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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a press conference at San Francisco City Hall on October 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesSan Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who has recently been embroiled in a national debate over safety in big cities, told CNBC on Thursday that he feels “pressure every day” to continue improving conditions for residents. Last week, President Donald Trump withdrew his “federal surge” plan in San Francisco. The possibility of deploying the National Guard made headlines because sales force CEO Marc Benioff told the New York Times that he supports President Trump’s call…

Seoul, South Korea — As President Donald Trump danced on the tarmac in Malaysia, had an audience with Japan’s Emperor in Tokyo, and accepted a golden crown in South Korea, one important question lingered: Will he hold a surprise meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un? Mr. Trump has publicly stated on several occasions that he would like to meet Mr. Kim while in the region. This could have been a made-for-TV sequel to Trump’s surprise visit to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in 2019, when he made history as the first sitting US president to set foot on North Korean…

If you’ve lived through “Dramageddon” in the beauty community, you’re probably familiar with the history of the OG Beauty YouTuber. But there’s one beauty YouTuber we always rely on when it comes to comfort watches. That’s Kathleen Wrights. You may have seen her YouTube thumbnails or her fragrance TikToks go viral over the years. She is a former beauty YouTuber from the “golden era” of beauty tutorials in the 2010s. Although she never left our screens, she recently underwent a rebrand of sorts. From launching a fragrance at Le Monde Gourmand, collaborating with Selena Gomez to create content for Rare…

Let’s check out the companies that are becoming a hot topic for after-hours trading. Alphabet — Google’s parent company’s stock rose nearly 5% on strong performance, including better-than-expected Google Cloud revenue and YouTube ad revenue. Alphabet’s adjusted earnings were $3.10 per share, beating LSEG’s estimate of $2.33 per share. The search giant reported revenue of $102.35 billion for the period, compared to analysts’ expectations of $99.89 billion. MGM Resorts — The casino-hotel operator fell 6% after the market Wednesday after its third-quarter profit was lower than expected due to a decline in visitors to Las Vegas. Adjusted earnings were 24…

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, attended the Pennsylvania Energy Innovation Summit on July 15, 2025 on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesPalantir’s global communications chief said Wednesday that the company’s political shift toward the Trump administration is “concerning.””I think it’s going to be difficult because so much of the company is moving toward Trump, you know, moving in a certain direction,” communications director Lisa Gordon said in an interview at the Information’s Women in Technology, Media and Finance Summit.”That’s alarming,” she said, noting that she is a Democrat and…

Paris — Paris prosecutors announced on Thursday that they had arrested five new suspects on suspicion of stealing French treasures from the Louvre, bringing the total number of arrests in the stunning heist to seven. One of the five new suspects is believed to have been part of a four-man gang that carried out the robbery, prosecutor Laure Becuaux told French radio RTL. This means that after an 11-day manhunt, police have arrested three of the four men believed to have been directly involved in the robbery by posing as construction workers to steal Napoleonic-era artifacts. Bequo said the investigation…

Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner pulled off a gold medal-worthy surprise. The I Am Cait alum made her first appearance on Keeping Up with the Kardashians when ex-wives of Kendall Jenner, 29, and Kylie Jenner, 28, invited her to have one last family dinner at their old home in Calabasas ahead of the release. “My dad and I bought this house years ago,” Kris told Kendall and Kylie, as well as Kourtney Kardashian, 46, Kim Kardashian, 45, Khloé Kardashian, 41, and Rob Kardashian, 38, while holding hands around the dinner table on the Oct. 30 episode. Just then, Caitlin walks…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2025.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting, which ended on Wednesday, had a promising outcome, but there were also some surprises. Here are five key takeaways.The Federal Open Market Committee cut rates by a quarter of a percentage point, as expected, but not without some behind-the-scenes intrigue, including one negative vote in each direction. While Governor Stephen Milan cast a widely expected “no” vote because he wanted a half-point…

As many major technology companies race to build massive data centers for their artificial intelligence ambitions, apple We’re taking a more modest approach.Rather than simply buying as many AI chips as possible, Apple is buying computing power from external partners, finance chief Kevan Parekh explained Thursday during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call.When Apple builds servers for its AI software, it uses its own chips, rather than those from Nvidia or AMD, to power a service called private cloud computing.“I don’t think we’ll move away from this hybrid model of leveraging both our own capacity and third-party capacity,” Parekh said.Thursday’s Apple…

black river, jamaica — Jamaica’s coastal city of Black River, once considered a tropical paradise, is now being compared to “Hell on Earth” after being devastated by Hurricane Melissa. Many of the town’s colorful houses, historic buildings, and lush greenery are now reduced to piles of rubble strewn across the muddy ground. “We don’t have a place to stay,” Brittney Sams, a resident of Black River’s Vineyard District, told CNN. Black River was one of the hardest hit areas in all of Jamaica. As the hurricane raged on, storm surge of up to 16 feet flooded parts of the area.…