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Texas Supreme Court says Robert Roberson's execution can proceed
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for 57-year-old Robert Roberson to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a "shaken baby syndrome" murder. A jury convicted ...Top stories - CBS News - November 15 -
Trump names fracking executive Chris Wright energy secretary
Wright is expected to fulfil Trump's campaign promise to "drill, baby, drill" and maximise US energy production.Top stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
Trump transition live updates: Trump announces pick for energy secretary
Donald Trump is wasting no time in planning his return to the White House.Top stories - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Restaurant executives can't wait for 2025 after slow traffic and wave of bankruptcies
This year, restaurant bankruptcy filings soared, industry traffic declined and same-store sales disappointed.Business - CNBC - 6 days ago -
Trump picks oil and gas executive Chris Wright for energy secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, to be his energy secretary. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin ...Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago -
Australian gold miner to pay Mali $160m to free detained CEO and executives
Group were held after a meeting about what mining firm referred to as unsubstantiated claims regarding taxes and levies. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Trump’s trade plans, ranked from easiest to hardest to execute
It’s much easier to use unilateral tariffs than pass legislation or agree preferential trade dealsWorld - Financial Times - 5 days ago -
Oil Executive Chris Wright Picked as Next Energy Secretary
The CEO of Liberty Energy says there is no climate crisis, and is a vocal backer of the president-elect’s plan to boost oil and gas production.Business - Inc. - 5 days ago -
Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary
Billionaire and former Senate candidate served in president-elect’s cabinet in first administration. Linda McMahon, co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team, has been named as the ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Gary Wang, a Top FTX Executive, Is Given No Prison Time
Mr. Wang is the last close colleague of the FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for the fraud that caused the crypto exchange to collapse in 2022.Tech - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Alabama set to carry out nation's third nitrogen gas execution
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated Thursday to become the third person executed in the U.S., and Alabama, by nitrogen gas.Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
Alabama about to execute third man this year with controversial nitrogen gas
Carey Dale Grayson scheduled to be killed for 1994 murder by technique that previously caused visible signs of distress. Alabama is hours away from carrying out its third execution this year ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Sam Altman's Startup Appoints Former X Executive as Policy Chief
Tools for Humanity named X’s former vice president of global affairs Nick Pickles as its head of policy, the latest executive from what was formerly Twitter to join the startup.Business - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago -
Alabama man shook and gasped in final moments of nitrogen gas execution
Death of Carey Dale Grayson, 50, marks third time the US state has killed someone using controversial method. An Alabama man convicted in the 1994 killing of a hitchhiker cursed at the prison ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
WiseTech Warns on Profits After Product Delayed by Executive Shake-Up
The logistics software provider downgraded its earnings and revenue outlook for the current year, citing a delay to a new product due to negative media reports and a recent management overhaul.Business - The Wall Street Journal - Yesterday -
Donald Trump chooses hedge fund executive Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary
The founder of Key Square Group was deemed a strong favorite to lead the Treasury Department, along with several other contenders.Business - CNBC - 19 hours ago -
The Saudi factories powered by women
A surge in female labour force participation has emerged as a bright spot for the kingdomWorld - Financial Times - October 28 -
Stagecraft and the power of political photographs
With the invention of photography came a new way to view, mythologize and remember the nation's presidents. CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa talks with Washington Post ...Top stories - CBS News - November 3 -
The Incredible Power of Quantum Memory
Researchers are exploring new ways that quantum computers will be able to reveal the secrets of complex quantum systems.Tech - Wired - November 10 -
Israeli military says it has completed its strikes on Iran, which included missile plants and other sites
Israeli military says it has completed its strikes on Iran, which included missile plants and other sitesWorld - ABC News - October 25 -
Volkswagen targets layoffs and 10% pay cuts amid plans for German plant closures, union says
Volkswagen is considering wide spread pay cuts and layoffs as well as closures or size reductions of its plants in Germany, the company's works council said Monday.Business - CNBC - October 28 -
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Volkswagen's employee council says the automaker plans to close at least 3 German plants
The head of Volkswagen's works council says the company has informed employee representatives that it wants to close at least three plants in GermanyWorld - ABC News - October 28 -
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Grupo Simec Steel-Plant Explosion Leaves at Least 12 Workers Dead in Mexico
An explosion and fire at a steel plant operated by Grupo Simec in central Mexico left at least 12 workers dead and another injured.World - The Wall Street Journal - October 30 -
Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says
Conservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten ...Tech - ABC News - November 3 -
Britain will need gas plants as ‘back-up’ for wind in 2030, says grid operator
Report says ‘urgent action’ needed to meet government’s clean power targetBusiness - Financial Times - November 5 -
A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel, in what plant officials said was a ...Tech - ABC News - November 8 -
Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant in a step toward cleanup
A robot at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel in what officials said was the start of the cleanup.Top stories - NBC News - November 7 -
Nigeria signs $1.2 billion deal with Chinese state-owned company to revamp key gas plant
Nigeria has inked a $1.2 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revitalize a gas processing facility, a move that officials say could propel the African country to a leading position in aluminum ...World - ABC News - November 13
