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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesTesla shares fell almost 6% on Monday, a day ahead of the electric vehicle company’s first-quarter earnings report, as analysts fret over “ongoing brand erosion.”The stock closed at $227.50 leaving it less than $6 above its low for the year on April 8. The shares are now down 44% for the year after wrapping up their worst quarter since 2022 in March. It’s the 12th time this year the stock has dropped by at least 5% in…

Ronen Bar fires latest salvo in ongoing showdown with Israeli PM that has divided country.Israel’s spy chief has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to fire him for his refusal to commit illegal acts aimed at protecting the leader’s personal and political interests. Ronen Bar, chief of Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence service, made the assertion in an affidavit to the Supreme Court on Monday. Netanyahu’s move last month to dismiss Bar was suspended by the court pending an investigation, and the ensuing tussle has provoked large protests, with crowds accusing the prime minister of endangering democracy. Netanyahu said…

With President Donald Trump’s former reality TV show “The Apprentice,” streaming on Amazon Prime as of last month, politically astute viewers across the political spectrum have zeroed in on an episode from when Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., now one of the president’s biggest political detractors, praised his fellow New Yorker as a business prodigy.During Season 5, Episode 8, of “The Apprentice” in 2006, contestants were given a challenge — as was typical during each episode — and the winners of said challenge got the chance to fly to the nation’s capital and have breakfast with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. During…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) identified 9,354 antisemitic incidents in 2024, a 5% increase from 2023 and a staggering 926% increase since it began tracking in 1979.According to the ADL’s calculations in its annual antisemitism audit, there were more than 25 “targeted anti-Jewish incidents” per day in 2024, more than one every hour. In its audit, the ADL detailed the types of antisemitic incidents recorded: 196 assaults (up 21% since 2023), 2,606 incidents of vandalism (up 20% since 2023) and 6,552 incidents of harassment (up from 6,535 in 2023).This is the fourth year in a row that the number of antisemitic…

An Ontario environmental charity is the first in North America to partner with an app that gamifies helping the environment. Georgian Bay Forever, an environmental charity that works to conserve, protect and restore the aquatic ecosystems of Georgian Bay, has partnered with LitterLotto, an app that offers users the chance to win money by cleaning up litter.While organizers say the app can be used anywhere for the chance to win a global cash prize of £500 (roughly $900) a month, Georgian Bay Forever is offering prizes for local cleanup efforts.Those who pick up garbage locally can be entered in a draw…

The chief executive of $4.4 billion West Perth-based gold miner Capricorn Metals is on leave after being charged with aggravated assault.

Long Islanders have asked for President Donald Trump’s help, and it looks like they are getting it.Massapegua High School’s nickname is the Chiefs, but New York law states that schools must remove logos that are related to indigenous people by the end of the year.The Massapequa school district sued the state, but a federal judge ruled against the district. A woman plays a drum during a “No Honor in Racism Rally” in front of TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Kansas City Chiefs, on Oct. 18, 2015, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon,…

In recent days, some junta officials have returned to Lashio, with military vehicles also seen in the northern city on Tuesday, Myanmar media reported. Reuters could not independently verify the information. “The two parties appreciate and thank China for its constructive role in safeguarding peace and stability in northern Myanmar,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press conference. “Going forward, China will continue to push forward the Kunming peace talks.” The MNDAA is part of the so-called Three Brotherhood Alliance, a collection of rebel armies that launched an offensive against the military in late October 2023, gaining…

Residents returned to their damaged neighborhood in Yemen’s capital, Sana, after a deadly U.S. airstrike on Sunday.

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday considered a case that could impact whether Americans have to pay out-of-pocket for preventive-care services such as diabetes screenings, HIV-prevention drugs and statins, which are currently provided to patients at no cost under the Affordable Care Act.The legal battle is the latest to land before the high court that involves the landmark health care overhaul signed into law by then-President Barack Obama in 2010. But this dispute turns on how to classify the 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which sits within the Department of Health and Human Services and…