UCLA pitcher shares his secret weapon: A two-inch toy dinosaur named ‘Jerry’

UCLA freshman pitcher Angel Cervantes knows the two-inch toy dinosaur he carries with him to the mound is unusual, but he can't argue with the results.
MarketWatch

The big dogs of the dot-com era are barking again, 25 years later. Will they suffer the same fate?

The big dogs of the dot-com era are barking again, some for the first time in many years. As a rapid rally in semiconductor stocks reignites comparisons with 1999 — when the dot-com frenzy went into ...
WHYY

When prisoners are locked up for life, how do they get out?

Dannielle Hadley remembers the moment a superintendent knocked on her cell door at Muncy State Correctional Institution last year. “She said, ‘I think you should sit down,'” Hadley said. “She read the ...
Investopedia

How Big Do Elon Musk Backers Think SpaceX Can Be? This One Says $10 Trillion—Or More

Ron Baron, chief of Baron Capital and a longtime supporter of Elon Musk, said he's been a buyer of SpaceX's private shares since 2017. Baron thinks the company's market capitalization could swell to ...
Mediaite

‘Do They Get Two Questions?’ Marco Rubio Jests With Reporters As He Briefly Steps Into Press Secretary Role

Secretary of State Marco Rubio jested with reporters during a press conference Monday afternoon as he jokingly asked, “Do they get two questions?” As he adapted to the new role, Rubio worked to ...
Forbes

3 Dead From Hantavirus On An Antarctic Cruise Ship. How Did They Get It?

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This aerial picture shows a general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the ...
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Kirby Smart reveals why Big Ten surged past SEC: 'They have a more competitive conference'

Georgia coach Kirby Smart joined The Next Round for a brief radio segment and faced an interesting question. Why has the Big Ten surged ahead of the SEC in college football? His answer was thoroughly ...
The Economist

Stop big tech from making users behave in ways they don’t want to

SOMEWHERE IN META’S servers sat a slide deck marked “Confidential”. Written in 2019, its conclusion was blunt: “Teens can’t switch off from Instagram even if they want to.” On March 25th this year, a ...
U.S. News & World Report

Australia to Charge Big Tech Companies 2% Levy Unless They Strike Local News Deals

SYDNEY, April 28 (Reuters) - The Australian government said ⁠on ⁠Tuesday that Meta, Alphabet's Google and TikTok ⁠could face multimillion-dollar charges if they did not negotiate deals to pay local ...
Reuters

Australia to charge Big Tech companies 2% levy unless they strike local news deals

SYDNEY, April 28 (Reuters) - The Australian government said on Tuesday that Meta (META.O), opens new tab, Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab and TikTok could face multimillion-dollar charges ...
The Atlantic

Big Sky Crack-Up

Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term. Jason Boeshore, a grain-elevator manager on the eastern plains of ...