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Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson Sr yells and gestures during a campaign speech, 1988.Afro Newspaper/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Tuesday at age 84.The Jackson family confirmed his passing in a statement on Tuesday morning.”Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” his family said.”We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and…
Dana Eden, an Israeli producer best known for co-creating the Apple TV show “Tehran,” was found dead Sunday in Athens, where the show’s fourth season was being filmed, Greek police said. Eden, 52, was found dead in a hotel room after several attempts by relatives to contact him were unsuccessful. Police said her death was being treated as a suicide, according to Reuters. “We mourn the loss of a friend and partner of Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation’s long line of works, series and programs,” Kang said in a statement. Kang said Eden was in Greece to oversee the “complex and…
The 2026 F1 season will be Lewis Hamilton’s “perfect opportunity for a turnaround” at Ferrari, according to former teammate Jenson Button.Hamilton made the big move from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season, but his first year in red was a huge disappointment as the seven-time world champion went a full season without a Grand Prix podium for the first time in his career. But the introduction of radical new regulations for the 2026 season brings hopes that Ferrari can offer Hamilton and teammate Charles Leclerc a far more competitive car than the one that helped the team finish fourth…
Enterprise AI company Cohere has launched a new family of multilingual models on the occasion of the ongoing India AI Summit. These models, called Tiny Aya, are open weight. This means the underlying code is open for anyone to use and modify, supports over 70 languages, and can run on everyday devices like laptops without the need for an internet connection. The model, launched by the company’s research arm Cohere Labs, supports South Asian languages such as Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi. The base model contains 3.35 billion parameters, which is a measure of its size…
U.S. Treasury yields edged lower on Tuesday as investors braced for further data delays during the holiday-shortened business week.As of 3:34 a.m. ET, the 10-year Treasury yield fell more than 3 basis points to 4.02%, and the 30-year Treasury yield also fell 3 basis points to 4.66%. The yield on two-year government bonds fell 2 basis points to 3.388%.One basis point equals 0.01%, and the yield is inversely proportional to the price.The bond market was closed on Monday for Presidents Day, and Tuesday is likely to be a quiet start to the week for investors as they await the release…
The Adani Group logo on the facade of its headquarters on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, November 21, 2024. Amit Dave | ReutersIndia’s Adani on Tuesday announced plans to invest $100 billion in developing AI-enabled data centers powered by renewable energy by 2035, aiming to create the world’s largest integrated data center platform. Adani said this major investment, which comes as India seeks to gain a stronger foothold in the global AI race, is expected to create a $250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem in India over the next 10 years.The company says the initiative will drive an additional $150 billion…
An Amazon delivery van had to be recovered after the driver followed a GPS route into an “extremely dangerous” mudflat. The British Coast Guard received a call on Sunday morning about the incident the night before, according to a Facebook post by the Commissioner of Coastguard Southend. They said the van entered Broomway, a six-mile stretch of track dating back 600 years that is not intended for vehicular traffic. The driver was attempting to reach Foulness Island off the east coast of Essex County by “following a GPS route,” according to a Coast Guard Facebook post. Foulness Island is owned…
Tyson Fury believes he will set up a third fight with Oleksandr Usyk later this year.Fury and Usyk have met in two memorable heavyweight contests, both of which the latter won on points. They began boxing in 2024, initially aiming for the first undisputed heavyweight championship in the four-belt era. Usyk became the first professional fighter to defeat Fury in that encounter, repeating the feat in a hard-fought rematch in December 2024. Fury vehemently disputed the results of both fights and decided to retire last year after his second loss.Fury told Sky Sports: “Dick Turpin wore a mask when he…
A judge accused the U.S. government of trying to rewrite history by removing exhibits in Philadelphia.listen to this article | 3 minutesinformationPublished February 17, 2026February 17, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareA U.S. judge has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to restore an exhibit about nine people enslaved by former President George Washington at a historic site in Philadelphia.Monday’s ruling came after the city of Philadelphia sued President Donald Trump’s administration over the removal of several interpretive panels at Independence National Historical Park, where Washington lived with his wife in the 1790s.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend…
American surfer Kurt Van Dyke was found dead in an apparent robbery in his apartment in Cahuita, a town on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, on Saturday. He was 66 years old. According to Costa Rica’s Office of Judicial Investigation (OIJ), the incident was reported around 10:50 a.m. when authorities received a call that a man had been found dead in a room. Law enforcement responded to the scene in Talamanca, about 165 miles east of the capital San Jose, and confirmed the death, OIJ spokesman Carlos Valverde said. Valverde said Van Dyke was in the apartment with a woman when…