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The Chinese Billionaire Behind 2025’s Largest IPO, Tesla Battery Maker CATL
Robin Zeng Yuqun speaks at the listing ceremony at Hong Kong stock exchange on May 20, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. Chen Yongnuo/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world’s largest maker of electric vehicle batteries, no longer wants to be just a Chinese powerhouse. With its $4.6 billion…
Read MoreSharolen Roque missing: Amber Alert issued for 15-year-old
HOUSTON (KIAH) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 15-year-old girl from Houston named Sharolen Roque, who was last seen in the company of a 20-year-old man. Sharolen is described as 4-foot-9 with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen with Mauricio Aaron Ramos. They were seen traveling in a…
Read MoreTexas woman who won $83.5 million jackpot still not paid 3 months later, sues Texas Lottery Commission
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As state lawmakers decide the future of the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC), a Texas woman who won an $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot is asking a judge to order the acting executive director of the commission to pay out the winnings. The woman, known as “Jane Doe” in the lawsuit, purchased the…
Read MoreBilly Draddy’s Father’s Day Edit: Style, Comfort and a Slice of Fini’s
When your name’s on the label, the standards are personal. Billy Draddy, Creative Director of B. Draddy and third-generation sportswear man, doesn’t do throwaway gifts. He’s a dad to four boys, a student of good design and a guy who believes comfort should never come at the expense of polish—or vice versa. That philosophy is…
Read MoreKate Winslet’s Daughter Mia Threapleton Details Her Childhood Outside of the Spotlight
Hopper Penn and Dylan Penn “I can see being really pissed that I got this role, as someone else,” Dylan told W after dad Sean Penn directed her in the 2021 drama Flag Day. At the same time, she added, as a working actress “I’ve been auditioning forever. I’ve been rejected forever.” Regarding the kerfuffle…
Read MoreThe Art of Tapas: Where to Find the Best Small Plates in Madrid
Spanish cuisine has been lauded, praised and celebrated around the world, with chefs like Andoni Luis Aduriz and Dani García demonstrating how exciting both Catalan and Basque cuisine can be. While many Spanish chefs, including Ferran Adrià and José Andrés, have made names for themselves by reinventing their food using molecular gastronomy, many self-professed foodies…
Read MoreWhen does ‘Dept. Q’ premiere on Netflix? ‘Dept. Q’ premiere date, time, cast, and more
Looking for another good(e) Netflix series to binge-watch? Dept. Q may be for you! From Scott Frank, the writer and director of Netflix’s hit series The Queen’s Gambit, the nine-part crime procedural series stars Matthew Goode (The King’s Man, The Offer) as “brash, but brilliant detective leading a cold case unit in Edinburgh.” Netflix’s official…
Read MoreThe Weirdest Things Podiatrists Have Removed From Feet
Dr. Jeffrey Hurless still remembers the young patient who showed up for a podiatry appointment complaining about a large blister on the bottom of his big toe. The sore spot was red, swollen, and painful—and the boy and his mother had no idea what had caused it. As the patient reclined in an exam chair,…
Read MoreMiley Cyrus Details How Sobriety Has Become Her “God” in Rare Update
In October 2018, the American Pie star announced he was one year sober in a celebratory and encouraging Instagram post. “I first tried to get sober over 5 years ago, when the weight of my obsession with booze and drugs became too heavy for me to handle,” he wrote at the time. “Turns out this s–t…
Read MoreNew Orleans jail worker charged with helping 10 inmates escape was just doing his job, his lawyer says
Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it, a lawyer for a maintenance worker who is charged with helping them said Wednesday. The worker, Sterling Williams, did not know about the men’s plan and…
Read MoreWeekend Watch: Julius Caesar in the park, Margarita Fest, and a half marathon
AUSTIN (KXAN)—There is plenty to do this weekend as we move into Memorial Day Weekend (a longer weekend for many, or the start of summer vacation for others). Even with hot conditions, it shouldn’t stop you from getting out and about, and here are a few events you can enjoy with family or friends. Weekend…
Read MoreMormon Wives’ Taylor Frankie Paul Confirms Dakota Mortensen Breakup After Rocky Romance
Taylor Frankie Paul & More #MomTok Stars: Meet ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Cast! Taylor Frankie Paul is ready to start over. After it was revealed in the season two premiere of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives that Dakota Mortensen had been unfaithful to her shortly after the couple welcomed 13-month-old Ever, Taylor shared…
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