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Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on May 14, 2026. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of allegations of sexual assault and rape. Harvey Weinstein’s latest sex crimes trial ended with a hung jury Friday, on the third day of deliberations. It was the second time in a year a jury was unable to reach a verdict on the same charge. Accusations against the former Hollywood mogul came to define the #MeToo movement, and he was first convicted of assaulting Jessica Mann in 2020. The former aspiring actress testified…

Once again, Switzerland has claimed the top spot as the best country in the world.The 2026 rankings, released Thursday, were compiled by US News & World Report in partnership with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.Unlike previous iterations of the list, this year’s rankings did away with a perception-based approach of surveying experts and business leaders, and instead used a data-driven methodology.To determine the rankings, researchers evaluated 100 countries across eight categories, including governance, culture and tourism, civic health, economic development, health, infrastructure, opportunity, and the natural environment. The rankings also factored in 24 other subcategories, including healthcare,…

Years of schooling in healthcare usually pay off.The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data showing the pay of hundreds of occupations as of May 2025. Many positions earn six figures, exceeding the national average of $69,770.Pay can be one factor job seekers consider when they’re applying for work. A lot of people are actively seeking jobs in the US: 7.2 million people were unemployed in March, outpacing the number of openings. It’s also graduation season, so more people may be tweaking their résumés, building a network, and scouring postings in the coming months.Studying to become an ophthalmologist, a pediatric…

Paramount Skydance’s tech chief is stepping down as David Ellison’s digital transformation heats up. Loading audio narration… Phil Wiser, Paramount’s chief tech officer, told his colleagues on Friday morning that he’s leaving at the end of May after seven years with the company.”Writing this and sharing this news is harder than I expected,” Wiser said in his farewell memo, which was obtained by Business Insider.Wiser said in his memo that he wasn’t retiring. A person familiar with the move said Wiser instead may look to work with tech startups. This person said Wiser’s decision to step down on May 29…

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — Michael MacGillivray sees the arrival of Chinese electric vehicles in Canada as a potential game changer.”I think it is going to a be a huge eye opener,” said MacGillivray, who oversees 10 dealerships in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada.  As the CEO of Century Auto Group and SIGMA Auto Group, MacGillivray is working to become one of the dealers in the country who will sell imported Chinese EVs. In April, he went to the Beijing Auto Show with other dealers from Canada to establish relationships with Chinese automakers and get a feel for the cars and…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Keith Alan Pavlick, 53, who works as a real estate agent in Orlando. Pavlick plans to sell his parents’ home by next month and move his parents into an assisted living community, which will cost about $9,000 monthly, not including insurance or other medical costs. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… There’s a lot more than just the dementia diagnosis. There are a lot of things people don’t think about that occur right around the time of a diagnosis, when the elderly person has accumulated…

Once a day, I get a text message with 10 photos of random people looking for jobs, professional connections, or, on occasion, a new friend or date.It’s not LinkedIn or Tinder texting me. It’s Series, a social networking startup that sends potential connections straight to its users’ iMessage inbox.”The whole goal of Series was to build a professional network where Gen Z lives, which is in their messages,” Series CEO Nathaneo Johnson told Business Insider.Building a social network layer on top of iMessage allows users to feel the “intimacy of having someone’s phone number,” but with a bit more privacy,…

Starbucks continues cutting corporate staff as CEO Brian Niccol pushes ahead with a sweeping turnaround effort that has already reshaped parts of the coffee giant’s business. Loading audio narration… The company announced on Friday that it is eliminating about 300 US support roles and reviewing its international support organization, a move that could result in additional layoffs outside the US. Starbucks is also consolidating regional office space and reevaluating lease commitments to cut costs and streamline operations.The cuts mark Starbucks’ third round of corporate layoffs since February 2025 and underscore how aggressively Niccol has moved to remake the company since…

Starbucks’ corporate headquarters seen in Seattle. The company announced its Q2 earnings on 27th Apr 2021. Toby Scott | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesStarbucks on Friday announced another round of corporate layoffs and said it plans to shutter some regional support offices as part of its ongoing turnaround.The company said it will cut 300 U.S. jobs, adding it has started a review of its international corporate workforce. The layoffs do not affect its coffeehouse employees. The combined severance costs and reassessment of its office space will result in restructuring charges of $400 million, the coffee chain said. Starbucks expects to record $280…

It’s one of the first things I talk about with other American friends who now live in London: our quality of life in the UK. Loading audio narration… Whether I’m chatting with someone from New York, California, or somewhere in between, there’s often a shared sentiment that some things just feel better over here. Sometimes, a friend will point out the clean, efficient transit system or post-work pub culture.When I really sat down to think about it, though, I realized how much of this magic comes down to the financial trade-offs that my husband and I made when we moved…