WASHINGTON — The White House Historical Association has reclaimed a series of sketches by American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell, spending a whopping $7.25 million at auction on Friday. The four 1940s-era sketches titled “So You Want to See the President!” were displayed in the West Wing for years, but were removed in 2022 after…
“I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks’ bafflingly disjointed, uneven, unfunny and illogical “Ella McCay.” And finally, nearly two hours into a perplexing muddle of a storyline, we have some clarity of thought. No, dear, we want to tell Ella, played by the lovely Emma Mackey,…
Homes in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, March 23, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The immediate impact of the war with Iran on the U.S. housing market has been a sharp rise in mortgage rates. One day before the strikes began, the average rate on the 30-year fixed loan was…
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Thousands of sunbathers enjoy the hot, sunny weather on Brighton Beach in East Sussex. An amber heat-health alert is active nationwide, with temperatures expected to reach 34°C, during the UK’s fourth heatwave of the year. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.K. economy expanded by a better-than-expected 0.3% in the second quarter, according…
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Palantir — The defense technology stock advanced 4% after second-quarter earnings exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Palantir said it reported adjusted earnings of 16 cents per share on $1.00 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG anticipated 14 cents per share and $940 million, respectively. Vertex…
A still from Netflix’s ‘Beef.’ Courtesy: Netflix In the new season of the Netflix comedy-drama, “Beef,” Ashley, played by Cailee Spaeny, lands in the hospital due to an ovarian cyst. The waiting area is bleak, with gray decor and patients who look like they’ve been stranded there for years. Ashley’s partner, Austin, played by Charles…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said investors who fled the market during recent volatility may be grappling with a familiar realization that the worst-case scenarios driving their decisions never materialized. “What we have is a rally that appears to be based on nothing,” said the “Mad Money” host on Tuesday. “But in reality, it’s based on the…
Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as Pizza Hut and KFC reported U.S. same-store sales declines. Here’s what the company reported for the period ended June 30 compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per…
Colin Cowherd has seen enough: The Caleb Williams experiment won’t end well for the Chicago Bears. Following the Bears’ 52-21 blowout loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 2, Cowherd doesn’t think that Williams works well with new head coach Ben Johnson and doesn’t see that changing. “The further this quarterback gets from the play…
