The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to an ownership group led by Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, the businessmen confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday. The deal for the storied franchise had a $12 billion price tag, a person familiar with the matter said. “As lifelong NBA fans, we are deeply honored for the…
During the Second World War, German soldiers’ identification tags were split into two on the event of a soldier’s death. One half would be kept with the soldier, while the other would be sent to German army authorities, which tracked German military casualties and would notify relatives of soldiers’ deaths. The German War Graves Commission…
1. Pricing pressures People shop for groceries at a Wegman’s store in Brooklyn on July 13, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images July’s consumer price index is due out this morning. If the monthly reading comes in modestly, it could give the Federal Reserve justification to not hike interest rates in…
Home Depot CEO Ted Decker is taking a “temporary medical leave of absence” for the next few months and the company has appointed two top deputies to lead until he returns, the retailer announced on Wednesday. Ann-Marie Campbell, Home Depot’s senior executive vice president of U.S. stores and operations, will oversee day-to-day operations while finance…
Optical illusion personality tests trick the brain and eyes into believing what they see first despite the many objects hidden in the photo, based on what is seen first, and this particular illusion is a variation of what’s known as Rubin’s Vase, developed by Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin around 1915. It happens because your brain…
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US prices rose 3.4% in the year to July, slightly lower than the 3.5% in the year to June, new figures show. Month to month, inflation rose 0.1%, mainly due to an increase in housing costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Even small moves in rent can lift the overall headline figure as it…
A shopper browses fresh fruit at a grocery store in Wilmington, North Carolina, US, on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty Images A key inflation reading Wednesday showed prices moderating across a range of goods and services, possibly taking the urgency out of an imminent interest rate hike. The consumer price…
(L to R) Jensen Huang, President and CEO of Nvidia Corporation, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, arrive for a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 13, 2023. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Last month, American tech giants came…
It is a familiar weekend scene in many homes: school is finally out, the alarm is switched off and the teenager disappears under the blanket. By the time they emerge, it may be close to noon. Parents may wonder if their child is simply being lazy, staying up too late or developing an unhealthy sleep…