The owner of The Very Group, one of Britain’s biggest online shopping platforms, is to launch a Β£2bn auction of the company just months after taking control. Sky News has learnt that Carlyle, the American private equity giant, is lining up Barclays and JP Morgan to handle a sale of Very, which sells a wide…
California helped make them the rich. Now a small proposed tax is spooking them out of the state. California helped make them among the richest people in the world. Now theyβre fleeing because California wants a little something back. The proposed California Billionaire Tax Act has plutocrats saying they are considering deserting the Golden State…
Image editing on X’s Grok AI tool has been limited to paid subscribers, according to a message displayed by the chatbot – with the changes described as “insulting” by Downing Street. Users were able to upload a picture and ask Grok to alter the image, but the AI system now replies to requests with this…
A federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked the Trump administrationβs move to freeze $10 billion in child-care funds in five Democrat-led states including California. The ruling Friday afternoon capped a tumultuous stretch that began earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told California officials and those in Colorado,…
The City Section might have a contender for small-schools basketball success in Sylmar-based Triumph, a charter school that opened in 2010 and is having its best season ever. The Jaguars, under coach Fabian Avila, have been led by the Garcia brothers, Antonio, a 6-foot-3 senior, and Damian, a freshman point guard. Antonio was one of…
A UAE-based steel company has made an approach to buy Britain’s third-biggest steel producer, months after it was declared “hopelessly insolvent” and fell into the hands of the Official Receiver. Sky News has learnt that Arabian Gulf Steel Industries (AGSI), which is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, is among a small number of parties which have…
Maybe itβs the leather seats or the free parking. But out of every movie theater in the U.S. and Canada, AMC Burbank 30 had the most lucrative box office in 2025. The combined efforts of the three theater locations, less than a mile apart (AMC Burbank 16 and Town Centers 6 and 8), brought in…
The government has allocated Β£200m of fundingΒ to prepare the UK’s armed forces to be deployed to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal. The money, announced by Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to Ukraine on Friday, will deliver new vehicles, communications and counter-drone protection to ensure troops are ready if required. The…
In what might be the most decisive critique yet of President Trumpβs remake of the Kennedy Center, the Washington National Operaβs board approved a resolution on Friday to leave the venue it has occupied since 1971. βToday, the Washington National Opera announced its decision to seek an amicable early termination of its affiliation agreement with…
ST. LOUISΒ βΒ Amber Glenn covered her head with both arms, heaving on her knees with her forehead bowed to the ice at Enterprise Center. She soaked in the standing ovation and let stuffed animals rain down around her. Glenn won her third consecutive U.S. figure skating championship Friday, paving the way for the 26-year-oldβs first Olympic…