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On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba. The American pawpaw. The deciduous tree bears North America’s largest native fruit, and, as Marsden explained, supports the zebra swallowtail butterfly — a species that has all but disappeared from the Pittsburgh region.“They don’t exist here, really,” Marsden said as she trekked along the river. The closest she’s found them is in Northern West Virginia. “The most important thing for restoring any species is restoring their habitat,” she said, pausing below a grove of 40-foot-tall pawpaw trees tucked above…

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCharlie Kawwas, president of the semiconductor solutions group at Broadcom, on Monday said that OpenAI is not the mystery $10 billion customer that it announced during its earnings call in September.Kawwas appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” with OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, to discuss their plans to jointly build and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence accelerators.The deal was largely expected after analysts were quick to point to OpenAI as Broadcom’s potential new $10 billion partner. But after the companies officially unveiled their plans on Monday, Kawwas said OpenAI does not fit…

As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, taking a first step toward peace, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, telling them he had ended his eighth war. “After so many years of unceasing war and endless danger, today the skies are calm. The guns are silent. The sirens are still. And the sun rises on a holy land that is finally at peace,” Trump said.He then upped the number of wars he claims to have ended in his first eight months in office, saying, “Yesterday I was saying seven, but now I can say…

Athletes confront failure as often as success during competition.For professional and Olympic athletes, those shortcomings can play out in singular and devastating fashion in front of worldwide audiences.From seven-time Olympic gymnast Simone Biles’ bout with “the twisties” during the 2020 Tokyo Games, to former Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner’s infamous error in the 1986 World Series, fanbases never cease to dwell upon these painstaking moments.Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering joined that club when he mishandled a bases-loaded comebacker that led to his team’s elimination from the MLB playoffs.“Just kind of keep going with it. It’s hopefully starting a…

When counseling clients, financial advisors often draw a distinction between investing and speculation.Investing, they say, generally involves consistently buying into a broadly diversified swath of the market and letting compounding interest do its work over the course of decades. “Real investing is boring. It’s like watching paint dry,” Ramit Sethi, author of “I Will Teach You To Be Rich” told CNBC Make It in July 2023.Speculation, meanwhile, is nothing if not exciting: A speculator buys assets that offer a chance at sky-high returns and substantial risk of loss. And when it comes to building wealth, taking on a little extra…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he will travel to the United States this week for talks on the potential U.S. provision of long-range weapons, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia he may send Kyiv long-range Tomahawk missilesA meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump could take place as early as Friday, the Ukrainian president said, adding that he also would meet with defense and energy companies and members of Congress.“The main topics will be air defense and our long-range capabilities, to maintain pressure on Russia,” Zelenskyy said.He spoke at a meeting with EU High…

Broadcom and OpenAI have made their partnership official.The two companies said Monday that they’re jointly building and deploying 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence accelerators as part of a broader effort across the industry to scale AI infrastructure. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.Broadcom shares climbed 9.88% following news of the deal.While the companies have been working together for 18 months, they’re now going public with plans to develop and deploy racks of OpenAI-designed chips starting late next year. OpenAI has announced massive deals in recent weeks with Nvidia, Oracle and Advanced Micro Devices, as it tries to secure the capital and…

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Authorities on Monday identified the three men and a woman who were killed during a weekend mass shooting at a bar on a South Carolina island. At least 20 other people were wounded.Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island was crowded with people when the shooting started on Sunday, including many who had attended Battery Creek High School in Beaufort and were at the bar for an alumni event.Flowers and candles were placed outside the bar as the Beaufort County coroner’s office identified the dead as Kashawn Glaze, 22, Chiraad Smalls, 33, Amos…

Sam MarsdenMoises LlorensOct 13, 2025, 08:45 AM ETBarcelona president Joan Laporta has said coach Hansi Flick is the club’s ‘Gladiator’ because of his similarity to the actor Russel Crowe.Flick, 60, replaced Xavi Hernández as Barça boss last year and led the Blaugrana to three trophies in his first season in charge, LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercopa.Laporta is thrilled with how the German has brought success back to the Catalan club, comparing him to Crowe, the Australian who played the title role in the 2000 Oscar-winning movie Gladiator.Hansi Flick has turned Barcelona back into Champions League contenders. Juan…

Citi is seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 3, 2025. NYSECiti is aiming to launch a service for the custody of crypto assets in 2026, an executive at the bank told CNBC, as Wall Street giants expand their footprint in the digital currency space.Biswarup Chatterjee, global head of partnerships and innovation in the services business at Citi said the bank has been developing a crypto custody service for the last two-to-three years and is making progress.”We have various kinds of explorations … and we’re hoping that in the next few quarters, we can come to…