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Polymarket banner outside the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 7th, 2025.Kevin Stankiewicz | CNBCPrediction market platform Polymarket is preparing for what’s expected to be a busy fall season for event contract exchanges by making high-profile hires and restructuring its marketing strategy. Polymarket hired Travis VanderZanden, founder of E-Scooter startup Bird in 2017, as its chief growth officer. VanderZanden previously worked at Uber Technologies and Lyft as well.Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan “is the visionary of the prediction market space, and this is a massive market opportunity,” VanderZanden said in a statement to CNBC. “It’s an exciting time to come in as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Little League Baseball is on fire even before the big days in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.Little League on Monday ruled that Tulsa National Little League’s 12U team had an ineligible player on the roster and booted it from the Southwest Region Tournament, the final stop before the Little League World Series.However, a Texas judge reinstated the team just hours later through a temporary restraining order, despite Little League saying its decision was “final and binding.” A general view of the large baseball decoration at Lamade Stadium. (Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports)Thus, Tulsa National Little League…

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Tuesday. If you’re debating whether to stay invested in the stock market, Goldman Sachs’ co-head of global banking and markets has some advice.Stock futures are little changed this morning after a muted day on Wall Street.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. More than meets the eyeTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Aug. 7, 2026. Jeenah Moon | ReutersOn the surface, Monday was a dull day for the stock…

Tesla shares (TSLA) edged higher on Tuesday as investors weighed progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a new vehicle recall, and Wall Street’s continued focus on the company’s Robotaxi and artificial intelligence initiatives.Tesla stock rose 1.2% to $334.35 in early trading.The broader market was little changed. The S&P 500 gained 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite traded around the flatline and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 50 points, or 0.1%.Investors were weighing signs of progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz against lingering doubts that the US and Iran can reach a broader resolution to the conflict.Tesla shares rose…

A study suggests an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began with a new animal-to-human transmission event and was then spread between people.

The rocket returned to flight successfully a year later and completed over a dozen successful flights before Monday’s mission, based on Chinese launch records.A report by China National Radio, later removed from a page hosted by the Baidu search engine, identified the payload as Zhongxing-4B, or ChinaSat-4B, and the launcher as the Long March 7 modified rocket, another name for the Long March 7A.The satellite is part of the same series as ChinaSat-4A, launched in 2024, according to an assessment by Reuters of the available evidence. China described that satellite as providing voice, data, radio and television transmission services.Such high-orbit…

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in ‘perfect health’, as Iran undergoes a security shakeup with several senior commanders appointed to new roles, while Washington and Tehran continue to demand compensation from one another over the war. Al Jazeera’s Marah Rayan has the latest.Published On 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

North Carolina Republicans on Tuesday chose state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom to replace Rep. Chuck Edwards on the ballot in November. Edwards dropped his reelection bid last week when the House Ethics Committee recommended censure. Balkcom will face Democrat Jamie Ager in the fall. Ager won the primary in March, and although the district has not elected a Democrat since 2010, the party believes the rural, western North Carolina district could be competitive. According to the North Carolina GOP, Balkcom won a competitive three-way primary in 2022 for her seat and is a lifelong resident of the district. The change to the ballot comes less…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).A 7-year-old boy’s mother and two co-parents were charged with murder in Ohio after his grandparents hired a private investigator over concerns the child was being abused, according to reports.Cincinnati police said Kaitlin Evans, 38, and her co-parents, Kirby Rankin, 33, and Nessa Keaney, 23, have all pleaded not guilty to murdering 7-year-old William Evans.The Hamilton County jail and Municipal Court databases list Rankin’s sex as male, while Cincinnati police identify Rankin…

If the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade deal, also known as CUSMA, breaks down, it would lead to more than 100,000 job losses in Canada and more than twice that in the United States, a new report by an industry group is warning. In July, Washington said it won’t renew the deal, known as USMCA in the U.S., in its current form. That means the trade deal must be reviewed annually, adding to the volatility and economic uncertainty facing businesses. At the same time, the clock is ticking ahead of a fresh round of U.S. tariffs.U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to…