On Monday evening, Grace's mother Siobhán held a sign with a picture of her daughter with the words "justice for Grace" written on it as she led the walk from Valley Park estate to Plunkett Green. "Justice for Grace, justice for my daughter," Ms Lynch said as she walked the route. "Justice for Grace, get the scramblers off the streets."
Baker Falls venue in NYC needs help to square up with folks starting with artists and our wonderful team after a year-long struggle to build our community and stay open. We might lose our space due to a weird 3-way combo of the landlord passing away, foreclosure on their estate, and an unexpected lease clause which could cancel our lease with a new owner...if this happens, no other performance venue would probably be able to operate at 192 Allen Street as the commercial space would be redeveloped...
A fire forced the temporary closure of a popular Brooklyn neighborhood bar earlier this month, and officials say it's still unclear when it will reopen. Flames erupted at Dynaco along Bedford Avenue near Lexington Avenue and Quincy Street during the early morning of Jan. 10, FDNY officials said. The fire was confined to an upper level and did not spread to the main bar area, though smoke and water from firefighting efforts impacted the entire building.
Zipline, a drone delivery and logistics startup, has raised more than $600 million in new funding, boosting its valuation to $7.6 billion, as it expands commercial deployments. The firm's fundraising round included backing from Valor Equity Partners and participation from investors such as Tiger Global, Fidelity Management and Research Company and Baillie Gifford. The new valuation, compared with a 2024 fundraising round at $5 billion, is a sign of confidence in the startup's ability to scale and commercialize its operations.
The family of the 12-year-old who was attacked by a shark in Sydney Harbour are grieving as they contemplate the worst possible outcome. The boy, named as Nico Antic in an online fundraiser, has been fighting for his life after being bitten on both legs on 18 January at a harbour beach in Vaucluse, in Sydney's east. Victor Pineiro, who described himself as a close friend of the Antic family on the GoFundMe page, said the boy had sustained devastating injuries.
In the first clip, the drag performer lip-syncs to audio of Erika Kirk reciting a bible verse at the memorial service for her husband, right-wing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University last September.
The theme of this year's Guardian charity appeal was hope, supporting fantastic projects that foster community, tolerance and empathy. Over the past year our reporting has captured the increased alarm most of us feel over the return of 1970s-style racist abuse, the demonisation of refugees and the resurgence of far-right marches in Britain's streets. I'm delighted that Guardian readers responded with such generosity, warmth and solidarity. Your donations will make a positive difference, sending a clear message about standing up to hate and bringing people together.
And this cookie season - which runs from Jan. 12 to March 15 for the Girl Scouts of Northern California - is delivering something new. It's called Exploremores, which are Rocky Road ice cream-inspired sandwich cookies. They're two chocolate wafers squishing a layer of dark filling, containing flavors of marshmallow and toasted-almond cream. Is this new cookie a tribute to William Dreyer, who is rumored to have invented Rocky Road in Oakland back in 1929? Not exactly - but like the frozen dessert, it's still pretty tasty.
Trump appeared to raise his middle finger and repeatedly say fk you!' to worker TJ Sabula at a Ford-150 plant in Dearborn Tuesday when the union man called him a pedophile protector during a presidential visit to offer assurances about the nation's economy. Sabula's accusation changed the focus to the Justice Department's continued delays in releasing files regarding its long-running investigation of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Potylo said federal agents in Minneapolis targeted him after the Portland arrest, calling the situation surreal. These guys are out to send a message, and yeah, if you get under their skin, they will target you. And you know what? Who gives a sh? I am representing marginalized people that don't have a fing voice in this country, man, he said. I do it for them.
Finding an investor is never as simple as sending out a deck and waiting. It usually happens after a long stretch of figuring out who might care about what you are building, why your idea matters, and whether the timing is right. Most founders eventually discover that fundraising is part strategy, part patience, and part culture. Europe's startup scene is wide and diverse, so the path you choose depends on how well you understand the market around you.
DramaBox, one of the leading producers of the short-video format filled with soapy tropes, has been seeking fresh funding from US backers, according to two people with direct knowledge of its efforts. One said DramaBox's fundraising goal was $100 million with a $500 million valuation. DramaBox is part of Singapore-based StoryMatrix, and is behind titles like "A Deal with the Hockey Captain" and "The Lost Heir: A Christmas Reckoning" that it monetizes through one-off payments, subscriptions (usually $20 a week), and ads.
I've seen this before-many times, in fact. What you're describing is not unheard of in the nonprofit sector. Founder energy is one of the most powerful forces driving new missions into the world. It can also be one of the riskiest. Many organizations, especially those built from lived experience, passion, and necessity, begin with little more than a vision, a problem to solve.
Anthropic appears to be preparing for one of the largest financing rounds ever in the AI sector. The developer of the Claude chatbot is in talks with investors about a capital injection of approximately $10 billion, which would value the company at around $350 billion. This would mean another sharp rise in valuation in a short period of time. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal, investor Coatue Management and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC are leading this round.
A woman is planning to walk 115km to raise awareness of a rare condition which caused her to have two heart attacks. Cathy Read from Chippenham in Wiltshire has survived two spontaneous coronary artery dissections (SCAD). The rare condition predominantly affects women under 50 and is often under-diagnosed. In May, Read will be walking the Camino Frances route in Spain to raise funds for the charity that supported her recovery.
As KTVU reports, a boxing ring used by heavyweight champion George Foreman in the 1980s sustained extensive damage after a car thief crashed into Lightning's Boxing Club on 5845 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland at some point in the early hours Thursday morning. Kris Lopez, who co-owns the gym with his wife Denise Lopez, said the impact of the crash was forceful. "It's like an earthquake," Kris Lopez told KTVU. "The force knocked over the ring stairs and pushed the ring out of place."
"I am fundraising to help cover legal fees in the Dominican Republic in an effort to seek justice for my sister-in-law, Claire Cullen. Claire was tragically killed in a hit and run incident while on holiday to attend her brothers wedding. She died instantly, and the driver fled the scene without offering any help to Claire or her family," she wrote.
In this time of unrelenting, often unprecedented cruelty and lawlessness, I'm grateful for readers like you. So many of you have taken to the streets, organized in your neighborhood and with your union, and showed up at the ballot box to vote for progressive candidates. You're proving that it is possible-to paraphrase the legendary Patti Smith-to redeem the work of the fools running our government.
Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank needs to secure $22.5 billion before the end of the year to make good on its commitments to AI partner OpenAI. According to Reuters, there are several levers SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son could pull in order to put the funding package together, including calling on untapped margin loans tied to its stake in British chip design firm Arm Holdings.
the Chamber elevated Taste of Los Gatos into a premier regional food and wine street festival with family-friendly features. In 2026, our focus is to strengthen the local economy and harness the energy of Super Bowl and FIFA visitors. We want to engage residents and introduce new audiences to the range of experiences that make Los Gatos a distinctive destination.
OpenAI has squeezed better margins out of its paid products this year, as it races to maintain its pole position in artificial intelligence, according to a report in The Information. The publication reported that the company improved its "compute margin," an internal figure measuring the share of revenue after the costs of running models for paying users of its corporate and consumer products.
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