President Donald Trump’s abrupt shift in rhetoric Tuesday toward Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell reflected the private lobbying of some of his senior advisers, who had urged the president to back off his incendiary attacks on the central bank, three people familiar with the matter said. On Monday, the stock market fell precipitously as Trump attacked Powell as a “major loser,” fueling speculation that the president would move to fire the Fed chief. But by Tuesday afternoon, Trump appeared to dial back his rhetoric, saying he had “no intention...

Ed Sheeran staged another surprise performance at a Nashville institution on Tuesday, this time bringing along Noah Kahan. A month after Sheeran serenaded bachelorette parties at Tootsie’s, the singer performed “dueling songs” with Kahan at Nashville’s Santa’s Pub, which was reportedly one of Sheeran’s go-to haunts during his time living in the city over a decade ago. Sheeran shared a brief clip of the Santa’s Pub performance on social media, with Kahan leading Sheeran and the crowd on a sing-along of his hit “Stick Season”: According to the Tennessean, the...

Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape and sexual assault charges is set to begin Wednesday with opening statements. The retrial comes before a Manhattan jury a year after New York's highest state appeals court overturned the disgraced movie mogul's conviction. Weinstein, 73, faces one rape count and two criminal sexual act counts. The Oscar winner, once one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers, has pleaded not guilty and denied ever assaulting anyone or having nonconsensual sex. At the center of the retrial are three women, with two alleging that Weinstein forcibly performed...

Japanese regional lenders Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Inc. and Gunma Bank Ltd. are in final talks to set up a holding company that will create one of the largest players in the industry, according to people with knowledge with the matter.

The banks are expected to announce the deal within days, said the people, who asked not to be named as the discussions are confidential.

In a new analysis by data research company Cotality, three Florida cities are at “high risk” of home prices dramatically falling in the near future. The real estate market has taken off in Florida since the COVID pandemic. But the report from Cotality, formerly known as CoreLogic, concludes that Tampa, Winter Haven and West Palm Beach may see notable downturns in home prices. Winter Haven was ranked the top housing market in the country that is at “very high risk” of seeing a decline in housing market prices. “Flattening home...

Bitcoin continued it torrid trading streak, flirting with $94,000 on Wednesday morning, despite a robust stock market rally. Some investors have been pulling money out of stocks and stashing them in gold and crypto, which have sent the values of both soaring. Analysts remain bullish on Bitcoin and how high it could go. Robert Kiyosaki, investor and Bitcoin expert, tweeted on April 20, “BITCOIN is $84k today. Strongly believe Bitcoin will reach $180k to $200k in 2025.” Kiyosaki is not alone in his thinking. “There is high short-term uncertainty, but...

JERUSALEM — A man in Israel has died after he was attacked by a shark, police and the victim’s wife said Wednesday, after he went swimming in an area that draws dozens of the marine predator and also curious beachgoers. After a two-day search , police said remains that had been found at the site of the attack on the country’s Mediterranean coast matched those of the man. Israeli media identified him as Barak Tzach, a man in his 40s and a father of four. A shiver of endangered dusky...

'I've been given the gift of life' A man says he has been given "the gift of life" after being given the all-clear from blood cancer thanks to an odds-beating transplant from his brother. Adam Claxton, 42, from Worcester, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) last September. He underwent a transplant on Christmas Eve using stem cells from his brother Leon, 40, and has just been told he is in remission. "Having a transplant, you go into this waiting game where you've got to wait 100 days to have...