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Golden Corral closes at least six restaurants this year, says six more are in the works

Golden Corral has closed at least six restaurants this year, in Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Texas, but the buffet chain says it is still growing and expects to keep expanding into 2027.

October 15, 2026

The case for putting data centers in orbit, and why it probably does not work yet

A refrigerator-size satellite carrying four Google AI chips reached orbit Oct. 1. It is the first flight test of Google's plan to someday run artificial intelligence data centers in space.

October 15, 2026

Rob Lowe, James Franco star in Ben Shapiro-penned ‘Confession’

Rob Lowe and James Franco are starring in a new Daily Wire movie written by Ben Shapiro. "Confession," a Stalin-era prison drama, premieres Thursday at the Warsaw Film Festival. Lowe also serves as a producer on the movie.

October 14, 2026

Hilary Swank, 52, announces she is pregnant with third child

Oscar-winning actress HILARY SWANK is expecting her third child at 52 years old.

October 14, 2026

Spain’s King Felipe VI says migrants who entered Ceuta must go home

King Felipe VI said Tuesday that people who entered Spain irregularly during this summer's mass crossing into Ceuta should return to their places of origin ASAP through established legal procedures.

October 14, 2026

Danny Trejo’s son says actor is ‘handcuffed’ to Ben Shapiro film

Danny Trejo's son says the veteran actor is stuck in a Ben Shapiro-backed movie that has drawn heavy criticism, claiming his father had never heard of the conservative commentator when he took the role.

October 14, 2026

Chick-fil-A CEO sidesteps LGBTQ rights question on ‘Today’ as celebrities pile on

Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy repeatedly declined to say where the company stands on LGBTQ rights during a Wednesday interview on NBC's "Today," drawing criticism from celebrities including Katie Couric and Valerie Bertinelli.

October 14, 2026

What is bemotrizinol, and why does the new sunscreen ingredient matter?

Shoppers can now buy sunscreens made with the first new active ingredient to reach the U.S. market in more than 25 years, a filter that guards against both major types of UV radiation without the chalky residue common to mineral products.

October 14, 2026

Indiana Democrat’s forum remarks on Republicans, ICE go viral: ‘We have guns too’

A Democratic candidate for a county council seat in eastern Indiana is drawing national attention after telling viewers of a televised forum that she would "fire all Republicans" and closing with the warning, "We have guns too."

October 14, 2026

Washington state high school girls walk off cross-country race over runner’s move to girls’ team

About a dozen girls on a Washington state high school girls' cross-country team walked away from a race Tuesday rather than compete against a runner who started the season on the boys' team and later moved to the girls' team.

October 14, 2026

Anti-war protesters repeatedly disrupt Hegseth’s autonomous-warfare panel at Army conference

Anti-war demonstrators repeatedly interrupted War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday during a panel on autonomous weapons at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual meeting, shouting at him over the Iran war until security removed them from the room.

October 14, 2026

Netflix cuts 1,000 jobs, 6% of workforce, in largest layoff since 2022

Netflix is laying off about 1,000 employees, roughly 6% of its workforce, in its largest round of job cuts since 2022.

October 14, 2026

Chuck Lorre’s billion-year Scientology contract lasted two days

Chuck Lorre, the television producer behind "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men," says he once signed a one-billion-year contract with Scientology's Sea Org and lasted two days.

October 14, 2026

From a thrown sandwich to a House probe: D.C. groups accused of coaching jurors to acquit

A House committee says two D.C. groups train residents to join juries and vote to acquit. Rep. James Comer says they may have helped train a juror in the Sean Dunn trial.

October 14, 2026

Prosecutor calls Russell Brand a ‘sexual predator’ at rape trial

A prosecutor told jurors in London on Wednesday that comedian and actor Russell Brand was a sexual predator with an "indiscriminate and voracious" desire for sexual contact, opening the case in his rape and sexual assault trial.

October 14, 2026

Billy Crystal says he no longer talks to God after Palisades fire, Rob Reiner’s death

Billy Crystal says he no longer talks to God after a year in which he lost his Pacific Palisades home to wildfire and his close friend Rob Reiner to murder: "I don't trust him."

October 14, 2026

Snakes in the house: The front door detail that could be welcoming them inside

A worn vinyl strip curls away from the bottom of a front door, leaving a narrow line of daylight above the threshold. It might seem trivial, but it turns out a small snake could pass through that opening, especially into a garage, basement or cool entryway.

October 14, 2026

California law forces big companies to search for slavery-era ties, publish results

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring large companies to search their records for ties to slavery and report the results under oath. Reparations advocates are hailing it as a milestone, but it won't take effect until lawmakers pay for it.

October 13, 2026

Raskin calls search of Omar’s home ‘scandalous abuse’ of power

Dem Rep. Jamie Raskin condemned the federal search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home as a "scandalous abuse of prosecutorial and executive power" three weeks before the midterm elections.

October 13, 2026

Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes marry in private Arkansas ceremony nearly four years after ABC exit

Former "GMA3" co-anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes married in a private ceremony in Arkansas last month, according to a marriage license registered Tuesday. The marriage follows a scandal that reshaped both anchors' careers, when their romance became public in November 2022 while both were still married.

October 13, 2026