Amazon is preparing to lay off as many as 30,000 corporate employees beginning Tuesday, marking its largest round of job cuts since 2022. According to Reuters, which cited sources familiar with the matter, the layoffs will affect about 10% of…
On the Oct. 24 episode of HBO’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher raised questions about the racial makeup of the nationwide “No Kings” protests against former President Donald Trump, citing reporting from The Baltimore Sun that photographers struggled to find Black…
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) says she’s “strongly” considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2026, pointing to polling that shows her competitive in a Democratic primary and to uncertainty created by a court fight over Texas’ new congressional…
LVMH is exploring a sale of its 50% holding in Fenty Beauty, the cosmetics brand it co-founded with Rihanna in 2017, according to people familiar with the matter. The luxury group has tapped investment bank Evercore to gauge interest in…
The murder trial of former sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson opened Monday, Oct. 20, more than a year after the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Sonya Massey inside her Springfield home. The case, originally slated for Sangamon County, was moved to Peoria…
