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US retail sales growth in 2024 expected to slow due to high credit costs, inflation

The nation’s largest retail trade group expects the country’s retail sales to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% this year, a steady but still slower pace than last year’s 3.6%. ing. The National Retail Federation announced Wednesday that it expects retail sales to reach $5.23 trillion to $5.28 trillion this year. The 2024 forecast is roughly […]

Texas High School Teacher Sexually Abused Up To 12 Boys

A Texas high school teacher accused of grooming and sexually assaulting up to 12 male students now claims to be pregnant, authorities said. Following a recent investigation by the Agua Dulce City Sheriff’s Office and the Alice Police Department, former Agua Dulce High School science teacher Jayden Charles, 25, was arrested Tuesday after being handed […]

High Schoolers Walk Out as Adults Push Transgenderism

High school girls and boys protest an official push for shared bathrooms at John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas. John Jay High School students reportedly went on strike Monday to protest students being allowed to use the restroom as the gender they identify with, rather than their actual biological sex. I did it. […]

Bitcoin tumbles from record high as Grayscale ETF outflows hit $12bn – Financial Times

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf has chosen her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bitcoin has fallen 16% from last week’s all-time high, reversing the influx of money into new equity markets that had driven this year’s huge rally. The world’s largest cryptocurrency, which reached $73,800 last Thursday, fell to $60,760 […]

OnlyFans teacher Brianna Coppage fired from new job after high school resignation

The Missouri-based OnlyFans model, who quit her job as a high school teacher after the adult video platform was exposed, was fired just days after starting her new job. Briana Copage, 28, was barely making it through a full work week as a community support specialist at Compass Health when her new boss discovered her […]

Inside NYC’s bullish crypto party scene, after Bitcoin hit new all-time $70K high

“We really are back,” exclaimed Bitcoin investor Aubrey Strobel. Last week was a celebratory “I said so” moment for Strobel and his colleagues, as Bitcoin topped $70,000 for the first time, marking a remarkable recovery from the crash just a year ago. And New York City is poised to become the center of the industry, […]