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Americas News

Vince Gill gave Amy Grant a reality check during recovery from brain injury
World

Vince Gill gave Amy Grant a reality check during recovery from brain injury

Amy Grant shares the sound advice her husband Vince Gill gave her as she recovered from a traumatic brain injury sustained in a 2022 bike accident.

Keon Doyle · 30 Apr, 2026
Here’s how to listen live to Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings call
Technology

Here’s how to listen live to Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings call

Later today, Apple will release its Q2 2026 earnings, where component shortages, the iPhone 17 line’s ongoing success, and low Mac availability are expected to...

Marcus Mendes · 30 Apr, 2026
Prime Day Is Coming Early This Year
Technology

Prime Day Is Coming Early This Year

The biggest online shopping event of the year is starting a month sooner.

Daniel Oropeza · 30 Apr, 2026
Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex
Technology

Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex

Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards."

Scharon Harding · 30 Apr, 2026
Hegseth fires back at Warren’s insider trading comments tied to Iran war: ‘No one owns me’
World

Hegseth fires back at Warren’s insider trading comments tied to Iran war: ‘No one owns me’

War Secretary Pete Hegseth denies insider trading allegations during a heated Senate exchange with Sen. Elizabeth Warren over Iran war oil trades.

Jayde Fay · 30 Apr, 2026
Meta just told staff in an internal meeting that it isn't ruling out further layoffs
Business

Meta just told staff in an internal meeting that it isn't ruling out further layoffs

Meta may cut more jobs beyond its planned 10% layoffs, HR chief Janelle Gale told staff, saying that morale has been hit.

Charles Rollet,Hugh Langley · 30 Apr, 2026
The logic of the racist Supreme Court isn’t adding up
Technology

The logic of the racist Supreme Court isn’t adding up

Close watchers of the Supreme Court knew that the conservative supermajority was about to murder what was left of the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday's decision in...

Sarah Jeong · 30 Apr, 2026
How The Cheesecake Factory Runs One Of America's Biggest Menus
Business

How The Cheesecake Factory Runs One Of America's Biggest Menus

The Cheesecake Factory runs a massive 250+ item menu made fresh daily—and still out-earns most competitors. Here's how it pulls it off.

Bethany Johnson · 30 Apr, 2026
You can now choose which games use Quick Resume on Xbox
Technology

You can now choose which games use Quick Resume on Xbox

The option is part of a collection of updates Microsoft is making to consoles and the Xbox PC app.

Anastacio Klein · 30 Apr, 2026
PETA is not happy with IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean after a bird strike during testing
World

PETA is not happy with IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean after a bird strike during testing

A bird struck Romain Grosjean's IndyCar at 230 mph during the Indianapolis 500 open test, and PETA is not happy with his lighthearted response.

Zena Rippin · 30 Apr, 2026
Chicago reparations advocates say federal gov morally owes '7 quadrillion dollars' in slave labor
World

Chicago reparations advocates say federal gov morally owes '7 quadrillion dollars' in slave labor

ADCRC Chair Marvin Slaughter Jr. claims slave labor contributed "7 quadrillion dollars" to the U.S. at a reparations panel at Kennedy King College in Chicago.

Kelli Kuhic · 30 Apr, 2026
Fired Columbia professor who backed Hamas set to speak at Virginia Tech 'Death to the Akademy' event
World

Fired Columbia professor who backed Hamas set to speak at Virginia Tech 'Death to the Akademy' event

A former Columbia University professor fired after declaring support for Hamas and Hezbollah is speaking at a "Death to the Akademy" event set to be held at Vir...

Oren Veum · 30 Apr, 2026