The owner of the iconic pizza and burger chains is nearing Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The owner of the iconic pizza and burger chains is nearing Chapter 11 bankruptcy

When companies file for bankruptcy, it’s often not because they don’t have positive cash flow. Bankruptcies can happen simply because a company can’t generate the cash it needs to service its debt. In many cases, if you took on that debt, the business itself would actually be successful. That’s the argument, Andy Wiederhorn, CEO of … Read more

What we know about the teenager who set fire to Mississippi’s oldest synagogue

What we know about the teenager who set fire to Mississippi’s oldest synagogue

Hours before a devastating arson attack at Mississippi’s oldest synagogue, the 19-year-old suspect posted an anti-Semitic meme on Instagram, an account that appears to belong to him shows. Stephen Spencer Pittman, identified by the FBI as the person responsible for a Saturday morning fire at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, attacked the historic site — … Read more

Why an “ugly” 10% to 15% selloff in the stock market may be months away

Why an “ugly” 10% to 15% selloff in the stock market may be months away

Veteran trader and Thinkorswim founder Tom Sosnoff is a contrarian by nature. And where the markets are currently trading has set off some internal alarm bells. “I don’t think we’re going to turn around and crash or anything like that, but I just think the odds favor the downside in the market,” Sosnoff told me … Read more

“I found something never seen before and completely unexpected.”

“I found something never seen before and completely unexpected.”

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESO/K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al. Background: PanSTARRS Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered an unexpected shock wave around a dead star. The team behind the shock discovery (in more ways than one) … Read more

Southwest Airlines’ high-tax tickets fix 2 pain points for passengers

Southwest Airlines’ high-tax tickets fix 2 pain points for passengers

Southwest Airlines has spent the last few months getting rid of all the things that used to make it unique. For about a decade, I flew Southwest because it offered reasonable prices, no checked bag fees, and no assigned seats. Because I flew once or twice a month, I had A-List status in the airline’s … Read more

Ayatollah vs Musk showdown shapes Iran’s fate

Ayatollah vs Musk showdown shapes Iran’s fate

In two words, Elon Musk changed the classic methods of revolution forever. “Turn on Starlink,” he said in a social media post about Iran in 2022, suddenly giving the Islamic Republic’s 90 million citizens the ability to access the Internet in a way that no regime could block or censor. It was an extraordinary challenge … Read more

Clinton refuses to testify in congressional Epstein probe despite threat of contempt

Clinton refuses to testify in congressional Epstein probe despite threat of contempt

Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday as part of the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation, despite lawmakers threatening to impeach them. “You’ll say it’s not our decision to make. But we made it. Now you have to make yours,” the Clintons wrote in an apparent challenge to Republican Speaker … Read more

What you need to know about the warrants most immigration agents use to make arrests

What you need to know about the warrants most immigration agents use to make arrests

As the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement nationwide, a wave of high-profile arrests — many taking place at private homes and businesses and captured on video — has thrust a legal question into the center of the national debate: When can federal immigration agents legally enter private property to make an arrest? That question … Read more

The Supreme Court is about to face its most embarrassing decision yet

The Supreme Court is about to face its most embarrassing decision yet

Justices rarely complain openly about the Supreme Court, for the same reason most people don’t publicly chastise their bosses. Attacking your boss is a good way to ensure that your work will be cut – or worse. So it’s remarkable how many justices have published opinions critical of the Supreme Court’s decision New York State … Read more

The video of the Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters that it was justified

The video of the Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters that it was justified

By Julia Harte Jan. 13 – Video of a U.S. immigration agent fatally shooting a Minneapolis mother in her car Wednesday divided the nation, becoming a political Rorschach test that draws different verdicts depending on who sees it. President Donald Trump and his administration have defended the agent and labeled Renee Good, 37, a domestic … Read more