Saturday Night Live quickly turned around the news about the U.S. military’s takedown of the Chinese balloon that floated over U.S. airspace for much of the week. Just hours after cable news covered the strike that sent the balloon into the East Coast, SNL opened with its own news report on the latest developments, featuring an MSNBC interview with the […]

The introduction of a polar vortex this week across the Northeast will introduce frigid temperatures that could challenge records. Accompanied by high winds, windchill could drive the temperature people feel to between 30 and 50 below zero in parts of northern New York state and New England.  The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that Earth’s temperature has risen […]

After showing a lack of direction earlier in the session, stocks have moved mostly higher over the course of the trading day on Friday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq has helped lead the advance, jumping to its best intraday level in over four months. Currently, the major averages are just off their highs of the session. The Nasdaq is up 143.23 points […]

NFL Sunday Ticket, a stronghold of football fandom in the U.S. since 1994, will be getting an array of digital enhancements when it shifts to YouTube this fall from its longtime home on DirecTV. “We think there are a lot of great opportunities to differentiate the user and creator experience with our unique capabilities,” Google Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler […]

EXCLUSIVE: A first-look photo and a new trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming Broadway adaptation of the classic Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot arrives just as Lincoln Center Theater announces the full cast for the production. In addition to the previously announced Andrew Burnap (as Arthur), Phillipa Soo (as Guenevere), and Jordan Donica (as Lancelot Du Lac), the new Camelot will […]

‘Investors should hold equity assets for 3 to 5 years.’ Can investors expect better returns in 2023? Which sectors are likely to do better if we are hit by a recession? “We anticipate that the outperformance of Indian equities will continue in 2023, with stronger fundamentals and robust domestic inflows into the equity market. However, we would advise investors to […]

After moving sharply lower early in the session, stocks have regained some ground over the course of the trading day on Wednesday. The major averages have climbed well off their lows of the session but remain in negative territory. Currently, the Dow is down 122.46 points or 0.4 percent at 33,611.50 after falling more than 450 points in early trading. […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a rule that would slash excessive credit card late fees that cost American families about $12 billion each year. The rule is projected to reduce typical late fees from roughly $30 to $8, saving consumers as much as $9 billion a year in late fees. Because the immunity provision currently allows issuers […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said that Congress should investigate AT&T and DirecTV for their decision to drop Newsmax and, last year, One America News Network. “I think there should be no ideological litmus test when you have these big companies that have the decision to make or break a news network, or any type of network,” DeSantis said. “They […]

Floyd Sneed, the Canadian drummer who powered a string of 1970s chart-makers with the band Three Dog Night and provided back-up vocals for one of its biggest hits, died Jan. 27. He was 80. His death was announced on the band’s Facebook page. A cause of death was not specified. “Three Dog Night is saddened to learn of the passing […]