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CBS News has fired high-profile “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley amid debate about the direction of the show, which has been a mainstay of the network’s television lineup for decades.”Your employment with CBS News is terminated for cause effective immediately,” Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” wrote to Pelley in a letter seen by CNBC. It was not immediately clear when the letter was sent.Pelley had previously said that Bari Weiss, the editor-in-chief of CBS News, was “murdering” “60 Minutes,” according to NBC News. In a statement obtained by MS Now, Pelley said the network is attempting…

Longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley is out of the famed news program.Pelley, who spent over 30 years at CBS News, was fired on Tuesday from the company after a clash with new “60 Minutes” top producer Nick Bilton.”Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear,” Bilton wrote in a memo to Pelley that was seen by Business Insider. “I therefore write on behalf of CBS News, Inc. to inform you that your employment with CBS is terminated for cause effective immediately.”A CBS News spokesperson declined to comment.Pelley’s departure follows a testy staff meeting…

The U.S. Supreme Court Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional district map favored by Republicans. The court overturned a three-judge district court panel that found that the map is “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.” The ruling means that Alabama’s 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning one, as opposed to a map with only five safe Republican seats. Democrat Shomari Figures, who represents Alabama’s Second District, will likely lose his seat as a result of the high court’s ruling.…

Former Rep. George Santos is the subject of investigations by the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission into alleged insider trading on the prediction market platform Kalshi, two people with knowledge of the investigations said Tuesday.One of the people said Kalshi referred the matter to law enforcement after detecting unusual trades related to Santos’ attendance at the State of the Union address in February. NPR was first to report the investigation.Kalshi and the CFTC declined to comment on the investigation. Representatives for Santos and the DOJ did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.NPR reported…

An ex-Google executive has tips for surviving the AI era.Mo Gawdat, the former chief business officer for Google, predicts that 30% of certain job sectors will be gone by 2028, but people can still “double down on human skills” to overcome the turbulence.”We have an entire generation that is out of college today that will struggle, unfortunately,” Gawdat said on an episode of Steven Bartlett’s podcast “The Diary Of A CEO” that aired on Sunday. “And my advice to them is learn the tool and focus on human-centric jobs.””A lot of people can make a living by being a nurse…

President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to streamline the repayment process for defaulted student-loan borrowers.The Department of Education is moving the platform for managing defaulted student loans from myeddebt.ed.gov to studentaid.gov, Federal Student Aid’s main website, a department spokesperson confirmed.An internal document reviewed by Business Insider said that the transition is intended to improve the user experience of defaulted student-loan borrowers by housing all student-loan operations under Federal Student Aid’s main website. The old platform, MyEdDebt, will remain operational until the transition is complete, the document said.”ED, in partnership with Treasury, continues to make significant investments to improve borrower experience,”…

Lots of people have objected to Paramount’s planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.Some of those people are antisemitic, says Paramount’s top lawyer.In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Makan Delrahim, Paramount’s chief legal officer, said that some opposition to the Paramount/WBD deal is coming from people with “antisemitic views.””Let’s be honest,” he told the Times. “There’s a lot of fear-mongering, particularly from people in Washington, D.C. They are running a political campaign. Some of these people are trying to inflict harm on this transaction, really because of their own antisemitic views. Regulators and law enforcement officials will see right…

An Ulta Beauty store in Colma, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUlta Beauty on Tuesday reported quarterly results that beat on the top and bottom lines and hiked its earnings outlook as the retailer saw a strong start to its fiscal year.Shares of the company rose as much as 7% in extended trading.Here’s how the company performed in its fiscal first quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, according to a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $7.74 vs. $6.86 expectedRevenue: $3.16 billion vs. $3.10 billion expectedFor the three-month…

When I became a freelance writer nearly a decade ago, I assumed the uncertainty would eventually fade. I imagined there would come a point where I’d built enough relationships, landed enough recurring clients, and published enough work that I’d finally feel secure.But that moment never really came.Today, I make a stable living as a freelance health and fitness writer. I write for major publications, have long-term editorial relationships, and often have more work than I can realistically take on. On paper, my career looks stable.And yet, I still approach my work as if I were trying to land my next…

On Monday, I called a few of my local Dunkin’ locations to ask if they still had the free tote bags available with the purchase of a half or full dozen donuts. One location was very confused by the call, one didn’t answer, and one said that yes, they had just one in stock. I raced over, and to my relief, I secured the bag.The free tote was a limited-time promotion. Locations only got 20 bags each. It’s not the first Dunkin’ merchandise promotion, and certainly not even the most exciting. A branded tote bag is one of those things…