El Al plane is seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAirspace closures through the Middle East grounded and diverted flights on Saturday as Iran launched drones toward Israel.United Airlines, which resumed service to Tel Aviv early last month after suspending Israel flights after the Hamas attacks in October, called off its Newark to Tel Aviv flight on Saturday. Israel closed its airspace on Saturday, officials said. Jordan and Iraq had also closed their airspace, according to Jordanian state-owned media news…
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Larry Swedroe, who is considered one of the market’s most esteemed researchers, thinks Warren Buffett’s investment style doesn’t work well anymore.He cites the number of professional Wall Street firms and hedge funds now participating in the market.”Warren Buffett was generally considered the greatest stock picker of all time. And, what we have learned in the academic research is Warren Buffett really was not a great stock picker at all,” Swedroe told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “What Warren Buffett’s ‘secret sauce’ was, he figured out 50, 60 years before all the academics what these factors were that allowed you to…
It’s not hyperbole when PEN America says that the freedom to read “is under assault in the United States.” In a recent report, the freedom-of-expression advocacy organization found 3,362 instances of book bans in the 2022–2023 school year, with 40 percent of those bans happening in Florida alone. “Overwhelmingly, book bans target books on race or racism or featuring characters of color, as well as books with LGBTQ+ characters,” PEN America noted. Last year, the organization joined forces with Penguin Random House, a group of authors, and parents and students to sue the school district in Escambia County, Florida, over…
Kirsten Dunst in ‘Civil War.’ Photo: A24.Opening in theaters Friday (April 12) is ‘Civil War,’ starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, and Jesse Plemons.Related Article: Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi Talk director Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’Initial ThoughtsKirsten Dunst in ‘Civil War.’ Photo: A24.‘Civil War,’ written and directed by Alex Garland (‘Ex Machina,’ ‘Annihilation’) is a deeply upsetting and frightening film – and we mean that in the best way possible. Set in an America that looks and feels very much like the one we’re in now, this brilliantly made film presents a harrowing vision of a…
Rico Wade, a key Outkast producer and a member of Organized Noize, who also co-founded the Dungeon Family Collective, has died. He was 52. No cause of death is available at this time, a representative for Organized Noize told The Hollywood Reporter. “We are deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of our son, father, husband and brother Rico Wade,” his family shared in a statement. “Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of a talented individual who touched the lives of so many. We ask that you respect the legacy of our loved one and our…
Lana Del Rey was the Friday headliner at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. She performed at the Indio, California, festival for the first time since her 2014 debut. Watch a replay of her performance below.Del Rey began her Coachella performance with the Born to Die bonus song “Without You.” She went on to perform songs from Ultraviolence, Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, and more.Eventually, Del Rey brought out Jon Batiste for “Candy Necklace,” Billie Eilish for “Ocean Eyes” and “Video Games,” and Jack Antonoff…
Lana Del Rey was the Friday headliner at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. She performed at the Indio, California, festival for the first time since her 2014 debut. Watch a replay of her performance below.Del Rey began her Coachella performance with the Born to Die bonus song “Without You.” She went on to perform songs from Ultraviolence, Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, and more.Eventually, Del Rey brought out Jon Batiste for “Candy Necklace,” Billie Eilish for “Ocean Eyes” and “Video Games,” and Jack Antonoff…
Paul McCartney was joined by The Eagles on a version of ‘Let It Be’ at a tribute concert for the late Jimmy Buffett at the Hollywood Bowl this week. The singer-songwriter, known for his tropical rock sound, died at the age of 76 last September after a four-year battle with skin cancer. The concert, titled ‘Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett’ took place at the Los Angeles venue on Thursday (April 11), including appearances from Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, Zac Brown, Jon Bon Jovi and Buffett’s band The Coral Reefer Band. Dave Grohl introduced McCartney to…
A sign advertising units for rent is displayed outside of a Manhattan building on April 11, 2024 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe early data is in for the path of inflation during the first three months of 2024, and the news so far is, well, not good.Pick your poison. Whether it’s prices at the register or wholesale input costs, while inflation is off the blistering pace of 2022, it doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. Future expectations also have been drifting higher.Investors, consumers and policymakers â even economists â have been caught off guard with…
Customers admire a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle at a Tesla store in Honolulu, Hawaii. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesU.S. consumers have been making the move to all-electric vehicles more slowly than many expected â but a growing leader in EV adoption is Hawaii.The tropical island state this year ranks fifth in overall EV adoption at 11.9% of new retail vehicles sold through February, according to J.D. Power.Hawaii also ranks third â behind only California (46.1) and Washington (37) â in J.D. Power’s “EV Adoption Score,” which is weighted based on market, consumer preference and EV…
xAI, the OpenAI competitor founded by Elon Musk, has introduced the first version of Grok that can process visual information. Grok-1.5V is the company’s first-generation multimodal AI model, which cannot only process text, but also “documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots and photographs.” In xAI’s announcement, it gave a few samples of how its capabilities can be used in the real world. You can, for instance, show it a photo of a flow chart and ask Grok to translate it into Python code, get it to write a story based on a drawing and even have it explain a meme you can’t…
Fortnite video game maker Epic Games has urged a federal judge in California to force Google to open up its Play Store to greater competition after a jury found the U.S. tech giant had abused its power as a gatekeeper for apps on the Android mobile platform.Epic made its proposal in a court filing on Thursday to U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco, seeking in part to require Google Play Store to allow users more freedom in how they download apps and to limit Google’s ability to make agreements with device makers to restrict preloading of competing app…
A middle schooler had Erin questioning everything, but was Erin right to feel guilty? Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 6 focused on the difference between the letter of the law and its intended spirit, with Frank and Erin facing potential miscarriages of justice. Meanwhile, Danny and Baez solved one of their most tragic cases with the help of a face from Baez’s past—and there was no real conflict between the cops. When Frank and Erin’s cases intersect, it’s usually because they’re butting heads. The DA office sometimes adopts policies that conflict with what Frank is trying…
Donald Trump on Friday urged his followers to support his social media app Truth Social, as its parent company’s stock continues to sink lower.Trump in a post on that app said he believes Truth Social embodies the political “movement” behind his “Make America Great Again” presidential campaign slogan, adding that “it shows the Spirit and Love of our Country.””If people who believe in putting America First and want to Make America Great Again, support TRUTH,” Trump wrote.”We will be your Voice like never before, and a Real Voice is what our Country needs, because we are in decline, and must…
A middle schooler had Erin questioning everything, but was Erin right to feel guilty? Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 6 focused on the difference between the letter of the law and its intended spirit, with Frank and Erin facing potential miscarriages of justice. Meanwhile, Danny and Baez solved one of their most tragic cases with the help of a face from Baez’s past—and there was no real conflict between the cops. When Frank and Erin’s cases intersect, it’s usually because they’re butting heads. The DA office sometimes adopts policies that conflict with what Frank is trying…
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Champagne flutes. Supermodels. Bright lights. Fashion. The world of top designer brands conjures up a swirling chaos of exclusivity, luxury, and style. But where does one turn in the midst of the maelstrom of top designer brands? Each brand competes to prove to you in subtle ways that itâs the best and that it deserves your money the most. Thankfully, we canât take our fingers off the pulse at Fashion Beans, so weâre here to guide you. But why bother with top designer brands? Is it all just fluffed-up BS? Or are there legitimate benefits that befit the high price…
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