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From accounting major and frat brother to suspected of being Penn State’s largest drug dealer
Agostino Abbatiello is accused of using pledges and other members to help package and move kilos of cocaine. He’s one of 14 people charged in the alleged drug ring.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 10:43pm EDT
Inside the return of a Palestinian-American to home besieged by Israeli settlers in West Bank
An NBC News team on the ground in the West Bank spoke with Loui Ridi, the owner of one of the besieged homes, who returned Monday.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 8:23pm EDT
'Absolutely crazy': Here's what South Korean stock investors are doing in U.S. markets
South Korean stock investors have made 'absolutely crazy' bets as they flee their home market, while global investors pile in.
CNBC - Aug 17, 2026 7:55pm EDT
Looking for under-the-radar stocks? Cramer gives his take on 5 unfamiliar names
CNBC's Jim Cramer took a fresh look at five stocks viewers asked about, including ExlService, MakeMyTrip, Establishment Labs, NVE and Ubiquiti.
CNBC - Aug 17, 2026 7:40pm EDT
Bankers and investors are using revenue estimates two years into the future to determine how much the AI company could be worth.
International Business Times - Aug 17, 2026 7:37pm EDT
Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Strait of Hormuz talks with Iran
Monday marks the end of a 60-day deadline that the U.S. and Iran agreed to in June to end the war and reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 6:39pm EDT
The State Department has prepared a letter for the 35 countries that signed the U.S. "AI Opportunity Statement" in June, according to a new report.
International Business Times - Aug 17, 2026 6:37pm EDT
Jim Cramer says it’s not too late to own any one of these 4 soaring memory stocks
CNBC's Jim Cramer said the AI boom has transformed the historically cyclical memory industry, as demand and greater supply discipline support stronger profits.
CNBC - Aug 17, 2026 6:37pm EDT
The future is for billionaires – the rest of us will get open weight AI models, maybe
Mark Zuckerberg muses about 'superintelligence' and 'arc of human civilization'
Register UK - Aug 17, 2026 5:40pm EDT
OpenAI to lease data center in Ohio, backed by $105B from Nvidia
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will lease a massive data center in the U.S. state of Ohio for 20 years, supported by a $105 billion financing commitment from Nvidia,...
Daily Sabah - Aug 17, 2026 5:39pm EDT
Pilots and Flight Attendants Are Bombarded by Cosmic Radiation—And Getting Deadly Cancers From It
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 5:39pm EDT
Childhood vaccine exemptions for personal or religious reasons hit new record
CDC data finds vaccination rates for schoolkids are declining as the Trump administration pushes for fewer shots.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 5:25pm EDT
Judge delays Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial after double jeopardy claim
After a guilty plea in his federal case, Mangione’s attorneys said he could not be tried again in state court.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 5:09pm EDT
Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park
While it isn’t clear whether the brief suspension portended a more lasting halt to the construction in the area, it reflected the intensity of the bipartisan opposition.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 4:42pm EDT
Camron Harris, 19, was charged with multiple counts of malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the campus shooting that wounded five people.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 4:12pm EDT
‘The AI is fake, but the love is real’: Chatbot romance is booming
Chouwa Liang says she spent a month in love with a chatbot called Norman. Her experience is increasingly normal.
Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 17, 2026 3:14pm EDT
Report on Candidates for Office Finds AI Is More Talked-About Than Racism or Israel
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 3:13pm EDT
Historic data indicates AI market correction is likely: ECB blog
A market correction to tech stock grandiosity in the U.S. is likely and might have far-reaching consequences due to limits in fiscal and monetary policy...
Daily Sabah - Aug 17, 2026 1:40pm EDT
Nvidia partners with Wall Street giants to raise $500 billion for AI buildout
Big Tech companies have signaled that spending on AI won’t slow down, with combined outlays set to surpass $730 billion this year.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 1:09pm EDT
Ukraine Strikes Rocket Factory Critical to Russia's Space Program
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 12:26pm EDT
New study reveals regular coffee consumption helps reduce body fat
Helsinki: A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland reveals that regular coffee consumption is associated with reduced...
Peninsula Qatar - Aug 17, 2026 12:25pm EDT
States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California.
One America News Network - Aug 17, 2026 12:22pm EDT
Nvidia backs financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio
Technology giants are shelling out billions to scale capacity to meet massive data center demand.
CNBC - Aug 17, 2026 11:15am EDT