MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) — Before launching his ill-fated campaign for the White House, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was a star. Again and again, Republican voters said they saw him as the future of the party — a potential vice president who, after serving four years alongside Donald Trump, could become the party’s standard-bearer and […]
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. — three companies working harder than nearly anyone to weave artificial intelligence into their products — are finding that investor expectations for the technology are hard to meet. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares of the tech giants slipped in late trading Tuesday after […]
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – After weeks of back and forth between factions of a fractured Michigan Republican Party Committee, Republican National Committee attorneys have determined Kristina Karamo was “properly removed” by a special vote on Jan. 6. But the attorney working as General Counsel under Karamo tells Michigan Committee members the letter is “their opinion.” […]
(Bloomberg) — Rishi Sunak’s government is trying again to ban “zombie-style” knives from Britain’s streets, amid public outrage over brutal stabbings that have laid bare the flaws in two previous attempts to tackle the issue. Most Read from Bloomberg “Knife crime continues to take precious lives away and I am determined to put an end […]
(Bloomberg) — A senior Conservative politician who used a major newspaper to warn of electoral “catastrophe” if the ruling party keeps Prime Minister Rishi Sunak likely hoped for a better response. Instead, the anger leveled at Simon Clarke by his colleagues underscored the collective bind they are in. Most Read from Bloomberg Clarke, a former […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for increased efforts to find a negotiated solution to the power struggle in Sudan, ahead of a visit to the region. Together with partners in East Africa, she wants to explore ways of “finally getting the two generals who are enemies in Sudan to the negotiating table so […]
(Bloomberg) — On a recent flying visit to Archer-Daniels—Midland’s European base, the company’s Chief Financial Officer Vikram Luthar had a pessimistic message to deliver. Most Read from Bloomberg Speaking to employees in Rolle, a small Swiss town on the shore of Lake Geneva, Luthar said operating costs across the company were continuing to go up […]
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! winner Georgia Toffolo has said she “might struggle to vote Conservative” in the next British general election. The former Made In Chelsea star, 29, has reportedly been a member of the Tory Party since she was a teenager and formed an unlikely friendship with former UK prime […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — For a few hours every day or night, Dr. Suhaib Alhamss tries to sleep on a thin mattress in an operating room. He swings in and out of half-consciousness, both too tired to open his eyes and too tense to let go. Thunderous shellfire often rattles the windows of the […]
A Texas woman was injured trying to fight off a man attempting to steal her purse in a bakery two days before Christmas, police told news outlets. The incident was caught on surveillance footage shared by multiple news outlets. Around 6:40 p.m. on Dec. 23, the woman told an employee at a Houston bakery that […]
A majority (63%) of Russians continue to support the full-scale war against Ukraine, which is viewed by another 64% as symptomatic of a larger “civilizational struggle between Russia and the West,” according to a poll released on Jan. 9 by the University of Chicago’s nonpartisan National Opinion Research Center (NORC). The figure represented a slight […]
Editor’s note: The following profile was submitted by Aspire Health Alliance for The Patriot Ledger’s Lend a Hand campaign. The person’s name has been changed to protect their privacy. Erin struggled after college. It was a difficult transition, and her drug use made things worse. She ended up hospitalized at age 28, and repeated hospitalizations […]