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When the Money Is Under the Mattress. Or in the Freezer. Or a Shoebox.
After their father died in 2021, Susan Camp and her brother cleaned out his home — and inadvertently threw out $5,000 in cash he had wrapped in aluminum foil...

The Napoleon of Your Living Room
Gary Friedman hates meetings. A 66-year-old with apparently limitless energy and a perpetual tan, Mr. Friedman is the chief executive of RH, one of the country’s largest high-end furniture...

Canadian Auto Parts Billionaire Faces Sexual Assault Charges
Frank Stronach, the 91-year-old billionaire founder of one of the world’s largest auto parts companies, was arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a sexual assault investigation.In a...

Washington Post Leaders Look to Quell Anxiety
After a tumultuous week at The Washington Post, including the unexpected announcement of a new editor and reports that its chief executive objected to coverage of a news story...

Roaring Kitty Talked GameStop and Chugged Beer. Shares Plunged.
Around lunchtime Friday, on a YouTube livestream watched by half a million people, a bandanna-clad man in white sunglasses grinned into his webcam and teased: “I’m about to show...

MAGA Attorney General Candidate Has Soft Spot for Shady Corporations
Representative Dan Bishop, a far-right Republican from North Carolina who is currently campaigning to be the state’s attorney general, is portraying himself as a champion for the little guy....

How Media Outlets on the Left and Right Covered Biden’s Immigration Order
President Biden’s immigration policies are a frequent target of conservative and liberal media outlets, often mirroring criticisms from Republican and Democratic elected officials. The reaction to his executive order...

Republican Operatives Swoop in to Help Cornel West This Election
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West is trying to collect signatures to get as many state ballots as possible, and if he succeeds in North Carolina, it might be thanks...

These Desperate Far-Right Grifters Are Trying to Recruit a Militia
A collective of far-right media figures have launched a militia—and like any serious militarized group of extremist quacks, they’re recruiting on Instagram, according to a new report from researchers...

Internet Rallies Around Dolly Parton After Bizarre Right-Wing Attack
Donalds was incensed by the question and accused Reid of “gaslighting” him, because he’d never said it was the “golden age,” only better for marriage rates. In context, Donalds...