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American Express just posted a 31% jump in quarterly profit and raised its forecast for the year. Then it announced it’s cutting about 5% of its workforce. If that sounds contradictory, welcome to corporate America in 2026 β where record earnings and pink slips arrive in the same press release. The amex job cuts story … Read more
It was supposed to be rock theater. Instead, itβs become a courtroom drama. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are suing My Chemical Romance after the bandβs Hollywood Bowl concert featured lookalike dancers in the squadβs iconic blue-and-white uniforms β carrying rifles, caught in a staged shootout, and gunned down onstage. The dallas cowboys cheerleaders sue story … Read more
The Pacific is putting on a terrifying double act. On one side of the ocean, Hurricane Vance is gathering strength off the coast of Mexico, forecast to become a major hurricane. On the other, monster Typhoon Champi β fresh off tying the record as the strongest storm on Earth this year β is bearing down … Read more
The Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to step in and freeze the counting of more than 20,000 California mail-in ballots β going over the head of the trial judge, who hasnβt even ruled on the case yet. The DOJ California ballots fight is now before the 9th Circuit. The DOJ filed a … Read more
Your AI assistant can pay your bills, track your spending, and shuffle money between your accounts while you sleep. Convenient? Absolutely. But some of Americaβs biggest banks have discovered something unsettling: AI agents are logging into customer accounts using the customersβ own usernames and passwords β and in some cases, doing things nobody asked them … Read more
Madison Square Garden has hosted just about everything in its long history. On Tuesday night, it got something it had never seen: LeBron James β wearing a Philadelphia 76ers jersey β in a shouting match with a courtside Knicks fan, all of it caught on video and all over the internet within minutes. It was … Read more
Meta has a genuine hit on its hands β and for once, it isnβt a social app. On Wednesdayβs third-quarter earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the companyβs personal AI agent, Muse, has been set up by more than 10 million people in the roughly six weeks since its September 8 launch. The figure, covering … Read more
College students in New Hampshire just lost a key voting option. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to fully ban student IDs at the polls in the November 3 midterms, siding with Republican officials in an emergency appeal decided less than two weeks before Election Day. The unsigned order … Read more
Thursday night at Soldier Field had a little bit of everything: a quarterback duel between two old friends, a 58-yard field goal that tied a franchise record, a stadium-wide tribute to a coaching legend, and one throw Drake Maye would give anything to take back. When it was over, the Chicago Bears had a 30-24 … Read more
Kroger is about to get a lot smaller at the top. America’s largest standalone supermarket chain told employees this month that the Kroger job cuts will eliminate roughly 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years β about 37% of its entire head-office workforce β as it pushes artificial intelligence deeper into daily operations. The … Read more
