UnitedHealth books better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit
UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but revenue fell short as challenges like Medicare funding cuts and a Medicaid enrollment drop hurt. Shares of the ...
Vonn falls but finishes World Cup downhill training run in Italy
Lindsey Vonn fell toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run on Thursday and appeared slightly banged up. Vonn got back up and skied to the finish ...
India docks 2 satellites in space, a milestone for its scientific ambitions
India docked two satellites in space on Thursday to become the fourth nation in the world to achieve the mission, officials said, in an ambitious milestone in its expansion of ...
Japan bank executives take pay cuts after employee is accused of stealing from safe deposit boxes
Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday after police arrested an employee who allegedly stole about 1.4 billion yen ($9 million) worth of ...
Why the Australian Open is streaming live tennis with gaming-style player avatars
Maybe attending sports events in person is too been-there, done-that in the modern age. So, apparently, is watching the actual action on a TV, laptop or phone. The ...
Middle East latest: Netanyahu says Cabinet won’t meet over ceasefire until Hamas drops new demands
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages until Hamas ...
Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai
Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was stabbed in a scuffle with an intruder at his home early Thursday and underwent surgery at a hospital, media reports said. The ...
YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters
Thousands have braved the frigid January weather in Seoul protests, waving South Korean and American flags and shouting vows to protect their embattled conservative hero, ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight
Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the ...
Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visual, accessible horror
He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of art. Uketsu, whose name literally translates ...
Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states
Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been ...
The Kellogg Foundation CEO shares her own life story to foster more racial healing
Montgomery Tabron believes many Americans have a desire for racial healing. They just don’t know how to start. “It may sound mysterious or challenging,” said Montgomery Tabron, the W.K.