Meet the new Trump administration staffers who will shape key US policies starting in 2025
President-elect Donald Trump has begun filling key White House positions. President-elect Donald Trump has been staffing his next administration since winning another four years in the White House. The former and future president refused to talk in detail about potential appointees during the campaign, leaving plenty of room for speculation about his eventual choices. His…
He quit his corporate job at age 28. Now, he runs his family’s business of selling paper gifts for the dead.
Alex Teo is the third-generation owner of Ban Kah Hiang Trading. The latest smartphone, a three-story villa, and a private jet. Alex Teo has sold it all — for the dead. Teo, 36, is the third-generation owner of Ban Kah Hiang Trading, one of Singapore’s oldest joss paper businesses. They sell incense sticks, joss papers,…
Insider Today: Blackstone’s holiday cheer
A collage of Blackstone holiday videos On the agenda today: Musicians billed US taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonuses. Their mother inherited a priceless archive. Then a messy legal battle tore their family apart. Zillow’s price estimates are screwing up homebuying — but Americans don’t care. Inside Citi’s unpopular annual review process.…
The smart ring explosion is here — a sign that fitness trackers are moving from wrists to fingers in 2025
Samsung’s $399 Galaxy ring debuted in 2024. The rich and famous have been wearing them for years, and competing for the very best sleep scores. Longevity doctors swear by them too. But 2025 may just be the year that smart rings become the “it” tracker for the masses. “We call it a ‘check engine’ light…
A US Navy missile cruiser shot down a Super Hornet over the Red Sea in an apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident
An F/A-18 Super Hornet lands on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower flight deck in April An F/A-18 Super Hornet jet was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said in a statement late Saturday. The incident occurred over the Red Sea in the early hours of Sunday morning local time. The two…
Who is Justin Baldoni, the actor and filmmaker accused by Blake Lively of sexual harassment?
Actor Blake Lively has accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment related to the movie they co-starred in, “It Ends with Us.” Blake Lively on Saturday filed suit against her “It Ends with Us” costar and director, Justin Baldoni, for sexual harassment after months of reports that the two feuded on set. Here’s what we know…
The 5 biggest allegations from Blake Lively’s complaint against Justin Baldoni
Blake Lively filed a legal complaint against her “It Ends with Us” costar, Justin Baldoni. “It Ends with Us” star Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint against the film’s director and her costar, Justin Baldoni, for sexual harassment. Lively and Baldoni dominated entertainment headlines this summer as they promoted “It Ends with Us,” a…
America’s home insurance problem is set to intensify
Firefighters at a house in Camarillo, California that was heavily damaged by the Mountain fire in November 2024. As Americans flock to places in the US vulnerable to natural disasters, private home insurance companies are running the other way. The problem has left a rising number of homeowners with just one option to cover property…
How the courts have sanctioned extreme violence by prison guardsThe Supreme Court decided in the 1980s that brutal force by corrections officers is acceptable as long as it isn’t “malicious and sadistic.”
New York law enforcement officers in riot gear after they regained control of prisoners following the Attica prison revolt in September 1971. The retaking killed 39 people. A federal judge found law-enforcement actions were not “malicious and sadistic.” It rained heavily the night before the retaking of New York’s Attica Correctional Facility. A guard, William…
