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Justin McLeod speaks at Fast Company Innovation Festival 2025 on September 18, 2025 in New York City.Eugene Gologulsky | Getty ImagesHinge founder Justin McLeod is stepping down as the dating app’s CEO to launch a dating service powered by artificial intelligence.McLeod will be replaced by Jackie Jantos, president and chief marketing officer of dating app Hinge’s parent company. match group It was announced on Tuesday. “The company’s momentum gives us full confidence in Hinge’s future direction, with the company on track to reach $1 billion in sales by 2027,” McLeod said in a statement. He developed a dating app in…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies during the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Judiciary, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on 2026 funding priorities at the Capitol on December 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer told a Senate appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that the deadline for China to buy 12 million tons of soybeans from U.S. farmers is at the end of the “growing season,” not the end of December as the White House announced.Greer’s comments at the hearing followed an NBC News report showing that China’s soybean purchases in recent…
Trump’s ship attacks are aimed at combating drug trafficking, but experts say the impact on drug distribution will be negligible.Published December 9, 2025December 9, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareA US rights watchdog group has filed a lawsuit seeking a clearer explanation of the legal basis used to justify the Trump administration’s targeting of drug-trafficking vessels off the coast of Latin America.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its New York state affiliate, the NYCLU, and the Center for Constitutional Rights, seeks an opinion from the Office of Internal Counsel (OLC), which advises the…
new york — Quillen Blackwell, whose nonprofit transforms vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side into flower farms that employ at-risk youth to grow, arrange and sell flowers, has been named a 2025 CNN Hero of the Year. Online voters selected him from this year’s top five CNN Heroes, ordinary people recognized for taking action to solve problems in their communities. Following the news, he praised his wife Hannah, his Christian faith and the young people who work at his social enterprise Southside Blooms, calling them “stars”. “To tell you the truth, I don’t know how to make a centerpiece. I…
The Kansas City Chiefs are 6-7 on the season and face the realistic prospect of missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2014 season.And this has led to a number of think pieces, like this one, asking, “What’s wrong with the teams that have been to the last three Super Bowls?” The Chiefs have already conceded the AFC West title with Sunday’s loss to the Houston Texans. As a result, the team’s nine-year streak of winning district championships will come to an end. They also stand to keep their streak of consecutive appearances in the AFC Championship Game…
Amazon has long had to deal with the reality that owners of Echo smart speakers aren’t using Alexa, the voice-controlled assistant, to make purchases, as the company had hoped. The tech giant hasn’t given up on that dream yet. The company’s AI assistant Alexa+ is available in the U.S. and Canada starting today with new shopping-enabled features, including a shopping hub, tools to add items to recent orders, and personalized recommendations. The company is already working on features that would allow Alexa+ to act as a shopping assistant, with features such as automated transaction tracking and automated purchases. The former…
The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Wednesday, while also warning of what’s to come.After a period of significant uncertainty over which direction central bank policymakers would lean, markets settled on a quarter-point cut. That would lower the Fed’s key interest rate to a range of 3.5% to 3.75%.However, there are complications.The Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, is divided between members who support rate cuts as a way to prevent a further slump in the labor market and those who believe easing has gone far enough and…
(The stream is scheduled to start at 6:10 PM ET. If you don’t see the player above at that time, please refresh the page.)President Donald Trump will speak out about the U.S. economy in a bid to send a message of economic success to a country increasingly concerned about the cost of living.The speech in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, came as data shows Americans are feeling squeezed by creeping increases in prices, even though President Trump claims he has largely defeated inflation.The latest consumer confidence survey for November found that business confidence had fallen to its lowest level in seven months.…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced that it is in the process of filing a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for designating a civil rights group as a “foreign terrorist” organization.Hiba Rahim, interim executive director of the state chapter of CAIR, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that DeSantis’ decision would not have an immediate impact on the group, but could fuel Islamophobia in Florida and across the United States.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”We will continue the work we do every day to protect civil liberties, protect American Muslims, protect our communities as a whole, and…
Jair Bolsonaro goes to the movies. Not literally, as Brazil’s former president is still serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup to maintain power after losing re-election in 2022. But social media posts by Bolsonaro’s son and other political allies say a new film about his career is in the works. The film, titled “Dark Horse,” stars American actor and conservative activist Jim Caviezel, best known for playing Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film “The Passion of the Christ.” Production images recently posted to the film’s official Instagram account show Caviezel dressed up as Bolsonaro, including a post…