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Bill Priano/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump delivers the keynote address at Turning Point Action’s People’s Convention in Detroit, Michigan on June 15, 2024. new york CNN — Reid Hoffman knows firsthand that wealth can be made by building a social media empire, but the LinkedIn co-founder is stunned by the size of former President Donald Trump’s social media holdings. Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of President Trump’s conservative social media company, Truth Social, is valued at a whopping $6 billion on Wall Street, despite a recent plunge in its stock price. “These are incredibly high numbers,” Hoffman,…
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) – The Florida Panthers are now Stanley Cup champions for the first time.Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe scored goals, Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves and the Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final on Monday night. This is Florida’s third final-round appearance in its 30-year history, having been soundly defeated by Colorado in 1996 and 4-1 by Las Vegas last season.This time, they were on the right side of history, avoiding a historic collapse. The Panthers won the first three games of the series but lost the next three, needing…
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis and urged the public to tackle it with the same zeal as they do to reduce gun deaths and injuries. Cigarettes and car accidents.The Surgeon General’s recommendation marks the first time that the nation’s leading voice on public health – the same agency that highlighted the deadly effects of smoking in the 1960s – has issued an emergency statement on firearm-related deaths. The 39-page recommendation highlights the severe physical and psychological toll that gun violence inflicts on communities across the country.Overall, gun deaths hit a…
Ferrari started the 2024 Formula 1 season as Red Bull’s closest challenger, but it’s clear that’s no longer the case.Currently, it is Lando Norris and McLaren who are putting the most pressure on Max Verstappen, but Ferrari does not have the pace to join the fight and also looks vulnerable to Mercedes.If the final race is anything to go by, Ferrari appears well on its way to becoming the fourth best team in F1, judging by its result at last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.It’s still incredibly close, of course – the battle at the front of the grid has never…
Listen up! In this article, we’ll explain the ending of the second episode of “House of the Dragon.”HBO’s “House of the Dragon” concluded its Season 2 premiere last week with the most emotionally brutal death in “Game of Thrones” history, and somehow “House of the Dragon” managed to double down on that impact in Sunday’s second episode.That’s right: stoic identical twin knights Eric and Arik Cargill (played by 34-year-old identical twin actors Elliot Tittensor and Luke Tittensor) battle each other in a deadly, identical-brother brawl that ends with both brothers dead.The tragic sibling feud between the Cargill brothers, members of…
Ditto co-founder Max Alexander explains the benefits of cloud-option applications in deskless industries such as fast food and aviation, ensuring seamless operations during internet downtime. Cloud-based applications offer many benefits, but for “deskless” industries like fast food restaurants, retail and airline hospitality, internet downtime can result in lost profits and major disruptions to operations. Cloud Issues Cloud-only apps may be easy to build, but it’s important to remember that cloud data travels long distances before being sent back to co-located devices. If the internet goes down, your business-critical applications become unavailable. Not only is this inefficient, it can be very…
Pakistan urges ‘calm thinking’ on ties with India as new Modi cabinet takes oath ISLAMABAD: A day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his newly elected cabinet ministers were sworn in as lawmakers, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday called for “calm reflection” on the future of Islamabad’s tense ties with India. Modi and members of the Council of Ministers were sworn in as lawmakers during the inaugural session of the Indian Lower House on Monday. India and Pakistan are nuclear-armed neighbors that have fought three wars, but ties have remained tense since August 2019, when India…
Americans from both parties consistently express deep concerns about the state of our nation’s democracy, and this fall many voters may have a chance to take action on the issue by voting on state ballot measures that touch on key issues of elections and governance. Eight states, including Ohio, and seven others, mostly in the West, seem almost certain to introduce bills to overhaul redistricting or rewrite their election rules to curb hyper-partisanship and give voters a greater say in choosing candidates.While redistricting ballot measures are not uncommon, there has never been a year with more than three electoral ballot…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Sue Campbell (left) moved to Hong Kong and worked across China for eight years, mainly in Shanghai. Nikada/Getty Images, Sue Campbell Sue Campbell moved to Hong Kong in 2010 as managing director of a management consultancy firm.She said that in China, employees have a strong sense of hierarchy and younger staff have little say. Campbell highly recommended living in Asia and said the experience boosted her confidence. This essay is based on a transcript of a conversation I had with Sue Campbell, 58, about moving to China for work.…
RICHMOND — Donald Trump and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin in public The two men will campaign together for the first time this week as the former president campaigns in Virginia, a state that tends to lean heavily Democratic and has rejected Trump twice before but could become a battleground this year.Trump, who is scheduled to hold a rally in Chesapeake on Friday afternoon, will signal a clear shift in his relationship not only with Virginia’s rank-and-file voters, but also with the governor. Two recent polls have the presidential race tied.Trump and the governor have had an on-and-off relationship since Youngkin…