Bank of America said its profits grew 15% last quarter, the latest of the big banks to do exceptionally well this earnings season as investors and consumers flock to Wall Street for safety after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The nation’s second-largest bank by assets posted… Read More
State legislature gives final approval to ban TikTok completely
Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national lawmakers envision due to concerns over potential Chinese spying…. Read More
Resort famous for Elvis’ ‘Blue Hawaii’ movie to be rebuilt
Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago. The Coco Palms Resort on the island of Kauai will be torn down for a new 350-room hotel, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Sponsored:… Read More
Name-that-tune game Heardle dropped by Spotify after a year
Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after the music-streaming giant acquired it. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Heardle,” Spotify said Saturday in a statement. A similar announcement was posted on… Read More
Biden’s giveaway to illegal immigrants will cost billions
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant will be able to apply for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges — a plan that will cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars a year. The action will allow participants in the Obama-era Deferred Action… Read More
One state just teed up to ban TikTok completely
Montana lawmakers moved one step closer Thursday to passing a bill to ban TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned. Montana’s proposal, which has backing from… Read More
Philadelphia sees $750,000 heist, all in dimes [Pic]
Thieves may not have been counting on finding a mountain of change when they broke into a truck filled with $750,000 in dimes, but they still made off with a chunk of the cargo and left coins scattered around a Philadelphia parking lot, authorities said. Authorities say the thieves apparently… Read More
Museum offers $25K reward for meteorites hitting Northeast
Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground — just waiting to be picked up. If you’re the first person to find a big one, a museum says it’ll pay out a $25,000… Read More
Bud Light stock price sheds nearly $5 billion after stinging boycott
Bud Light’s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney earlier this month has put its parent company, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, in the middle of the culture war — and stockholders are suffering. The trans endorsement was met with fury from conservative social media personalities, who attacked the company for turning to “woke”… Read More
Warner greenlights ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel and ‘Harry Potter’ series
Warner Bros. Discovery is sticking with safe bet franchises that will likely lure viewers, including a “Harry Potter” series and a “Game of Thrones” prequel for its rebranded Max streaming service. Executives touted Max and made original Warner Bros. Discovery programming announcements on Wednesday during a presentation for journalists and… Read More
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