Lead Starbucks on Friday said it will lay off 300 employees across the United States as part of an ongoing cost-reduction drive tied to its turnaround plan. The announcement follows a separate, smaller cut of 61 corporate technology roles made less than a week earlier. CEO Brian Niccol, who joined in September 2024, has overseen … Read more
Lead The NHL on Friday penalized the Vegas Golden Knights by taking a second-round pick in next month’s draft and fined coach John Tortorella $100,000 for breaching postgame media-access protocols following their series-clinching Game 6 win in Anaheim. The punishment stems from the team’s refusal to open the locker room and from Tortorella’s refusal to … Read more
Lead Round 2 of the 108th PGA Championship continued Friday, May 15, 2026, at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, with shifting leaderboard positions and gusty afternoon winds. Alex Smalley surged to the top of the field at 5 under after an early back-nine charge; earlier clubhouse leaders Hideki Matsuyama (67) and Chris Gotterup … Read more
President Donald Trump concluded a three-day state visit to Beijing on Friday by describing the trip as producing “fantastic trade deals,” but few concrete confirmations followed his remarks. Markets reacted cautiously: China’s benchmark CSI 300 Index fell 1.1% on Friday for a second consecutive day and ended the week down 0.3%. Officials and the White … Read more
U.S. stock futures opened lower on Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reclaimed the 50,000 mark and the S&P 500 closed above 7,500 for the first time this week. Early electronic trading showed Dow futures down 132 points, S&P 500 futures off about 1 percent, and Nasdaq 100 futures sliding roughly 1.4 percent. Traders … Read more
Lead Google is testing a change to Gmail account storage that would set the default free allotment for new accounts to 5GB unless a phone number is added to unlock the traditional 15GB. The trial was first reported on May 14, 2026 and Google confirmed the test in a statement on May 15, 2026. The … Read more
Lead Two people died May 14 after a small airplane struck a home in the Coventry Crossing development near Firestone Country Club in Akron. The crash happened at 3:45 p.m. on Canterbury Circle and set the house ablaze; a neighboring residence was also damaged. Emergency crews from multiple jurisdictions responded, and federal and state investigators … Read more
Lead On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order preserving the status quo for medication abortion access while litigation continues. The court stayed a May 1 ruling from the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that would have prohibited mifepristone from being mailed nationwide. The order, released about 5:30 p.m. … Read more
Who: Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres. When: Game 5 on May 14, 2026, in Buffalo. What: Montreal needs a faster start after Tuesday’s 3-2 Game 4 loss that tied the series 2-2 and swung momentum to Buffalo. Result: special teams and early-zone play look set to determine whether the Canadiens can reclaim control or the … Read more
Lead Twenty-six-year-old filmmaker Curry Barker has moved in 18 months from low-fi YouTube sketches to a festival‑lauded feature, Obsession, which opens this week after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, made for under $1m and inspired in part by a Monkey’s Paw–style idea, currently sits at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and was … Read more
Lead Versant Media Group on Thursday reported first-quarter results for the period ended March 31, its first quarter as an independent public company after the spinout from Comcast and listing on Nasdaq earlier this year. Overall revenue fell to $1.69 billion, a roughly 1% decline year over year, while the stock jumped nearly 10% in … Read more
Lead Israel’s prime minister’s office said on Wednesday that Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates during the Israel‑U.S. campaign against Iran, and that he met Emirati President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al‑Nahyan in what Israel called a “historic breakthrough.” The UAE’s official WAM news agency publicly denied any clandestine visit … Read more
Lead On May 14, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, launching a high‑stakes summit scheduled to run through Friday, May 15. The visit — the first by a sitting U.S. president to China since 2017 — centers on trade, regional security and … Read more
Lead: On May 13, 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court granted Alex Murdaugh a new trial in the 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and their son, Paul, concluding that a Colleton County court clerk improperly influenced jurors in the 2023 proceeding. The unanimous opinion found Becky Hill’s conduct so prejudicial that it undermined the … Read more
Lead: Supporters of Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC on Sunday that they expect him to trigger a leadership contest to challenge Keir Starmer as soon as tomorrow, after a brief meeting at 10 Downing Street. The report follows days of speculation and media coverage, including a Times story about a possible resignation. Streeting’s … Read more
