NPR

Rare earths: Federal backing and tech advances aim to help the U.S. catch up to China

With names like neodymium and dysprosium, rare-earth elements sound exotic — and their perceived scarcity has only added to the mystique. In reality, rare earths aren't that rare, but just difficult ...
Reuters

Exclusive: A new rare earth crisis is brewing as yttrium shortages spread

China's export controls on rare earth yttrium throttling supply International prices have rocketed, stocks running low for some Shortages pose risks for aerospace ...
The New York Times

Europe’s Biggest Rare Earths Producer Forges U.S. Deals

The contracts are the latest sign of how Europe is lagging the United States in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths. By Liz Alderman Liz Alderman, who covers the European economy and ...
The Economist

The rare-earth industry needs more than Trumpian deals

The obscure metals known as rare earths—a group of 17 elements that are crucial components in everything from smartphones to electric motors—were in the spotlight in 2025. China weaponised its grip on ...
Rolling Stone

A Rare Mariah Carey Demo Tape Hits Auction Block, Producer Says ‘She Was a Star Even Back Then’

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A rare Mariah Carey demo tape is going up for auction ...
The Motley Fool

This Is My Biggest Worry About USA Rare Earth Stock

USA Rare Earth is developing a rare-earth magnet production facility in Oklahoma. The company expects production to commence in early 2026. Other companies are pursuing development of rare-earth ...
Mansion Global

Showgirl Josephine Baker and Rocker Perry Farrell: This Week in Celebrity Homes

Villa Beau-Chêne, the 12-bedroom Parisian mansion where dancer and activist Josephine Baker made her home in the 1930s and ’40s, is on the market for €20.84 million (US$24.45 million). Baker, the ...
The American Spectator

The Real Josephine Baker

Hemingway called her “the most sensational woman anybody ever saw.” If you read any well-informed account of the life of le tout Paris between the wars, you’ll almost certainly run across her name.
Seeking Alpha

USA Rare Earth: Back To Earth

USA Rare Earth offers a bullish opportunity as it ramps up U.S. magnet production and expands via the LCM acquisition in the U.K. USAR aims for full vertical integration in rare earths, addressing U.S ...
Colorado Public Radio

A century after fleeing the U.S. for France, Josephine Baker will be memorialized in bronze by a Loveland sculptor

Where does an artist who sculpts history’s most prominent women start? “The heart is where I begin,” says Loveland sculptor Jane DeDecker. “Sometimes I'll even layer that area so that you can kind of ...
Fox Business

Bessent says new rare earth factory will cut costs, break China’s 'chokehold' on industry

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told FOX Business' Edward Lawrence that South Carolina’s new rare earth mineral processing center will help cut costs and break China’s "chokehold" on industry. In an ...