The Trump fraud trial verdict goes well beyond ordering the ex-president to pay $355 million. Here's what the ruling means.

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  • Trump, his eldest sons, and Trump Org must pay back $364 million pocketed through a decade of fraud.
  • Friday's verdict also bans Trump from running a business in New York for three years  — including Trump Org.
  • Trump's frauds "leap off the page and shock the conscience," the judge wrote.

In a scathing verdict that punishes a decade of

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31 Nobel Prize winners had ties to the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer isn't on the list.

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Ernest Lawrence, Enrico Fermi, and Isidor Rabi all won the Nobel Prize and contributed to the Manhattan Project.

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  • Officials on the Manhattan Project recruited top scientists to research and develop the atomic bomb.
  • Some of them were already Nobel Prize winners, but others received theirs as late as 2005.
  • Most won the physics award

There's a 'meaningful' chance the Fed's next move is a rate hike, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says

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Summers says odds are "meaningful" that the Fed's next rate move is a bump higher.

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  • There's a 15% chance the Fed raises rates this year, Larry Summers says.
  • His rationale is built upon a streak of strong economic data and still-high inflation. 
  • There's almost no strong deflationary pattern in the housing and service sectors, he said. 

A wave of

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China rolled out a new measure of youth unemployment. It shows the nation's labor market is still a mess, think tank says

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Students from Wuhan University hold flags during the graduation ceremony in the school's stadium on June 20, 2023 in Wuhan.

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  • China released a revised youth unemployment figure after not publishing data since June 2023.
  • The new metric excludes students. December's youth unemployment stood at 14.9%.
  • But this is still above broader joblessness and points to
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Biden has a huge decision to make — one of the most important of his presidency

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President Biden is behind in polls for reasons he can't change.

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  • President Biden is a lifelong public servant, and he's behind in polls for reasons he can't change.
  • So, for the sake of the country, Biden has a critical decision to make:
  • Whether or not to step aside so the Democrats can nominate another candidate.

President Joe Biden has dedicated almost his entire professional life

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Fani Willis' dad testifies his daughter was dating a DJ nicknamed 'Deuce' in 2019

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John Floyd III, father of Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Atlanta.
John Floyd III, father of Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • The father of Fulton County DA Fani Willis testified in his daughter's defense at a Friday court hearing.
  • John Floyd III said Willis was dating a DJ in 2019. Willis' ex-pal claimed that's when Willis
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Vudu’s name is changing to ‘Fandango at Home’

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Fandango has decided to completely rebrand Vudu, a streaming video service that’s been around for over a decade, to Fandango at Home. “We will still have the same great films, shows, deals, and bundles, plus your library will stay right where it’s always been,” the company said in a post on X (via 9to5Google).

After many years of operation under Walmart

Epic plans to launch its own iOS storefront in the EU this year

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Epic Games just announced that Apple has finally reinstated its iOS developer account in the European Union. This means that the developer plans to launch a digital storefront for iOS devices sometime this year. More importantly, this will allow users to easily download Fortnite on iPhones.

The company revealed that it would be bringing its games store and Fortnite to iOS back in January, but it