By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — As the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln pulled into port in Thailand on Wednesday, observers were shocked by its appearance. The almost 1,100-foot-long warship was covered in rust from bow to stern. But experts say that’s to be expected from what the Navy says was 286 days at sea
Continue ReadingBy Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — A Mexican musician, his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter, as well as their nanny and a family dog were found dead on Tuesday, in a gruesome homicide case. Jonathan Meléndez, the 38-year-old keyboardist of the well-known indie rock band Camilo Séptimo, was among those found dead in
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What a great week for the Show Us Your Garden segment. We have some beans that grow around a pole, a hummingbird moth hiding among the petunias and a variety of plants and sculptures maintained by someone who really enjoys retirement. Thanks for sending in these great photos.
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AI token spend for business grew 572% year over year from June 2025 to June 2026, according to proprietary data from Ramp, which processes AI vendor payments on behalf of thousands of businesses. Finance teams are catching up to what engineering already knows: AI isn’t a line item you set once and forget. It’s
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Preston Truman, a former Utah Jazz ball boy, thought he was in for a large payday on a pair of shoes Kobe Bryant wore during his rookie-season NBA playoff appearances. In May 2023, Truman consigned the shoes through Heritage Auctions — the largest collectibles auctioneer and the third-largest auction house in the world, according
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Rising home prices and housing costs have pushed some buyers to consider homes that can serve two purposes: a place to live and a source of rental income. Here, Neighbors Bank breaks down how FHA financing can make that possible in more ways than many buyers realize. FHA loans are often associated with first-time
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A new study from Credit One Bank shows that Americans have lost trust in the voice on the other end of the phone. Nearly 84% of respondents have changed at least one financial behavior because of artificial intelligence scam concerns. The most visible change: Over half have stopped answering calls from numbers they don’t
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The sun was still rising as nearly 60 “mothers and others” boarded an Omaha bus recently and headed across the state to protest what goes on at the ICE detention facility in rural McCook. Their nearly 10-hour round trip marked a year since Gov. Jim Pillen announced the deal he made with U.S. Immigration
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Editor’s Note: Hours after this story was originally published on Aug. 18, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee made public her order appointing an independent monitor to oversee conditions for children in immigration detention, noting numerous violations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection under the Trump administration. She cited, among other
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Sales teams may not realize it, but most of them spend hours per week just booking meetings. The reality is that a portion of those carefully planned meetings never happen, enough to reduce productivity and lose deals. Calendly published a State of Meetings report in 2024 that detailed that more than 2 out of
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Luxury watches cost tens of thousands of dollars, so they’re an investment that you want to protect. Jewelry insurance — particularly specialized coverage for luxury watches — can help you repair or replace your valuables if they are lost, stolen, or damaged. How Watch Insurance Works The first step in protecting your luxury watches
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If you’ve never switched natural gas suppliers before, the idea can feel bigger than it actually is. Will your gas get shut off for a day? Will a crew need to dig up your yard? Will you end up with two bills and a headache? None of that happens. Choosing a new natural gas
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Welcoming a child into the world is a joyous occasion, filled with excitement and a packed to-do list. In between the diaper changes, feedings and trying to get a few precious hours of shut-eye, don’t forget one important task: considering life insurance. Why do new parents need life insurance? As a new parent, you’re
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Credit cards were once reserved for emergencies or big purchases. For a growing share of Americans, they’ve become the default way to pay for groceries. A 2026 survey of 2,000 U.S. adults with at least $10,000 in unsecured debt, conducted by Atomik Research for Accredited Debt Relief, found that 66% have used a credit
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Managing spending can feel like a breeze when you run a small business with only a handful of monthly transactions. But as your business begins to grow, you’ll likely find yourself searching for the best spend management software to help you keep things running smoothly. In a scaling company, hands-on processes — like emailing
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If you’re a controller evaluating how to choose accounts payable software, the challenge is picking a tool that’ll still fit your invoice volume, entity structure, approval needs, and month-end close process six months from now. The cost of a poor fit compounds quickly. Rebuilding a workflow, retraining approvers, and absorbing implementation fees a second
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As a business grows, spending naturally becomes more distributed. For instance, employees throughout the company might purchase software, and departments will likely manage their own budgets. New vendors could get added along the way, and subscriptions might renew automatically with little oversight. Individually, these expenses may not seem significant. But taken together, they can
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Being a billionaire doesn’t always mean spending like one. Tom Dundon paid roughly $4.25 billion for the Portland Trail Blazers and immediately started cutting costs like the purchase had cleaned out his checking account. Since taking control in Portland, the Carolina Hurricanes owner has laid off about 70 employees, pared back travel expenses, overhauled
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Home builders and remodelers can’t focus only on traditional buyers. Modern homeowners want their homes to reflect their lifestyle. This could mean turning a spare bedroom into a gym or the kitchen table into an impromptu workstation for remote jobs. With home sales decreasing by 1.7% according to the National Association of Realtors in
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Healthcare is one of the most cautious industries when it comes to artificial intelligence, but caution hasn’t prevented failures. Three in 4 providers have already had to switch off an AI agent handling patient messages. What actually fails sits deeper than the AI. It’s a couple of days before your doctor’s appointment and, “Ding!”,
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