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Workers picket outside the Boeing Defense, Space & Security facility in Berkeley, Missouri, US, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Neeta Satam | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe union that represents striking Boeing defense workers said Wednesday it has reached a tentative agreement with the company, subject to final voting this Friday.The agreement, set for five years, includes better wages and restores a signing bonus, according to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union. Members of the union, largely based in St. Louis, Missouri, will vote on the tentative agreement on Friday morning.Specific details of the new agreement were not…

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect in the killing of a New York City couple in their 70s whose home was set on fire was taken into custody Wednesday, according to police.Jamel McGriff, a serial robbery suspect on parole, was spotted in midtown Manhattan by New York Police Department officers during an intensive search, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X.Police were able to track McGriff’s whereabouts through the usage of the victims’ credit cards. He was picked up at about 5:40 p.m. and charges had not been filed Wednesday evening, according to a police. “Thank you to the best detectives…

Oracle’s stock is surging, and so is CEO Safra Catz’s net worth.The 63-year-old tech executive saw her personal wealth increase by roughly $412 million in the New York Stock Exchange’s first six hours of trading on Wednesday, according to a Forbes estimate. The jump is tied to the software giant’s stock price, which has soared by roughly 40% after the company’s Tuesday afternoon report showed a massive $455 billion in remaining performance obligations, a measure of contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized.Catz’s estimated net worth is now $3.4 billion, as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Forbes — up…

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesLONG BEACH, Calif. — Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said the carrier has embraced a “new normal” and a stepped-up safety focus following the crash of one of its planes in June, the deadliest aviation disaster in a decade.All but one of the 242 people on board Air India Flight 171 on June 12 were killed when the Boeing Dreamliner, bound for London, crashed seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India. Another 19 other people were killed on the ground.A preliminary report released in July showed confusion in…

DALLAS (AP) — One of the nation’s first doctors accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found to have not violated the law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says, nearly a year after the state sued the physician.Dr. Hector Granados, a pediatric endocrinologist in El Paso, was called a “scofflaw” last year by Paxton’s office in a lawsuit that accused him of falsifying medical records and violating a Texas ban that took effect in 2023. More than two dozen states have prohibitions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, but Texas was the first to…

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education on Wednesday presented its latest updates and preparations for the 2025–2026 school year in a detailed briefing at the center for government communication. Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education Mohammed Al-Khaldi emphasized that the new academic year will serve 520,271 students — 422,744 in public schools and 97,527 in private schools — supported by more than 131,000 teachers and administrators.School expansionsHe outlined that 10 schools are set to operate in the coming year, including seven in the new city of Mutlaa, one in Ishbiliya, and two specialized schools designed for students with hearing impairments…

KUWAIT: The council of ministers has recently approved an Amiri decree allowing listed companies in which non-Kuwaitis have shares to own real estate in the country provided the ownership does not include private residence. Under a Kuwaiti law issued in 1979, such companies are banned from owning property in the country and only Arab individuals can own only one house or land based on an Amiri decree.Foreigners who inherit property from their Kuwaiti mothers must sell it within one year, according to the legislation. Foreign embassies can own a maximum of 4,000 square meters to build their own premises based…

A manhunt was underway late Wednesday for the killer of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated earlier in the day by a gunman, while speaking to a crowd of several thousand people at Utah Valley University in Orem.An initial suspect was released from custody after being interrogated by law enforcement officers, said FBI Director Kash Patel.”The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency,” Patel wrote on X.Before the initial suspect’s release, Patel had taken the unusual step of announcing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s goal of appointing a majority of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors faced a setback late Tuesday when a court blocked his unprecedented attempt to fire Lisa Cook. But the very next next day, his nominee to replace another Fed governor moved forward, giving him one more opportunity during his second term to reshape the Fed. Over time, Trump will almost certainly get the lower short-term interest rate he is seeking, economists say, although it’s unlikely the Fed will shave 3 percentage points from its current level of about 4.3%, as he has demanded,…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer was just astounded by the 40% surge in Oracle stock to all-time highs on Wednesday, calling it life-changing for the individual investors who owned a lot of shares. “I have been saying [for decades] you can get rich in individual stocks,” Cramer told members of the CNBC Investing Club. He pointed to the stunning rally in shares of Oracle on staggering AI projections as a prime example. Since leaving his hedge fund in 2000, Cramer has dedicated his life to teaching investors how to make money in stocks. ” Mad Money ” on CNBC celebrated its 20th…