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Mattie Scheeter, Vice President of Sales and Convention Services, Visit Omaha. (Photo Credit: Visit Omaha)WHY IT RATES: Mattie Scheeter has been leaving a lasting impression in working her way up the ladder since joining Visit Omaha as a national sales manager for the Midwest market in 2017.—Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse Senior EditorVisit Omaha announces the promotion of Mattie Scheeter, CMP, to Vice President of Sales and Convention Services. She has been an integral part of bringing large conventions and events to Omaha, worth more than $161 million for the local community. “Mattie’s experience and passion for Omaha make her an invaluable asset…
Quora’s AI platform Poe announced on Thursday that it’s releasing an API that allows developers to easily access different models or bots for their own applications. The API doesn’t require a separate fee. Instead, usage is tracked via Poe’s existing point-based subscription plans, where each model call costs a set number of points. For instance, low-quality image generation through GPT-4o in a 1:1 aspect ratio and 1024 x 1024 size would cost 328 points. Today, Poe’s plans include the $4.99 per month plan (10,000 points per day), the $19.99/mo plan (1 million points per month), the $49.99/mo plan (2.5 million…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Kramatorsk — When wars kill many over years, the names of the dead can bleed into faceless lists. But each loss still burns a black hole in the worlds they left behind. And few more so than Tymur Hryhorenko. Most of the bald facts of his death are horrifyingly unremarkable, after three years of Russian bombardment. He was the only death from a huge 4:40 a.m. local time, Russian airstrike that hit a top floor apartment in the frontline town of Kramatorsk on July 22. But Tymur, 10, one of the most recent children to die…
Superyachts in Port Hercules, Monaco.John Lamb | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.American boat buyers and European shipyards are scrambling to assess the damage from the proposed U.S. 15% tariffs on European-made goods.With many of the world’s recreational boats and yachts made in Europe, and most of the biggest buyers in the U.S., industry experts are bracing for the fallout from President Donald Trump’s Monday tariff announcement.The European Boating…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Dr. Vinay Prasad, the controversial critic of the US Food and Drug Administration who took a top role at the regulatory agency in May, has resigned less than three months into the job. “Dr. Prasad did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the Trump administration and has decided to return to California and spend more time with his family,” a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services told CNN on Tuesday. Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, was named head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation…
At one point, an app called Twitterrific was one of the most popular iPhone apps for browsing Twitter. These days, the company behind that app, and the many apps that followed, is struggling. And AI may partially be to blame. On Wednesday, the company known as the Iconfactory admitted it was at a crossroads and was putting up several of its apps for sale due to a lack of resources. While the announcement positioned the matter as a situation where the Iconfactory’s app catalog had simply grown to include too many apps to keep up with and not enough time…
Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked a judge to throw out his guilty verdicts on prostitution-related counts or grant him a new trial, saying such convictions are without precedent. “This conviction stands alone, but it shouldn’t stand at all,” the Wednesday filing said. Combs’ lawyers argue that his two felony convictions were a unique misapplication of the federal Mann Act, which bars interstate commerce related to prostitution, “To our knowledge, Mr. Combs is the only person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct anything like this,” a Wednesday filing from Combs legal team said. Combs, 55, was convicted in a…
U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, David Sacks, AI & Crypto Czar and Amy Gleason, Acting Administrator, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attend the “Making Health Technology Great Again” event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Thursday said he asked major pharmaceutical companies to take steps to cut U.S. drug prices within the next 60 days.On Truth Social on Thursday, Trump posted individual…
Federal agencies Vaccines Chronic diseases Disability issues See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Dr. Susan Monarez was sworn in Thursday as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and she’s taking the reins at a perilous time for the agency. The CDC has lost nearly a quarter of its staff since January, thanks to massive workforce cuts at federal health agencies. The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2026 would slash the agency’s funding by more than half. And under a proposed reorganization, the CDC stands to lose more of its programs: Some are…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 8:00 AM ET, Thu July 31, 2025 Jarmal Stevens spent 15 years working in data technology and while he was always grateful to have a job, he never woke up excited about what he was doing each day.It wasn’t until the Georgia resident left his day job behind and transitioned into being a full-time travel advisor entrepreneur, that he truly felt passionate about his work. “I get excited being able to create a memory for someone,” says Stevens. “And I look forward to providing service to people.”Stevens’ career pivot not only delivered greater professional fulfillment,…