As part of her sentencing, the California mother who admitted to operating an organized retail criminal ring that stole millions of dollars' worth of cosmetics from Sephora and Ulta Beauty to resell on Amazon will now have to reimburse those stores. After reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors last year, Michelle Mack, who started her five-year prison sentence on January 9 after being arrested outside of San Diego in December 2023, was forced to pay $3 million in restitution to Ulta, Sephora, and several other stores. Mack, 54, sacrificed her 4,500-square-foot estate in Bonsall, California, which sold for $2.35 million in December, according to property records, as part of the agreement. According to California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office, Mack and her 60-year-old husband Kenne...

Washington On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, announced the formation of a select subcommittee to look into incidents that occurred before to and following January 6, 2021. There is certainly more work to be done, but House Republicans are proud of our efforts thus far in dispelling the myths spread by the politically driven January 6 Select Committee during the 117th Congress, Johnson said in a statement. According to Johnson, the goal of the subcommittee is to find the whole truth that the American people deserve. The speaker did not specify which misleading narratives he claims the initial select committee spread. The new subcommittee, which will be under the purview of the House Judiciary Committee, which is led by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, will be ...

According to a Philadelphia Federal Reserve survey, consumer stress has increased, and a growing percentage of credit card users are merely paying the minimal amount due on their bills. According to data through the third quarter of 2024, the percentage of active holders just paying baseline card payments has increased to a 12-year high. As average interest rates have skyrocketed and delinquencies have also escalated, the level increased to 10.75% for the period, continuing a pattern that started in 2021. For a data set that started in 2012, the increase also represented a series high. Delinquency rates increased in tandem with the minimum payment trend. The percentage of cardholders who are past due by more than 30 days increased by more than 10%, from 3.21% to 3.52%. Additionally, it is ...

Choosing the best TV might be difficult. In addition to having names that sound like a series of random letters and numbers, TVs frequently share the same appearance, sound, and price. It might also be challenging to learn more about TVs because words like OLED, QLED, and HDR are used loosely. For this reason, without getting bogged down in details, we talked to tech and retail specialists to find out more about the advantages and disadvantages of each TV brand. In addition to focusing on the leading brands, we also chose the best models from each to suggest. GO Ahead and SkipWhy should I trust NBC Select? Sony TV, Samsung TV, LG TV, and TCL TV. Selected. Our top picks Best Sony TV Sony Bravia 8 Series 65" TV $1,598.00 $...

The South Carolina town of Rock Hill Winthrop University plans to offer its first doctorate degree starting in the autumn, which is a significant milestone for the school. According to President Edward Serna 02, the institution has already obtained state approval to establish an Ed.D. program in Leadership and Innovation. It will now seek approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), which is its primary accrediting body. According to Serna, Winthrop University is proud of this moment. Winthrop, which is currently in its 139th academic year, began as a teacher training institution. Adding a doctorate degree is a logical step for our university and will benefit the state and region greatly for many years to come. Students will have the ...

As focus switched to reconstructing the enclave destroyed during 15 months of intense Israeli shelling, United Nations officials say more than 2,400 assistance vehicles have entered the Gaza Strip since the truce agreement between Israel and Hamastook. Aid supplies to the blockaded enclave were extremely limited during the battle. Video from Reuters showed trucks carrying humanitarian aid driving into Rafah, in southern Gaza, as the truce began its fourth day on Wednesday. In one, Palestinians were seen rushing to retrieve fallen purple plastic assistance bags as they chased the trucks down the city's rutted roadways. In another, with the wreckage of wrecked houses on each side, they were observed scooping up disposable water bottles from the ground. Schools and hospitals are among the rou...

According to NFL Network and ESPN, Aaron Glenn, the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions, has been appointed as the head coach of the New York Jets. From 2021 until the previous season, Glenn, 52, served as the defensive coordinator for the Lions. From 1994 to 2008, he spent 15 seasons as a cornerback in the NFL, primarily with the Jets and Houston Texans. After a 2-3 start and a 20-26 record in just over three seasons, New York fired head coach Robert Saleh in October and appointed Jeff Ulbrich as interim manager. He was named the new defensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons over the weekend after finishing 3-9 with the Jets. The Jets might need to switch quarterbacks as well. Aaron Rodgers, a likely Hall of Famer, has stated in public that he is unsure of his future but would ...

Elon Musk asserted on Tuesday that tech behemoths OpenAI, Oraclean, and Softbank lack the funds necessary to carry out their well-publicized commitment to invest $500 billion in American artificial intelligence infrastructure. Hours after President Donald Trump unveiled the mammoth project at the White House on his first full day in office, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla made the remark. In response to an OpenAI post on the new endeavor, known as the Stargate project, on his social media site X, Musk said, "They don't actually have the money." SoftBank has secured well under $10 billion. In a later post, Musk added, "I have that on good authority." Musk is currently the head of a significant White House government efficiency initiative and was by far Trump's largest financial backer in the 20...