Getty Images Starbucks is cutting 1,100 jobs and simplifying its menu in the US as it tries to improve flagging business in its home market. The first items to get the axe include the Royal English Breakfast Latte, White Hot Chocolate and several kinds of blended frappuccinos. But Starbucks said more offerings would be cut, […]
Israel has deployed tanks into the occupied West Bank and ordered its military to prepare for an “extended stay” to fight Palestinian armed groups in the area’s refugee camps. Sunday’s move comes among an expansion of military operations that have expelled an estimated 40,000 people from their homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank over the […]
Philippa Roxby Health reporter University College London A consultant radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital reviews the brain scan and AI report of a child with complex epilepsy An artificial-intelligence tool can detect two-thirds of epilepsy brain lesions doctors often miss, say the UK researchers who have developed it, paving the way for more targeted […]
Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January. This week Mercury joins the queue. Now every other world in our solar system will be visible among the stars at the same time — if you know where to look. According to Gerard van Belle, director of […]
Abdujalil Abdurasulov BBC News Getty Images The Ukraine has substantial supplies of key minerals, but some are now in Russian-occupied territory Kyiv and Washington are close to signing a deal over US access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits, a Ukrainian minister says. Olga Stefanishyna, deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, said on X that […]
As you have read, the Big Ten and SEC are plotting to transform the College Football Playoff into the Tony Petitti/Greg Sankey Invitational. They want their conferences to be guaranteed four automatic berths each in an expanded 14-team field, versus two for the peons in the ACC and Big 12. Currently, in the 12-team CFP, […]
President Trump says he wants to close the U.S. Department of Education. Some Republicans appear torn about the department’s fate. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images The fight over the U.S. Department of Education has begun, but the battle lines are a little blurry. President Trump says he wants to close […]
Feb 24, 2025, 04:57 AM ET Neymar showed he still has plenty of magic left after a long injury layoff by scoring a fantastic goal directly from a corner for Santos on Sunday. His 27th minute strike in Santos’ 3-0 win at Internacional de Limeira in the Paulista Championship was so impressive that it drew […]
The nation’s largest association of psychologists this month warned federal regulators that A.I. chatbots “masquerading” as therapists, but programmed to reinforce, rather than to challenge, a user’s thinking, could drive vulnerable people to harm themselves or others. In a presentation to a Federal Trade Commission panel, Arthur C. Evans Jr., the chief executive of the […]
Anthony Rizzo is only 35. But with spring training games underway, he continues to linger on the free-agent market. Rizzo wants to play. He’s healthy enough to play. Yet he knows the end of his career might be near. “I’ve definitely thought about it. I think I have a lot to give to the game […]