By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dockworkers striking at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports are preventing imports of beef that restaurants and retailers increasingly rely on to make hamburgers due to limited domestic supplies, traders and industry members said. The labor strike blocks everything from …

JD Vance seemed to back away from a proposal to separate healthy and sick people in insurance markets, which could cause major disruption for people with pre-existing conditions. Source link

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov today defended recent changes to his platform, amid concerns his arrest in France has made the messaging app more compliant with legal requests to share user data with the authorities. Durov attempted to minimize the significance of changes made to the app since he was arrested …

Damaja Jones conducts offseason workouts for the Helix High football team at 6:30 a.m., starting in January. “It’s open to the whole school,” said Jones, who has been the head coach at the San Diego area school since 2022. Many students express interest. Very few actually show up. Aubrey Laue …

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T looks at some of contemporary art’s genuine iconoclasts — celebrated recluses and others who’ve managed to create an alternate way of being a creative person in a world that sometimes scoffs at privacy. Source link

(Bloomberg) — Humana Inc. has lost about half of its market value this year as the health insurer faced one disaster after another. In the wake of another major setback Wednesday, investors are growing impatient. Most Read from Bloomberg The latest stumble focuses on crucial quality ratings that drive billions …

Some donors said they were seeking to repair damage the Trump-Vance campaign, and Mr. Vance himself, had caused by spreading bogus rumors that migrants were harming pets. Source link

You hardly need ChatGPT to generate a list of reasons why generative artificial intelligence is often less than awesome. The way algorithms are fed creative work often without permission, harbor nasty biases, and require huge amounts of energy and water for training are all serious issues. Putting all that aside …

The ‘other guy’ theory of coaches is a sporting truism. A team that loses more than it wins with a so-called ‘players’ coach’, someone who specializes in relating to athletes and creating an easygoing atmosphere, will often replace them with a disciplinarian. Reserved coaches who don’t find success get replaced …