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regeneron The White House announced Thursday that it has agreed to lower U.S. drug prices for some Americans as part of a deal with President Donald Trump.The biotech company also plans to offer the first deafness gene therapy for free to eligible U.S. patients following regulatory approval of the product early Thursday. Regeneron is the latest in a string of major drug companies to make concessions on pricing for new and existing drugs under an agreement with President Trump. These agreements are part of his “most-favored-nation” effort to tie U.S. drug prices to the lowest prices in other developed countries.…
The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on January 22, 2026. Justin Sullivan | Getty Imagesintel Shares soared 24% on Friday, their best performance since October 1987, as investors cheered signs of new growth from rising demand for artificial intelligence.The stock closed at $82.57 and is up 124% this year after rising 84% in 2025. Friday’s rise exceeded the 23% rise in stock prices on Sept. 18, when Nvidia agreed to invest $5 billion in the company. Chief Executive Officer Lip Vu Tan, who took the helm early last year,…
The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is only “temporarily suspended,” two Democratic senators said in a letter sent to the department on Friday and first obtained by CNBC.”Your announcement leaves wide open the possibility that you may reopen a criminal investigation into Chairman Powell, or any future baseless investigation into him, other Fed directors, or future Fed chairmen,” Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) and Dick Durbin (Illinois) wrote in a letter to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for the District of Columbia.Pirro said in a statement Friday that the Fed’s inspector general has been asked to investigate…
The justices argued that President Trump’s order requiring expedited removals at the border ignored federal law that “recognizes” the right to seek asylum.Published April 24, 2026April 24, 2026An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s ban on asylum seekers in the United States is illegal, marking a setback to the administration’s immigration crackdown.In a ruling released Friday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., found that current law, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), gives people the right to apply for asylum at the border.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listPresident Trump issued…
Ottawa — Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, has formally apologized to the community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, following the February shooting. He acknowledged that the company did not alert authorities about the disturbing online conversations between the shooter and the company’s AI chatbot, even after staff members internally reported the accounts. “I deeply regret that I did not alert law enforcement about the banned account in June,” Altman said in an April 23 letter to the Tumbler Ridge community. “We know that words are never enough, but we believe an apology is necessary to recognize the harm and irreparable…
People walk past a Nike store on April 2, 2025 in New York City.Kylie Cooper | Reutersnike announced new layoffs Thursday, affecting about 1,400 employees across the organization, most of them concentrated in the technology sector.In a memo from COO Venkatesh Alagirisamy, the company said the layoffs are part of Nike’s broader “Win Now” turnaround strategy to reorganize its technology team, modernize Air manufacturing, relocate portions of its Converse footwear business, and integrate material supply chain operations into its footwear and apparel supply chain teams.”Together, these changes will result in the elimination of approximately 1,400 roles in global operations, the…
As Hollywood is torn between fears that artificial intelligence will take jobs and pressure to cut costs, a new breed of hybrid production studios equipped with the latest AI tools are springing up. Innovative Dreams is a new production services company backed by: Amazon Luma, a web services and generative AI startup, combines giant LED walls on cameras and soundstages with tools that apply AI from pre-production to filming to post-production. By combining virtual production, motion capture, various AI tools such as Luma, Google Nano Banana and Bytedance’s SeeDream, Innovative Dreams, say they can significantly reduce both cost and time.…
Polymarket prediction market website displayed on a computer screen on January 11, 2026 in New York.Wyatt Grantham Phillips | APAn Army special forces member criminally charged with gambling for huge profits in polymarkets in connection with the U.S. military raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro appeared in federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday and was released on $250,000 unsecured bail.Sergeant Major Gannon Ken Van Dyke was ordered to appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday. He is charged in court with wire fraud and other charges related to allegedly using confidential information about a planned…
The judge had previously blocked efforts to end the temporary legal status of people who entered the U.S. on applications during the Biden administration.Published April 24, 2026April 24, 2026President Donald Trump’s administration plans to once again end the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of people who applied for asylum in the United States through the CBP One app.The plan, detailed in a court filing in Boston, Massachusetts, comes after a judge ruled that President Trump’s previous efforts to end the legal status of these individuals were illegal.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listUnder U.S. President Joe Biden,…
Millwall are eyeing promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history.A Championship play-off spot has already been secured and automatic promotion is still within reach. A win or draw against Leicester on Friday night, broadcast live on Sky Sports, would take them into second place and put renewed pressure on promotion rivals Ipswich, who currently have one game in hand over the Lions on goal difference. But on paper, the Tractor Boys face an even trickier problem. So how did Millwall, with below-middle budgets and below-middle wages, reach this lofty position? Here are five factors that…