[New York Post, AP] Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos came clean to The Post on Monday, admitting that he lied on the campaign trail about his education and work experience — but insisting that the controversy won’t deter him from serving out his two-year term in Congress. “I am not a criminal,” Santos said […]
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[Business Insider] Adidas is stuck with Yeezy stock worth about $530 million, the Financial Times reported. It is now trying to sell the items under its own brand name to reduce potential losses. Yeezy accounted for around 7% of Adidas sales this year, per the FT. Adidas is stuck with […]
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(CNN) As many as 8,500 US troops have been put on heightened alert for a possible deployment to Eastern Europe as Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s border, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued the prepare to deploy orders at the direction of President Joe Biden, […]
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(CNN) President Joe Biden’s approval rating is at its lowest point in his presidency. In the average of polls, he stands at about 47%. That’s a steady decline from the beginning of this month (51%), last month (52%) and beginning of June (54%). It would be easy to assign Biden’s decline to […]
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[WSJ] New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced his resignation on Aug. 10 after a state investigation found he sexually harassed 11 women. (Reuters) New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) announced his resignation amid sexual harassment allegations Tuesday, after which The Post’s Philip Bump provided a must-read piece on the […]
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[New York Times] This is a story about the old Space Jam website — from 1996 to infinity. Every three hours, every day, for the past seven and a half years, an anxious, spirited Twitter bot has transmitted a short message of perseverance and hope into the universe. “The Space […]
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(CNN) Ten people, including a Boulder police officer, were killed Monday when a gunman attacked a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado. Police are just beginning what they say could be at least five days of investigation, and many questions about the mass shooting and the motivation behind the attack are still unclear. […]
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(CNN) Ariana Grande keeps breaking records. The musician’s latest feat? Earning her 20th Guinness World Records title. Guinness World Records last week announced that Grande’s newest accolade is “most songs to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100,” with five of her songs topping the charts. “What makes her recent record […]
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[TMZ] Dr. Dre is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm … TMZ has learned. Sources connected to Dre and with direct knowledge tell us, Dre suffered the aneurysm Monday and was rushed by ambulance to Cedars and was taken directly to ICU, where he remains […]
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[CNN] Ticketmaster entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York and will pay $10 million in fines to resolve charges that it accessed the computer systems of a competitor without authorization. “Ticketmaster employees repeatedly — and illegally — accessed a competitor’s computers without authorization using stolen […]
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