Vice president Kamala Harris’ odds of becoming the Democratic nominee for president this year more than quadrupled on Tuesday, according to traders on Polymarket, the crypto-based prediction market platform that’s seen torrid growth in an election year. “Yes” shares in a contract asking whether she will get the nod traded as high as 31 cents […]
Ten thousand years ago, as the Pleistocene ended and the Holocene began, sea levels rose and trapped a small group of woolly mammoths — possibly as few as eight — on Wrangel Island off the Siberian coast. What happened next is what science calls a “bottleneck event.” It’s when a species faces a combination of […]
ETF Investing Tools Investors are trying to assess the political landscape following last week’s presidential debates. Observers from across the political spectrum panned President Biden’s performance, which POLITICO contributor Jeff Greenfield called “the worst debate performance in American history.” While a lot of time remains until the November elections, the likelihood of a Trump victory […]
Federal officials have decided to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades in Washington state, Phys.org reported. Though grizzlies are native to the region, there has not been a confirmed sighting in nearly three decades after the apex predators were hunted to near-extinction by settlers. The officials plan to relocate 25 grizzly bears to the […]
The dream started with a sickly mother at an Indianapolis apartment complex known for trouble. Carl King, 25, decided early in his teens that nursing was going to be his career path. That reality was hard to realize growing up inside a bank of east-side apartments in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood. The complex may have changed […]
The chances continue to increase that a tropical depression could form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico next week, the National Hurricane Center said, while a disturbance popped up on Saturday night that could develop into an area of low pressure in a week and affect the east coast of Florida. The system in the […]
The chances continue to increase that a tropical depression could form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico by midweek, the National Hurricane Center said, while forecasters are watching for a yet-to-emerge disturbance that could develop into an area of low pressure northeast of the central Bahamas and potentially affect the east coast of Florida. The […]
The chances continue to increase that a tropical depression could form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico next week, the National Hurricane Center said, while a disturbance popped up on Saturday night that could develop into an area of low pressure in a week and affect the east coast of Florida. The system in the […]
The next Federal Reserve meeting takes place on Tuesday-Wednesday. While there is essentially no chance of a Fed rate cut this week, the meeting will be key for setting market expectations for possible easing later this year.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and late night host Bill Maher differed in their opinions on whether President Biden can win reelection on Maher’s show Friday. “He’s actually the only American that’s ever beat [former President Trump] in an election,” Fetterman said on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” when the host asked him about if […]
Market watchers expect Keith Gill, known as Roaring Kitty, to potentially reach a billion-dollar position in GameStop stock by Friday. Polymarket bets on Gill becoming a billionaire have gained traction, with “yes” odds rising to 50. Market watchers are widely backing retail stock trader Keith Gill to clear a billion dollars on his GameStop (GME) […]
Kentucky Derby runner-up Sierra Leone is a favorite to win at the 156th Belmont Stakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) It’s almost time for the 156th Belmont Stakes, the final jewel of the Triple Crown — though there will be no Triple Crown winner this year, after Seize The Grey took home the Preakness Stakes trophy. The […]