A’s Wanted to Make ‘Statement’ with Historic $67M Luis Severino Contract, GM Says

Zach BacharContributor IDecember 7, 2024 Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Athletics general manager David Forst revealed the team’s reasoning behind signing free-agent starting pitcher Luis Severino to a historic contract on Thursday. “We wanted to make something of a statement coming into a new city and coming into aContinue Reading

Meta-analysis Probes Rare Potential Vision Risk of GLP-1s

TOPLINE: Patients treated with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) appear to have a very low incidence of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) when appropriately prescribed for obesity or diabetes.  METHODOLOGY: A retrospective observational study recently suggested that semaglutide treatment may be associated with more than a fourfoldContinue Reading

My Middle-Age Music Crisis

One balmy evening this past summer, I was hanging out in the bustling courtyard of a bar under the Williamsburg Bridge, celebrating a friend’s thirtieth birthday. I was having a nice enough time making small talk with various partygoers—until a stranger asked what new music I had been listening to.Continue Reading

“This Is the Best She Has Looked in Decades!” New Look of Donatella Versace Creates Buzz

Legendary Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace has once again stolen the spotlight, this time with a jaw-dropping new appearance that fans are hailing as nothing short of transformative. Known for her iconic role at the helm of the Versace empire, the 69-year-old fashion icon turned heads at The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical charity gala, hostedContinue Reading

Recaro Automotive Has Been Saved From Bankruptcy

Recaro Automotive GmbH has been saved from bankruptcy. The Italian company Proma Group has signed an investment agreement with the German-based seat maker, and the pair have already begun the transition period to assume control of the business. Proma said it would retain several original employees to “ensure a moreContinue Reading

Trump’s Pick for Labor Secretary Won’t Neutralize the Damage His Administration Will Inflict on Workers

Politics / December 6, 2024 Lori Chavez-DeRemer is as good a pick for labor secretary as one could’ve reasonably hoped for. It’s also, unfortunately, smart politics for Trump. Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) attends a signing ceremony in the US Capitol for a resolution that invalidates the District of Columbias RevisedContinue Reading