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A trader works as the Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeds $50,000 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 6, 2026 in New York City, USA.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersU.S. stock futures rose slightly on Sunday after a volatile week as investors awaited key economic data and new earnings reports. Dow Jones Industrial Average An important milestone has been reached.S&P500 futures 0.3% increase, same Nasdaq 100 futures. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average 104 points (0.2%) added.The move comes after major averages rebounded on Friday after suffering steep losses earlier in the week. The selloff…
Fulton County Elections Hub and Operations Center on January 29, 2026, the day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant in connection with the 2020 election in Union City, Georgia, USA. Ilya Nouverge | ReutersA federal judge in Georgia has ordered documents related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s raid on a Fulton County election facility to be unsealed by Tuesday. The FBI raid late last month was carried out under a judicial warrant and resulted in a large number of ballots from the 2020 election being held by the federal government. Information related to the…
Sheffield Wednesday set an unwanted club record of nine league games without conceding as Swansea cruised to a 4-0 Sky Bet Championship victory.Gonzalo Franco put Swansea ahead in the 19th minute, and Zan Vipotnik further strengthened his status as the Championship’s top scorer with a second-half double. Vipotnik took a free kick from the edge of the box and scored his 15th league goal of the season and 17th goal in all competitions. Substitute Malick Yarkoué dribbled through the scoring with two minutes remaining to score Swansea’s first goal, sealing the Welsh club’s biggest win of the season. image: Zan…
When Adil Rashid digs into the stands, you know you have a problem.The England leg-spinner is one of only six players to have taken more than 150 wickets in T20 internationals and is usually very reliable, economical and very difficult for batsmen to pick. But not for Nepal. image: Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airi crushes Adil Rashid at Wankhede Stadium Rashid was clearly not at his best, but his impressive numbers (0-42 in three overs, economy rate 14) were as much due to Nepal’s adventures as his inaccuracies.Associate countries are not participating in this T20 World Cup purely to make up…
When a startup announced last fall that it planned to use generative AI to recreate lost footage from Orson Welles’ classic film, The Ambersons, I was skeptical. More than that, I was baffled as to why someone would spend time and money on a work that had so little commercial value but was guaranteed to infuriate moviegoers. This week, an in-depth profile by Michael Shulman in The New Yorker tells more about the project. At least that helps explain why startup Fable and its founder Edward Saatchi are pursuing it. It seems to come from a genuine love for Welles…
A view of Levi’s Stadium before the LX Super Bowl game between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks on February 3, 2026 in Santa Clara, California, USA.Carlos Barria | ReutersThe 60th Super Bowl has been decided. The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will battle for the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., home of the NFL’s 49ers. The game will be broadcast this year NBC and is simulcast on the streaming service Peacock, typically lined with lucrative commercials. CNBC previously reported that NBC sold out its advertising inventory for the game for an…
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (R) gestures on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty ImagesRepublican Rep. Thomas Massie has called for Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign amid revelations that he had more extensive business and personal dealings with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously disclosed.Mr. Massey’s comments came after The New York Times reported on Sunday that Mr. Lutnick interacted with Mr. Epstein “regularly,” according to files on the notorious sex offender released by the Justice Department. Massie, R-Kentucky, was…
Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery on a broken leg in an Italian hospital on Sunday after her daring bid to win Olympic downhill gold despite tearing knee ligaments ended in a frightening crash after 13 seconds.The 41-year-old suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a fall during a World Cup match in Crans-Montana just a week ago, but was determined to compete in Sunday’s event at the Tofane Alpine Ski Center.Vonn, who was the 13th person to start, clipped the gate just seconds into the run and ran off the track, silencing the Cortina crowd.Vonn remained on the ground for about…
Just in time for a new Super Bowl ad, Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek made the most expensive domain purchase in history, acquiring AI.com for $70 million, according to the Financial Times. The transaction was paid entirely in cryptocurrency to an unknown seller and broke previous records. (Larry Fisher, the broker who brokered the sale, is probably celebrating his good fortune.) Marszalek will debut the site during Sunday’s big game, giving consumers a personal AI agent for messaging, using apps, and trading stocks. “If you look at the long term, 10 to 20 years,[AI]is going to be one of the biggest…
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Walz speaks to the media in New York City, November 17, 2025.Adam Gray | Getty ImagesThe United States will make the first payments of billions of dollars it owes the United Nations within weeks, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations told Reuters on Friday, underscoring the need for the organization to continue reforming.Mike Walz made the comments in a phone interview after U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres sounded the alarm on U.N. finances in a Jan. 28 letter to member states, warning that the 193-nation organization was at risk of “imminent financial collapse”…