When Ronin Segrest, 17, began working at Ocean Oasis Water Park and Beach Club in Wildwood, New Jersey, in the summer of 2025, he’d long been looking forward to becoming a lifeguard. He just didn’t anticipate how hard it would be to part ways with his phone for those six-to-seven-hour shifts. It was “an adjustment,”…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta told CNBC’s David Faber on Thursday that the group of states suing to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would require “robust structural remedies” to reach a settlement in the antitrust case. “[Paramount] wanted to talk about everything except for what this case is about. They want to…
The Paramount Pictures logo is displayed on a water tower in Los Angeles, California, on August 6, 2026. Michael Yanow | Nurphoto | Getty Images Paramount Skydance will seek to force the states holding up its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to pay for the fees and costs associated with the delay, according to a…
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong speaks to supporters during an election night party in Madison, Aug. 11, 2026. Scott Olson | Getty Images Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist running for Wisconsin governor, this week narrowly lost her primary battle against David Crowley, a Milwaukee County executive, but that doesn’t mean the sheen has rubbed…
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in New York federal court to stalking that led to him killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a midtown Manhattan street in December 2024. Mangione’s lawyers immediately afterward filed a motion in New York state court saying that charges of murder and other counts in that court for Thompson’s slaying…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting on August 12, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York City’s pied-à-terre tax can continue its planned rollout while it faces a legal challenge, an appellate judge ruled Thursday. The ruling comes…
A Kalshi billboard displaying New York City mayoral election odds in Times Square in New York, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Adam Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images The New York City Council is investigating marketing practices by prediction market platforms, the office of Council Speaker Julie Menin said on Wednesday. In letters to…
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator appears after the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on March 28, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images CoreWeave shares jumped 13% in extended trading on Tuesday after the AI infrastructure provider reported revenue than topped Wall Street expectations. Here’s how the company did…
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday she has not “ruled out” a run for president in 2028 as the Democratic Party‘s left…
A pedestrian walks by a Verizon store on Nov. 13, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Service was down late Saturday afternoon for several thousand Verizon customers in the U.S. The outages began around 3:30 p.m. ET, with Verizon receiving the highest number of complaints at more than 13,000 at its…
