British hotel chain Birch has opened an outpost in south London, with grounds rewilded by designer Sebastian Cox and interiors conceived by local studios A-nrd and Sella Concept. Birch Selsdon is housed in a 19th-century mansion in the borough of…
US stocks rose Friday following reports lawmakers are nearing a deal to raise the country’s debt ceiling. Negotiators looked set on working to finalize an agreement before a June 1 deadline. Inflationary pressures showed up in the core PCE index…
A Dallas school district distributed Winnie-the-Pooh books about dealing with a school shooter. The book shows the bear telling kids to “run, hide, fight,” as per the FBI’s recommendations. Some parents and teachers were uneasy about the book and the…
Local studio EBBA Architects has designed a store for eyewear brand Cubitts that preserves and draws on the original 1930s interior of the traditional F Cooke restaurant on London’s Broadway Market. The restaurant, which sold cockney dishes such as jellied…
Sky-high airfare has many travelers turning to unique strategies to find cheaper tickets, like “skiplagging.” This means booking a flight with a layover city intended as the destination and then skipping the second leg. The practice is sometimes cheaper than…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink said it’s been given the green light to test brain implants on humans. Recruitment’s not open yet, but people on the internet say they want nothing to do with it. Much of the backlash is coming from…
Robert Hale, the founder, and CEO of Granite Telecommunications, gave 2,500 graduating students $1,000 each. But he called on the graduates to donate half of the gift, or $500, calling it the “gift of giving.” He isn’t the only billionaire…
The DOJ is investigating Donald Trump’s handling of classified White House documents. Sources told WaPo that there may be evidence of possible obstruction. Workers helped move boxes of documents the day before the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, per WaPo. LoadingSomething is…
A Supreme Court ruling issued Thursday undercuts the EPA’s authority to regulate under the Clean Water Act. Every conservative justice besides Brett Kavanaugh signed onto the majority opinion. Kavanaugh said the majority was ignoring precedent and jeopardizing water quality in…
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