Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened sharply lower on Monday and hit their lowest in over a week — as sparse trading volumes and the specter of elevated Treasury yields cast a cloud over the traditionally strong year-end rally for equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 650, or 1.52%, to 42,340.69, shortly after the opening bell, while the S&P 500 lost … Read more
Walt Disney World is hoping to attract visitors to its Orlando resort this summer with a limited-time offer. Beginning on Jan. 2, guests purchasing select Walt Disney World vacation packages for 2025 can enjoy a free dining plan. The offer is available most nights for arrivals between May 27 to June 26, and July 7 to Aug. 6, … Read more
We interrupt the breathless anticipation about selecting Shedeur Sanders or Cam Ward to return to the less-compelling continuation of this season. To some, it almost seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Giants would lose out, finish 2-15 and hold onto with two hands the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft that they … Read more
She’s off the market again. Kristin Cavallari revealed she’s already “dating someone else now” — three months after calling it quits from her TikTok beau, Mark Estes. The “Hills” alum shared the news during Monday’s episode of the “Dumb Blonde” podcast, but did not reveal her man’s identity. “I’m kinda dating someone else now! I’m … Read more
NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans. Lamenting the contretemps, International Chess Federation president Arkady Dvorkovich said in … Read more
President Carter and then-Sen. Joe Biden at 1978 fundraising event in Wilmington, Del. (Barry Thumma / Associated Press) History isn’t kind to one-term presidents, at least in the short run. For most of the last 40 years, Jimmy Carter’s presidency has been widely remembered as an epic failure, the cautionary tale of a politician who … Read more
“You have good genes,” President Trump told a mostly white crowd at a campaign rally Sept. 18 at a Bemidji, Minn., airport. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) President Trump has alarmed Jewish leaders and others with remarks that appeared to endorse “racehorse theory” — the idea that selective breeding can improve a country’s performance, which … Read more
Linda Lavin, who starred in the late 1970s CBS sitcom “Alice” that was based on the Martin Scorsese-directed film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” died Sunday in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/invision/ap) Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has … Read more
Rebel Wilson and Ramona Agruma have legally tied the knot! The “Senior Year” actress confirmed via Instagram over the weekend that she and her partner are officially married — nearly three months after saying “I do” in Italy. “My sister Liberty officiated our legal wedding in Sydney!” Wilson, 44, captioned her post. 11Rebel Wilson and … Read more
Boeing shares fell 4.5% Monday morning after South Korean officials ordered an inspection of the plane model involved in the deadly Jeju Air crash over the weekend. Acting President Choi Sang-mok instructed the Transport Ministry to launch an emergency inspection of the country’s entire airline operations. Officials at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport … Read more
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