JCPenney shoppers are snapping up amazing deals as iconic department store prepares to shutter across the US

Stores may be closing, but the savings are just getting started. Dubbed the retail apocalypse, over the past few years, brick-and-mortar stores have seen significant shutters. Shoppers have lost some major players in the retail game due to low foot traffic, high lease prices, and the pivot toward digital. For JCPenney, as the decline of shopping malls took a hit, the writing was on the wall. The once-booming department store and anchor to malls across America has been quietly closing down locations since 2020. After a bankruptcy filing at the height of the pandemic in 2020, the chain announced it…

LeBron James’ wild Lakers timeline from title glory to final curtain

LeBron James’ Lakers career can now be viewed as a timeline, with each stop telling a different part of the story: the arrival, the injury, the Anthony Davis trade, the bubble championship, the Kobe Bryant grief, the scoring record, the NBA Cup, the Bronny James moment and, finally, the Luka…

The reasons to be optimistic about these Giants

It is the start of July. That means your favorite Giants players and coaches are somewhere other than the team facility, probably on vacation. The early weeks of summer are upon us, and if you cannot muster up some level of optimism about your favorite team, you are either a…

Aaron Judge ‘starting to feel better’ but is weeks away from scan on rib

Aaron Judge is “starting to feel better,” Aaron Boone said, though that feeling has not yet translated into concrete progress toward a return. Thursday will mark four weeks since the Yankees announced their captain had suffered a stress fracture of a rib and would undergo additional medical imaging in “approximately…

San Francisco crazy high business taxes could get even worse

San Francisco has been a case study in how not to run a city, but a new report is amplifying the alarm as voters consider a CEO tax that some are calling a poison pill for the epicenter of tech. The Bay Area Council Economic Institute released a study on…

UCLA medical school engaged in racial discrimination: DOJ

A year-long probe into UCLA’s medical school uncovered illegal race-based admissions practices, the federal Department of Justice announced Wednesday. “UCLA’s admissions process has been focused on racial demographics at the expense of merit and excellence — allowing racial politics to distract the school from the vital work of training great…

Nick Bosa’s girlfriend Ella Ailiff stuns in tiny pink bikini

Nick Bosa is hardly the only one in his relationship with a stunning physique. The Niners star’s girlfriend, Ella Ailiff, showed off her fit frame in a small pink bikini during a recent magazine shoot. Ailiff threw on a two-piece and hit a tennis court in the Miami area for…

Local Utah officials’ approval of ‘Shark Tank’ mogul Kevin O’Leary’s massive new data center enrages residents: ‘Shame!’

Hundreds of furious Utahn residents packed a gym and erupted in chants of “Shame! Shame! Shame!” this week as county commissioners pushed through approval of “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary’s colossal AI data center project — a sprawling development critics warn could transform the rural region forever. The controversial proposal…

Mike Maccagnan resurfaces with Eagles seven years after Jets firing

Seven years after his last front office job in the NFL, Mike Maccagnan is back in the league. The former Jets general manager has been hired by the Eagles as a personal executive, the team announced. The decision comes the same day that Philadelphia made Adam Berry’s promotion to assistant…

Spencer Pratt transforms into Batman in ‘amazing’ new video

A Hollywood blockbuster-inspired video that transforms Spencer Pratt into a Batman-like superhero is being praised as the Los Angeles mayoral candidate gains momentum just weeks before the election. The AI-generated clip shows Pratt being called on to save a dystopian LA from the Democratic establishment — with incumbent Mayor Karen…

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