Democrats would like to believe that President Biden changed the 2024 game with his State of the Union address Thursday night, demonstrating verve and combativeness amid concerns about his age and mental acuity. It’s not so clear the American public saw the home run that they did. Biden’s campaign and some media outlets have pointed to a post-speech instant CNN ...
President Biden on Friday confirmed his support for a bill advancing through Congress that could result in a nationwide ban on the social media app TikTok. “If they pass it, I’ll sign it,” he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland’s Prince George’s County. Biden’s words may provide a push for a bill that has gathered momentum quickly in ...
WALLINGFORD, Pa. — President Biden took a post-State of the Union victory lap on Friday, bringing his fiery message to this battleground state where he sharpened his attacks against former president Donald Trump, this time by name. After declining to mention Trump directly in his Thursday address to Congress, referring to him only as “my predecessor,” Biden dispensed with presidential ...
Temple University said it was looking into reports of match fixing of a Division 1 men’s basketball game. In a statement Friday, a university representative said it was reviewing the March 7 game between the Temple University Owls and the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers at Temple’s Liacouras Center arena in Philadelphia. ‘We are aware of the media reports regarding last ...
OpenAI on Friday announced its new board and the wrap-up of an internal investigation into the events leading up to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ouster. Altman will also rejoin OpenAI’s board. The new board members are: The three new members will “work closely with current board members Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers and Bret Taylor as well as Greg, Sam, and ...
Two of America’s iconic chain eateries are set to combine forces — literally. The parent company of IHOP and Applebee’s has announced it has begun opening dual-branded locations, combining back-of-the house cooking areas and blending front-of-the-house dining areas, though with discrete entrances. On parent Dine Brands Global’s most recent earnings call, CEO John Peyton said the company had already rolled out ...
United Airlines will pause pilot hiring this spring because of aircraft deliveries from Boeing, the latest effect of the plane maker’s problems with one of its biggest customers. New hire classes will be paused in May and June and will likely resume in July, Marc Champion, vice president of flight operations, and Kirk Limacher, vice president of flight ops planning and development, ...
Sargento is recalling shredded and grated cheese products sold to food service groups in 15 states over concerns the cheeses could be contaminated with listeria. No Sargento-branded products sold in traditional grocery stores were affected. The recall has been linked to one supplier, California-based Rizo-Lopez Foods Inc., that has also affected numerous other cheese brands. Sargento released a statement saying ...
Nearly a year after civil war broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, more than 25 million people in northeastern Africa are facing “the world’s largest hunger crisis.” The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says nine in 10 people across Sudan are “trapped” by “relentless violence.” The fighting is fueling “emergency levels” of food insecurity, not only in the war-torn ...
A chance discovery made in southern France has revealed a rare specimen — an almost complete dinosaur skeleton found connected from its hind skull to its tail. The massive fossil came to light in May 2022, after now 25-year-old amateur paleontologist Damien Boschetto and his dog stumbled across something unusual while walking in a forest in Montouliers, France. Boschetto had ...