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Meta is rolling out an Instagram subscription service for $3.99 a month, called Instagram Plus, which adds features such as “stories” that last for 48 hours, double the amount of time for nonpaying users. The new service is aimed at helping Meta diversify its revenue base, which is heavily dependent on advertising. The photo-sharing app …
The U.S. minted 736,000 new millionaires last year, bringing the total number of Americans with such wealth to a record 8.7 million, according to a new report. Millionaire wealth is measured by investable assets, excluding individuals’ primary residences, collectibles, consumables and consumer durable goods, consulting firm Capgemini said in its World Wealth Report 2026, released Thursday. …
The yearslong push in many cities to create more accessible public transportation is seeing a renewed sense of urgency as living and transportation costs continue to rise for Americans. In some places, that means emphasizing “transit-oriented development” – a term that refers to the construction of walkable, high-capacity neighborhoods near public transportation. Make Your Inbox …
A truck-driving preacher who helped thwart an alleged kidnapping attempt in South Carolina — all caught on his rig’s dashboard camera — said Thursday that he was not a hero, but a “divine” tool. Anthony J. Moore, 53, was driving a route in Aiken County, about 20 miles from the Georgia border, last Friday when …
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — George Pickens isn’t with the Dallas Cowboys during the opening week of voluntary offseason practices, while coach Brian Schottenheimer says the receiver is “taking care of his business” and their communication has been good. “Communicated with (Pickens) yesterday,” Schottenheimer said Thursday. “He’s got a football camp this weekend that he’s doing. …
WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds. The national smog level dropped by 11% from 2003 to 2015 as strict federal …
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had opened civil rights investigations into 15 medical schools examining potential race discrimination over their alleged use of race in admissions. The department said in a statement the probes would examine whether the schools, each of which receives millions of dollars in …
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would defeat Ukraine on the battlefield if necessary, but was ready to end the war via diplomacy and honour unspecified compromises he said had been agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking to foreign media editors on the sidelines of …
June 4 (Reuters) – The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered in May 2024, after concluding …
The federal student loan changes arriving in July could have meaningful consequences for borrowers. Pla2na/Getty Images Federal student loan borrowers have spent the last few years adapting to a constantly changing borrowing and repayment landscape. Between the end of pandemic-era relief, the return of required student loan payments and a series of court challenges affecting …