Social Security tax rules will change in 2026. Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Social Security tax rules will change in 2026 at the state and federal level. West Virginia will stop taxing Social Security be...
A car sits buried in mud after flooding Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. Wally Skalij/AP Photo An atmospheric storm caused heavy rain across Southern California over Christmas. The Nati...
EU law enforcement too dependent on digital infrastructure from US tech companies, Miguel De Bruycker says...
Brian Niccol said he wanted Starbucks to feel like the coffee shop from "Friends." Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said a fictional café guided his vision of what his s...
captionTK prairiefire kansas city Lauren Durie As someone who's visited 50 states , I love cities that blend adventure, culture, and affordability. Boise, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Cleveland are som...
Crumpled up losing lottery tickets sit in a wastebasket at a liquor store in California. The Powerball jackpot has surpassed $1 billion. The next drawing is on Monday. Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times...
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang is the face of the company supplying chips to many of the companies in the AI arms race. Woohae Cho/Getty Images If you've heard about AI, you're probably familiar ...
Jennifer Bennie, a Navy veteran, wore her vintage Navy tiara to a recent 250th birthday celebration for the service Courtesy of Jennifer Bennie Some military tiaras are making an appearance as Navy ce...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Yoshua Bengio lies to AI chatbots by presenting his ideas as a colleague's to get honest feedback. ✓ Bengio is one of...
As a diplomatic row sees Japanese company executives put visits to China on hold, Beijing is preparing to roll out the red carpet for South Korean business leaders accompanying President Lee Jae-myung...
From French onion soup to a hearty helping of spaghetti carbonara, here are feel-good foods from around the world you'll want to try in your lifetime. Alessio Orru/Shutterstock There are times when we...
OpenAI lost at least 11 scientists and executives in 2025, including more than half a dozen researchers to Meta in the summer. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/Pool OpenAI lost more than half a dozen researchers...
Timothée Chalamet in "Marty Supreme." A24 Timothée Chalamet encounters many familiar faces in "Marty Supreme." Along with Kevin O'Leary and Gwyneth Paltrow, internet celebrities and NB...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Five projects paused: Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, CVOW, Sunrise Wind, Empire Wind ✓ Projects worth $25 billion, pow...
AI isn't new to Hollywood - but this was the year when it really made its presence felt. For years now, the entertainment industry has used different kinds of generative AI products for a variety of p...
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Daters are using AI to slide into the DMs and craft Hinge profiles. Three singles told Business Insider that they had used ChatGPT for pick-up lines, dating app bios, an...
An Amazon return center inside a Kohl's department store. Kohl's Many retailers are extending their typical returns period for items bought during the holiday season. Amazon, Walmart, Target, and more...
Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions on the war and the economy during his annual televised phone-in event. Contributor/Getty Images Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026...
Akhil Nagori, Evann Sun, and Lucas Shengwen Yen at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. Society for Science Three California teenagers created text-to-speech smart glasses powered...
Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg attend the 2017 Met Gala. Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images The Kennedy family has been prominent in US politics for over a century. The younger Kenne...