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Jordan Travis pushed through the struggles of a long and valiant comeback attempt from a serious leg injury until he was told it was time to finally walk away.The New York Jets announced Wednesday that the quarterback informed them he will retire from playing football, a surprising NFL ending for the 24-year-old former Florida State star.Travis hurt his left leg during a game against North Alabama in November 2023, the last time he played in a game at any level. His left leg rolled under a defender, twisting his ankle awkwardly and fracturing it.Travis was a fifth-round draft pick last…
President Trump took office 101 days ago after a campaign in which voters bought his argument that he could skillfully manage the economy and that his policy prescriptions could both bolster growth and eradicate inflation.So the news on Wednesday that the nation’s gross domestic product had contracted in the first three months of the year was a sharp political jolt as well as a blinking economic warning.It came at the end of a quarter in which stock prices were down sharply, Wall Street’s worst performance at the start of a new presidential term since Gerald R. Ford tried to steer…
[NEW YORK] Some Chinese exporters are speeding up the conversion of their US dollar income into yuan on bets the worst of the tariff-led loss in the local currency may be over.In a Bloomberg survey of 18 Chinese exporters this month, all of them said they’d already converted, or will immediately switch, their greenback holdings into the yuan, as they see the current yuan exchange rate of around 7.3 per US dollar as favourable. The companies in sectors ranging from furniture, ceramics, decorative lighting, and gardening to garments were interviewed at the Canton Fair in Guangdong province earlier this month. They…
From storing fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and leftovers to chilling drinks and preserving frozen items, refrigerators offer unmatched convenience. It keeps all perishable items fresh by maintaining a cool temperature that slows down the growth of bacteria. Refrigerators are an essential gadget nowadays, and thus everyone wants one that fits under their budget. So, for everyone’s convenience, Flipshope presents the Best refrigerator deals online. Flipkart, the top E-commerce store, has curated the best deals on refrigerators with the help of Flipshope, your shopping assistant that offers a price graph, allowing you to track prices and more. So, you can purchase…
“I’m a writer and my husband runs a nonprofit organization. We have two teenagers and are the type of family that typically goes to national parks, museums and cultural events for our vacations. We’re big on educational travel. Now that the kids are old enough to be left behind, my husband and I are looking to take our first extended kid-free vacation in almost two decades. (We’ll also be celebrating my 50th birthday.) I want to go abroad for two weeks and have the middle-aged equivalent of the monthlong backpacking trip through Eastern Europe that I did in college in…
NEW YORK — More U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data posted Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 688 people died last year during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That’s up from 669 deaths in 2023, but down from 2022 and 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50 years.The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 18.6 the year before.The CDC counts women who die while pregnant, during childbirth and up to 42 days…
Philadelphia Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber smacked a three-run home run vs. Washington Nationals.
David Horowitz, a radical leftist of the 1960s who did a political about-face to become an outspoken conservative author and activist, writing that Barack Obama had “betrayed” America, and an ardent cheerleader for Donald J. Trump, died on Tuesday. He was 86.The David Horowitz Freedom Center, a think tank he founded in Southern California, said the cause was cancer. His wife, April Horowitz, said he died at his home in Colorado.Once a self-described Marxist, Mr. Horowitz executed a dizzying transit from the extreme left to the extreme right. He argued that the Black Lives Matter movement had fueled racial hatred;…
BUSINESSES are entering a period of extreme fear of the unknown. The on-again, off-again tariff and other trade controls by US President Donald Trump has generated radical uncertainty for businesses. Even though there is a 90-day pause, nobody (other than President Trump) knows whether reciprocal tariffs will eventually apply, and if so, at what rate for what countries, given that more than 70 countries are said to be in negotiations to cut bilateral deals.What is the end game? Understanding the Trump administration’s priorities can provide some insight into what shifts may be lasting and which are transitory. There appear to…
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