An experimental gene-editing therapy has produced substantial and lasting reductions in dangerous blood fats after only a single treatment, offering early evidence that CRISPR technology could eventually transform how some severe cholesterol disorders are treated. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic reported that a one-time infusion of the experimental therapy CTX310...
McDonald’s Launches $8.5 Billion Reinvention as Competition and Changing Customers Challenge Its Fast-Food Empire
McDonald’s is preparing one of the largest transformations in its recent history, committing $8.5 billion over the next decade to strengthen its franchise restaurants, modernize operations and adapt its menu as competition intensifies and consumers become increasingly selective about where they spend their money. The investment is part of a...
AI Turns the Computer Science Dream Into a Tough Job Hunt for a New Generation of Graduates
For years, computer science was considered one of the safest paths from college into a well-paid career. Technology companies competed aggressively for young programmers, graduates often received multiple offers, and universities rapidly expanded their computer science programs. Artificial intelligence is now helping overturn that equation. New computer science graduates are...
Los Angeles Needs Thousands of Apartments, but Developers Say Building Them No Longer Pays
Los Angeles is confronting a striking contradiction in its housing crisis: the city desperately needs more apartments, but many developers say constructing them has become financially unattractive. Despite persistent housing shortages and high rents, multifamily construction is slowing as developers confront elevated interest rates, falling apartment values, rising construction expenses,...
Potent Kratom Products Drive a New Wave of Addiction and Severe Withdrawal Across the U.S.
Addiction treatment centers across the United States are reporting a sharp increase in patients seeking help for dependence on kratom and, increasingly, highly concentrated products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH. Kratom comes from the leaves of a tree native to Southeast Asia and has been available in the United States for...
Trump Transforms U.S. Refugee Office Into a $410 Million Global Deportation Network
The Trump administration has dramatically transformed a State Department bureau historically dedicated to refugees and humanitarian assistance into a central component of its immigration enforcement strategy, building a global network of agreements that allows the United States to deport migrants to countries where they have never lived. At the center...
Disney’s Discount Strategy Pays Off as Theme Parks Grow While Rivals Lose Visitors
Disney is bucking a broader slowdown in the U.S. theme-park industry, attracting more visitors to Walt Disney World and Disneyland by combining carefully targeted discounts, family promotions, seasonal events and new attractions. Attendance at Disney’s U.S. theme parks increased 3% from a year earlier in the most recent quarter, its...
NK Profeta Returns to Puerto Rico with His New EP ‘SADE’
Inside the Latin Rap industry, NK Profeta is famous for his successful career and well-recognized among his peers for his historic Beef to Residente. Managing impeccable quality in his lyrics, this Venezuelan artist just released his new EP, 'SADE,' a declaration of his new identity and experimentation of different sounds....
ReDress the First Scalable Digital and Environmentally Conscious Clothing Swapping Platform in the United States enters Growth Mode
Miami, Florida - Today, ReDress, a latina-run, women-led operation that works to reduce our carbon footprint by providing environmentally-conscious clothing exchange services, announced it is scaling their operations in the United States. ReDress, founded by Latina entrepreneur Rossanna Ceccato has been accelerated by Founders Institute and the WIN lab program...
China warns of ‘forceful measures’ if U.S. House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan
China's government warned on Tuesday that it would take "forceful measures" if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times said https://on.ft.com/3B0jKgc she would go to the Chinese-claimed island next month. Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and spend...