The seven-day average of U.S. Covid deaths is 2,031 as of Tuesday, the first time over the 2,000 threshold since March, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Reported deaths are currently highest in large U.S. states like Florida, which is seeing an average of 376 daily deaths over […]

Wynn Resorts saw immediate demand from British travelers after the U.S. said it would relax Covid-era restrictions on overseas visitors. "We had reservations from the U.K. spike from effectively zero to hundreds a day," CEO Matthew Maddox told CNBC's Jim Cramer. "People are wanting to come to Las Vegas and […]

Although stocks were climbing higher on Tuesday after dropping on Monday, there's persistent uncertainty among investors over whether a bigger pullback is coming. If you're about to retire or recently have done so, it's worth gauging how a prolonged market downturn would impact your retirement plan. This is due to […]

Imagine a house as large as several New York City blocks, or many sizes the footprint of Windsor Castle. The house exists. Finished in 1895, the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, covers 178,926 square feet. Built by George Washington Vanderbilt II, the ownership is still with a branch of […]

After weeks of regulatory drama, booster shots are finally almost here. On Wednesday evening, the Food and Drug Administration authorized third-dose boosters of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for Americans 65 and older, plus adults ages 18-64 at high risk of severe illness or Covid exposure in the workplace. The Centers for […]

UK consumer price inflation accelerated at a record pace in August, hitting the highest rate since 2012, data from the Office for National Statistics showed Wednesday. The consumer price index rose 3.2 percent year-on-year following a 2.0 percent climb in July. Economists had forecast 2.9 percent inflation and also remained […]

Impossible Foods Inc., a plant-based meat maker, is bringing its new plant-based pork product to the restaurants in U.S., Hong Kong and Singapore. Starting Thursday, Impossible pork will be available at Momofuku Ssäm Bar in Manhattan, New York City. It will serve Spicy Rice Cakes with Impossible Pork Ragu. Restaurants […]

UPDATE The 2022 Broadway revival of Melvin Van Peebles’ groundbreaking 1971 musical Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death will go on as planned, producers – including the late filmmaker’s son Mario Van Peebles – confirmed today. The previously announced revival will now be dedicated to the playwright, who died […]

SpaceX launched people to space for the first time in May 2020, a few months after the Covid pandemic began to spread across the United States. Elon Musk's company added quarantine precautions to protect NASA's astronauts in the weeks before launch, according to research recently published in an academic journal. […]