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Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the US Department of Justice, during an interview in Washington, D.C., in August 2026. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption i Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images When Harmeet Dhillon took over as the new chief of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division last April, the conservative attorney vowed to radically reshape the storied unit and its mission. Over the past 18 months, Dhillon has moved aggressively to make that goal a reality. She has pushed out hundreds of longtime attorneys, replaced many of them with inexperienced ideological allies,…

Jolly wants to help make your life easier — and be cute while doing it. The mascot for Meta’s Muse AI is a slightly rotund, plush creature with rosy cheeks, big eyes, and a toothless grin. It can wear clothes or little headphones when he’s “working” on tasks for you.As someone who once went through some (embarrassingly) elaborate hoops to acquire a Labubu, I must admit that I was immediately enamored by the creature’s debut. I’m not alone — much ink has been spilled on how cute the little avatar is. Jon Stewart even devoted a whole segment to debating…

Incarcerated women walk through a Receiving and Release (R&R) yard at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, California, on June 30, 2026. The prison is the largest women’s correctional facility in California, and the R&R yard is used to process incarcerated people entering and leaving the facility. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption toggle caption i Beth LaBerge/KQED Aliksandria Prout had only been at the Central California Women’s Facility for a few days when a male officer stopped her at a checkpoint. “You have beautiful lips and beautiful eyes,” he said. That was just the beginning. On this episode of The…

It was my lifelong dream to live in New York City. Wild, given that I was born in a small rural town in Australia, where I grew up riding dirt bikes, not reading fashion magazines.The Land Down Under was a big, beautiful place offering an idyllic, laid-back beach life, but I always felt a pull toward The Big Apple.That lust further ignited in the ’90s as I watched the city depicted in shows like “Friends” and “Sex and the City.” So in 2014, on the cusp of turning 40, I dragged my husband, our Bengal cat, and our two sons…

Former FTX staffers are calling Netflix’s new show about the company’s collapse more fiction than fact.Constance Wang, the former chief operating officer of FTX and co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, said watching the trailer for “The Altruists” made her “physically throw up.”Premiering on November 19, “The Altruists” is an eight-episode series dramatizing the rise and fall of the cryptocurrency exchange under former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.Bankman-Fried is now serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud after siphoning away billions from FTX customers. Caroline Ellison, who previously led FTX’s affiliated crypto trading firm, Alameda Research, pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy and…

Rossi said it’s important to her and her husband that their kids are happy with RV life, especially as they get older.”I know a lot of people have different opinions on this, but I feel like your kids should want to do the lifestyle as well,” she said. “We do have frequent check-ins with my kids. We’re like, ‘Do you feel ready to stop and stay?’ But they’re both like, ‘No, this is the best thing ever. We want to travel.'”They’ll continue checking in with their kids, but Rossi said it’s been empowering to know their nontraditional lifestyle makes her…

The Snack Wrap has officially landed overseas.McDonald’s brought the fan-favorite item back to UK menus on October 6, marking its first appearance there since it was discontinued in 2016. Much like in the US, British fans spent years calling for its return — and McDonald’s finally answered.However, shortly after the launch, The Sun reported that a few British McDonald’s customers were disappointed by the “downgraded” menu item, lamenting the removal of cheese from the wraps and calling it “a bit plain” on social media.We decided to put each version to the test.Our London-based reporter, Roya Shahidi, thought the UK’s version of the Snack…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Samuel Sévigny, 32, the cofounder and marketing director at Chaletô, a short-term rental property management company based in Quebec, Canada. Sévigny started Chaletô in 2022 with four of his friends and has scaled to over 500 cabins and condos. The following has been edited for length and clarity.It started as six friends fresh out of college. We all had other jobs. It was in 2016, and we wanted to invest in real estate, diversify, and get started in life.One of our co-founders had condos in downtown Quebec City already, so he…

Retailers are trimming assortments in an effort to clean up their balance sheets.As shoppers cut spending in the face of high gas and food prices, businesses have pulled more levers to boost profitability and appease investors. During earnings calls this year, a range of retailers have highlighted efforts to reduce the number of items they sell, commonly tracked as stock keeping units, or SKUs. In March, Dollar General said it trimmed 1,500 SKUs. In August, Under Armour said it shrunk SKUs by 25% over the past few years and plans to cut another 25%, while BJ’s Wholesale Club said it…

As mortgage rates continue to reach new heights, options for first-time buyers are dwindling. Even starter homes — affordable properties that entice first-time homebuyers get their foot in the door — are jumping in price. The inventory of starter homes has recently decreased across the country. Data from Realtor.com shows that the national starter home share dropped from 38.1% to 36.2% from August 2019 to 2026, but the price during that timeframe increased 30.8%, from about $260,000 to $340,000.Realtor defines starter homes as homes listed at or below 80% of the median list price in that metro. A recent report from…