People could be banned from driving if they repeatedly fail to repay money they owe under a new government crackdown on welfare fraud. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will also be able to recover money directly from the bank accounts of people fraudulently claiming benefits. The DWP’s fraud, error and debt bill, which…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket streaks into orbit after launching from the Kennedy Space Center on its maiden flight, at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 16, 2025. Gregg Newton | Afp | Getty Images Pure-play space stocks flew higher on Tuesday, a rally that a Wall Street analyst pinned to exuberance around the sector after…
Travis Barker is making sure the inmate firefighters battling the Los Angeles wildfires know how appreciated they are for risking their lives during the ongoing disaster. TMZ has learned Travis made it a point to pay a visit to the Rose Bowl Complex in Pasadena, California on Monday, where he met with members of the…
The Minnesota Vikings and coach Kevin O’Connell agreed to terms on a multiyear contract extension on Tuesday, following a 14-3 regular season that defied external widespread preseason projections of at least a losing record if not a last-place finish in the NFC North. The Vikings didn’t disclose terms of the deal, which was reached with…
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda delivers a speech at the start of issuance of new yen banknotes at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate this week by 25 basis points, according…
Play video content BACKGRID A$AP Rocky is headed for court on gun charges … the Grammy-nominated rapper just turned down a plea deal from L.A. prosecutors, opting to face a jury trial instead. L.A. County prosecutors offered him a deal — if Rocky pled guilty to one of two felony charges, he’d serve 180 days…
The Stripe logo on a smartphone with U.S. dollar banknotes in the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Stripe cut 300 jobs, representing about 3.5% of its workforce, mostly in product, engineering and operations, CNBC has confirmed. The payments company, valued at about $70 billion in the private markets, still…
The National Treasury Employees Union said on Tuesday that it has sued President Trump to block an executive order that would enable him to fire career federal workers across the government. The order signed on Monday evening, known as “Schedule F,” would empower the Trump administration to strip job protections from many career federal employees…
Newsflash: The Los Angeles Dodgers are stacked. To be more specific, the Dodgers are stacked at pitcher, after the offseason signings of Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki. Couple that with second-year ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the return of Tyler Glasnow from injury, and Shohei Ohtani returning to the mound next season, and L.A. figures to have…
The Trump administration has announced the reinstatement of the “remain in Mexico” program, resuming an initiative that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait south of the border while their cases were processed. The US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Tuesday that it would restart the program immediately, years after it was…
