NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams eagerly shared a supportive op-ed from Al Sharpton Tuesday — signaling to an emerging field of rivals that prying away his Black support will not be easy. “I really want to thank Reverend Sharpton,” Adams said at the beginning of his weekly, wide-ranging press conference. “He really just laid […]
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke publicly on Tuesday for the first time since the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge showed prices increased at their slowest pace in more than three years during the month of May. While still showing signs of caution, Powell admitted the data has been in the right direction recently. Yahoo Finance’s […]
The sponsor of a new Florida law designed to prevent homeless people from sleeping in public places praised a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday that upheld the constitutionality of an Oregon city’s ordinance cracking down on public camping. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Rep. Sam Garrison, R-Fleming Island, called the Supreme Court ruling in […]
Susan Cacace, fresh off her victory in the Democratic primary for Westchester district attorney, is looking ahead to the general election in November, where she will be facing off against Republican John Sarcone. “It goes back to experience, and my triad of experience that I don’t believe the Republican has,” she said in a brief […]
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain is drawing fire for a political evolution that took him from a registered Democrat to an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis — and now has him running as an independent for the job of Central Florida’s top prosecutor. Five years ago, Bain was a registered Democrat, voter records show, but […]
(Bloomberg) — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin used his first monthly television address as the country’s leader to promote plans for legalizing casinos to curb illegal gambling and building a nuclear power plant to reduce electricity costs. Most Read from Bloomberg Casinos would bring gambling businesses under the government’s control, while a nuclear power plant […]
With the first examples of laptops powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X chip landing with actual buying customers, Qualcomm has released some more juicy details around gaming performance and features. According to Qualcomm, its new Arm chip trades blows with Intel’s Meteor Lake laptop CPUs, sometimes beating them handily, in a range of games. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told an influential group of CEOs that he wants to further cut the corporate tax rate he lowered while in office, while President Joe Biden’s chief of staff separately told them that the Democratic incumbent’s emphasis on global alliances would help their businesses. Both Trump, the presumptive Republican […]
Jun. 7—LIMA — When Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy assumed that role in the state’s highest court, addressing the backlog of cases present in many courts throughout the state was a priority for her as well as helping those coming out of prison avoid recidivism. On Friday, Kennedy updated Allen County Republicans on […]
General Motors CEO Mary Barra stood firm on the automaker’s strategy to transition to electric vehicles even as some shareholders questioned market demand for the vehicles during GM’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday. Barra did say that, ultimately, the composition of GM’s future vehicle lineup will be guided by customer demand. That appeared to be an […]
Jeff Gunter has put his career as a dermatologist at the center of his Republican bid for Senate in Nevada, saying he’s “cared deeply” for his patients and has “treated, healed and saved countless lives,” in his three decades as a practicing physician. “I think I just love my patients,” he said in his campaign […]
Super Micro Computer (SMCI) on Wednesday introduced liquid-cooled AI data center systems running the latest Nvidia (NVDA) chips that are quick to deploy and can save on electricity usage. SMCI stock rose on the news. X The San Jose, Calif.-based company, better known as Supermicro, announced its “AI SuperClusters” at the Computex trade show in […]