The Mercedes star, the brand logo of the vehicle manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, rotates on a building of a Mercedes-Benz car dealership. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz Group on Thursday reported a steep drop in full-year profit and warned of challenging times ahead, following a year marred by intense…
Feb 11, 2026, 10:28 pm ET TWIN LAKES, Iowa — A community college bus carrying the school’s baseball team crashed and overturned in a ditch in rural Iowa on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring all 32 others on board, authorities said. The early morning crash involved an Iowa Lakes Community College bus and no…
{Beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story xAI loses two co-founders amid turmoil The two co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI have resigned with little explanation, leaving the AI company with half of its original dozen co-founders. © Ivan Vucci, The Associated Press Tony Wu announced early Tuesday that he had resigned from XAI, saying “the time…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters SoftBank posted a $2.4 billion gain at its Vision Fund in the December quarter as a jump in the value of its OpenAI investment helped offset losses in…
Feb 12, 2026, 12:36am ET kansas state Men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang called it “embarrassing” and did not hold back in criticizing his players afterward. 91-62 home damage cincinnati Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan. In a brief but tense news conference lasting just over two minutes after the game, Tang questioned his team’s…
Six House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday to pass a resolution to repeal President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a blow to both President Trump and the House GOP leadership. There was also an intra-party revolt against leadership over the administration’s handling of trade policy a day earlier, with the vote ending Wednesday 219-211. Representatives Don…
McDonald’s on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations as its value push wins back customers. “By listening to customers and taking action, we have improved traffic and strengthened our value & affordability scores,” CEO Chris Kempczinski said in a statement. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described Jim Ratcliffe’s comments that the country has been “colonized” by immigrants as “outrageous and wrong” and stressed that Manchester United The co-owner should apologize. Ratcliffe faced criticism after an interview with Sky News on Wednesday in which the 73-year-old complained about the impact of “large numbers of immigrants” entering…
{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment Big Story Trump tells Pentagon to buy more coal power President Trump on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to buy more power from coal plants — a boost to the depleting fossil fuel. © AP Photo/Ivan Vucci “I will sign an executive order that will direct… Source link
HUZHOU, CHINA – JANUARY 27: An employee works on the beverage production line to meet the Spring Festival market demand at Leyuan Health Technology (Huzhou) Co., Ltd. on January 27, 2026 in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Wang Shucheng | Visual China Group | Getty Images A year after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs spooked…
