfacing and the March raid of his homes.
Home Depot earnings showed Wall Street with what to expect from Lowe's.
When putting a video portal in a public park in the middle of New York City, some inappropriate behavior will likely occur. The Portal, the vision of Lithuanian artist and entrepreneur Benediktas Gylys, was designed to bring people together and let them share common experiences. After it opened earlier this month, the vast majority of people who went to the portal on both sides of the Atlantic waved to each other, brought their kids and pets and did friendly human things.
Microsoft revealed its grand vision of how to knit Windows and hardware more closely together and (surprise!) it's all rooted in AI. Here's everything the company announced at its Copilot and Surface event.
Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice reported for the team's organized team activities amid his involvement in a multi-car crash and alleged nightclub assault during the offseason.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, alleging that the company used “digital dark patterns” to deceive borrowers and illegally took fees while advertising to consumers that there were no fees. “The CFPB is suing SoLo for using digital trickery to hide interest and fees on its online loans,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a May 17 press release announcing the suit. The CFPB also alleges that the company misrepresented the cost of loans, interfered with the ability of consumers to understand what they were agreeing to, collected on loans they shouldn’t have and made false threats related to credit reporting.
Judge Juan Merchan told attorneys this morning that closing arguments in the hush money trial will begin Tuesday, May 28, the day after Memorial Day.
These are today's mortgage rates. Rates are inching down and will likely keep falling this year, but it should be a gradual process. Lock in your rate today.
Founder-market fit is one of the most crucial factors in a startup's success, and operators (someone involved in the day-to-day operations of a startup) turned founders have an almost unfair advantage in finding that fit. Data shows that a lack of expertise and business acumen in founders contributes to failed VC investments. The same principle applies somewhat to operator VCs (firms typically launched by former startup founders).
With the right summer moves and expected health, there's no reason to believe the Thunder couldn't win the whole thing next season.
Ahead of the AI safety summit kicking off in Seoul, South Korea later this week, its co-host, the United Kingdom, is expanding its own efforts in the field. The AI Safety Institute, a U.K. body set up in November 2023 with the ambitious goal of assessing and addressing risks in AI platforms, has said it will open a second location in San Francisco. The Bay Area is the home of companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta that are building foundational AI technology.
Shrewd moves and timely deals have the aggressive Mavericks moving on in the postseason — and perhaps to an even better tomorrow.
To figure out how Social Security's insolvency debate may play out in the years ahead, it helps to consider what transpired in 1983.
Chelsea won its fifth consecutive WSL title by stomping Manchester United on the final day.