Clarks stayed loss-making in 2024 year of transition, but made big changes to drive growth
2024 was a year of “transition” within the Clarks business “as internal and external factors…
Scientists find brain cell switch that could reverse obesity’s effects
Researchers show astrocytes can be tuned to reverse some obesity-driven brain and metabolic changes, revealing untapped therapeutic potential. Credit: Shutterstock Fatty diets and obesity affect the structure and function of astrocytes1, the star-shaped brain cells located in the striatum, a brain region involved in the perception of pleasure generated by food consumption. What is even…
Staffordshire Reform has to prove it’s competent
Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands Jen Aitken BBC Stoke and Staffordshire political reporter Reform UK Ian Cooper, leader of Staffordshire County Council, was chosen as the authority’s leader in May The leader of a Reform UK-led council says the party needs to prove it’s competent enough to run local authorities. Ian Cooper, leader of…
Maryland’s lone Republican warns against potential redistricting threats
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The lone House Republican in Maryland’s congressional delegation is warning that his state could lose its main connection to the White House if Democrats there made good on threats to redraw district lines. “Right now, as the sole Republican representative, I’m the liaison between the state and…
DOJ opens grand jury inquiry into Letitia James in New York
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice convened a grand jury to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking an escalation in President Donald Trump’s fight with New York’s top prosecutor. The investigation is being run out of Albany, New York, and focused on possible deprivation of rights allegations,…
Judge puts nationwide injunction on Trump’s birthright citizenship order
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Biden-appointed federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order, arguing that the directive is likely to be found in violation of the Constitution. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman issued her opinion Thursday after agreeing to certify a class-action lawsuit from…
Google Finance testing new AI features
Beginning this week, you’ll see us testing a new Google Finance, reimagined with AI at its core. Here’s what to expect: Research your finance questions with AI: Now, you can ask detailed questions about the financial world and get a comprehensive AI response, all with easy access to relevant sites on the web. Rather than…
Texas seeks Illinois assistance in apprehending Democrats
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While Texas House Democrats hunker down in Illinois, breaking quorum to prevent their Republican colleagues from voting on redistricting during a special session, the Lone Star State is pursuing legal action, hoping to get the Prairie State to assist in apprehending the state legislators. A filing with…
Trump responds to former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan’s swap from GOP to Dem
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on Georgia’s former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan swapping political parties after the state’s GOP expelled him earlier this year for disloyalty to the party. Duncan, an open critic of the president in recent years, wrote an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
New signs found of giant gas planet in ‘Earth’s neighbourhood’
Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) An artist’s drawing of what the new planet might look like. Our Sun is the small dot of light between the two bright stars on the left and right. Scientists have found strong evidence of a giant gas planet in the nearest star system…
Standardized tests being dropped by red state following Trump Department of Education changes
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is eliminating statewide standardized end-of-year testing for several subjects as part of an effort to give “local control back to school districts.” OSDE stated that the changes will take effect in the 2025-2026 school year and will…
