Big Tech is increasingly looking to nuclear energy to solve its power problem. But there could be downsides.
‘Don’t test me on this,’ Judge Ana Reyes intoned, betting her dog that the subpoenas wouldn’t yield the info Republicans are seeking.
Four astronauts are expected to leave the International Space Station on Wednesday, After weeks of delays due to inclement weather, including Hurricane Milton.
A federal appeals panel has vacated a 14-year sentence for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against former President Donald Trump and was later convicted of bilking his California clients. A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Avenatti's sentence was based on calculations of a greater loss than was actually suffered and sent the case back to a judge for resentencing, according to a copy of the decision. The panel also discussed in the decision whether the sentence should run concurrently to prison time Avenatti is already serving for stealing book proceeds from Daniels — who sued to break a confidentiality agreement with Trump to stay mum about an affair she said they had — and for trying to extort Nike.
Doubts about rate cuts weighed on investors dealing with a busy day of earnings from the likes of Tesla and Boeing.
The Environmental Protection Agency is at risk of misallocating nearly $1 billion in lead pipe replacement funding to the wrong states because it didn’t verify inaccurate data provided by Texas and Florida, an agency watchdog announced. It’s possible that the EPA can avoid much of the misallocation and can recover some funds that already went where they shouldn’t have, the EPA’s Office of Inspector General said. The EPA disputed the watchdog’s conclusions, saying it tried to balance evolving information on lead service lines in each state with the need to quickly allocate money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The U.S. Justice Department has sent a letter to Elon Musk's super PAC warning that the billionaire Tesla CEO's $1 million giveaways may violate federal law, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the matter. The Justice Department and Musk's America PAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. South African-born Musk, who has thrown his support behind Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 5 election, announced on Saturday while speaking before a crowd in Pennsylvania that he was giving away $1 million each day until Election Day to someone who signs his online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution.
For nearly two centuries, Chimney Rock has stood sentry over the tiny town in the Blue Ridge Mountains that bears its name. Now, in the wake of Hurricane Helene, it looks down upon miles and miles of devastation.
The woman was sentenced for physically obstructing access to an abortion clinic and threatening patrons and workers, not for praying.
G7 nations are committed to making $50 billion in lending available to Ukraine by year-end, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday as she met her Ukrainian counterpart in Washington."This loan initiative will provide Ukraine with urgently needed funds and will make funds available by the end of this year," Yellen said, ahead of talks with Ukraine Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko.
October is shaping up to be one of the USA's warmest, driest Octobers on record, meteorologists said.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said DNA testing helped identify Melonie White's alleged killer 30 years after her death.
A federal regulator on Wednesday ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers and mishandled transaction disputes of Apple Card customers. Apple failed to send tens of thousands of Apple Card disputes to Goldman, and when such customer disputes were reported, the investment bank did not follow federal requirements for investigating, the agency said.
On Saturday, Elon Musk announced his plan to give $1 million a day to registered Pennsylvania voters who sign his petition to protect the First and Second Amendments.
Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow.com, asked a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to strike down a $5 million award to a man who successfully debunked his claims of 2020 election fraud. Lindell's attorney Douglas Wardlow told the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that an arbitration panel that upheld the award overstepped its authority and that the prize should be thrown out. Lindell has been a steadfast supporter of former U.S. President Trump, the Republican nominee in the Nov. 5 election.
Here’s what to know about Kamala Harris’ economic plans if she were to win the presidency.
The United States fined Apple and Goldman Sachs a total of $89 million on Wednesday, accusing them of deceiving users of the iPhone maker's credit card.The CFPB ordered Goldman Sachs to pay at least $19.8 million in compensation and a $45 million fine, while iPhone-maker Apple was hit with a $25 million fine. elm-gc/dw
The first-time candidate emulates Bloomberg, and may run as an independent.
Cuba said on Wednesday it would keep schools closed and non-essential workers home through Sunday as the crisis-racked Caribbean island nation struggled to recover from the collapse of its power grid last Friday and Hurricane Oscar this week. The storm, combined with a nearly unprecedented electrical grid collapse on Friday, created a nightmare scenario in a country already suffering dramatic food, fuel and medicine shortages. Cuba's armed forces had rescued nearly 500 people from remote areas isolated by floodwaters or landslides, with upwards of 4,000 residents still housed in shelters.
More than 350 environmental activists have been killed since 2018 in Colombia, an NGO report said Wednesday, as the country played host to the world's biggest nature protection conference.The international watchdog Global Witness has said Colombia is the deadliest country in the world for environmental activists.