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Bain & Co, OpenAI expand partnership to sell AI tools to clients

Bain & Co said on Thursday it will expand its partnership with OpenAI to sell the AI startup's tools, including ChatGPT, to the consultancy's clients.Last year, the companies had set up a global services alliance to make Bain's clients aware about OpenAI's technology.The Boston-based consultancy has made OpenAI platforms, including ChatGPT Enterprise, available to its employees globally.Bain is also investing in establishing an OpenAI Center of Excellence, which will be led by a team of the consultancy.As part of the partnership, Bain and OpenAI will co-design solutions for the retail
Bain & Co, OpenAI expand partnership to sell AI tools to clients
MidEast|Political|US|World

Lebanese nationals living in the US will be granted humanitarian relief as Israel-Hezbollah conflict continues

Lebanese nationals residing in the United States will be granted a form of humanitarian relief, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday, citing ongoing armed conflict and conditions in Lebanon.The Biden administration’s move to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanon in light of the ongoing Hezbollah-Israel military conflict comes after Lebanese Americans urged both the administration and Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign to take this action.White House officials have met with Lebanese Americans at least twice over the course of recent wee
Lebanese nationals living in the US will be granted humanitarian relief as Israel-Hezbollah conflict continues
Technology|Entertainment|Health|Lifestyle

Rejection therapy is trending on TikTok. Here’s what experts have to say about it

Out of the crowd, Michelle Panning picked her target, an unsuspecting man she didn’t know, and asked him an unusual question. Her hands shook as she pointed her phone camera on herself.“Can I borrow $100, please?” she asked. “No,” he said. They both smiled and went their separate ways. Panning was not dejected. “I did it!” she told the camera as she walked away.Panning was not really looking for $100, and it didn’t matter what the stranger’s response was. The feat was asking the question in the first place.She did it in the name of rejection therapy, a popular trend on social
Rejection therapy is trending on TikTok. Here’s what experts have to say about it

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Economy|US

Yellen warns that sweeping tariffs are ‘deeply misguided’ in swipe at Trump

�� proposals for sweeping tariffs would ramp up inflation and hurt American businesses, offering a clear critique of former President Donald Trump’s economic policy.The warning, delivered during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, comes as economic issues remain a top concern for voters with the election just under three weeks away. Trump has made his call for steep tariffs a key piece of his policy agenda, while Vice President Kamala Harris has warned his tariff plans would raises prices for American families, referring to it as a “Trump tax.”Yellen, who typic
Yellen warns that sweeping tariffs are ‘deeply misguided’ in swipe at Trump
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Biden says will speak soon with Netanyahu on how to return hostages, end war

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death marks a moment of relief for Israelis while providing the opportunity for a "day after" in Gaza without the militant group in power. "Yahya Sinwar was an insurmountable obstacle to achieving all of those goals. That obstacle no longer exists. But much work remains before us," Biden said in a statement."I will be speaking soon with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders to congratulate them, to discuss the pathway for bringing the hostages home to their families, and for ending this war once
Economy|Education|US

Biden has approved $175 billion in student loan forgiveness for nearly 5 million people

With less than three weeks before the November election, the Biden-Harris administration is reminding voters how it has delivered a historic amount of student debt relief even as Republicans have challenged several of its efforts in court and balked at the costs.Another round of forgiveness was announced Thursday, bringing the total amount of student loan cancellation to more than $175 billion for nearly 5 million people since President Joe Biden took office. That’s roughly equal to 11% of all outstanding federal student loan debt.More than 1 million of these student loan borrowers received
Biden has approved $175 billion in student loan forgiveness for nearly 5 million people
Election|Opinion|Political|US

McConnell called Trump 'stupid' and 'despicable' in private after the 2020 election, a new book says

Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a “despicable human being" and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month. McConnell made the remarks in private as part of a series of personal oral histories that he made available to Michael Tackett, deputy Washington bureau chief of The Associated Press. Tackett’s book, “The Price of Power,” draws from almost three decades of McConnell’s recorded diaries and

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MidEast|Political|World

Israeli military confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead

Israel confirmed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel last year, has been killed in Gaza, with Foreign Minister Israel Katz calling it a "victory for the entire free world".There has been no official comment from Hamas but sources in the group said the indications suggested that Sinwar had been killed during an Israeli operation in the area of Tal El Sultan, in southern Gaza.The Israeli military confirmed in a post on X that Sinwar was dead."Mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed today by
Israeli military confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead
MidEast|World

Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high

The Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war, even as the number of people facing the most extreme level of hunger has declined in recent months, the international authority on hunger crises said Thursday. The findings come after the United States warned Israel that it might cut off military aid if its ally does not do more to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of people there are displaced from their homes and packed into squalid tent camps and schools-turned-shelters. In recent week
Europe|Political|World

Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes 'victory plan'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his government has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.” Zelenskyy did not go into detail about the claim that came a day after U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said that Washington and its allies are alarmed by North Korea's military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine but couldn’t confirm Ukrainian claims that so
Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes 'victory plan'
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|World

China pumps half a trillion dollars into beleaguered property sector. But that’s not enough

Chinese property shares tanked on Thursday, after measures announced by officials to bolster the flagging real estate market were deemed by investors and economists to be too piecemeal.After dismal economic data over the summer prompted concern that China may miss its 5% target growth rate, leader Xi Jinping finally decided to go ahead with a much-needed stimulus package, mostly focused on monetary measures, in the last week of September.Since then, economists have been expecting an additional stimulus package worth up to 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) to restore bullishness in the world’s

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Swiping right ahead of the election: Popular dating apps have new features to show off political views

Swiping right ahead of the election: Popular dating apps have new features to show off political views
Political|US|World

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with Russia

Donald Trump on Thursday blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia, a comment that further suggests Trump

Election|US

Trump, at Latino event, stands by false claims of immigrants eating pets

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday stood by debunked claims that immigrants in Ohio were eating pets, telling Latino voters

Business|Finance|US

Huge fundraising powers Democrats’ hopes to flip the House

Huge fundraising powers Democrats’ hopes to flip the House
Election|Political|US

Vance says 'no,' Trump did not lose the 2020 election

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance said “no,” former president Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election, “not by the words” that he would use.

Election|Opinion|Political|US

Vance says ‘no’ Trump did not lose the 2020 election

Vance says ‘no’ Trump did not lose the 2020 election

Political|Sports|US

Kansas City Chiefs owner backs kicker Harrison Butker forming PAC supporting ‘traditional values’

Kansas City Chiefs owner backs kicker Harrison Butker forming PAC supporting ‘traditional values’
Election|US

Trump tells skeptical Republican voter Jan. 6 was a ‘day of love’

At a town hall hosted by Univision, former President Donald Trump was asked by a Republican voter to address his inaction on January 6th. Here’s how he responded.

Election|US

At Univision town hall, Trump refuses to back off false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Ohio

At Univision town hall, Trump refuses to back off false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Ohio

Intereview|Political

'I'm not finished': Harris interview with Fox News gets heated

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with Fox News host Bret Baier for an interview with the network.

Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

European Central Bank, seeing no signs of recession, cuts interest rates again

The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, is not expecting the bloc to fall into recession as it cut borrowing costs once again after figures showed inflation across the bloc falling to its lowest level in more than three years and economic growth waning

Crime|Election|US

Fulton County DA asks appeals court to restore three election subversion charges against Donald Trump

Fulton County DA asks appeals court to restore three election subversion charges against Donald Trump

Election|US

Donald Trump calls himself 'father of IVF' at all-women town hall

Donald Trump called himself the "father of IVF" at a town hall for women voters on Wednesday, as the Republican presidential candidate tries to convince the

Election|US

Federal judge orders Alabama to reverse program that purged more than 3,000 names from state voter rolls

Federal judge orders Alabama to reverse program that purged more than 3,000 names from state voter rolls

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UCLA law receives $2.2M grant to support its tribal legal development clinic

UCLA law receives $2.2M grant to support its tribal legal development clinic
Science|Local

USC researcher shatters long-held beliefs about fault line behavior

USC researcher shatters long-held beliefs about fault line behavior
Local

Movies and TV shows casting in Los Angeles

Movies and TV shows casting in Los Angeles
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Movies and TV shows casting in Modesto

Movies and TV shows casting in Modesto

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TSMC says it is a law abiding company, after report of US probe

TSMC says it is a law abiding company, after report of US probe
Business|Technology

Sam Altman's rebranded Worldcoin ramps up iris-scanning crypto project

Sam Altman's rebranded Worldcoin ramps up iris-scanning crypto project
Business|Technology|US

Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas

Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas
Business|Election|Finance|Technology|US

Trump says Apple CEO Cook called him with concerns about EU penalties

Trump says Apple CEO Cook called him with concerns about EU penalties

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Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care

Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care
Lifestyle|US

Mother and son save residents from apartment fire

Mother and son save residents from apartment fire
Lifestyle|Technology|US

How often are parents spying on their kids online?

How often are parents spying on their kids online?
Business|Food|Lifestyle|Technology

‘Really squeezed’: Why drivers in the world’s largest food delivery market are having meltdowns

‘Really squeezed’: Why drivers in the world’s largest food delivery market are having meltdowns

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Celebrity|Entertainment|Environment

‘Breaking Bad’ star appears in ad campaign against littering in New Mexico

‘Breaking Bad’ star appears in ad campaign against littering in New Mexico
Americas|Celebrity|Entertainment|World

What we know about Liam Payne's death, including some of the unanswered questions

What we know about Liam Payne's death, including some of the unanswered questions
Business|Election|Entertainment|Technology|US

Amazon Prime Video taps former NBC anchor Williams for special election day coverage

Amazon Prime Video taps former NBC anchor Williams for special election day coverage
Celebrity|Entertainment|World

From Buenos Aires to Britain fans mourn One Direction's Liam Payne

From Buenos Aires to Britain fans mourn One Direction's Liam Payne