And tributes are pouring in today for legendary Cuban singer Selia Cruz after she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cruz is known as the Queen of Salsa. She died in 2003, but is still making history.Cruz was just honored with the Early Influencer Award, becoming the first primarily Spanish language artist to earn a spot in the Rock and Roll. ...

Two suspects in that attempted bombing outside Gracie Mansion have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors accused those men of throwing an explosive during protests outside the mayor's home in New York. That device never went off.Both men face multiple charges, including supporting a terrorist organization. They'll be back in court in June. ...

The way you maintain meritocracy and excellence is to make sure that each person you bring in, and for us this means all of our faculty, all of our staff, all of our students, we have to consistently focus on excellence. Um, there was a colleague of mine at Duke who had a sign in his office that said, "If you have a take a lick of the uh lollipop of mediocrity, you will suck forever." >> Uh, that's pretty good. >> And I I always liked that.Hey everybody, we have Sally Cornbluth on the pod today. She's presi ...

It's an extraordinary claim by the Ukrainian leader. For the first time since the war began, Vladimir Zalinski says Ukrainian forces were able to retake territory seized by the Russians using only an army of robots. Zilinski appearing in a heavily produced video address said the enemy position was captured by ground systems and drones without infantry involvement and without losses on the Ukrainian side.In January, defense manufacturer Dev Droid posted this video saying it showed a ground robot equipped wit ...

the presence of just two orcas that would drive away hundreds of them. >> The predator eats the prey and that has an impact on some of the numbers. But one of the biggest things with predation is the fear of predation or the risk of predation and what we call the landscape of fear.>> But gazelle don't disappear because a lion is killing some gazelle. >> They've evolved alongside of their predator. White sharks have not. White sharks have been the top dog.This was a novel predator for them. They were not use ...

New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani is backing a new plan to tax some of the city's richest residents. When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich. Today, we're taxing the rich.I'm thrilled to announce we've secured a pie-de-terre tax, the first in New York's history. This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than $5 million, whose owners do not live full-time in the city. Like for this penthouse, which hedge fund CEO Ken Griffith bought for $238 million.This pie-de-terre tax is speci ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine hold a press conference on the Iran conflict, days after the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz went into effect. #Trump #Iran #WSJ ...

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Good morning. It's 5:06 a. m.in New York City. 10:06 in London. I'm Matt Miller in for Vonnie Quinn with your Bloomberg Brief.Let's get you set up for the day. Taking a look at markets first because we hit all new closing highs yesterday, finishing the session above 7000 for the first time ever. S&P futures now up 1/10 of 1% and more.NASDAQ futures gaining a third. Take a look at what's going on in treasuries right now. We don't see a lot of action there, to say the least.The two year yield at 3.75% holding ...

📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ Why has the dollar remained dominant despite rising debt, geopolitical strain, and growing challengers? Barry Eichengreen joins Bankless to trace the history of global reserve currencies. From Spanish silver and the Byzantine solidus to sterling and the modern dollar, Barry explains the conditions that make a currency rise, endure, and eventually fall. We explore fiscal discipline, rule of law, military power, gold, C ...