Scout Terra pickup truck and Scout Traveler SUV conceptsScoutLAS VEGAS — Scout Motors has received more than 50,000 refundable reservation deposits for its first electric pickups and SUVs, according to Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume.Volkswagen revived Scout, which was an American brand from 1961 to 1980, and revealed production-intent vehicles of its Terra pickup truck and Traveler SUV in October. The vehicles will be offered as all-electric models or extended-range electric vehicles, or EREVs.Scout has received fewer reservations than other automakers pulled in for all-electric vehicles in the early 2020s, when many were first being introduced. The reservations do not guarantee sales but can…
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Notre Dame and its renowned symbols — the golden helmets to match the dome atop the Main Building on campus, the Touchdown Jesus mural overlooking the football stadium — are recognizable worldwide.The program is soaked in lore, dripping with history and brimming with nostalgia. Waking up the echoes. Playing like a champion. Winning one for the Gipper. That whole “Rudy” thing.Fighting Irish football fans are everywhere, and many have never stepped foot in South Bend, Ind. Or even the United States.It’s all a bit much, really.Notre Dame football occupies an exclusive place in the hierarchy of sports in this country,…
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, spoke on Wednesday in Paris of the challenges already posed to U.S. alliances by the imminent return of Donald J. Trump to the White House, and said they believed that an American takeover of Greenland was an impossible idea.But they also asserted that their nations would try to continue working together through potential political turbulence in the coming years, including on the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East.European leaders have been focused in recent days on what many consider inflammatory statements from Mr. Trump and…
Many Healthcare stocks and ETFs have gotten hit hard over the last few weeks, including the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) , iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF (IHF) and the iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF (IHE) , which all remain noticeably below their 2024 highs. The iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF (IHI) took a hit in December too, but the damage it incurred was minimal by comparison. The ETF remains close to its all-time high. Some of its components are even closer, including Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) . ISRG has been trending higher since bottoming in April. The stock broke out…
An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty ImagesThe incoming Trump administration is considering conducting a high-profile raid targeting undocumented immigrants in its initial days, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The raid could target immigrants allegedly living in the U.S. illegally at a workplace in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the people said. In meetings between the Trump transition team and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, the Trump team has repeatedly asked about resources and…
The DOJ alleges that a high-ranking member of the Yakuza, Takeshi Ebisawa, was the central figure in a plot to funnel American weapons to ethnic militias in Myanmar in exchange for heroin and meth. Ebisawa is charged with narcotics importation, money laundering and conspiracy to acquire surface to air missiles.NBC NewsA Japanese Yakuza leader pleaded guilty in New York federal court Wednesday to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials — including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium — from Burma to other countries, prosecutors said.The Yakuza member Takeshi Ebisawa also pleaded guilty to international narcotics trafficking and weapons charges, according to the Manhattan…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Erik Spoelstra is always seeking out original thinkers. Four years ago, the NBA’s fourth-winningest active coach found one a 45-minute drive north of the Miami Heat’s facilities. Since then, Spoelstra has visited Nova Southeastern University regularly for an up-close look at the unique stylings of Jim Crutchfield, the Division II school’s 69-year-old basketball coach.Nova Southeastern plays faster than anyone in college basketball — the Sharks’ 85.8 possessions per game this season are nearly 10 more than the fastest-playing Division I team — applies a full-court press constantly and plays every possession like it’s game point, while…
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it had discovered the body of a hostage taken from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 in an underground tunnel in the area of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, along with evidence that raises questions about the state of another, related captive.The deceased hostage was identified as Youssef Ziyadne of Rahat, an Arab Bedouin city in southern Israel. Mr. Ziyadne, who was in his 50s, and three of his grown children, were abducted from a kibbutz where he and two of the children had been working during the Hamas-led attack on Israel that ignited…
Small-cap stocks inched closer toward a correction on Wednesday, marking the latest speculative trade to flash warning signs. The Russell 2000 slid nearly 1% in Wednesday’s trading, underlining its weak start to the year. With that, the index widely seen as a bellwether for U.S. small-cap names approached correction territory, which is when an average falls 10% from a recent high. .RUT 6M mountain Russell 2000, 6-months This move marks a turn for the Russell 2000, which posted a 2024 gain of 10%. A chunk of last year’s advance stemmed from the victory of President-elect Donald Trump, whose preference for…
D-Wave Quantum CEO Alan Baratz said Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is “dead wrong” about quantum computing after comments from the head of the chip giant spooked Wall Street on Wednesday.Huang was asked on Tuesday about Nvidia’s strategy for quantum computing. He said Nvidia could make conventional chips that are needed alongside quantum computing chips, but that those computers would need 1 million times the number of quantum processing units, called qubits, than they currently have.Getting “very useful quantum computers” to market could take 15 to 30 years, Huang told analysts.Huang’s remarks sent stocks in the nascent industry slumping, with D-Wave plunging…
