Author: Michael Thompson

Shedeur Sanders walked to the microphone Saturday to speak with reporters at Cleveland Browns rookie minicamp. The incoming Browns quarterback fielded questions about President Donald Trump’s decision to speak out during Sanders’ NFL Draft slide and competing for the starting job. But the 23-year-old also took a moment to address questions about the jersey number he’ll wear during his first season in the NFL. On Tuesday, the Browns released jersey numbers for their rookie class and free agents. The announcement confirmed Sanders would wear No. 12. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Wide receiver DeAndre Carter will wear…

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In terms of geopolitical bromances, this is it. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering China, explains how President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, are closer than ever before.

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For the last few years, companies across the technology sector have witnessed unparalleled gains thanks to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. In particular, semiconductor stocks have experienced outsize gains thanks to the importance chips play in generative AI development. Since ChatGPT was released commercially on Nov. 30, 2022, shares of Nvidia, Broadcom, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing have soared by 592%, 272%, and 110%, respectively. From a broader industry perspective, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF boasts a 93% total return over this same time period. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10…

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If you want to invest in the stock market but don’t have the time to research individual stocks, it’s a good idea to simply invest in an S&P 500 index fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). The broad-market large-cap index has delivered an average annual return of about 10% since it was created in 1957, and most professional fund managers fail to outperform the index over the long term. That’s why John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard and the father of index investing, told investors that instead of aiming to beat the market, they should simply buy the entire market. However,…

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Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) effectively created the electric vehicle market, proving to the legacy automakers that they needed to view the technology as a legitimate business threat. Every EV company is compared to Tesla, which has gone from an upstart business to a sustainably profitable and sizable automaker. This is where the new Cybertruck and EV truck maker Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) intersect. What does Tesla do? Tesla makes electric vehicles, from sedans to trucks. It also does a number of other high-tech things (like robotics and clean energy), so it isn’t exactly a pure-play auto stock. However, that doesn’t change the…

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UBS analyst Amit Mehrotra recently added Honeywell International (NASDAQ: HON) to his list of “top picks,” which also includes industrials Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) and 3M (NYSE: MMM). All three have substantive potential to outperform, and these are the stocks investors should be looking at now. Honeywell International: Near- and long-term potential Simply put, Honeywell has the potential to outperform over the near and long term. The company has already reported on its first quarter, and management raised the midpoint of its full-year guidance based on an excellent set of results. Moreover, the guidance incorporates assumptions for the current level…

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Genre: Action, Superhero, Drama,Comedy Release Date: August 21, 2025 Director: James Gunn Cast: John Cena, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Tim Meadows Plot Summary: The second season of the American superhero television series Peacemaker is based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. It is set in the DC Universe (DCU) and serves as a “soft reboot” of the series, which started as a spin-off from the 2021 DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film The Suicide Squad. The season continues the story of jingoistic mercenary Christopher Smith / Peacemaker. It is produced by DC Studios with James Gunn as showrunner. FILM RATING…

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by David Armstrong ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the U.S., the price of Revlimid, a brand-name cancer drug, has been increasing for two decades. It now sells for nearly $1,000 a pill. In Europe, the price has been consistently lower — in some countries by two-thirds. I started reporting on Revlimid after I was prescribed the drug following a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer. Stunned by the high price, I found that the drugmaker, Celgene, had used Revlimid as…

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by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. Two years ago, Texas lawmakers quietly cut millions of dollars in funding for kits intended to help track down missing kids, after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed there was no evidence they had aided law enforcement in finding lost children. The company that made the kits had used outdated and exaggerated statistics on missing…

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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday that she hopes the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff to lead the Catholic Church, will be vocal about opposing mass deportations.  An account under then-Cardinal Robert Prevost’s name previously shared posts on social media that were critical of some of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. “This new pope is said to be acutely aware of conditions forcing migration, of the vulnerabilities of migrants,” MSNBC’s Chris Jansing said to Pelosi after referencing the pope’s past posts. “Do you think that at this moment, when so many people are…

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