Target shares plunge 20% after discounter cuts forecast, posts biggest earnings miss in two years

Target shares plunge 20% after discounter cuts forecast, posts biggest earnings miss in two years

People are seen at the parking lot of a Target store in Selinsgrove. Paul Weaver Lightrocket | Getty Images Target on Wednesday missed Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue expectations and posted only a slight uptick in customer traffic, despite the discounter’s price cuts on thousands of items and its early holiday sale. The big-box…

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NASA Showcases New AI Tools That Can Help In Scientific Research

NASA Showcases New AI Tools That Can Help In Scientific Research

At the Supercomputing Conference or SC2024, NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Nicola Fox, detailed new computational tools intended to advance space science. NASA plans to employ a large language model across its science divisions, bolstered by foundation models tailored to Earth science, heliophysics, astrophysics, planetary science, and biological and physical sciences. This…

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Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends tenure as longest-serving woman in US House with election win

Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends tenure as longest-serving woman in US House with election win

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democratic US Rep. Marcy Kaptur won another term in the US House on Wednesday, after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump. Her victory in northwest Ohio over fourth-term state Rep. Derek Merrin allows Kaptur to continue her streak as the longest-serving woman in House historyThe outcome emerged from…

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Paul Simon’s search for hearing loss cure leads him to groundbreaking Stanford Medicine program and some hope

Paul Simon’s search for hearing loss cure leads him to groundbreaking Stanford Medicine program and some hope

When legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon began to lose his hearing nearly four years ago while working on his album, “Seven Psalms,” he feared he wouldn’t be able to perform again. “It was incredibly frustrating. I was very angry at first that this had happened,” Simon told CBS News senior culture correspondent Anthony Mason in an…

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