The Trump administration on Wednesday said it’s marketing Venezuelan crude oil for sale and will control the flow of crude from the South American country “indefinitely” as U.S. forces seized two sanctioned tankers in Atlantic waters. The administration is enlisting private companies and financial institutions to facilitate the sale of oil, insisting its aggressive efforts […]
By Matt Day, Bloomberg Sometime around Christmas, Sarah Burzio noticed that the holiday sales bump for her stationery business included some mysterious new customers: a flurry of orders from anonymous email addresses associated with Amazon.com Inc. Burzio, who doesn’t sell her products on the retail giant’s site, soon discovered that Amazon had duplicated her product […]
From Deloitte’s reputational stumble to agentic A.I., speed is rising while deliberation is disappearing. Unsplash+ In Shakespeare’s Othellopublished in 1604, the villain Iago delivers a stark reminder about what people must always truly own: “Good name in man and woman … is the immediate jewel of their souls.” And when that “good name” is filched […]
“Top Gun: Maverick” actor Miles Teller shared an emotional promise during last year’s FireAid benefit concert. “All of the money raised will go directly to people who need it now.” Early reports suggested that was hardly the case. Last September, The New York Post revealed that of the $100 million raised by musicians such as […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. again rejected a takeover bid from Paramount and told shareholders Wednesday to stick with a rival offer from Netflix. Warner’s leadership has repeatedly rebuffed Skydance-owned Paramount’s overtures — and urged shareholders just weeks ago to back its the sale of its streaming and studio business to Netflix for $72 billion. Paramount, meanwhile, has made […]
Earthquakes are driven by energy stored up in rocks over millennia—energy that, once released, we perceive mainly in the form of the ground’s shaking. But a quake also generates a flash of heat and fractures and damages underground rocks. And exactly how much energy goes into each of these three processes is exceedingly difficult to […]
California schools are once again required to hide the opposite-sex gender identities of students from their parents under an emergency stay issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.The court temporarily halted last month’s class-wide permanent injunction against the state’s mandate on transgender-student privacy pending the outcome of an appeal by California Attorney General Rob Bonta.The three-judge panel […]
Dear Eric: “Leftovers, Anyone?” wrote about her daughter’s Friendsgiving overshadowing her own Thanksgiving. The letter read, in part, “I don’t feel it (her own Thanksgiving) is as special as it was because now everyone has already had the traditional Thanksgiving meal that previously we only had that one time a year.” I think that I […]
Get your red-hot “Late Show” merchandise while supplies last! Stephen Colbert’s late-night showcase goes the way of the pager and TiVo player in May. CBS axed the long-running show last year amidst media reports saying “The Late Show” lost roughly $40 million for the network annually. So CBS ran an auction to sell off some […]
Michael Edward Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026, following a battle with cancer. His death marks the loss of a voice that for decades worked to preserve and promote the values, legacy, and character of one of America’s most revered presidents. Across the conservative movement, tributes […]
