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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer told CNBC on Friday that the company plans to make its newly approved gene therapy for a rare genetic hearing loss available for free in the United States, but the company has not yet decided how much it will cost in other countries.”We haven’t decided on a price yet, but there should be a fair share of the cost outside the U.S.,” Schleifer said in an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick. “We’re giving it away for free in the US.”Regeneron announced Thursday that it will make the treatment available for free in the U.S.…

Someone is offering an unusual deal on 13 acres of land in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco. Homeowner and investment banker Storm Duncan created a LinkedIn page for the home, saying he would like to “trade it for stock in humanity.” According to a report in the San Francisco Standard, Duncan described this as a “diversification move” because it was “less focused on AI investments and too focused on real estate compared to the importance of AI in the future” and that Anthropic’s younger employees could be “in exactly the opposite scenario.” Mr. Duncan is asking potential buyers…

Two boys ride paddleboards in the sea while a boat is anchored near the coastline on April 22, 2026 in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Stringer | Getty Imagesbaker hughes Executives at an influential oilfield services company said Friday they were working under the assumption that the Strait of Hormuz may not fully reopen for months. Baker’s financial guidance assumes the U.S.-Iranian conflict will last until the end of June and that the Strait may not be fully operational until the second half of this year, Chief Financial Officer Ahmed Moghal told investors on the company’s first-quarter earnings call. “Ultimately there is…

Whitney Leavitt & Connor Leavitt: Marriagewhitney leavitt I found my perfect dance partner in Connor LeavittBut it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for this couple who share a child. sedona, liam and billy-They have lived their lives in the spotlight. for example, dancing with the stars The alum had to shut up rumors about her husband’s sexuality. “Do I need to put out a sex tape or something? Trust me,” she said on the show. off the vine Podcast for October 2024. “We’re fine. Everything’s fine.” “I think it was when we were thinking about something personal, and I don’t…

Lyubomir Vorona | iStock | Getty ImagesThe average tax refund this season is up 11.3% so far compared to about the same time in 2025, according to IRS filing data through tax day.The average refund for individual filers as of April 17 was $3,275, up from $2,942 about a year ago, the IRS said Friday.The IRS data reflects about 140.2 million individual returns, out of the approximately 164 million originally expected by the April 15 deadline.The IRS typically provides several more filing season updates after the April deadline before the end of the year, including an October extension deadline. Some…

The Intel Xeon 6 processor was unveiled to CNBC on November 17, 2025 at Intel’s advanced packaging facility in Chandler, Arizona.tony puyolSemiconductors are on a runaway train, rising in 17 of the past 18 trades, with option traders buying increasingly expensive call options to chase the rally.of VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) Tracking this sector is up over 30% this month after a 5% pop Friday, and implied volatility is rising along with price, meaning it’s becoming more expensive to trade options across the group.The latest catalysts are intel Last night’s results sent the stock up 23%, almost triple the expected…

manila, philippinesAP — Two Americans were among the 19 suspected communist guerrillas killed in clashes with the Philippine military in Central Province earlier this week, the government’s counterinsurgency headquarters announced Saturday night. The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict announced that an American was killed along with 17 other suspected New People’s Army guerrillas in a series of clashes with the military in the coastal town of Toboso, Negros Occidental, on April 19. The deadly battle was first reported on Monday. The task force warned Filipino-Americans in the United States to be wary of being lured by…

Sabastian So breaks Kelvin Kiptum’s world record of 2:00:35. In the women’s race, Ethiopia’s Assefa retained her title.Published April 26, 2026April 26, 2026Kenya’s Sabastian Soh won the London Marathon in 1:59:30, becoming the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours.Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa broke his own world record on Sunday to retain his London Marathon crown.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut it was Saweh who stole the spotlight in a big moment in sports history, breaking the two-hour barrier and breaking the world record held by his late compatriot Kelvin Kiptum, who ran 2:00:35 at…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is likely entering his final weeks at the helm of the central bank, and now faces the choice of whether to remain at the central bank following Friday’s Justice Department decision.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced in a social media post that she is referring the criminal investigation into the renovations to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters to the central bank’s inspector…

The man who could testify against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is known as “El Pollo” or “Chicken.” His wanted poster from the U.S. government lists him as 5 feet 3 inches tall. His weight, 130 pounds. His hair was “bald”. This nickname belies his background. Former General Hugo Carvajal Barrios was once Venezuela’s military intelligence chief, serving as the equivalent of J. Edgar Hoover in President Hugo Chávez’s government. In 2025, he pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of drug trafficking and narcoterrorism. Maduro is currently in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial on federal drug-terrorism charges, but a…