Zendaya and Tom Holland star in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Jay Maidment/Sony Entertainment Warning: Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. If you catch Spider-Man: Brand New Day in theaters this weekend, you might want to stick around until the very end. Tom Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Brand New Day, directed…
Last month, I published my annual report on national progress on chronic absenteeism. The picture is not comforting. Looking at data from 45 states for the 2024–25 school year, I show that chronic absenteeism rates continue to decline from their 2022 peak, but much more slowly than in prior years. As I put it in the report: Using the American Enterprise Institute’s Return to Learn Tracker, which provides chronic…
When investors talk about the artificial intelligence race, the conversation usually revolves around one question: Who will build the best AI model? Will it be OpenAI? Alphabet? Anthropic? Meta? That’s certainly an important question. But it may not be the most profitable one for investors. A better question is this: Who stands to make the…
&Partners, a St. Louis-based hybrid broker/dealer launched by David Kowach, the former president and CEO of Wells Fargo Advisors, has recruited another team from Kowach’s former firm. This time, &Partners has added 32 North Wealth, a Meridian, Miss.-based practice with $1.8 billion in pre-hire assets under management. The team is led by founders Wade Sims,…
The end of July is already here, and I’m a bit terrified by how quickly the summer months are whizzing by. But as always, another month means another 30-odd days of delicious design launches and releases to relish. As always, I’ve kept an eye on the latest happenings in the interior design world, and when…
Keith Sonderling moved one step closer on Thursday to becoming the next U.S. secretary of labor after the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12 to 11 along party lines to advance his nomination to the full Senate. Sonderling, who has served as acting labor secretary since April, now awaits a final…
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Topline Thousands of Moroccan migrants crossed a Spanish border into the tiny territory of Ceuta on Thursday, overwhelming local leaders who have asked Spain to declare a state of emergency—as videos of the migrants flood social media, outraging right-wing politicians and activists. Migrants cross from Morocco into Spain’s Ceuta territory on Thursday. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)…
Dive Brief: Adidas is bringing back alum Birgit Kretschmer to succeed longtime CFO Harm Ohlmeyer, who is stepping down from the seat he’s held since 2017, according to a company press release Thursday. Kretschmer will take the finance reins “at the end of the year” and join the company’s executive board in September. The sports…
Thanks to the UK’s increasingly hot summers, the RHS is considering relocating its Wisley hydrangeas to its northern Gardens. It’s a concerning move for hydrangea lovers in the south – but that doesn’t mean we should give up on our plants. When you’re deciding where to plant hydrangeas, it’s always worth remembering that they’re woodland…