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Cargo thieves have a new target.Investigators with the Cook County Sheriff’s office in Illinois said last week they recovered a pair of trailers with $1.3 million worth of data center supplies at a Chicago-area truck yard.Officials said the organized retail crime unit was tipped off about a trailer containing about…
Gomez has furthered her own music career and even performed “Hands to Myself” with Swift during a May 2018 Reputation tour stop.While on the stage, Gomez gave a tribute to her longtime pal in front of Swift’s fans.”The reason why she’s one of my best friends is because this person…
Most people battle traffic to get to work. Travis Kalanick appears to be skipping it altogether.The Uber cofounder and former CEO posted a video on X on Monday showing what he called his “5 minute jet ski commute” across Lake Austin to his new office, giving followers a glimpse of…
Carl Rinsch, the director convicted of defrauding Netflix of $11 million, was sentenced on Monday to two and a half years in prison.Much of Monday’s sentencing hearing was spent discussing Rinsch’s mental health, an issue that had played out in court filings but was not part of his criminal trial.…
British American Tobacco is planning to cut about 20% of its workforce as it moves forward with using artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape its operations with the goal of lowering costs and boosting profits. The maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes said Monday it plans to cut around 5,500…
Swift’s 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” is dominated by love songs evidently inspired by Kelce.The album opens with “The Fate of Ophelia,” which seems to recount Swift’s first impression of Kelce publicly shooting his shot.”I heard you calling on the megaphone / You wanna see me all alone,”…
A dangerous heat wave is sweeping parts of the US, but many states set their all-time hottest temperature records decades ago.Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty ImagesGlobal temperatures continue to increase, with 2024 recording the warmest numbers on record.In 2021, Oregon, Utah, and Washington broke heat records.The highest temperature ever recorded in the US…
Luxury retailer Saks Global on Friday announced it will operate with a new name after it exited bankruptcy after cutting its store count and reducing its debt obligations. The company – which is the parent of notable retail brands including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman – will…
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Gavin Newsom has struck a deal with Anthropic to expand the use of Claude products across California’s government at a discounted cost.The agreement, first shared with POLITICO, would make Claude the first artificial intelligence tool available to all state agencies and local governments. It comes amid…
For millions of student-loan borrowers, July 1 is the starting point — not the deadline — to act on repayment changes.After President Donald Trump’s administration eliminated the SAVE repayment plan in March, the Education Department recommended that the 7 million enrolled borrowers switch to a new plan and begin making…
