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Apple, helmed by longtime CEO Tim Cook, plans to invest more than $400 billion in the US economy over the next five years. Apple has unveiled a multibillion-dollar deal with Broadcom to produce new 5G radio frequency components in the US. The May 23 announcement comes as Apple—the world’s largest consumer electronics company—looks to spend … Read more
The Miami Heat are on the verge of becoming the second No. 8 seed to advance to the NBA Finals in league history (the 1999 New York Knicks were the first). Up 3-0 in the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat can complete a sweep of the No. 2-seeded Boston Celtics on Tuesday night in Miami. … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief on Tuesday decried the “terrible truth” that the world is failing to live up to its commitments to protect a growing number of civilians caught in conflicts. The International Committee of the Red Cross, the guardian of treaties enshrining those commitments, lamented that countless civilians are experiencing “a … Read more
May 23—ANDERSON — The death penalty trial of Carl Roy Webb Boards II in the fatal shooting of Elwood police officer Noah Shahnavaz won’t begin for 19 more months. The trial has been set for January 2025, which is 29 months after Shahnavaz was shot to death July 31, 2022. Boards, 42, of Anderson, appeared … Read more
Photograph: Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Images The rightwing governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, will launch his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday evening in a live appearance with Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter. Related: Ron DeSantis in Guantánamo: how questions about his past haunt the Florida governor NBC News first reported the plan, … Read more
(Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday the automaker would probably pick a location for a new factory by the end of this year. When the Wall Street Journal’s Thorold Barker asked Musk at an event if India was interesting, he said, “Absolutely”. Tesla is “serious” about its plans to establish … Read more
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest. “He just kept saying ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,’’’ his mother, Catherine, recalled tearfully. “I picked him up and told him it was OK and to just breathe. … Read more
TRENTON−A state grand jury has declined to indict any of the officers who gunned down a Virginia man in Long Branch in November 2021 who was holding an infant as he fired rounds at police. Mark D. Walker II, 34, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was shot and fatally wounded by police officers Nov. 6, 2021. The … Read more
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has become the first state to specifically ban people dressed in drag from reading books to children at public schools and libraries, part of a host of legislation aimed at the rights the LGBTQ+ community in Montana and other states. “It’s just constitutionally suspect on all levels,” said Sasha Buchert, … Read more
The U.S. is on track to default on its payments obligations if the debt ceiling is not raised. But according to Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, the problem could extend beyond a debt crisis. “The debt ceiling negotiations is ridiculous because it’s not dealing with the problem,” he said … Read more