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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference, as she unveils actions against the state of Maine, which is locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over transgender policy, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Leah Millis | ReutersThe Justice Department on Wednesday said that it was investigating whether a California law allowing trans athletes on female sports teams at state schools violates federal civil rights law.The department disclosed the investigation to California’s attorney general and other officials a day after President Donald Trump threatened in a social media post to revoke large-scale…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Abercrombie & Fitch — Shares of the retailer climbed 14.7% after Abercrombie & Fitch’s first-quarter earnings and revenue topped Street estimates, led by results at Hollister. Investors looked past A & F cutting its profit guidance and operating margin forecast due to tariffs, which the company said will hit its business by $50 million. Okta — Shares of the identity management software firm declined 16.2% after it left its guidance unchanged, citing macroeconomic uncertainty . The company’s first-quarter earnings and revenue came in better than expected. Vail Resorts — The ski…

You probably don’t need to worry about a robot taking your job, says Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang.You should, however, expect your job status to be threatened by people who understand artificial intelligence better than you do, Huang said at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference 2025 on May 6.”Every job will be affected, and immediately. It is unquestionable,” said Huang, 62, whose $3.3 trillion company designs some of the computer chips that power popular AI tools. “You’re not going to lose your job to an AI, but you’re going to lose your job to someone who uses AI.”There aren’t…

CNN  —  Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have confirmed that they previously authorized charges including rape and human trafficking against self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said for the first time on Wednesday that it had authorized 21 charges against the pair. Tristan Tate faces 11 charges including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking connected to one alleged victim, CPS said in a statement. Andrew Tate faces 10 charges including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain, connected to three alleged victims, the statement also said. The…

Jerusalem CNN  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that a recent airstrike killed Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’ elusive de facto leader in Gaza, the latest in a string of assassinations that have dealt a serious blow to the group’s top brass but are yet to break its grip on power. Sinwar is the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the Israeli military in southern Gaza in October. Netanyahu made the announcement during a speech in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, as the country marked 600 days since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. CNN…

Chelsea are expected to move quickly after Wednesday’s Europa Conference League triumph to sign a new striker.Senior executives have drawn up a shortlist of names which includes Liam Delap, Benjamin Sesko, Hugo Ekitike and Viktor Gyokeres. Preliminary enquiries have been made to establish the availability of selected targets.These contacts will be stepped up as a special early transfer window opens on Sunday for 10 days.Chelsea – who beat Real Betis to win the Conference League – will strengthen their squad before flying to the United States for their opening game in the Club World Cup in Atlanta on June 16.…

Chelsea are expected to move quickly after Wednesday’s Europa Conference League final to sign a new striker.Senior executives have drawn up a shortlist of names which includes Liam Delap, Benjamin Sesko, Hugo Ekitike and Viktor Gyokeres. Preliminary enquiries have been made to establish the availability of selected targets.These contacts will be stepped up after Wednesday as a special early transfer window opens on Sunday for 10 days.Chelsea will strengthen their squad before flying to the United States for their opening game in the Club World Cup in Atlanta on June 16. Delap has a £30m release clause, which can be…

Four cans of tuna, some packets of spaghetti and a litre of oil. These are just some of the items starving Palestinians have received after waiting hours in the punishing midday heat in war-ravaged Gaza. Since Tuesday, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US-backed group that has been approved by US and Israel to take over aid distribution in the enclave, has handed out just 14,000 food boxes to needy Palestinians – a fraction of what aid agencies say is needed to address the mass starvation unfolding in the strip. The new aid system, which limits food distribution to a…

When Kate Sullivan started making jewelry in her bedroom at age 19, she couldn’t have imagined that her designs would one day be spotted on stars like Gigi Hadid and SZA.Today, Sullivan’s online jewelry company, The Sage Vintage, brings in six figures a year, topping $570,000 in total sales in 2024.Sullivan, now 26, started The Sage Vintage as a side hustle after she took a break from college in 2017. She left the University of Colorado Boulder, where she was pursuing a degree in neuroscience, and moved back in with her father in a suburb of Chicago.To make some money…

Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, as the company’s booming data center business recorded year-over-year growth of 73%.The stock rose about 6% in extended trading.Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:Earnings per share: 96 cents adjusted vs. 93 cents expectedRevenue: $44.06 billion vs. $43.31 billion expectedNvidia said it expects about $45 billion in sales in the current quarter, versus LSEG estimates of $45.9 billion in sales in the July quarter. The company said its guidance would have been about $8 billion higher except for lost sales from a recent export restriction on…