Jeffrey Epstein attends the launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. Patrick McMullan | Getty Images The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the case of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to deny a request from NBC News to unseal the names of two associates who received large payments from…
There have already been a handful of notable signings, re-signings and trades, but the offseason action will kick up a notch in a few days as the baseball world descends upon Orlando for the Winter Meetings. Before the hot stove really starts to sizzle and Major League Baseball’s top free agents find new homes, here…
If this was Lionel Messi’s last competitive home game for the Argentina men’s national team, he made it a memorable one. Messi scored twice Thursday in Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Venezuela in front of a raucous sellout crowd in Buenos Aires that had gathered at Estadio Más Monumental to bid him farewell. “Being able to…
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a solo HR that extended the Toronto Blue Jays’ lead over the Seattle Mainers to 5-0. <
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | Digitalvision | Getty Images At around the same time Accenture announced its investment in data labeling startup Snorkel AI to power its financial services clients in August, the startup announced it was laying off about 13% of its staff. It wasn’t alone. When Meta took a massive stake in Scale…
Infielder Kazuma Okamoto and pitcher Kona Takahashi are entering Major League Baseball’s posting system and will be available for teams to sign as free agents from Friday through Jan. 4. They join power-hitting corner infielder Munetaka Murakami, whose 45-day window to sign expires Dec. 22, and right-hander Tatsuya Imai, who can sign through Jan. 2….
Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker’s stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Xpeng plans to launch its mass-market Mona brand in overseas markets next year in a move that will boost competition with its Chinese rivals and established automakers…
Check out the companies making headlines after hours. AMD — The semiconductor stock dropped 1% after Amazon said in a securities filing that it dissolved its stake in AMD in the third quarter. Otherwise, the company reported third-quarter earnings that topped expectations, with adjusted earnings of $1.20 per share on revenue of $9.25 billion. Analysts…
President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of his use of federal intervention in cities. But the same day, a similar mobilization of 200 National Guard troops in Oregon was temporarily blocked after a federal judge…
Pedestrians walk past a Verizon store on Jan. 14, 2025 in New York City. Al Drago | Getty Images Verizon Communications said on Thursday it is offering a $20 credit to hundreds of thousands of customers impacted by its 10-hour outage on Wednesday that the U.S. wireless company said was caused by a software issue. Verizon said the…
