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Barnes & Noble workers at three Big Apple stores unionized on Thursday becoming the first in the US to do so, according to the union representing them. After a two-year organizing battle, some 200 sales clerks, baristas, maintenance and other workers inked three-year contracts with the retailer at its Union Square flagship in Manhattan, its … Read more
New York’s most lavish, tantalizingly secretive dinner-and-a-movie date is nearly impossible to book — and costs five times more than Regal, AMC or Loews. On a recent evening, 66 in-the-know cinephiles snuck down to a Parisian Art Deco theater hidden on the cellar level of Tribeca’s top five-star hotel for what was certainly the city’s … Read more
As measles cases continue to emerge in several U.S. states, treatment and prevention are top of mind. As most infected individuals have been unvaccinated, school-aged children, U.S. health agencies have stressed the importance of receiving two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to prevent the disease. In a recent Fox News Digital op-ed, HHS … Read more
He’s going full-court press to sell this ultra-luxury Brooklyn home. Former Brooklyn Nets point guard Ben Simmons’ Dumbo condo is on sale for nearly $17 million. The 28-year-old is on his way to the Los Angeles Clippers after a contract buyout with the Brooklyn Nets last month, and he’s ready to part with his five-bedroom … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a “careless” executive who sought to convince China to let his company to operate on the mainland by helping it develop censorship tools and bolster its artificial intelligence capabilities — all the while concealing those efforts from Congress, according to a new memoir. Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Meta employee who … Read more
SUMY, Ukraine — A Russian drone strike on a shipping facility here killed one civilian worker early Thursday, just 18 miles from where Ukrainian forces continue to hold territory in the Kremlin’s Kursk region — despite the US pausing military aid and intelligence-sharing with Kyiv. It was the second attack by an Iranian-made Shahed drone … Read more
Dan Orlovsky has a four-word message for Shedeur Sanders critics: “The tape don’t lie.” On Wednesday, the former NFL quarterback-turned-ESPN analyst backed Sanders’ playmaking ability amid ongoing chatter about the polarizing impression the Colorado Buffaloes product made last week at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. In a roughly four-minute video posted to X, Orlovsky … Read more
Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman’s CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was “worse than a tariff” and a “disproportionate response” to levies imposed by the Trump administration. Several Canadian provinces have taken US liquor off store shelves as part of retaliatory measures against President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Canadians are steering away from US goods, sports events and … Read more
Mick Jagger wasn’t wrong when he said Bob Dylan didn’t want to be at the 2025 Oscars. The Rolling Stones frontman, 81, presented Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday and claimed that producers “wanted” Dylan, 83, to do the job instead of him, but Dylan declined. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that … Read more
This trend is nuts. People are eating biodegradable packing peanuts under the assumption that they are edible — much to experts’ dismay. On TikTok, online shoppers claim that the biodegradable packing peanuts make for the perfect “bedtime snack,” arguing that the foam pieces are completely edible because they dissolve in their mouths. Experts warn that, … Read more