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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance has added a chicken coop to his residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory, along with a dozen baby chicks whose new henhouse is designed to look like the Victorian home where the second family lives. The coop, which features a round turret and faux slate roof, was donated by Carolina Coops, a North Carolina company that advertises “premium” coops that have amassed a […]

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, June 8 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rebounded on Monday from Friday’s tech-led rout, on news of an Israel-Iran detente and as investors bought back cheapened stocks. The recovery was fairly muted though, suggesting worries over interest rates and AI exuberance remain. In my column today, I look at whether the adage that “economic expansions don’t die of old age, they’re murdered by […]

June 8 (Reuters) – Applied Digital has signed a 15-year lease with a U.S.-based hyperscaler at its Delta Forge 2 site which is expected to generate about $5.2 billion in revenue over the period, sending the company’s shares up 8.7% in extended trading. Major technology companies are raising their spending on data centers to support powerful artificial intelligence models, boosting demand for electricity, computing capacity and specialized facilities. About 70% […]

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristina formed Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Nicaragua, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Cristina had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph). It was centered 100 miles (160 kilometers) west-southwest of Managua, Nicaragua, and about 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of San Salvador, El Salvador. A tropical storm warning was in effect from Puerto Sandino to […]

MIAMI (AP) — Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan died of natural causes last year, according a report by Florida police that formally closes the investigation into his death. The Clearwater Police Department released a 72-page report on Friday summarizing an exhaustive review of statements, medical records, surveillance footage and a visual inspection of the body. Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, died last July 24 at age 71. “There […]

A Texas man is accused of using a fake boarding pass to get on a United Airlines flight before he was found hiding in a restroom, forcing the plane back to the gate before it could take off at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, court documents say. The 25-year-old Houston man was discovered on the plane bound for Los Angeles in mid-May as it was taxiing to a runway when […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley are accusing one of their former defense attorneys of legal malpractice that they say led them to be convicted and imprisoned, separating them from each other and their family, ruining their reputations and costing them millions. The Chrisleys were initially indicted in August 2019 and a jury in Atlanta convicted them in June 2022 on charges including bank fraud and […]

June 8 (Reuters) – A private credit fund managed by Blue Owl Capital, which earlier this year imposed limits on investor redemptions, has raised $500 million through an investment‑grade bond offering, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.  Blue Owl did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.  Here are more details from the report:  • Blue Owl Credit Income Corp (OCIC) priced […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East has held up, sometimes barely, despite being shaken by repeated flare-ups over the past two months. But it is now coming the closest yet to blowing apart and sending the region back into full-scale war — and the detonator is Lebanon. Israeli strikes against Hezbollah militants in Beirut over the weekend brought retaliation from their key sponsor, Iran, […]