KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – While Senate Bill 0897, which requires school systems to put a digital device policy in place, has passed through the senate, East Tennessee school administrators do not believe it is going to change too much. Previous Coverage: Tennessee’s bill banning cell phones in class passes in Senate, heads to Gov. Lee’s…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration would not consider stock market reaction when hammering out the details of its tariff policy….
Federal health agencies oppose the use of bird flu vaccines in poultry right now, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, weighing in publicly on it for the first time in his new role. The Trump administration has been considering poultry vaccination as it seeks to combat the outbreak that is fueling…
Sky Sports viewers were left fuming this evening as technical issues plagued the broadcast of Premier League Darts night five. The service crashed at the worst possible moment, just as teenage sensation Luke Littler was preparing to compete. The Nuke, as Littler is affectionately known, was set to showcase his remarkable talents when fans reported…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market moves: Stocks are getting hit Thursday on concerns about economic activity, trade policy, and the pace of artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. Tech stocks are especially…
Hong Kong’s private hospitals lack transparency in their pricing information and charging mechanisms, the consumer watchdog has said, revealing that a knee surgery patient in one case was hit with a bill as much as HK$90,000 (US$12,000) higher than the estimate. The Consumer Council said on Thursday that it had received 191 complaints concerning private…
On March 5, Chinese tech giant Alibaba released its latest AI reasoning model, QwQ-32B, resulting in an 8% spike in the company’s Hong Kong-listed shares. While less capable than America’s leading AI systems, such as OpenAI’s o3 or Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet, the model reportedly performs about as well as its Chinese competitor DeepSeek’s model,…
Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering shutting down many more missions, in what could be a blow to the U.S. government’s efforts to build partnerships and gather intelligence, American officials say. The department also plans to lay off many local citizens…
The $649 RedMagic 10 Pro already has many of the latest features like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, but at Mobile World Congress 2025 the company is showing how high-end it can go. RedMagic’s new $1,499 Golden Saga edition of the phone — which includes gold and silver elements — is at MWC in Barcelona, alongside…
President Ronald Reagan during a state visit to London in June 1982. Reagan laid the rhetorical foundations for the National Endowment for Democracy in a speech during that visit. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is suing the Trump administration for denying it…