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Costco is set to open a new standalone gas station by spring.The city of Mission Viejo, Calif. has approved plans to tear down a former Bed, Bath and Beyond store to make room for the fuel pumps that will only be available to Costco members. The station will feature 40 pumps only and will not have a convenience store shopping space. It will be located at the Mission Viejo Freeway Center […]

Vanessa Hudgens' former Los Angeles home is looking for a new owner.The "High School Musical" actress' former home in Studio City is on the market for $4.18 million, in partnership with listing agent Michael J. Okun of Sotheby’s International Realty – Sherman Oaks Brokerage.According to the Robb Report, the 36-year-old actress first purchased the home in 2008 for $2.75 million and lived there until 2019, when she sold it for […]

Shaquille O'Neal will be paying seven figures to settle the class-action lawsuit against FTX that also named other high-profile athletes.O'Neal will pay $1.8 million after he was accused of touting the since-defunct cryptocurrency as a reputable and trustworthy investment option via paid endorsements.Legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady and NBA star Stephen Curry, as well as David Ortiz, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka and Trevor Lawrence were also named in the suit […]

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday approving U.S. Steel’s merger with Japan’s Nippon Steel through a National Security Agreement (NSA). The NSA includes a commitment to more than $11 billion in new steelmaking investments in the United States by 2028 and the creation of more than 100,000 jobs. The deal also gives the U.S. government a "golden share" of the merger, which includes commitments to governance, domestic production and […]

Businesswoman and former "Real Housewives of New York" star Bethenny Frankel sold the home she owned in Connecticut.The property, a roughly 3-acre estate known as "Applejack Farm" in the Greenwich area, fetched $7.825 million in a recent transaction.Corcoran Centric Realty’s Jeff Jackson represented Frankel, while Martha Jeffrey and Anne Oglivy of Sotheby’s International Realty were involved on the buyer’s side of the deal for the historic Greenwich home, according to […]

Richard Simmons' Los Angeles home is on the market. According to The Robb Report, the late fitness instructor and TV personality purchased the Hollywood Hills home in the early 80s, and spent much of his time there after retreating from public life in 2014.He lived in the home until his death in July 2024 at the age of 76 from natural causes, and it is now available for purchase for the […]

The U.S. Army announced that it has surpassed its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals four months ahead of schedule following years of falling short of its quota. The milestone marks a potential turning point in one of the military’s most persistent challenges: recruitment.Last week, the Army announced that it had signed contracts with more than 61,000 future soldiers, which is more than 10% higher than the 55,000 recruits targeted in fiscal […]

A recall of certain cases of Floria Dried Apricots is underway due to their packaging not disclosing the fruit contains sulfites. Turkana Food Inc. issued a recall for 352 cases of the dried fruit Thursday through an announcement published on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website. The dried apricots have 200-gram paper packaging.The move was precipitated by "routine sampling performed by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets" that […]

JetZero is making a significant investment in North Carolina as the company plans to construct a factory in Greensboro to produce its blended-wing-body jets there in the future.JetZero’s investment in Greensboro to build the airplane factory will amount to more than $4.7 billion and bring over 14,500 jobs to the area over time, Gov. Josh Stein’s office said. The company announced Thursday it had chosen Greensboro, a city in Central North […]