When a restaurant closes, it generally has no financial impact on customers unless they had a pre-paid catering order, or paid an advance deposit on a party or other event. When a retail chain closes, however, it can have a more profound financial impact. Customers may have ordered and paid for items that were not … Read more
After President Donald Trump derided (and misspelled the name of) CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins, the reporter fired back with a response. In a scathing post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Caitlin Collin of Fake News CNN, always Stupid and Disgusting.” He took umbrage at the reporter’s on-air reference to the construction of … Read more
According to a new report, President Donald Trump is starting to get bored with the ongoing controversies currently plaguing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. While the president has stood by Hegseth in public, he has shown less enthusiasm behind closed doors, The Atlantic reported Friday, citing several unnamed sources familiar with the White House discussions. “[Trump] … Read more
An amateur photographer in southern Spain captured something that almost no one expected to see. Ángel Hidalgo managed to photograph a white Iberian lynx near Jaén after spending months checking trail camera traps in the forest at sunrise. Hidalgo shared his image of the “white ghost of the Mediterranean forest” online, showing the lynx’s unusually … Read more
Donald Trump presented this year’s Kennedy Center Honorees with their medals in an Oval Office ceremony on Saturday, but he also made some predictions about how the ceremony will do in the ratings and how it will do when it hosts the event. I mean, Trump said he would do better than Jimmy Kimmel, the … Read more
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An explosion outside a local police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacan on Saturday killed at least two people and wounded seven, local and federal security officials said. The blast came as the federal government stepped up security activities in the state, deploying additional troops following two recent high-profile … Read more
The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job of containing radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The New Safe Containment (NSC) at Chernobyl, which was “severely damaged” by the drone strike … Read more
Right-wing podcaster Tim Pool claimed someone “opened fire” as he approached his property. In a post on X, Pool said a car approached his property on Friday night and “opened fire.” There were no injuries, Pool added. His security team is now “reviewing the incident” and will make a report to law enforcement. In the … Read more
During his 40-year career, Scott Scovel saved $3 million for his retirement. But when he retired, he was so fixated on saving that he struggled to start spending. Spending tactics, such as a $50,000 “war chest” helped him adopt a carpe diem approach. I spent my life scrambling and worrying about my retirement portfolio and … Read more
When 88-year-old Ed Bambas began to cry at his grocery store register this week, he had no idea that strangers around the world would change his life. “I don’t know what to say,” Bambas told Australian social media influencer Sam Weidenhofer (1), who had just tipped him $400. “He will go a long way to … Read more