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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: New balloons, musical acts—and of course, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Two things that made massive cultural splashes this year — Labubu and “KPop Demon Hunters” — will fill the sky and streets of New York when the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off...
What to know about the new Kohl’s CEO: Michael Bender takes over after leadership drama, ahead of earnings
Kohl’s announced on Monday that interim CEO Michael Bender will become the ailing retailer’s permanent new CEO—making him the third chief executive to head the company in about three years....
With new Opus 4.5 model, Anthropic’s Claude could remain the best AI coding tool
Anthropic launched its newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, putting the company back atop the benchmark rankings for AI software coding. Opus 4.5 scores over 80% on the widely used...
DOGE is dead, but the damage is still with us. Here’s a look back at some of its most egregious moves
It’s official: DOGE, the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, has met an early end. Even before Trump took office, DOGE was conceived of as an outside advisory board...
U.S. stocks rise on another Alphabet rally
The U.S. stock market is rising again on Monday, ahead of a week with shortened trading because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The S&P 500 climbed 1.4% and added to its jump from Friday....
Is the housing market at risk as more homeowners slip underwater?
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. A modest rise in negative equity is emerging across parts of the U.S. housing market, but the...
COP30: Were this year’s UN climate talks in Brazil a flop?
This year’s U.N. climate conference in Brazil had many unique aspects that could have been part of a historic outcome. COP30, as it’s called, was hosted in Belem, a...
Why 50,000 Christmas trees went on sale at this event in Pennsylvania (and what that means for holiday shopping)
Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders.About 50,000 Christmas trees and enough wreaths, crafts and other seasonal...
‘Wicked: For Good’ soars to a $226 million global debut
Universal Pictures’ two-part Wicked gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. Just a year after part one brought droves of audiences to movie theaters around the country, even more people bought...
The State of AI: Chatbot companions and the future of our privacy
Eileen Guo writes: Even if you don’t have an AI friend yourself, you probably know someone who does. A recent study found that one of the top uses of...
