Top dating app removes key matching features — signaling big changes to come for finding love online

Bumble is swiping left on the swipe feature. Founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd told Axios that the popular dating app will be doing away with the feature that asks users to swipe right or left on a person to share their interest or disinterest. On top of that, Wolfe Herd said that Bumble is removing one of its foundational features entirely, getting rid of the optional requirement that women message first in heterosexual matches. “We are going to be saying goodbye to the swipe and hello to something that I believe is revolutionary for the category,” she said on…

Five Guys closing multiple California stores, including 2 LA County locations

Burger chain Five Guys is shuttering multiple California locations and cutting dozens of jobs as the fast-casual giant buckles under financial pressures — as critics say their high menu prices are pushing consumers away. The chain is permanently closing two restaurants in Los Angeles County, one in Whittier and another…

Sergey Brin’s ‘MAGA girlfriend’ denies pushing Google co-founder right: ‘If I could control him, I’d be married with a baby right now’

Sergey Brin’s “MAGA girlfriend” is pushing back on claims that she dragged the Google co-founder to the political right, insisting the billionaire tech mogul’s political change of heart can be laid squarely at the feet of Democrats. “The Democrats red-pilled him. I didn’t have to do anything,” Gerelyn “GG” Gilbert-Soto…

Missouri star running back Ahmad Hardy shot at concert

Missouri football player Ahmad Hardy is recovering after being shot at a concert in Mississippi early Sunday morning, the school announced on Monday. Hardy, a 20-year-old running back, is in stable condition according to a statement from the football program, who added that the student-athlete had underwent surgery. “Ahmad is…

Nick Castellanos reveals lesson he learned from messy Phillies divorce

Nick Castellanos has no hard feelings toward the Phillies over the way his time in the City of Brotherly Love ended, but he acknowledged that there are lessons to learn from the experience.  The biggest learning lesson for Castellanos comes from an incident in June, which had been reported by…

Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki channels new arsenal in quest to solidify rotation spot

PHOENIX — No translation was required for Hyeseong Kim’s appraisal of Roki Sasaki’s new slider. “Good,” Kim said in English. Good enough for the Korean infielder to swing at the pitch and miss in a live batting practice session against Sasaki on Saturday. Project Roki is underway at Camelback Ranch, the ninth-inning…

Giannis Antetokounmpo pledges commitment to Bucks — ‘as of today’

The NBA trade deadline came and went, with Giannis Antetokounmpo still a member of the Bucks. The two-time league MVP is in Los Angeles for All-Star weekend, albeit not playing in the first-time “USA vs. the World” format on Sunday due to the right calf injury that has sidelined him…

Leather and Lace: Fall fashion’s super sexy balancing act

This fall, tough meets tender. At multiple New York Fashion Week shows, models rocked both badass black leather looks and little lacy nothings. Often in the same outfit – because, you know, opposites attract. The sexiest by far were on LaQuan Smith’s runway. With a drone buzzing overhead to capture…

Warner Bros weighing reopening sale talks with Paramount: reports

Warner Bros Discovery is considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance after receiving its hostile suitor’s most recent amended offer, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Members of Warner Bros’ board are discussing whether Paramount could offer the path to a superior deal, the Bloomberg report…

Phillies’ Bryce Harper speaks out on ‘wild’ Dave Dombrowski comments

Bryce Harper is not using Dave Dombrowski’s assessment of his play last season as motivation for 2026, but the Phillies first baseman still thinks it’s “wild” that the team president went public last October with claims that the two-time MVP was not “elite” last season. “I don’t get motivated by…

Ex-Prince Andrew ghosting Oversight Committee’s questions on Epstein, top Dem reveals

WASHINGTON — Disgraced ex-Duke of York Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been ghosting the powerful House Oversight Committee amid the panel’s probe into ties between him and late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, according to its top Democrat. Oversight Committee ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) praised the United Kingdom’s reckoning over Epstein, but…

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