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Duncan Sheik, Tony- and Grammy-winning ‘Spring Awakening’ composer and pop star, dies at 56
Duncan Sheik, the Tony- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who crafted the music for “Spring Awakening,” has died.
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Warren Buffett gives up chairman title at Berkshire Hathaway in the next step of his succession plan
Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway in the next step of the transition at the top of the $1 trillion conglomerate he led for more than six decades.
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Vance blasts Democrats as ‘lunatics’ in Iowa rally push for GOP candidates
Vice President JD Vance on Friday mounted a vigorous defense of the Trump administration's policies and Iowa GOP candidates on the November ballot, arguing that the Democrats had turned into the party of “lunatics," in his second trip to the politically consequential state this year.
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Trump pushes his $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if GOP wins midterms. Republican candidates, not as much
President Donald Trump came to battleground North Carolina doubling down on a tantalizing and implausible midterm promise. “If we win," he said, “we’re going to get you $5,000. So that’s it. Very simple.”
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Wall Street drifts lower as bond yields rise and oil prices swing
Wall Street capped an up -and- down week Friday with a mixed finish for U.S. stock indexes, as elevated bond yields and oil prices weighed on the market.
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Parents awarded $40 million after Uber found liable for passenger who was fatally struck on highway
The parents of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck after her Uber driver pulled over along a southern California highway were awarded $40 million after an arbitrator found both Uber and the driver liable for her death.
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Princess Diana’s famous ‘revenge dress’ goes on show ahead of Sotheby’s auction
Revenge has rarely been so stylish.
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A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem
As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other's AI strategy.
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Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself
Anthropic's Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday.
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Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.
