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NASA is preparing to launch a mission to the moon — and it’s making history for more reasons than one.The space agency’s Artemis II launch marks the U.S.’s first journey back to the moon in more than 50 years. It will also carry the first Black astronaut and the first female astronaut to travel to the moon, though the mission will be a flyby without a touchdown on the surface.The launch, originally scheduled for early February and now delayed, will carry four astronauts around the moon and back, including Victor Glover and Christina Koch, the first Black and first female…

Two of the largest U.S. gym operators delivered the same headline in their latest earnings reports: strong growth.But beneath the surface, Life Time Group Holdings and Planet Fitness told very different stories about the American consumer. They highlighted a widening divide between higher-income households that continue to spend freely and more price-sensitive consumers who are beginning to show signs of strain. The Planet Fitness logo is seen on the outside of its gym at the Loyal Plaza in Loyalsock Township, Pennsylvania.Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBoth companies reported double-digit percentage revenue growth, rising memberships and expanding footprints in 2025.…

Saddy Abaunza Delgado has sold luxury real estate in South Florida for over three decades, typically to doctors or family business owners ready to spend as much as $8 million on a home in the Miami area.Almost overnight, that’s changed. Her phones are ringing with billionaires — titans of tech and finance — looking to drop nine figures on waterfront properties.”I got a flurry of requests and inquiries,” Delgado, who has landed two billionaire clients recently, told Business Insider. “I had a lot of Zoom calls with people coming in January after the holidays.”While the Florida migration among everyday people…

On a chilly January night in Aubrey, Texas, a roomful of retirees gather to swap their homemade chilis and soups. As people mingle, one woman asks the crowd if they’ve ever watched “The Golden Girls.”The group, which is majority women with a couple of men, erupts in laughter and knowing groans. The woman kicks off a trivia game about the beloved TV show, firing off questions as people shout answers and correct one another like old friends.Not long after, a teary-eyed woman arrives. She’s immediately met with hugs. Someone presses a card into her hands as the group offers their…

CJ Richey is looking forward to celebrating something special on her 65th birthday: Qualifying for Medicare.The now 60-year-old is a self-employed counselor in Colorado. She relies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace for health insurance, and her monthly premium just jumped from $265 to $903. It’s an expense she can’t afford.”It’s frightening to think that I have to ration healthcare,” Richey said. “It’s very scary.”The price of health insurance has become unsustainable for millions of Americans. Enhanced ACA subsidies — a credit designed to make care more affordable for lower- and middle-income households — expired on December 31. Plans to…

2026-02-28T09:15:01.231Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Rikers Island jail in New York City holds nearly 7,000 detainees, who consume about 7 million meals a year. I wanted to see how the operation works, so I visited its largest kitchen. I was surprised by how much is made from scratch, and by the constant state of…

Burger King is tweaking its Whopper — and the changes don’t just freshen a decades-old recipe; they also reposition its flagship product as part of the fast-food industry’s broader premiumization push amid years of value wars.The chain is betting that highly visible upgrades — including what a press release described as “a more premium, better tasting bun,” and packaging designed to prevent the dreaded squish — can compete against its fellow quick-service restaurants as diners increasingly demand both quality and value.The changes mark the first meaningful refresh of the Whopper in nearly a decade and came as a response to…

In the months before Block CEO Jack Dorsey laid off 40% of staff on Thursday, workers were embracing AI tools in what one called an almost “celebratory” way.Dorsey and other company leaders had made no secret of their interest in AI, but the company was profitable, and some workers couldn’t imagine the technology fully replacing humans at scale any time soon, they told Business Insider.Still, there were pockets of unease. Block, the parent company of financial tech firms including Cash App and Square, had executed a series of smaller performance-based cuts in previous months. At least one employee said he’d…

2026-02-27T22:20:32.536Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Read the memo Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison sent about the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The companies made it official on Friday with an announcement. Netflix, which was also vying for WBD, declined to raise its bid for the company on Thursday. Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have…

The American Institute of CPAs submitted a letter in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to exclude accounting from its definition of “professional degree” programs, urging it to adopt a more expansive definition.Processing ContentThe letter, sent Friday to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon from AICPA president and CEO Mark Koziel follows up on an effort by the AICPA and leaders of other professions that were similarly excluded from the definition, including nursing, engineering and architecture, potentially reducing the amount of student loan aid available to graduate students enrolled in those degree programs. A negotiating committee convened by the…