[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS: Origins Season 1 Episode 10 “Blue Bayou.”] Well, now we know what led to Gibbs (Austin Stowell) joining NCIS after he killed the man who murdered his family, Pedro Hernandez. And he has his landlord, Ruth (London Garcia), to thank for so much. As flashbacks reveal on NCIS: Origins, Gibbs and Ruth became close—to the point that she was his phone call when he was picked up for a bar fight. And when Franks (Kyle Schmid) shows up after hearing what happened, Ruth is the one to explain that Gibbs failed his psych…
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen following a tour of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2024.Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSmall businesses and their owners could face penalties of $10,000 or more if they don’t comply with a new U.S. Treasury Department reporting requirement by year’s end — and evidence suggests many haven’t yet complied.The Corporate Transparency Act, passed in 2021, created the requirement. The law aims to curb illicit finance by asking many businesses operating in the U.S. to report beneficial ownership information to the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FinCEN.Many businesses…
Super Micro Computer CEO Charles Liang at the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 5, 2024.Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSuper Micro Computer joined the Nasdaq 100 in July. Five months later, it’s out, and the stock is down 8% on the news.Nasdaq said late Friday that Super Micro is being removed from the index, which is made up of the top 100 nonfinancial stocks on the Nasdaq and is the basis for the Invesco QQQ Trust exchange-traded fund, one of the most actively traded ETFs.The announcement is the latest in a roller coaster of a year for…
Chicago Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon calls out to players during the first half of the team’s WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty, May 23, 2024, in New York.Frank Franklin II | APStartup basketball league Unrivaled announced on Monday it’s closed a Series A funding round, raising an additional $28 million before its inaugural season.”Our players haven’t even taken the court yet and the foundation we are building with our partners unites unparalleled expertise, strategic insight, and an incredible product,” Unrivaled President Alex Bazzell said in a press release. “Together, we’re setting the stage for Unrivaled for years to come.”The…
[This story contains major spoilers from the Yellowstone season 5B finale, “Life Is a Promise.”] Yellowstone wrapped up its central saga with the season 5B finale. Taylor Sheridan and Paramount Network have not confirmed if the supersized episode is indeed the final one in the megahit flagship series, despite reports surfacing ahead of the finale that two of its surviving stars — Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser — have finalized deals for a spinoff. But one thing is for sure: Yellowstone solidified its legacy in a finale that sure felt like a series finale. The Sheridan-directed event, titled “Life Is…
Ben Kweller has announced his first album since his son’s death, titled ‘Cover the Mirrors’, and has shared grungy new single ‘Optimystic’ – listen below. The album, which is due to be released on May 30 2025, is his first major work since his 16-year-old son, Dorian Zev, died in a freak car accident in 2023. The release date coincides with what would have been his son’s 19th birthday. ‘Cover the Mirrors’, Kweller’s seventh album, is set to have features from MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee, The Flaming Lips and Coconut Records. Alongside news of the album, Kweller has shared a grungy…
NASA says it was able to use the James Webb telescope around ancient stars that challenge theoretical models of how planets can form. The images support that haven’t been able to be confirmed until now.The new Webb highly detailed images were captured from the “Small Magellanic Cloud,” a neighboring dwarf galaxy to our home, the Milky Way. The Webb telescope was specifically focused on a cluster called NGC 346, which NASA says is a good proxy for “similar conditions in the early, distant universe,” and which lacks the heavier elements that have traditionally been connected to planet formation. Webb was…
Plastic food packaging can expose people to chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA)Shutterstock/Trong Nguyen Hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of cases of heart disease worldwide may be linked to chemicals in common plastic products, suggesting that more stringent regulations on such toxins could benefit public health. Maureen Cropper at the University of Maryland and her colleagues assessed the public health impact of exposure to three types of chemicals primarily used in plastics: bisphenol A (BPA), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). BPA and DEHP are found in plastic food packaging and PBDEs are flame retardants used…
An advocate holds a sign for TikTok following a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTikTok asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a law that could effectively ban the popular social media app in the United States by Jan. 19.TikTok wants the Supreme Court to consider its appeal of that law, which would require its Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the app, or force Google and Apple to stop supporting TikTok on their platforms in the U.S.The request came three days after the U.S.…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Liz Pelletier Named Publishers Weekly Person of the Year Pelletier had an excellent case to be named PW’s Person of the Year in 2023, as Fourth Wing burst into the reading world (though hard to argue with last year’s honorees either). The citation offers a bit of a profile of Pelletier, as well as some good backstory to Yarros’ romantasy titan. (If you…
We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The Ultimate Cold Weather Military Parka: Alpha Industries N3B Parka Review The N3B parka, worn during Operation Deep Freeze 1 and rated to -60°F, is considered to be the warmest extreme cold parka ever created for the US military. It was later replaced with the Extended Cold Weather Clothing System. It took a lot of time and experiments in extreme cold weather jackets to get to this one, from the…
There’s something irresistible about amateur detectives. They don’t need a badge to solve the case, and they often stumble into mysteries they have no business solving — yet somehow, they always manage to crack the case wide open. From Jessica Fletcher piecing together clues in Cabot Cove to Mabel, Oliver, and Charles sneaking around the Arconia, TV’s amateur sleuths have a unique talent for outsmarting the professionals and keeping us hooked. Only Murders in the Building (Disney/Patrick Harbron) But why do we love them so much? And what makes them so compelling compared to their badge-wearing counterparts? Let’s dive into…
The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates by another quarter point on Dec. 18 at the end of its two-day meeting. That would mark the third rate cut in a row — all together shaving a full percentage point off the federal funds rate since September.So far, the central bank has moved slowly as they recalibrate policy after swiftly hiking rates when inflation hit a 40-year high.”This could be the last cut for a while,” said Jacob Channel, senior economic analyst at LendingTree.The Fed might choose to take “a wait-and-see approach” because there is some uncertainty around President-elect Donald Trump’s fiscal policy when he begins his second…
Michael Saylor, chairman and CEO of MicroStrategy, speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on April 7, 2022.Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of MicroStrategy were higher Monday after Nasdaq announced the bitcoin proxy will join the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index.The stock was last higher by more than 3%.Nasdaq rebalances its Nasdaq-100 index every year. The companies flagged for inclusion are mostly based on the market cap rankings as of the final trading day of November. The stocks also need to meet a liquidity requirement and have a certain number of free floating shares.The index inclusion, which takes…
(Left) Paul Mescal plays Lucius in ‘Gladiator II’ from Paramount Pictures. (Right) Joseph Quinn plays Emperor Geta in ‘Gladiator II’ from Paramount Pictures.Preview:‘Gladiator II’s Paul Mescal and Joseph Quinn are reportedly playing Paul McCartney and George Harrison in new Beatles biopics.Sam Mendes is putting the films together.Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson are also linked to the movies.Ever since we first learned months ago that ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Empire of Light’ director Sam Mendes had come up with an ambitious plan to craft not one, but four interlinked music biopics about possibly the most famous group in the world –– that would…
Gracie Abrams was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Chris Rock. The pop singer played “That’s So True” and “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” from her new album, The Secret of Us. Watch those performances and her SNL promo video with Rock and Heidi Gardner, below.Abrams has also announced new tour dates for 2025. After making her way across Europe in the spring, the pop star will headline a handful of arenas in North America next summer, beginning on July 23 in Boston. In addition to stops in Toronto, New York, and Los…
Making a good digital picture frame should be easy. All you need is a good screen and an uncomplicated way to get your favorite photos onto the device. Combine that with an inoffensive, frame-like design and you’re good to go.Despite that, I can tell you that many digital photo frames are awful. Amazon is positively littered with scads of digital frames and it’s basically the 2020s version of what we saw with knock-off iPods back in the 2000s. There are loads of options that draw you in with a low price but deliver a totally subpar experience that will prompt…
ORLANDO, Fla. — In a move to differentiate itself from rival SpaceX, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is proposing a new military application for its Vulcan Centaur rocket: a “space interceptor” capable of thwarting potential threats to U.S. assets in orbit. ULA CEO Tory Bruno discussed this vision at the Spacepower Conference, positioning the Vulcan Centaur not just as a launch vehicle but as a potential orbital deterrent against adversaries targeting Space Force assets. “Our vision is the ability to have a platform that is lightning fast, long range, and, if necessary, very lethal,” Bruno said Dec. 12. “What I’ve been…