Record-breaking ocean heat triggers massive coral reef bleaching

pbs.org Scientists issued a warning due to record-breaking temperatures in 2023 which accelerated the speed of the second-largest mass coral bleaching event across the Atlantic,…

Record Store Day 2024: 10 Exclusives Worth Digging For

billboard.com This year’s Record Store Day — which happens April 20 — boasts approximately 387 different titles that will be made available at participating shops nationwide. And the…

Zhang named chief DC correspondent for STAT News

talkingbiznews.com Rachel Cohrs Zhang has been promoted to chief Washington correspondent at STAT News. Rachel will still devote most of her time to reporting, and she will also be STAT’s…

A "hyperactive" Atlantic hurricane season is nearing, forecasters warn

axios.com A major forecast group is out with their Atlantic hurricane season outlook and it, like previous warnings from others, is calling for an extremely active to even…

Why did Biden suggest that his uncle was eaten by cannibals?

msnbc.com President Joe Biden made an odd suggestion Wednesday that his uncle who served in the Army during World War II may have been eaten by cannibals after his plane crashed off…

The Magnificent Mile® Association Unveils Signature Tulip, Celebrating Chicago's Famed Gardens Along Michigan Avenue

benzinga.com Chicago, IL, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Magnificent Mile® Association unveiled a vibrant symbol of Chicago on April 17 – The Magnificent Mile™ Tulip! This…

Atlantic faces "concerning" increase in storms this hurricane season

newsweek.com This hurricane season will bring 15 to 20 named storms to the Atlantic, researchers have forecasted. The predictions from researchers at North Carolina State University mark…

Not Just ‘Luck’: Why Queer Pop Star Chappell Roan Broke Through to the Hot 100, And Why It Matters

billboard.com How did an oddball pop song versed in queer theory get on the Billboard Hot 100? Specifically, how did Chappell Roan, a rising lesbian pop star, get on the Hot 100 for the…

Exclusive-Microsoft's OpenAI partnership could face EU antitrust probe, sources say

aol.com Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI could face an EU antitrust investigation as regulators are building the case for such a move, people familiar with the matter…

How would we know if World War Three had started?

theweek.com The notion of a "first" world war only came into being retrospectively, upon the outbreak of the second. For nearly 20 years the 1914-18 conflict with its many millions of…

In ‘Franklin,’ Michael Douglas Uses His Charm to Bankroll America

nytimes.com Sailing across the Atlantic to France in October 1776, Benjamin Franklin had 38 days to contemplate his near-impossible mission: persuading the absolute French monarchy of…

How this aviation company in Ireland is making its mark in the US

euronews.com Avia Solutions Group is the latest in a series of European businesses to announce plans for expansion into the US, following the likes of other companies such as Flutter…

Media Briefing: Q1 is done and publishers’ ad revenue is doing ‘fine’

digiday.com This Media Briefing covers the latest in media trends for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → Despite the…

George Conway on Trump: 'He is a narcissistic sociopath, he's not a normal, he's unwell'

msnbc.com Andrew Weissmann, former top prosecutor at the Justice Department, and George Conway, Conservative Attorney and Staff Writer at The Atlantic join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline…

Biden says Trump 'doesn't deserve to be the Commander-in-Chief for my son'

cnbc.com President Joe Biden on Wednesday choked up as he blasted Donald Trump, saying the presumptive Republican presidential nominee "doesn't deserve to be the Commander-in-Chief…

In De-Risking, the Transatlantic Partners Enjoy An Edge. But Can They Capitalize?

cepa.org US-EU goods trade in 2023 reached $946 billion, 39% higher than the $575 billion US-China goods trade and 15% higher than the $805 billion EU-China goods trade What’s more,…

Dems Still In Denial About Biden's Bad Economy

washingtonexaminer.com Democrats, and the opinion-makers who support them, just can’t seem to figure out why voters are still sour on the Biden economy. Writing for New York Magazine, Jonathan…

FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel Supports TikTok Ban, Calls Lack of Oversight ‘Stunning’

observer.com Federal Communications Commission chairman Jessica Rosenworcel shared her clear stance on a potential TikTok ban during a luncheon at the Paley Center for Media on Tuesday…

The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare Review: The Best & Worst Of Guy Ritchie In One Thrill-Ride

looper.com Learn More The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare Review: The Best & Worst Of Guy Ritchie In One Thrill-Ride • None Action sequences are imaginative and exciting to watch •…

Democrat life raft?

reason.com Johnson's alliance: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) is attempting to spend lots of your freshly forked over taxpayer dollars on several aid bills which will go toward…

Liz Truss to save the West: is a political comeback really on the cards?

theweek.com The former Prime Minister Liz Truss has stepped back into the political spotlight with the publication of her ambitiously titled new memoir, "Ten Years to Save the West".…

Sunak hopes of pre-election interest rate cuts frustrated by inflation slow puncture

theguardian.com When the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, told an event in Washington on Tuesday that the UK economy was “disinflating”, it raised the hopes of mortgage payers and…

There’s a gaping hole at the centre of the Tory party where ideas should be. The risk is Liz Truss will fill it

theguardian.com It would be charitable to ignore Liz Truss. Attention is her addiction and any dose, even laced with scorn, sustains the toxic belief that she has important things to say.…

Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early as 2025

nakedcapitalism.com Yves here. While you were busy paying attention to uncheery news on the Israel-Gaza-and-now-Iran front, uncheery news is moving forward on other fronts. For quite some time,…

Q1 ad rundown: there’s cautious optimism amid impending changes

digiday.com As a Digiday+ member, you were able to access this article early through the Digiday+ Story Preview email. See other exclusives or manage your account .This article was…

Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich

economist.com Generation Z is taking over. In the rich world there are at least 250m people born between 1997 and 2012. About half are now in a job. In the average American workplace, the…

Watch Unearthed Footage of James Gandolfini Reprising Tony Soprano to Lure LeBron James to the Knicks

thewrap.com “The Sopranos” ended in 2007, but James Gandolfini reprised his Emmy-winning role of Tony Soprano in 2010 for the sole purpose of recruiting LeBron James to the New York…

Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Are Busy Ahead of ‘TTPD’ Release, Courtney Love Disses Beyoncé & Lana, Dua Lipa’s Creativity Behind “Illusion” & More

billboard.com It’s Tuesday, April 16th and Courtney Love is dissing Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey, and more big artists. The Kid LAROI officially confirms his relationship status…

United Airlines reports $124 million loss in a quarter marred by grounding of some Boeing planes $BA $UAL

finance.yahoo.com United Airlines said Tuesday that it lost $124 million in the first quarter, which it blamed on a three-week grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9s after a panel blew off an…

James Gandolfini Reprised Tony Soprano in 2010 to Help Recruit LeBron James to the Knicks

variety.com “The Sopranos” fans got thrown a curveball in 2021 when Edie Falco revealed for the first time on an Atlantic podcast that she once reunited with James Gandolfini to reprise…

United Airlines reports $124 million loss in a quarter marred by grounding of some Boeing planes

aol.com United Airlines said Tuesday that it lost $124 million in the first quarter, which it blamed on a three-week grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9s after a panel blew off an…

‘Extremely active’ hurricane season may lead to late-summer surge in gas prices

marketwatch.com U.S. gasoline prices at the pump probably aren’t too far from their likely peak this year, but a particularly active Atlantic hurricane season could lead to a late-summer…

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/16/2024

nakedcapitalism.com In Case You Might Miss… (1) Kennedy on the ballot in Iowa. (3) Gold : Now would be a good time to sell it. “So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological…

The Deposit Myth: How a linguistic glitch confuses the hell out of economists and the public alike

asomo.co Paying subscribers can access the audio version here Imagine the fiery origins of the earth, with asteroids crashing and depositing debris all over the planet, and volcanos…

The media isn't getting its election bump

simonowens.substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…

Will TikTok still exist in America?

economist.com LISTEN CLOSELY and you can hear the influencers wail. On March 13th America’s House of Representatives passed a bill barring app stores and internet providers from…

Many family firms lack heirs. Unrelated help is at hand

economist.com Handing over a family business to the next generation can be a dramatic process. If the company is big and progeny bountiful, the intrigue is followed with zeal by both the…

'Febrile' excitement helping early stage AI keep pace with the U.S

fortune.com It’s no secret that investor dollars have more readily flowed to the U.S. following any technological revolution. Early signs show the AI revolution isn’t reversing those…

Latest global coral bleaching event is a warning about warming oceans

axios.com The NOAA's finding that the fourth global coral bleaching event is underway — the second in the past decade, indicates global warming's ocean impact is worsening, scientists…

Money Supply Trends Remain Disinflationary

fisherinvestments.com The world continued digesting March’s US Consumer Price Index report Thursday, with the American inflation uptick oddly featuring in … European Central Bank (ECB) interest…

Controversy is brewing over a lawsuit involving Hermès' luxury bags

theweek.com Hermès is one of the world's best-known — and most expensive — luxury retailers, with products on the brand's website ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. However,…

Open-source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse

techcrunch.com Ghost, the open-source alternative to Substack’s newsletter platform, is considering joining the fediverse, the social network of interconnected servers that includes apps…

The IRS’s new tax software: Rave reviews, but low turnout

washingtonpost.com “Against all odds, the government has created an actually good piece of technology,” a writer for the Atlantic marveled, describing himself as “giddy” as he used the website…

Naphtha Trade Rebounds, China Uncertainty Ahead

institutionalinvestor.com Naphtha futures trade volumes rebounded by 40% in 2023, and into 2024, after commercial firms turned to the futures markets to manage risk amidst heightened price outlook…

Scientists warn of massive ocean problem: "We're in the disaster movie"

newsweek.com Scientists are sounding the alarm after learning that the world is currently undergoing its fourth global coral bleaching event. A team of global reef scientists from the…

Coral reefs across the globe once again endure mass bleaching amid warming oceans, scientists say

pbs.org Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused…

The myth of Chinese overcapacity

asiatimes.com The East Asian export model is the worst economic model – except for all the others that have been tried. Winston Churchill was actually referring to something else but we…

Many coral reefs are dying. This one is exploding with life

vox.com A brain coral off the coast of Cambodia releases bundles of sperm and eggs during a rare spawning event. | Matt Glue/Fauna & Flora Scientists have declared a mass global…

The London Library and Elizabeth Winkler's female Shakespeare claims

theweek.com A leading literary institution has been accused of promoting an "anti-intellectual conspiracy theory" with an event exploring claims that Shakespeare may have been a woman.…

Iran attacks Israel

reason.com Iran's direct hit: On Saturday night, Iran launched 300 drones and missiles at Israel; the vast majority were intercepted. The damage appears to be minimal, but a few dozen…

Will Iran's attack on Israel backfire?

theweek.com Iran's unprecedented bombardment of Israel over the weekend has changed the strategic equation of the Middle East, commentators have warned as the world awaits Israel's…

What is the best sports documentary of all time?

poynter.org Thanks to my Poynter colleague Annie Aguiar for picking up the lead item of last Friday’s Poynter Report following the death of O.J. Simpson. I thought this would be the…

First 2024 Canada carbon rebates to be deposited today for some Canadians

theglobeandmail.com The first instalment of the 2024 Canada carbon rebate will be delivered to some Canadians today as long as they filed their taxes by the middle of March. Canadians living in…

Biden Hints at freedom for Julian Assange

reason.com It won't give him back the years he's spent in confinement, but WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may finally get a bit of justice after years of persecution for embarrassing…

Neurovalens: A novel, non-invasive solution to pervasive health issues

siliconrepublic.com The Belfast-based medical device company founded in 2015 just received two FDA approvals in five months. Brain implants that can treat a range of issues in humans such as…

AI Briefing: Cloud giants’ AI ambitions create new partnerships

digiday.com It’s spring, and the cloud giants are raining heavily on the gardens of AI. Last week, Google’s annual Cloud Next event was replete with AI-related updates ranging from…

The city whose downtown 'doom loop' might be worse than San Francisco's

businessinsider.com An office building in St. Louis sold for $3.6 million after selling for $205 million 18 years prior. • Downtown St. Louis is filled with unoccupied buildings and an…

US regional banks dramatically step up loans to oil and gas

finance.yahoo.com A group of US regional banks is ratcheting up lending to oil, gas and coal clients, grabbing market share as bigger European rivals back away. • None Israel Versus Iran —…

THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Titanic'

aol.com None Since the movie's release, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have maintained their friendship. The film, which was written, produced, and directed by James Cameron,…