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A U.S. appeals court says that Smith & Wesson must comply with a subpoena from New Jersey officials investigating whether the gun-maker engaged in any deceptive advertising

Nasdaq closed marginally lower on Friday, weighed down by a decline in Nvidia shares for a second straight day, which dragged down the technology sector. Technology was the biggest loser among the 11 major S&P 500 sectors, weighed by Nvidia, while communication services led the gain.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers of the rise in “pig butchering” scams or romance scams involving cryptocurrency investments.

shooting early Wednesday at a linen company in a Philadelphia suburb killed two people dead and wounded three others, police said. The shooting at Delaware County Linen in Chester occurred around 8:30 a.m., and a suspect was taken into custody at the scene.

Starbucks India-origin CEO Laxman Narasimhan shared a heartwarming post on LinkedIn about his mother’s influence on his life. She was a lighthouse for me despite the many rocks that life doles out. «I am who I am and where I am because of her and because of my family. It’s a big void. She lives on inside me. God bless her, and God bless us all. Mothers do incredible things. It’s my first Mother’s Day without her. Celebrate all Mom’s on this Mother’s Day in the United States. They make us special,» he said in the post. «She was the backbone of our family despite having lost 2 kids and a husband by the age of 48. She instead devoted her life to children- as a kindergarten teacher of many,» he said. «She loved America- and wish she had come here when she was younger. Never once did she complain about all of this- all may be once, when I was upset with her that she had not posted my Harvard application. She read in a book that the college was too competitive and she did not want me there. She was relieved when Harvard called me to speak there once. She celebrated like I had been admitted there and felt less guilt then,» he said.

Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes will take on AJ Styles to defend his belt after he won the title away from Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania in Philadelphia last month. According to 'Variety', the WWE Backlash France 2024 will have five match-ups, including four title bouts for the world heavyweight championship, women’s tag team championship and women’s championship triple threat on Saturday, May 4.

protesters, fending off possible disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The agreements at schools including Brown, Northwestern and Rutgers stand out amid the chaotic scenes and 2,400-plus arrests on 46 campuses nationwide since April 17. Tent encampments and building takeovers have disrupted classes at some schools, including Columbia and UCLA.

Employees of the company tasked with rapidly personalizing jerseys for each first-round NFL draft pick as they are announced don’t need to travel very far for this year’s player selections in Detroit

NFL draft pick as they are announced don’t need to travel very far for this year’s player selections in Detroit. STAHLS’ headquarters in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, sits 17 miles (27 kilometers) from the stage where NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will inform players — and the world — that they have been selected by an NFL franchise.

SCRANTON, Pa.—Former President Donald Trump will be sitting in a courtroom for much of the next several weeks, giving President Biden a window of opportunity to play offense and build support—if he can take advantage of it. Biden embarked on a multiday tour of Pennsylvania this week as jury selection began in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York, opening a presidential split-screen that voters will see this spring. Recent national polls show the race between the two men essentially tied, with Biden’s support rising gradually since his State of the Union address in March.

Hundreds of food service workers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia are staging a one-day strike as contract negotiations continue with the firm that operates concessions at the stadium

Wednesday's hotly anticipated Consumer Price Index (CPI) is at the top of most investors' minds as they tweak expectations on the timing and extent of the Federal Reserve's rate-cutting phase, following robust economic data such as last Friday's blockbuster employment report.

WWE Wrestlemania 40 held in Philadelphia broke many earlier records and became the most successful live event in the company's history. Cody Rhodes won the Undisputed Universal Championship beating Roman Reigns and The Rock's in-ring return. According to 'Variety', the sporting event took place two nights at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. With 145,298 in attendance across both nights this year, it broke the record of attendance of Wrestlemania 39. It was 78 percent more compared to last year. Similarly, the sale of merchandise was up by 20% over last year. According to the company, WWE World became the highest-grossing and most-attended fan event in its history. During the program, broadcaster Michael Cole said that the road to WrestleMania kick-started 17 consecutive sellouts for WWE’s televised events. Monday’s show drew the largest gate in its history and broke the record of last week’s show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Stephanie McMahon shocked everyone when she made a surprise appearance at WWE WrestleMania 40 on Sunday in Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field. It was a notable return to the wrestling scene after she departed from an executive role within the company in 2023. As she entered the arena, the cheering crowd went crazy when she said, «Every WrestleMania is special for its reason. Wrestlemania 40 might be the one I am most proud of, because this is the first WrestleMania of the Paul Levesque era.»

New Jersey at 17.59 local time on Friday. The quake was at a depth of 9 kilometres, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy wrote, “New Jersey just experienced an aftershock.

From the start, WrestleMania was born to be different

Jay-Z ’s annual Made in America festival, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been canceled for a second year in a row

This year’s WrestleMania is just days away, but WWE’s marketing campaign for its biggest premium live event of the year was kicked into overdrive months ago

The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits passing the entry physical fitness exam thanks to a new law that changed the standards

Raymond James has deepened the bench of its public finance division with the hiring of 10 former Citi staffers.

Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some big U.S. cities, and so are efforts aimed at persuading the public that officials are taking the issue seriously