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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Big Tech kicks off its quarterly earnings season this week, the industry’s bellwether companies have been thrust into a cauldron of uncertainty and turmoil that they didn’t anticipate when Donald Trump re-entered the White House nearly 100 days ago.Since President Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, Big Tech stocks have been on a see-sawing ride that has eviscerated trillions of dollars in shareholder wealth amid an onslaught of tariffs and other potentially detrimental actions.It’s the polar opposite of what Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon…

The driver who allegedly caused a head-on collision was arrested after running from the scene on State Route 17 in Adams County on Sunday, according to the Washington State Patrol (WSP).At around 5 a.m. on Sunday near Othello, a 19-year-old driver crossed the center line and hit an oncoming car, which injured the two people inside, the WSP says.The 19-year-old man left the scene on foot but after a quick search, troopers arrested him and he was charged with felony hit and run and driving with a suspended license.WSP says the road was blocked for nearly six hours. Read the…

Moscow is now busy with Ukraine, but it is “investing heavily” in its military, Estonia’s foreign minister has warned Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has claimed that Russia could invade the Baltic country but that NATO still has several years to prepare. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly dismissed claims that Moscow has any aggressive plans towards NATO members as “nonsense” meant to scare the people of Western Europe and justify huge increases in military spending.In an interview with France 24 on Friday, Tsahkna claimed “we have a couple of years to prepare for the full-scale [Russian] invasion capabilities to be ready” on the…

The best news about “The View” would be its cancellation. That’s a day many Americans eagerly await. But the second-best news has arrived, and it’s still a win for the nation’s sanity. According to Entertainment Weekly, “The View” is on hiatus, with no new episodes until April 22, as the hosts take their annual spring holiday break. The U.K. Daily Mail also reported on the show’s sudden absence, noting that it sparked confusion among the few viewers who actually look forward to fresh content. This is so, so close to the news that everyone wants to hear about “The View,”…

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 07: Ian Machado Garry of Ireland looks on before a welterweight bout … More against Shavkat Rakhmonov of Uzbekistan during the UFC 310 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 07, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC The 2025 UFC schedule rolls on with this week’s UFC Kansas City Fight card, which takes place on Saturday, April 26 from T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. A pivotal welterweight contest serves as the main event of the UFC Fight Night card. In that matchup, ranked 170-pounders Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates…

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting illegal migrants to their non-origin country without due process. In his decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy argued that the Trump administration could not deport an illegal migrant to a country not explicitly mentioned in their “order of removal without first allowing them to raise concerns about their safety,” per ABC News. “Defendants argue that the United States may send a deportable alien to a country not of their origin, not where an immigration judge has ordered, where they may be immediately tortured and killed, without providing that person…

The ScoopFor the last year and a half, Truth Social has relentlessly pursued a defamation case against 19 media companies that flubbed a story about the platform’s earnings.But one outlet that misreported the story managed to quietly convince the owners of Trump’s conservative Twitter clone to drop them from its lawsuit.The saga began on Nov. 13, when several outlets inaccurately reported that Truth Social had lost $73 million that year. The figure, which the outlet initially attributed to SEC filings, was wrong: filings showed the company had lost $30 million since its launch. But in the scrum of digital media,…

Israel is willing to ignore President Trump and proceed with a targeted strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. According to sources who spoke with Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to disregard Trump’s preference not to strike Iran and instead focus on diplomatic routes for blocking Iran’s nuclear program. Their report states: Over the past months, Israel has proposed to the Trump administration a series of options to attack Iran’s facilities, including some with late spring and summer timelines, the sources said. The plans include a mix of airstrikes and commando operations that vary in severity and could set…

Topline Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” overtook “A Minecraft Movie” at the Easter weekend box office, according to multiple outlets, beating ticket sale expectations Saturday as it received praise from audiences and critics alike. Sinners was released in theaters April 18. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN … More DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Key Facts “Sinners,” which was released Friday, is expected to beat “A Minecraft Movie” with about $45 million at the weekend box office compared to the latter film’s $42 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The box office projection was made after “Sinners”…

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) criticized Democrats for wanting the Committee to “approve,” from its budget, official travel to El Salvador to visit an accused MS-13 gang member and deported illegal alien. In a letter posted to X, addressed to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL), Comer informed them that if they want to travel to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — who was deported to his home country, they “can spend” their own money. “It is absurd that you both displayed active hostility for over two years toward the Committee’s…