For the first time ever, you can LEGALLY bet on the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. We are talking favorites, world records, and over/unders.
Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse. Calvin McDowell, 37, who alleged he was abused by a chaplain at a suburban Chicago youth center as a teenager, said he didn’t want others suffering as he did for decades. “Instead of being cared for, I felt more alone than ever,” McDowell said at a Chicago news conference.
Shares of Palantir Technologies fell 15.1% on Tuesday in their biggest daily percentage drop since May 2022, a day after the data analytics company gave a revenue forecast that disappointed. Still, several brokerages raised their price targets following the report, including D.A. Davidson, which raised its target to $24 from $19. "While guidance for FY2024 was increased, it was lighter than expected," D.A. Davidson analysts wrote in their research note, adding that management had noted "they're seeing unavoidable headwinds in Europe."
TikTok filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, seeking a court order to stop the U.S. government from enforcing a ban on the app. Here's what comes next.
U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes peaceful protests at college commencement ceremonies where he and other administration officials will speak, the White House said on Tuesday as pro-Palestinian protests spread around the country. Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of unrest roiled the Ivy League college's campus, but it will still hold smaller, school-based events. The protests at Columbia have inspired similar demonstrations at dozens of universities around the country.
President Joe Biden is set to condemn acts of antisemitism in a keynote speech this morning at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Xi Jinping arrived in Belgrade on Tuesday evening, after French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a high altitude lunch at a childhood haunt in the Pyrenees mountains for the Chinese leader.Writing in Serbian daily Politika ahead of arriving in Belgrade, Xi criticised NATO for its "flagrant" bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia in 1999, warning Beijing would "never allow such tragic history to repeat itself".
The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed with the government, as some local officials have sought to backtrack on the deal. Hong Kong-based Cosco Shipping Ports will defend its legal rights to provide services as the exclusive operator of the deepwater Chancay Port Terminal under "terms that were agreed at the beginning of this investment," the firm said in a statement. Peru's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Biden administration has told the online banking group Chime it must pay $4.55 million for failing to issue refunds in a timely manner to customers who had closed their accounts with the firm.
Rivian reported mixed quarterly results for the first quarter, but will see further cost savings from shifting its upcoming R2 production to its Normal, Ill., plant and trimming its capital expenditure forecast.
Melissa Demiranda died while seven months pregnant after she went to see a cardiologist at the suggestion of her OB-GYN for experiencing shortness of breath.
The Redwood City, California-based company's shares fell 3.4% in extended trading. The dour forecast from EA, one of the biggest names in gaming, will add to the industry's already gloomy outlook, which has been coping with gamers cutting back on discretionary spending amid high inflation. Analysts from Roth MKM had warned about the company's outlook in a research note last week citing a lack of visibility into EA's development pipeline and lighter release schedule.
Disney reported its fiscal second quarter earnings before the bell on Tuesday. Here's what to know.
Results from Disney took center stage as the media giant posted the first profit for a key part of its streaming business.
The crew of the Dali will remain on board the grounded container ship while demolition crews use explosives to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, officials said Tuesday. The steel span landed on the ship’s bow after the Dali lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns on March 26. Since then, the ship has been stuck amid the wreckage, and Baltimore’s busy port has been closed to most maritime traffic.
The US military has completed construction of its Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions mean it is currently unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon said on Tuesday."Today there are still forecasted high winds and high sea swells, which are causing unsafe conditions for the JLOTS components to be moved.
The White House said Tuesday that key ally Israel must reopen Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, while expressing hope that a ceasefire deal with Hamas was within reach."We believe Rafah border crossing should be quickly reopened for the movement of humanitarian assistance," Jean-Pierre added.
To become President of the United States, you must meet three U.S. constitutional requirements.
A jury on Friday awarded $38 million to David Meehan, who alleged that the state’s negligence allowed him to be repeatedly raped, beaten and held in solitary confinement as a teenager at the Youth Development Center. Several distraught jurors have since contacted Meehan’s attorneys, including one who said the state is misinterpreting the verdict. The lawyers have requested an emergency hearing to address what they characterized as confusion over the verdict form.
Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday that the organization will change its name to ‘Scouting America’ next February, to reflect its commitment to enabling all the youth of America to “experience the benefits of Scouting.”
An exchange of shares in Visa provides JPMorgan an unrealized gain of $8 billion, giving the nation's largest bank a shot to once again out-earn rivals during the second quarter.
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