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Tentative contract deal holds off strike by New York City apartment building workers
NEW YORK (AP) — Union leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers said Friday that they had reached a tentative contract agreement with building owners, averting a strike at the homes of an estimated 1.5 million people.The deal came just days before nearly 34,000 workers’ contract with an array of private building owners would have expired at midnight Monday. A strike would have been the first in 35 years, and some apartment-dwellers across the city had been bracing to haul trash, postpone renovations and... Read More
White House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles plans to sound out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the artificial intelligence company's new Mythos model, which has attracted attention from the federal government for how it could transform national security and the economy.A White House official, who requested anonymity to discuss the planned meeting Friday, said the administration is engaging with advanced AI labs about their models and the security of software. The official stressed that any new technology that might be used by the federal government would require a... Read More
Natalie Portman is pregnant with her third child, her first with Tanguy Destable
Natalie Portman is expecting her third child at age 44.The actor told Harper’s Bazaar she is “very grateful” to be welcoming a child with partner Tanguy Destable, 45, a French electronic music producer known by his stage name, Tepr.
“Tanguy and I are very excited,” she told the outlet. “I’m just very grateful. I know it’s such a privilege and a miracle.”
Portman's representatives did not immediately return emailed requests for comment.
The actor shares two older children, son Aleph, 14, and daughter Amalia, 9, with ex-husband... Read More
Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open again for commercial tankers carrying crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide.The S&P 500 leaped 1.2% to an all-time high and closed out a third straight week of big gains, its longest streak since Halloween. A freer flow of oil could take pressure off prices not only for gasoline but also for groceries and all kinds of other products that get moved by vehicles. It could even... Read More
The Latest: Trump and Iranâs top diplomat say the Strait of Hormuz is fully open
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels. Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said the strategic waterway “is declared completely open,” in line with the new ceasefire in Lebanon, and Trump said the strait is “ready for full passage.”However, Trump added that the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ships and ports “will remain in full force” until Iran reaches a deal with Washington to end the war.
Oil prices dropped 9% and Wall Street rallied to a record after Iran said... Read More
Top Stories
- White House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology
- Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
- Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after chaotic votes in House
- Patients and dental community mourn Dr. Cerina Fairfax, killed by Virginia's ex-lieutenant governor
- San Diego Padres are nearing a whopping sale, AP source says
- The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
- Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but Trump says blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force
- Pope urges Africa's youth to resist dual temptations of migration and corruption in Cameroon
- Starmer rejects calls to resign over Mandelson appointment as pressure builds
- Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk pushes to ban cameras from court
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- Natalie Portman is pregnant with her third child, her first with Tanguy Destable
- Don Schlitz, storied country songwriter behind such hits as 'The Gambler,' dies at 73
- Singer D4vd is arrested in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
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- Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are breaking up and phasing out their podcast
- Texans' Will Anderson Jr. lands a record $150M extension, top-paid non-QB in NFL
- San Diego Padres are nearing a whopping sale, AP source says
- Prosecutors say makeup, wigs helped former Alabama tackle impersonate NFL players in $20M fraud