A fired Foot Locker employee shorted the stock and made more than $100,000, authorities say

Financial watchdogs on Tuesday charged a 56-year-old New Yorker with insider trading, alleging the executive knew in advance that Foot Locker’s disappointing earnings would lead to a stock sell-off. In total, authorities said the director made about $113,000 — and now he must pay back double that, according to a pending settlement. According to the … Read more

Miata Cup race determined by incredible 0.009s

Where should we start? So much happened and so much to report during the third round of the Scottsdale Ferrari Apex Challenge series presented by Coffin & Trout. We should probably start with this: the closest race finish in Apex Motor Club racing history. It happened during the MX-5 Cup race. Would you believe nine-thousandths … Read more

Gym member loses hair due to parasites found on unclean gym equipment

This is a warning to all avid gym goers. Fitness enthusiast Hillary Nguyen recently shared a video on TikTok describing the health crisis she faced after interacting with dirty gym equipment. “PSA to all my gym girls: If you don’t clean every piece of equipment before you use it, you’re going to want to start,” … Read more

Americans like to buy patio heaters for their homes

Before the pandemic, I had no idea about patio heaters. I mean, I knew they existed, but that wasn’t really the case thought about them. During the pandemic, I thought too much about them: where they were, where they weren’t, whether they were working. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and in 2020 and … Read more

Amazon employees call for withdrawal of five-day RTO mandate in anonymous survey

Some Amazon employees refuse to “disagree and commit,” as one of the company’s famed leadership principles requires of those who disagree with a decision. Instead, hundreds of employees at the online retail giant are complaining that CEO Andy Jassy’s five-day-a-week return-to-the-office mandate, announced last week, will negatively impact their lives — and productivity at work. … Read more

People who “won the genetic lottery” share their incredible qualities, and I’m absolutely jealous

Some people are just lucky enough to be born with an unfathomable amount of genetic luck on their side… Sementovalesia / Getty Images So when Reddit user u/askredditiscool posed the question, “People who ‘won the genetic lottery, what qualities do you have?’” to r/AskReddit, I knew I had to know what I was missing: 1.“I’m … Read more

Crossword Blog and Answers for January 20, 2025 by Sally Hoelscher

There are spoilers ahead. You may want to solve today’s puzzle before reading on! Boogie down Constructor: Lindsay Rosenblum Editor: Anna Gundlach Random thoughts and interesting things NIA (7A: “Little Woods” director DaCosta) In addition to directing Small forestsher directorial debut, NIA DaCosta also wrote the 2018 film. Small forests Set in Little Woods, North … Read more