The US Supreme Court has ruled that construction of a $400m (£297m) ballroom at the White House can go ahead, handing a win to President Donald Trump. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices granted the Trump administration’s emergency request, blocking lower court rulings that would have halted construction of an above-ground portion of the project.
Marty Nadler, a producer, sitcom writer and stand-up comedian, who worked on “Happy Days,” “Laverne and Shirley” and “The Odd Couple,” died in Margate, Florida, on Aug. 26. He was 80. His son, Charlie Nadler, said he died due to complications from myasthenia gravis. Born in the Bronx in 1945, Nadler eventually switched coasts to
The online prediction market platform Kalshi said Monday that it has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos for his bets on whether he’d attend the State of the Union address and has fined and temporarily banned North Carolina congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout for bets she now calls a “dumb mistake.” The company announced the ban on
In the race between athlete and time, there is only ever one winner. Messi has pushed that defeat date back for a long, long time now. But I think maybe two things hastened it a little bit. One is the recent death of his father and the other is – although it was 1-0 on
Sheri Herman, a cable and digital media pioneer who helped launch E! Entertainment TV, died of heart failure Aug. 6 in Florida. She was 71. Born in Philadelphia, Herman graduated Temple University and started out at the Madison Avenue ad agency AC&R. After working as a commercials producer, she joined The Entertainment Channel and then
Fitbit’s Charge series has long been the Goldilocks of the brand’s fitness trackers — not quite a smartwatch, but far more capable than a basic step counter. With the Charge 6 (released in 2023), Fitbit brings basic smarts into a just-big-enough package, offering features like GPS, Google Wallet, and on-wrist music control alongside its best-in-class
