This Major League Soccer season will be an historic one in so many ways. We’ll see Lionel Messi and Inter Miami aim to repeat as MLS Cup champions. We’ll see him aim to also repeat with his other team this summer at the World Cup, the largest that will be ever staged. But there will…
A “Now Hiring” sign is seen at an AutoZone on Feb. 11, 2026 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images With the upheaval of the Covid pandemic came opportunity, as a shift in the labor market gave workers unprecedented opportunities for mobility and a chance to climb the pay scale. The “great resignation,” as…
Les Wexner speaks during a deposition about Jeffrey Epstein. Courtesy: GOP Oversight via YouTube Jeffrey Epstein would “name drop” President Donald Trump as one of the many high-profile people he claimed to know, billionaire retail magnate Leslie Wexner said this week in a congressional deposition about the notorious sex offender. The 88-year-old Wexner, who was…
That won’t necessarily be Bobby Valentine behind the sunglasses and fake mustache at Citi Field this summer. Among several promotions the New York Mets announced Thursday is a Bobby Valentine Disguise Night on May 29, inspired by what the former manager donned to return to the dugout after being ejected from a game in 1999….
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Akamai Technologies — Shares of the cloud computing company dropped almost 8% in the after-hours session after Akamai gave disappointing first-quarter guidance. Akamai said it sees first-quarter adjusted earnings ranging between $1.50 and $1.67 per share, compared to the $1.75 per share consensus estimate from analysts…
NEW ORLEANS — Actor Shia LaBeouf faces battery charges and is accused of repeatedly using homophobic slurs while hitting multiple people at a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras, according to a police report. The New Orleans police report obtained by The Associated Press via a public records request states that LaBeouf, 39, “became irate…
The NCAA won’t discuss expanding the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments until after this year’s version of March Madness finishes, senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said Thursday. Gavitt told that to a group of reporters who were attending an NCAA event in Indianapolis. There has been talk for the past few months that…
Investors looking to insulate themselves from artificial intelligence risks may want to consider certain dividend stocks, according to investor Jenny Harrington. In fact, dividend payers have been outperforming so far this year as investors rotate from large cap names into “old economy” stocks, she said. The iShares Select Dividend ETF is up nearly 11% year…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing about the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 4, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters Dozens of House Democrats wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday calling for an investigation into possible…
February is a month filled with hope across college football. It’s a time for fresh starts at programs that have hired new coaches, for exhales at schools where existing coaches barely held on after dodgy seasons and to dream about what might be possible with a new batch of recruits and an arsenal of incoming…
