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San Francisco, CA — Alphabet subsidiary Waymo has suspended its fully driverless ride-hail service across the San Francisco Bay Area after a widespread power failure stranded thousands of residents and appeared to immobilize several of the company’s autonomous vehicles on city streets. A spokesperson said the pause began Saturday afternoon, shortly after electricity interruptions started […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is rapidly unwinding several headline-grabbing enforcement actions against major digital-asset firms following a leadership change under President Donald Trump. Recent court filings and public statements show the agency abandoning or suspending lawsuits that had once defined its hard-line approach to cryptocurrency oversight. Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins, appointed chair […]
The 2003 holiday comedy “Elf” offers an unexpected window into today’s housing market, underscoring how steep costs can shape financial choices in New York City and beyond. Fictional address, real-world prices In the film, children’s book editor Walter Hobbs, his wife Emily and their son Michael live at 55 Central Park West on Manhattan’s Upper […]
Bitcoin could climb to the seven-figure mark before the end of the decade, according to Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Strategy, the company formerly known as MicroStrategy. Saylor projects that the world’s largest cryptocurrency will reach $150,000 by the end of 2025 and continue rising to $1 million by late 2029. Based on […]
South African police have launched an extensive search for a group of armed men who opened fire at a township tavern west of Johannesburg, killing nine people and injuring at least ten others in the early hours of Sunday, 21 December 2025. Sequence of the Attack According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), the […]
A photograph that clearly shows former President Donald Trump, along with more than a dozen other documents, is no longer available on the U.S. Department of Justice website that hosts recently released investigative material related to Jeffrey Epstein. The disappearance, first noticed on Saturday, came less than 24 hours after the agency began posting records […]
Closed sales of residential properties across New York State declined in November, while the median price of homes kept moving higher, according to data released by the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR). The figures outline a market where transaction volume weakened but valuations remained on an upward trajectory. The state association reported that […]
Artificial intelligence has emerged as a major justification for workforce reductions in 2025, with U.S. employers attributing almost 55,000 job cuts to the technology, according to consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The figure accounts for a significant share of the 1.17 million total layoffs announced nationwide this year, the highest annual tally since 2020, when […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has made public a limited collection of documents connected to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, placing the first materials online on December 20, 2025. The release follows an earlier step taken a day before, on December 19, when the department began what it described as a broader disclosure process involving the long-awaited […]
The S&P 500 index spent the past week oscillating around its recent peak, finishing the five-day stretch only marginally changed and leaving market participants focused on whether the final weeks of the year will deliver the traditional holiday rally. Traders in New York monitored modest intraday moves that alternated between gains and losses, ultimately keeping the […]
The Justice Department’s second-highest official said the agency is not concealing references to President Donald Trump as it prepares to release material collected during federal investigations of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview on Friday, Dec. 20, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told ABC News that every document mentioning Trump will be […]
Build-A-Bear Workshop, once considered a penny stock after the 2008 financial crisis, has reversed its fortunes through a decade-long restructuring that emphasized profitability, omnichannel sales and experiential retail. The St. Louis-based company, famous for allowing customers to assemble and personalize plush toys, is now on track to top $500 million in annual revenue for the […]