Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk received a court summons last week in connection…
A Florida man who killed an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed on Thursday. Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8.15pm after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida state prison outside Starke under a death warrant signed in February by Governor Ron…
Nike’s “Just Do It” ad slogan on Feb. 5, 2025, in London, England. Richard Baker | In Pictures | Getty Images The Trump administration’s radical overhaul of the federal government and economic policy is bleeding into corporate numbers. Nike reported earnings Thursday, and cautioned that it expects sales in its current quarter to plunge because…
The 2026 World Cup will have a record 48 teams, and Japan became the first nation excluding the three hosts to secure a spot. Other teams could follow in the current international window. Next year’s tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada kicks off on June 11 and the final will take place on…
The owner of rice shop Tadao Koike carries a bag of rice at his shop in Tokyo on February 14, 2025. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s core inflation beat expectations and came in at 3% in February, government data showed on Friday, bolstering the case for further interest rate hikes. The core…
Deebo Samuel was playing a video game on Wednesday when his brother called, wanting to know if he had worked out. It was another sign to the receiver that everyone around him was encouraging him to be at his best. Samuel doesn’t even need that extra push. Less than three weeks after joining the Washington…
A new Western Forest is to be created across a swathe of the west of England from the Cotswolds to the Mendips, the government has said. The project, one of the government’s promised national forests, will create 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of woodland by 2030 across five priority areas in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Bristol,…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer is optimistic on home improvement retailer Home Depot, and he told investors on Thursday that the company could do well even against the backdrop of a tougher macroeconomic environment. “You may be skeptical, thinking that higher interest rates, tariffs are…more important than the specifics of this home improvement chain,” he said. “I…
A Tesla store in Alhambra, California on March 11, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images As Elon Musk wraps up his second month in the White House, Tesla owners are trading in their electric vehicles at record levels, according to an analysis by national car shopping site Edmunds. The data from Edmunds published…
The latest chapter of the rivalry between Spain and the Netherlands ended in a draw on Thursday thanks to a late equalizer from La Roja midfielder Mikel Merino. Merino capitalized on a shot from Nico Williams, who scored Spain’s first goal, that was blocked by Netherlands goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen. Merino struck the ball off of…
