U.S. households grew more worried over their financial situation, with the share of those seeing things as much worse than they were 12 months ago hitting a nearly four-year high, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey. While the central bank’s monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Monday, showed the inflation outlook…
1. 100 days Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on June 6, 2026. Stringer | Reuters President Donald Trump told Iran and Israel to “immediately stop ‘shooting’” in a Truth Social post this morning, after the two countries traded strikes for the first time since the precarious…
The U.S. food supply is “not at risk” from the return of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite to Texas, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Monday. “This is not a virus, it’s not a disease, it’s just a little pest, a larva that lands in a calf’s wound, for example, and it can…
Morgan Freeman is one of the most respected actors worldwide. With his unique voice, amazing screen presence and captivating acting skills, Freeman has influenced the masses for decades by means of his performances and profound philosophy of life. Born on June 1, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee, Morgan Freeman worked his way up through theatre, television,…
The San Antonio Spurs had just lost Game 3 of the Western Conference finals in demoralizing fashion. Oklahoma City had beaten them by 15 points on the Spurs’ home court to take a 2-1 series lead, and San Antonio decided to have a closed-door meeting immediately following the game. Subscribe to read this story ad-free…
Iran has released footage of missiles launched at Israel, saying its attacks were “the beginning of a full week of continuous strikes.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck military targets in western and central Iran, but did not provide details on the scale of damage or exact locations. Donald Trump had urged Israel…
Apple doesn’t typically release new iPhones during the summer, but the software updates revealed on Monday at WWDC will launch alongside new hardware in the fall. Apple will also reveal more of its artificial intelligence strategy, including updates to Siri and its partnership to use Google‘s Gemini models. Apple stock has neared record highs in…
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly took their GLP-1 pill battle to the preeminent obesity meeting this weekend as they prepare for the next sea change in how patients receive their drugs. Novo Nordisk on Sunday announced that prescriptions of the Wegovy pill have topped 3 million since it entered the U.S. market about five months…
“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove.”— William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116Written over four centuries ago, these lines remain arguably the most brutal and beautiful definition of commitment ever put to paper. Shakespeare was calling out a relationship dynamic that we still deeply struggle with today:…
Their motorcade then weaved through streets lined with Chinese and North Korean flags to Pyongyang’s main square, where Kim threw a grand welcome ceremony — a 21-gun salute, a military band, and children waving flags and balloons, according to official videos released by Xinhua. Beyond the pomp and pageantry being lavished on Xi, the North…