Trump Media & Technology (DJT), parent of Truth Social, reported another quarterly loss while revenue once again failed to hit $1 million. DJT stock rose slightly after the close. X Majority owned by former President Donald Trump, Trump Media reported an adjusted EBITDA loss of $12.1 million, with just over half of that one-time payments […]
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It Is Claimed that Black Babies Were Used as Alligator Bait in the American South. The Evidence Is Scant
A lurid tidbit of historical trivia making the social media rounds since the late 2000s supposedly reveals a shocking example of racist cruelty in the United States’ past, namely profit-seeking white hunters in the deep South of the 19th and early 20th centuries using black “slave babies” to lure alligators to their deaths: Alligator hunting […]
Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can’t retire
BEIJING (AP) — At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option. For decades, they have come from farming villages to find work in the cities. Toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they could never afford to live […]
Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can’t retire
BEIJING (AP) — At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option. For decades, they have come from farming villages to find work in the cities. Toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they could never afford to live […]
China’s plans for 2024 prioritize technology, offer scant comfort for businesses and investors
BEIJING (AP) — China’s blueprint for its economy in 2024 is replete with goals and promises, but it’s also notable for not spelling out specific moves to attain long-promised reforms that foreign businesses and investors have been hoping for. The work report presented Tuesday by Premier Li Qiang to the National People’s Congress outlined plans […]
Info scant on cost of Kohberger case
Mar. 1—Anne Taylor, the Kootenai County public defender representing Bryan Kohberger, is entitled to a payment of $200 per hour, according to documents released by Latah County. Other costs associated with the case are not being made public. Latah County District Judge John Judge recently responded to a reporter’s public record request asking about the […]
Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink, but other details are scant
NEW YORK (AP) — According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend. In a Monday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk said that the patient received the implant the day prior and was “recovering well.” He added that “initial results […]