OpenAI said on Thursday that the company is considering building data center campuses in 16 states that have indicated “real interest” in the project, which is linked to President Donald Trump’s Stargate plans. On a call with reporters, OpenAI executives said it sent out a request for proposals (RFP) to states less than a week...
Cracker Barrel isn’t scrambling to catch up with soaring egg prices. On the contrary, the restaurant chain is trying to poach customers with a rewards program after Waffle House announced a 50-cent egg surcharge this week. Waffle House’s surcharge went into effect on Monday, and Cracker Barrel wasted no time whisking away concerns that it...
The Trump administration sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, alleging that their sanctuary city policies are blocking federal authorities from enforcing immigration laws. The federal lawsuit is the first by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice against states or municipalities that have sanctuary city policies in effect. The 22-page...
All Quiksilver, Billabong and Volcom stores will close in the U.S. after their operator filed for bankruptcy. Altogether over 100 stores for the brands, that sell apparel for skaters, surfers and snowboarders, will close their doors. Liberated Brands filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday in Delaware bankruptcy court. “The Liberated...
Minnesota lawmakers settled on a bipartisan power-sharing agreement in the state House, ending a weekslong political stalemate in one of the most closely divided legislative bodies in the country. Under the drafted agreement, Republicans will control the speakership in the House, where the party currently holds a one-seat advantage. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party secured assurances that...
PANAMA CITY — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said on Thursday the U.S. was spreading “lies and falsehoods” after the State Department claimed U.S. government vessels would be able to pass through the Panama Canal without paying. The comments were likely to exacerbate tensions between the two countries after the U.S. had cited progress on...
A memorial for Sade Robinson, a 19-year-old woman killed and dismembered after going on a date with the man charged in her murder, was scrapped after a Milwaukee official said he received a “flurry of racist emails.” The memorial would have been installed, using $7,000 of taxpayers’ money, in Warnimont Park in Cudahy, the Milwaukee...
Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus decades as principal owner, has died. She was 102. McCaskey’s family announced through the team that she died Thursday. She had owned the Bears since her father’s death on Oct. 31, 1983. “While we are sad, we...
With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service. The effort by lawyers inside and outside of the government comes as Trump, in one of his initial executive...
At least 165 women were raped by male inmates after a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said, citing officials in the central African nation. After fighters from the M23 rebel group advanced towards the eastern city of Goma the U.N. said inmates at the Muzenze prison...