Reading Time: 3 minutes Leah Messer is providing an update on the special challenges that she and her daughter have faced this year. Before her career or her role as a public figure, Leah is first and foremost a mom. Ali is a teenager. She has muscular dystrophy, which impacts her life in ways that…
Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Social media company X has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump, who has put X’s billionaire owner Elon Musk…
Universities in England have experienced a fall in income for the third year in a row, according to the higher education regulator, as it warned that declining international student numbers would translate into more cuts on campuses. The Office for Students’ (OfS) annual financial health check found that many universities were trying to repair budget…
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 4, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission’s years-long crusade against the crypto industry appears to be over. The final chapter closed on Wednesday, when Ripple announced that the SEC had officially dropped…
Dayu Dara Permata, 36, is the co-founder and CEO of Indonesian property transaction platform Pinhome. Courtesy of Pinhome It’s no secret that building a successful startup often involves risk, iteration and failure. Dayu Dara Permata knows this well. The 36-year-old is the co-founder and CEO of Indonesian property transaction platform Pinhome. Over the course of…
An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. aviation industry on Wednesday urged Congress to approve “robust emergency funding” for air traffic control technology and staffing. Three weeks…
Democrats in Virginia preserved their majority in the state legislature late on Tuesday in the first statewide elections since Donald Trump’s presidential victory in November. In special elections for open seats, Kannan Srinivasan, a Democratic state representative, defeated Republican Tumay Harding in a race for an open state senate seat in Loudon county, Virginia, just…
National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday that the league could be affected by the current tensions between the U.S. and Canada. Bettman said 25% of the league’s revenue comes from its Canadian clubs. Though he said the Canadian teams perform well, Bettman added that there could be ramifications for the league depending on…
There are two NBA teams that have set themselves apart from the rest so far this season. Those squads are the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Cleveland Cavaliers. As of Jan. 29, OKC is atop the league at 37-8, and Cleveland is just behind it, at 37-9. Let’s take a look at their Over/Under win…
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Charlotte this weekend for the Coca-Cola 600. When it comes to the odds, bettors can also dive into that action and place wagers on which driver they think has what it takes to win outright. The last points race was two weekends ago at Kansas, and the favorite Kyle…
