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Redwood Materials chief operating officer Chris Lister is leaving the battery recycling company to retire, TechCrunch has learned — and he’s not the only executive that recently departed. Lister, a former vice president who led operations at Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory, has been with Redwood since late 2023. He started as the company’s chief supply chain officer and was quickly promoted to the COO role in 2024. The promotion put him closer in the org chart to Redwood founder and CEO JB Straubel, who was Tesla’s longtime chief technology officer and currently sits on the automaker’s board. Redwood Materials recently informed…

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines with the intent of reselling the struggling budget carrier after oil prices drop. The president confirmed his continued interest in offering Spirit a financial lifeline after a lawyer told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court that the airline was in advanced talks with the U.S. government on a financing deal that would allow Spirit to emerge from Chapter 11 protection. “They have some good aircraft and good assets, and when the prices of oil goes down, we’ll sell it for a profit,” Trump said,…

By Anthony Franco | at April 23, 2026 5:39pm CDT The Rockies announced they’ve traded minor league infielder Nicky Lopez to the Cubs for cash. He was on a minor league contract and will not immediately occupy a 40-man roster spot for Chicago. More to come.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race. In a Thursday memo, Michael Kratsios, the president’s chief science and technology adviser, accused foreign entities “principally based in China” of engaging in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to “distill,” or extract capabilities from, leading AI systems made in the U.S. and “exploiting American expertise and innovation.” The administration, Kratsios wrote, will work with American AI companies to identify such activities, build defenses…

The internet is weighing in on a resurfaced livestream clip of D4vd, where he is told he assaults children. It’s unclear when the video was recorded, but the clip has sparked widespread reactions as he remains in custody without bail in connection with Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s death. RELATED: From Stardom To Handcuffs: Everything To Know About D4vd, The Singer Arrested In Connection To Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Death Resurfaced Livestream Clip OF D4vd Fuels Ongoing Online Discussion In the resurfaced video circulating on social media, D4vd appears on a livestream sitting next to someone in what looks like a home kitchen.…

UPDATE — 4/23/26, 6:30 p.m. ET: Ancient Aliens star David Wilcock’s family is speaking out about his mental health issues and financial strain following his death at age 53 in an apparent suicide. “David Wilcock took his own life on April 20, 2026, after a long struggle with depression and overwhelming financial debt,” his family said in a statement released to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, April 23. “His family, and chosen family, hope this loss encourages more focused attention to mental health care access.” The Wilcock family’s message was publicly released following some skepticism among the UFO…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Cranbrook residents thought they were done with shoveling snow, but Mother Nature had other ideas. A spring snowstorm dropped about 20 centimetres of heavy, wet snow on the region on Thursday.The heavy snow also brought down a tree, which hit some BC Hydro wires, briefly knocking out power for about 3,000 homes and businesses. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. The temperatures quickly warmed up throughout the day and the rapid snowmelt led to high creek…

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White House, President Trump announced Thursday from the Oval Office. The announcement came following a meeting at the White House that included diplomats from Israel, Lebanon and the U.S. A ceasefire that went into effect last Friday had been due to expire on Monday. Mr. Trump said he hopes the ceasefire leads to a broader peace agreement between the two countries, which have officially been at war since 1948. Since the ceasefire went into effect last week, there have been multiple violations by…

Alex Cooper‘s husband’s controversy continues to grow, with a job interview whistleblower. Matt Kaplan, who runs “Unwell,” his wife’s media production company, has been faced with heat after they recently suffered a major staff turnover due to his behavior in the workplace. Due to a number of complaints, it has been revealed that he causes tension between staff and does not maintain decorum with workers. Alex Cooper is also entangled in public drama amid her brawl with Alix Earle, from which she’s earned the unofficial “mean girl” status. The situation seems to be getting messier as other entertainers join in,…

Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, the company said Thursday as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires. The company said it was making the cuts for the sake of efficiency and to allow new investments in parts of its business, as first reported by Bloomberg, which also said the company will leave about 6,000 jobs unfilled. Also Thursday, Microsoft said it was offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of its U.S. employees. The software giant plans to make the offers in early May to about…