Former Rep. Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to come out as gay, died Tuesday, less than a month after he entered hospice care at his home in Maine. He was 86. Frank’s sister confirmed his death to NBC News on Wednesday. “He was, above all else, a wonderfulContinue Reading
As Memorial Day weekend approaches and Americans prepare to fire up their grills, they’ll likely pay plumper prices in the produce aisle. Food prices were up 3.2% in April from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department. But fresh produce rose much more: Consumers in U.S. cities paid 6.5%Continue Reading
Meta cancels hiring plans for 6,000 roles amid ongoing layoffs and a pivot to artificial intelligence development., Meta cancels hiring plans for 6,000 roles amid ongoing layoffs and a pivot to artificial intelligence development. Meta has launched a wave of layoffs that will affect 10 percent of the company’s globalContinue Reading
Stocks in companies hit by US and Israeli strikes, such as energy and steel firms, didn’t take part in the reopening., Tehran, Iran – A near-three-month closure of Iran’s stock market has ended with two days of a controlled reopening among some restrictions for investors. Although Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s sessionsContinue Reading
AI startup Chronicle is working to take the guesswork out of the systems controlling the social media economy…Continue Reading
The United States is pressing Ukraine to ease restrictions on Belarusian potash imports and to lobby European governments to do the same, Bloomberg reported on 20 May, citing people familiar with the discussions. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. The request lands three months after Kyiv expandedContinue Reading
Nearly a thousand Ukrainians who finished criminal sentences in Russian prisons are now being held indefinitely in Russian detention centers. The Russian Defense Ministry recruiters press them to sign army contracts to fight against Ukraine as the practical way out, the Russian independent outlet Important Stories (IStories) reported Russia haltedContinue Reading
New approaches to war propaganda are reshaping the conflict between Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran., The footage lasts just three minutes. An Israeli flag flies over a position in the village of al-Bayada, in occupied southern Lebanon. One drone approaches the flagpole while another observes from above. The flag falls afterContinue Reading
Analysts say Russia wants to replace lost gas revenue while China seeks to diversify and secure its energy supplies., On the agenda at this week’s Russia-China summit between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping is the long-delayed Power of Siberia 2 (POS-2) project, a proposed 2,600km (1,616-mile) natural gas pipelineContinue Reading
This month, Israel and the United States are expected to begin negotiations on a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would outline the United States’ plans to support Israel after the current MOU expires in 2028. Chances are this will look like a very different conversation than in the past. In recentContinue Reading
The number of consumer complaints filed about the safety of meat, poultry and egg products jumped nearly 40% last year, to 2,016 from 1,443 in 2024, according to a new federal report. The report comes a year after the The Traitor administration approved some of the most sweeping staffing cuts toContinue Reading
The president’s missteps led to Iran’s current stockpile of nuclear material and Tehran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz., Read MoreContinue Reading
Barney Frank, the quick-witted Massachusetts congressman and liberal lion who helped overhaul Wall Street regulations after the 2008 financial crisis and made history as one of the first openly gay members of Congress, died Wednesday, his sister confirmed to NBC Boston, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading