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SAN DIEGO (AP) — As the aviation industry seeks to reduce its carbon footprint, Boeing just signed an agreement to help it in its quest for sustainable jet fuel, and it’s tied to an unlikely source: the ocean. . The aerospace giant has signed a deal with a Los Angeles-based startup to buy hydrogen that … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor. Underappreciated from the start, the Republican who traveled to his California hometown of Bakersfield and stumbled into a congressional career was never taken too seriously by the Washington establishment. With the House’s overwhelming passage of the debt ceiling and budget deal … Read more
Dwayne Johnson returns to the “Fast and Furious” universe with a new standalone film, reprising his franchise role as Luke Hobbs. Universal Pictures announced the project on Thursday. Longtime “Fast and Furious” collaborator Chris Morgan penned the script for the untitled film. Plot details weren’t available, though people familiar with the deal said the new … Read more
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co sued the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in a U.S. court on Wednesday, accusing it of a price-fixing conspiracy that caused the automaker to pay inflated costs for its customers’ health insurance products. employees. The lawsuit Ford filed in federal court in Detroit accused the insurer and … Read more
Aliyah Boston is still a problem, only in a different place. The No. 1 overall pick out of South Carolina hasn’t missed a step, beat or barely any buckets in her first games as a pro with the Indiana Fever. It has placed her amid the best in the game so far, and it hasn’t … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Senate is working to pass the debt ceiling agreement brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy by the end of the week. Efforts are underway to pass the bill as early as Thursday evening, multiple sources said, but that could drag out until Friday. Senate Republicans, some of whom … Read more
June 1 – A Gainesville resident has been appointed to a senior position with the Crime Information Division of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Melissa Casto-Mefferd has been named deputy deputy director of the GBI’s Georgia Crime Information Center, the agency announced Thursday. Casto-Mefferd’s law enforcement career spanned 26 years, including 15 years with the … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador Dennis Francis was elected next Thursday as president of the United Nations General Assembly, the 193-member global body that has been at the forefront of the United Nations’ condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and is a key venue for all countries to tackle pressing issues, … Read more
Robert De Niro himself welcomed a baby girl named Gia with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen on April 6 Robert De Niro, who recently welcomed a new child into his family, raves about his longtime friend Al Pacino, who himself is expecting a baby with his girlfriend Noor Alfallah. “What a guy,” De Niro, 79, told … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc., the money-losing electric vehicle startup, could be dropped from the Nasdaq 100 index as early as this month after plunging more than 90% from their all-time high, according to JP Morgan Securities. Bloomberg’s Most Read The index generally removes smaller members of the Nasdaq 100 if the company … Read more