Millennials are increasingly abandoning their dreams of entering the housing market, with one in six admitting they have given up their search for a home after being unable to find an affordable one that they liked. A report by Bankrate highlights a growing generational divide in the struggle. Millennials, those aged between 29 and 44 years old, are the most discouraged, with 22 percent having given up on their goals. While Gen Z, or those aged 13 to 28, is the most active in searching, even 12 percent of the youngest buyers have already left the market, with only 9 percent actively looking for a home. The core issue is financial: with home prices and mortgage rates persistently high, the income required for a mid-priced home is approximately $116,600—far above the typical U.S. household income of $86,400. This housing affordability crisis is causing many to view homeownership, a traditional pillar of the American Dream, as increasingly unattainable. The sentiment is particularly strong among younger generations, with 54 percent of Gen Z believing older Americans had better opportunities. The challenges also extend beyond housing, with a separate report suggesting that the total cost of achieving the classic American Dream—including homeownership, retirement, and raising a family—has now ballooned to over $5 million, putting major life milestones further out of reach for many.
A record number of Americans think the Supreme Court has tilted too far to the right, polling released Wednesday shows. Forty-three percent of U.S. adults described the court as “too conservative” in Gallup’s Sept. 2–16 Governance poll—the highest figure the organization has ever measured, surpassing the previous high of 42 percent recorded in 2022. By comparison, 36 percent said the court is “about right,” while just 17 percent labeled it “too liberal.” The shift comes after Justice Amy Coney Barrett was appointed in 2020 by President Donald Trump to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority. Before that, no more than 33 percent had ever called the court too conservative. Partisan divides remain stark, with 75 percent of Democrats and nearly half of independents (46 percent) saying the court is too conservative, compared with only 4 percent of Republicans. Two-thirds of Republicans (66 percent) think the court is “about right,” while 28 percent see it as “too liberal.” Coney Barrett has at times taken a more centrist approach in key Supreme Court cases. Her decisions breaking from the court’s conservative bloc have drawn criticism from some of Trump’s own supporters.
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Fast & Furious star Tyrese Gibson is wanted on animal cruelty charges after his Cane Corsos allegedly killed a neighbor’s dog. Cops in Fulton County, Georgia, confirmed Monday they’d issued a warrant for the arrest of the 46-year-old. The incident on Sept. 18 saw Harrison Parker let Henry, a five-year-old King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, out on the front lawn. He was dead five minutes later, the FCPD’s Capt. Nicole Dwyer said according to CBS. After initially saying he would give up the dogs Gibson changed his mind, asking for more time. Officers then obtained both a search warrant and an arrest warrant on a charge of animal cruelty. When they were executed, he and the dogs were gone. Gibson, however, says he is in L.A. and cooperating with authorities. In a statement via his attorneys, he said he “extends his deepest condolences to the family who lost their beloved dog,” claiming he hadn’t been there at the time. “Concerning the misdemeanor warrant, Mr. Gibson is cooperating fully with authorities to address and resolve this matter responsibly,” it added. Gibson posted a video on Instagram of himself playing with the dogs on Tuesday. He also claims to have contacted the family directly. Asked if he was indeed cooperating, Dwyer said, “Well, he knows he has a warrant out for him, and he’s not turning himself in, so no.”
Fortress Investment Group’s co-chief executive and managing partner Josh Pack has died unexpectedly at age 51. His death was announced by Fortress, which manages $53 billion worth of assets. Pack spent more than 23 years with the company and was a “devoted husband and father,” Fortress said in a statement. “We are devastated by this loss. Josh was a gifted investor, a thoughtful strategist, a compassionate leader—and a deeply cherished friend to many,” the statement added. It did not provide a cause of death. Before joining Fortress, he served as a vice president at Wells Fargo and had previously attended the United States Air Force Academy. Fortress was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in New York and Dallas. Since 2023, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, has been the majority owner of the company. Clients include high-profile European chains such as Curzon Cinemas and Majestic Wine. Pack was a board member of Majestic.
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Homes in North Carolina have collapsed into the ocean after Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda raged out to sea, becoming the latest beachfront properties to fall victim to the harsh weather. Five empty, stilted homes teetered in the wind before crumpling into the surf below, leaving the shoreline clogged with debris. Officials confirmed that no injuries were reported, but warned that more collapses are possible due to the hazardous ocean conditions, urging visitors to avoid the area in Buxton, along the state’s Outer Banks. This event brings the total number of houses lost on Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches to 17 since 2020, as increasingly volatile weather conditions and rising sea levels have exacerbated the erosion of the low-lying barrier islands. Although no casualties were reported, the hurricanes also generated dangerous surf and ocean overwash, forcing officials to close a section of the highway and suspend ferry services in the area. Park rangers have urged visitors to steer clear of the collapsed homes and to avoid debris.
Award-winning country singer and philanthropist Dolly Parton will not attend this year’s Governors Awards due to health concerns, Variety confirmed. While the “Jolene” singer was slated to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in November, Parton announced Sunday via social media that she will be postponing her December Las Vegas concert dates to next September. “I have been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures,” Parton wrote. While the specifics of her health problems have not been disclosed, the “Nine to Five″ singer has publicly battled kidney stones in the past. The country music luminary was announced as one of four recipients for the award, which celebrates “an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry by promoting human welfare and contributing to rectifying inequities.” The 79-year-old icon launched the Dollywood Foundation in 1988 to support education in her rural Tennessee hometown and the Imagination Library literacy program in 1995 to increase children’s literacy rates. Parton reassured fans that she was not retiring, but slowing down “so I can be ready for more big adventures.”
Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler began his jail sentence after pleading guilty to misdemeanor DUI charges. Cutler, who is also reality star Kristin Cavallari’s ex husband, is slated to serve four days behind bars in Franklin, Tennessee, as part of a plea deal. In October 2024, Cutler, 42, rear-ended a car while intoxicated. Authorities reported that he had been slurring his speech and refused to take a sobriety test. Police said they discovered two firearms in his car, one of which was loaded. Before his plea deal, Cutler faced charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving leading to a collision, violating implied consent regulations, and unlawfully possessing a firearm while intoxicated. Along with his jail sentence, the former quarterback will be expected to pay a $350 fine, serve a year of unsupervised probation, attend a DUI safety course, and have his license suspended for a year. Cutler played for three different teams during his 12-year football tenure, including the Denver Broncos, the Chicago Bears, and the Miami Dolphins. He retired in 2017, then briefly un-retired for one more season that same year, before he retired again. Cutler married Cavallari, 38, in 2013 and had three children together before their high-profile split in 2020. The couple starred in the E! reality series Very Cavallari from 2018–2020.
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The chief executive of American Eagle has fired back at critics of the company’s controversial campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney. CEO Jay Schottenstein fiercely denied that his company was pushing eugenics and racial supremacy in the jeans advertisement, which featured the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Euphoria star with the tagline “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.” “We never would’ve done it” if we felt it would be offensive in any way,” Schottenstein told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday. The CEO said that as an Orthodox Jew, he was baffled by claims the company was promoting eugenics. “I’m very conscious of that term,” Schottenstein said, noting his mother-in-law grew up in Nazi Germany and witnessed anti-Semitic attacks. He continued, “You can’t run from fear… we stand behind what we did.” Despite the backlash, the company gained nearly a million new customers between July and September. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in support of the actress and the company. He wrote, “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there.”
Authorities have seized 14 ancient Egyptian artifacts being “illegally smuggled” into the U.S., prosecutors have said. Prosecutors said the items were transported to various airports from overseas between August 2020 and April 2021. Among them was an “Old Kingdom Limestone Funerary Statue,” believed to be from Saqqara or Giza, and worth approximately $6 million. The items were allegedly bound for private collectors, with at least one known to be in Maryland. They included “amulets, stone figurines,” and a vase. U.S. Customs and Border Protection looked at “numerous parcels from overseas shippers transiting through airports in Anchorage, Alaska, Cincinnati, Ohio, and New York City,” a Maryland Attorney’s Office statement said. They were labeled misleadingly, it added, purporting to contain erroneous items such as “home decor,” “stone garden statue,” and “decoration.” Evan Campanella of Homeland Security said, “The deceptive practices used to smuggle these treasures into the United States not only violate our import laws but also undermine efforts to preserve and protect the integrity of cultural history.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland secured a default judgment for forfeiture of the smuggled treasures.