The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday it will pausissuing immigrant visas to citizens of 75 countries over concerns that they may rely on public assistance in the future. In a post on X, the U.S. government said immigrants from the list of countries “take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates.” The list, which…
Northwestern Wildcats’ Jayden Reid made a 3-pointer and was fouled for an and-one against the Illinois Fighting Illini. <
China’s artificial intelligence chip sector has drawn heavy investor interest following a string of successful initial public offerings. But while those newly listed firms have led market gains, analysts say they are not leading China’s effort to reduce reliance on Nvidia. Instead, most analysts point to tech giant Huawei and its secretive chip unit, HiSilicon,…
Signage at the Trip.com Group Ltd. headquarters building in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Chinese online travel services provider Trip.com plunged nearly 22% in Hong Kong on Thursday after Beijing opened an antitrust probe into the company. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation late Wednesday said…
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026. Kamran | Afp | Getty Images Iran temporarily closed its airspace late Wednesday to most incoming and outgoing flights amid escalating tensions with the U.S., according to a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration. The restriction was scheduled to…
The New York Giants took the first shot, and their best shot, at landing John Harbaugh. Now they’ll have to wait to find out if it was enough. They met with the coveted former Baltimore Ravens coach at their facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Wednesday for his first in-person interview since his stunning…
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI said late Wednesday that its Grok chatbot will no longer be able to create sexualized images of real people based on user prompts following extensive backlash from political figures in the U.S. and abroad. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from…
The Toyota Industries Corp. logo at the company’s Nagakusa plant in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of forklift producer Toyota Industries jumped Thursday, a day after Toyota Motor sweetened the tender offer price for buying out the carmaker by more than 15% to over $35 billion. Shares rose 5.8%…
There are plenty of interesting storylines in NFL Divisional Round odds. Among those is the rare case of a No. 1 seed, the Broncos, sitting as a home underdog. But perhaps the bigger story: The Bears’ cardiac comebacks — most recently on Wild Card Weekend vs. the Packers — are strongly resonating with the public…
The three major averages posted a second straight losing session on Wednesday as tech stocks and big banks sold off. <
