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A federal judge hammered key elements of Googles defense on Thursday as closing arguments began in a landmark antitrust trial that could potentially upend the tech giants online search empire. Judge Amit Mehta, who is expected to rule later this year on whether Google has maintained an illegal monopoly over the online search market, zeroed

The Internal Revenue Service said it plans to sharply increase audit rates for big corporations, partnerships and multimillionaires over the next three years after a massive boost in funding by the Biden administration. The IRS said in a news release Thursday that it’s aiming to nearly triple its audit rate, to 22.6%, on corporations with

May 6 2024 University of Birmingham A pattern of brain activity that helps prevent us from getting lost has been identified in a new study, published in Nature Human Behaviour.  Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich have for the first time been able to pinpoint the location of an

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police have arrested a 16-year-old male on suspicion of attacking a synagogue with Molotov cocktails and said they plan to ask prosecutors on Thursday to open an investigation. The Nożyk Synagogue was attacked around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, sustaining some damage to its facade. Nobody was in the prayer hall

For the past couple of weeks, the vortex of campus politics has threatened to suck Joe Biden in. Protesters at colleges have dubbed the president Genocide Joe and demanded that he act to stop Israeli actions in Gaza, while conservatives have sought to blame Biden for disorder at colleges and universities. Even as other Democrats

More than 16,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart stores across the US have been recalled over a possible E. coli contamination, the US Department of Agriculture said. The beef comes from Cargill Meat Solutions in Hazleton, Pa., per a “high class” warning issued on the USDA’s site on Wednesday, and were “shipped to

According to a new survey, only 6% of professing Christians possess a biblical worldview, as many Americans embrace syncretism. The American Worldview Inventory 2024, conducted by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, found that the typical American adult is not a worldview purist but is essentially a worldview plagiarist, combining beliefs and behaviors

Peloton’s chief executive officer is stepping down from the role as the fitness company plans to cut roughly 15% of its global workforce. Chief Barry McCarthy told Peloton’s roughly 3,500 employees of his resignation in a note sent Thursday morning that his “one lasting legacy at Peloton” is the “GREAT lead team” he’s recruited since stepping

The father of Christian singer Mandisa told an audience during a “Celebration of Life” service Saturday that his daughter did not die from self-harm and that she had been battling COVID-19 in the weeks prior to her death. “She did not harm herself,” John Hundley, Mandisa’s father, said during the service at Brentwood Baptist Church

In a mad mix of game-show glitter and marketing flash, Airbnb is offering customers a chance to spend a night in a Paris museum, stay in houses mocked up to look like movie settings, or sleep surrounded by eight Ferrari racing cars. Those and other chimerical listings are part of a splashy new campaign by the short-term

The Boeing jet that dropped an emergency slide after taking off from JFK Airport on Friday is 33 years old — well past the typical retirement age for a commercial jetliner, according to aviation experts. The chute from Delta Flight 520 had detached from a panel above the right wing shortly after the Los Angeles-bound

A federal judge hammered key elements of Googles defense on Thursday as closing arguments began in a landmark antitrust trial that could potentially upend the tech giants online search empire. Judge Amit Mehta, who is expected to rule later this year on whether Google has maintained an illegal monopoly over the online search market, zeroed

Universal Music Group and TikTok struck a new licensing deal Thursday that will allow users of the popular video-sharing app to regain access to songs from Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Adele. The music giant pulled its stable of singers from the Chinese-owned app after its licensing deal expired in January when the two sides

A North Carolina man won more than $800,000 in the lottery after his sister says she dreamt about riches. David Atwell, of Kannapolis, won $837,187 in Saturday nights drawing off a Cash 5 on a $1 ticket he bought at a local Jiffy Quik, North Carolinas Education Lottery announced. I was stunned, he said. At