Squads Raises $18M to Build Business Finance on Stablecoin Infrastructure
B NEW YORK, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Squads today announced an $18 million strategic round led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, L1D, Collab+Currency, Electric Capital, Placeholder, Jump Crypto, and Robot Ventures, bringing total funding to…
‘Game of the century’ or just bad defending? PSG’s win over Bayern draws mixed reactions
B PARIS (AP) — “Thought you’d seen it all in football? Never a game like this!” That line in German news magazine Der Spiegel was just one of many attempts around Europe to sum up the back-and-forth action of Paris…
Uber adds hotel booking in push to become ‘everything app’
A Uber on Wednesday unveiled a new feature allowing users to book a hotel room directly from its app, the latest step in its push to become a one-stop shop for everyday needs. The company had already broadened its ambitions…
Rachel Zegler to take her ‘Evita’ to Broadway in spring 2027
B NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off her triumphant turn in London as Eva Perón, Rachel Zegler is taking her Argentine first lady to Broadway. The revival — directed by Jamie Lloyd — will play at a Shubert theater to…
Takeaways from AP’s report on the push for raw milk intensifying
B Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new disease outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children.…
Stir well, slap lightly. Tips for making a mint julep worthy of the Kentucky Derby
B Horses are poised, bets are on, hats are at the ready and the bourbon is standing by, ready to be poured into thousands of mint julep cocktails. It must be Kentucky Derby weekend. America’s most famous horse race says…
‘The View’ Hosts Grill Trump Lawyer Alina Habba
A Former Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba was a guest on Wednesday’s (April 29) episode of The View and faced a volley of very tough questions about Trump’s most controversial actions, decisions, and statements. Though the segment started out friendly enough,…
AP Trending SummaryBrief at 12:01 p.m. EDT
A Meet the Liberty Bell fans visiting little-known replicas scattered across the country RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — If you can’t visit the original Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, you might find a dead ringer nearby. For a 1950 bond drive, the…
Movie Review: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ still has style but the story is overdressed
B Fashion trends are notoriously fickle but some things, like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, never go out of style. So you can see why making “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” two decades after the original, was hard to resist.…
VerifyVASP acquires Sygna, consolidating the global Travel Rule network
B SINGAPORE, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VerifyVASP, a leading Travel Rule solution provider, today announced the acquisition of Sygna, a prominent Japan-based provider. This transaction represents a major step in VerifyVASP’s global expansion strategy, further establishing the company as…

