A closed Starbucks location. Rebecca Harrington/Business Insider Starbucks is closing 16 stores in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. The closures are due to “challenging incidents” that make stores unsafe for workers and customers, Starbucks says. The stores will close by the end of July. Starbucks is permanently closing 16 locations around the…
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Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone is seen on a video display during the seventh hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty Images Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone testified before the January 6 committee last Friday. The committee showed clips of his deposition…
Stephen Ayres drove from Ohio to Washington, DC, after Trump called for a “big protest” on January 6. US attorney’s office in Washington, DC Stephen Ayres pleaded guilty last month to disorderly conduct in connection with the Capitol attack. Ayres promoted a tweet ahead of January 6 in which Trump said, “Be there, will be…
Newt Gingrich. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky Gingrich’s latest 2012 presidential campaign filing shows a debt of $4.63 million. No presidential campaign from any election cycle owes creditors more money, per federal records. Gingrich has been calling for a balanced federal budget, writing “open-ended spending encourages waste.” Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is a self-styled fiscal conservative…
Compass A wave of layoffs has swept across American business in 2022. The cuts stem from slower business growth, paired with rising labor costs. The layoffs span across industries, from mortgage lending to digital-payment processing. Layoffs are sweeping across American businesses in 2022. Peloton has already laid off thousands of employees this year. Online car…
Left: A human heart after removal. Right: A genetically modified pig heart for human transplantation. Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health, Hilary Brueck – Insider Two gene-edited pig hearts were just transplanted into human bodies at NYU. Both patients were already brain-dead — their hearts were kept beating on ventilators. Surgeons hope pig hearts could…
Ethereum’s cryptocurrency ether rose 35% in March, Kraken said. Dado Ruvic/Reuters Three Arrows Capital founder Zhu Su tweeted that liquidators were “baiting” the founders of the bankrupt hedge fund. Su tweeted the accusation a day after reports said the firm was not cooperating. “We will let you know when our clients can reasonably be expected…
OkCupid’s culture of innovation comes down to fostering inclusion so all employees can share their ideas, an exec said. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Google is countersuing Match Group, asking for a judgment to kick the online-dating platform off of its Play Store. Match Group initially sued Google in May, alleging that its Google Play…
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Amazon At-home teeth whitening kits have made it far easier for the everyday person to add some shine to their teeth. Perhaps the most noteworthy version of this whitening trick is Crest’s 3D Whitestrips. Until the end of July 13, Amazon…
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Shopping carts sit inside a Target store on May 23, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images Target’s Deal Days sales event is going on right now and will last through tomorrow, July 13. It’s the retailer’s response to Amazon Prime…