April 24, 2026

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Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets -

Friday, April 24, 2026

DOJ says it will use firing squads, electrocution again for federal executions -

Friday, April 24, 2026

DOJ says it will use firing squads, electrocution again for federal executions -

Friday, April 24, 2026

‘Mag 7’ earnings, Fed meeting will test a stock market near all-time highs. Here’s what’s ahead -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Bus crash near pentagon leaves 23 injured, including Department of War personnel – WION -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Intel’s stock soars more than 20% as chipmaker shows signs of a turnaround -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Analysis: The threat to the Fed’s independence isn’t over -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Hop-A-Jet: NTSB Final Report on CL604 Naples Crash Is ‘Accurate Assessment’ – Aviation International News -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Head-on bus crash near a Pentagon stop injures 23 people, including Defense Department workers – Audacy -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Remembering Ray Hartmann: Friends and family react to sudden death of St. Louis media icon – KSDK -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Nuclear reactor company X-energy shares surge 26% as AI drives interest in its IPO -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Clock ticks on Spirit Airlines as bondholders weigh Trump bailout. Here’s what could happen next -

Friday, April 24, 2026

HPD investigating crash on East Market Street – Rocktown Now -

Friday, April 24, 2026

America’s Service Line driver named Highway Angel for actions at bus accident – Truckers News -

Friday, April 24, 2026

2 killed in multi-vehicle collision in Breathitt County – WNKY -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Longtime St. Louis journalist and Riverfront Times founder Ray Hartmann dies in car crash – STLPR -

Friday, April 24, 2026

[ACCIDENT] 1963 Corvette Split Window Restomod Crashes After Launch – CorvetteBlogger -

Friday, April 24, 2026

20,000 job cuts at Meta, Microsoft raise concern that AI-driven labor crisis is here -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Fatal accident claims life of 81-year-old woman in Scales Mound – AOL.com -

Friday, April 24, 2026

One dead following rollover accident in Jo Daviess County – AOL.com -

Friday, April 24, 2026

Apple takes on YouTube and Spotify with new video podcasting push

Apple will bring a new integrated video podcast experience to Apple Podcasts this spring.

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Visa’s Olympics monopoly highlights Europe’s payment headache

Under a sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee dating back to 1986 and extended to 2032, Visa is the sole card provider at the Games.

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AI chatbot firms face stricter regulation in online safety laws protecting children in the UK

“The action we took on Grok sent a clear message that no platform gets a free pass,” U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday.

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French prosecutors are investigating companies like Nestle and Danone over contaminated baby formula. Here’s the latest

A crisis over contaminated baby formula reached a flashpoint as Paris’ public prosecutor said it opened investigations into five companies making it.

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Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute: Report

The Pentagon is pushing Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI to let it use AI tools for weapons development, intelligence collection and battlefield operations.

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S&P 500 finds itself once again unable to surmount the 7,000 threshold

Another week when “It could’ve been worse” passes for a declaration of victory on Wall Street, as traders navigate mini-crashes rolling through one sector after the next.

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The AI ‘scare trade’ is tearing through markets. Bernstein picked 8 stocks that can weather the storm

Analysts at Bernstein have highlighted eight stocks they consider as AI disruption-proof.

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China’s tech shock threatens the U.S. AI monopoly and is ‘just getting started’

“You could see easily a world where maybe most of the world’s population is running on a Chinese tech stack in five to 10 years time,” one analyst told CNBC.

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Cuba suspends annual cigar festival as U.S. oil blockade deepens energy crisis

The postponement comes as the island nation’s communist-run government endures its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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CNBC Daily Open: Rubio reassures Europe while U.S. CPI calms investors

Both U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and consumer inflation readings were sources of comfort.

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