For the first time in over two decades, the U.S. has a brand-new major theme park. Universal’s Epic Universe officially opened on Wednesday, May 21, in Orlando, Florida. It marks a $7.7 billion investment and six years of construction by Comcast’s NBCUniversal. The park, located two and a half miles from Universal’s existing properties, is […]
A Connecticut school district has told a judge it should be legally shielded from a lawsuit over a resident teen graduating despite her inability to read or write at the time. Attorneys representing the city of Hartford and the Hartford Board of Education are making their case that they enjoy a level of legal immunity […]
If you picked up the Chicago Sun-Times or another major newspaper recently and checked out the “Heat Index: Your Guide to the Best of Summer” book list, you might have had trouble finding many of the recommended titles. That’s because at least 10 of them, like “Tidewater Dreams” by Isabel Allende and “The Last Algorithm” […]
A Supreme Court ruling on May 19 that backed the Trump administration’s authority to end protections for some 350,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S. is now rippling through one of the country’s largest entertainment companies, The Walt Disney Co. In an email to employees at its Florida resort, the company said that workers protected under […]
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has officially partnered with famed designer Jony Ive to create a new artificial intelligence device. The $6.5 billion deal marks OpenAI’s largest acquisition to date, according to The New York Times. A designer with a renowned portfolio Ive is best known as the creative mind behind Apple’s most iconic products. […]
North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong said Thursday, May 22, he mistakenly vetoed part of a state budget bill. The part he accidentally vetoed was supposed to allocate $35 million to housing-related efforts. Armstrong meant to veto only specific parts of Senate Bill 2014, but due to a “staff markup error,” he mistakenly vetoed $25 million […]
President Donald Trump’s Make America Healthy Again Commission has released its “MAHA” report detailing American children’s overall health, calling it a “crisis.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary and commission leader behind the report, told reporters on Thursday, May 22, that the report represents the “most radical consensus” a U.S. government […]
The House passed President Donald Trump’s so-called big, beautiful tax and budget bill by a single vote. Now, the bill moves on to the Senate, where Republicans say they’ll make changes to several provisions that could put the bill’s final passage in question. For a bill to become law, the Senate and House must pass […]
College Football’s 12-team playoff will have a different look in its second year. CFP executives announced Thursday, May 22, that they will move to a straight seeding model when the tournament kicks off in December 2025. Why did the commissioners change the seeding format? In a unanimous vote, the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame […]
Ford Motor Co. is accusing three California law firms of running a years-long scheme to defraud automakers by inflating legal fees in Lemon Law cases. Ford filed a federal lawsuit on May 21, alleging that the firms conspired to overbill in consumer cases, knowing California law requires automakers to pay legal fees when they lose. […]
