Kimberly-Clark will acquire Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $48.7 billion, bringing a wide portfolio of everyday brands under one roof. The combined company will house marquee names including Kleenex, Huggies, Cottonelle, Band-Aid, Listerine, and Neutrogena, creating one of the sector’s largest consumer-health and personal-care players. Post-merger, Kimberly-Clark shareholders are expected to own about 54% of the company and Kenvue shareholders roughly 46%. The companies project about $32 billion in annual revenue when the deal closes, and said the merged business will be based in Irving, Texas, led by Mike Hsu, Kimberly-Clark’s current CEO…
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Two girls, both under 13, were injured when they were thrown from a Ferris wheel at the Harvest Festival on False River in New Roads, Louisiana, shortly before noon on Saturday, November 1, 2025. Local authorities said the gondola the children were riding in tilted suddenly, ejecting them from the carriage. A third child who shared the car was later rescued by emergency crews using ladders and harnesses, and the attraction was taken out of service while first aid was rendered. Witness accounts described a chaotic moment as the wheel stopped and onlookers realized riders were in distress. One nearby…
Washington’s Season Ends With One Bad Landing For the Washington Commanders, Jayden Daniels’ latest injury feels like the moment the lights went out. The promising sophomore quarterback, who had managed to avoid serious damage as a rookie, went down awkwardly against the Seahawks — and with him likely went the remainder of Washington’s season. The play itself didn’t look catastrophic. Daniels simply planted his arm wrong at the wrong angle, but the impact was enough to send him to injured reserve. Early reports suggest his season may not be officially over, but the Commanders’ hopes almost certainly are. Sitting at…
Why This One Deserves the Big Screen Some films are meant to be watched. Others are meant to be experienced. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein belongs to the latter category — a cinematic cathedral built from decades of obsession, artistry, and love. The film, which begins streaming on Netflix on November 7, is currently showing in select theaters, and if there’s one pilgrimage worth making before it disappears from the big screen, this is it. Like Lawrence of Arabia, del Toro’s Frankenstein is more than entertainment — it’s a sensory monument that demands to be seen large, surrounded by the hush…
Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever recorded, made landfall in southwestern Jamaica on Tuesday, October 28, inflicting catastrophic damage on the Caribbean nation. The storm struck near the community of New Hope as a Category 5 hurricane, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. At landfall, Melissa carried maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph) and a minimum central pressure of 892 millibars. These metrics tie the storm for the strongest Atlantic hurricane landfall by wind speed (matching the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and 2019’s Hurricane Dorian) and by pressure (matching the 1935…
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as Amazon delivered a far stronger profit report than analysts had forecast, giving Wall Street fresh momentum after a shaky session the day before. The S&P 500 gained 0.6%, bringing it back close to the record high set earlier this week and leaving it on track for a third straight winning week and a sixth consecutive winning month, a run not seen since 2021. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up about 65 points (roughly 0.1%) and the Nasdaq composite climbed around 1.1%, reflecting the renewed strength in technology shares. Big Tech Drives Indexes Higher…
A Dying Star’s Fiery Farewell The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled breathtaking new images of NGC 6537, better known as the Red Spider Nebula, revealing an intricate structure of glowing gas, vast lobes, and possibly a hidden stellar companion at its core. The nebula, located about 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius, is a planetary nebula — the remnant of a dying star that once resembled our Sun. As such stars exhaust their fuel, they swell into red giants before shedding their outer layers into space. What remains is the star’s exposed core, which emits ultraviolet radiation…
Leading financial institutions are progressively revising their long-term outlooks for the price of gold, reflecting profound shifts in global fiscal, monetary, and geopolitical landscapes. In a significant adjustment, Bank of America (BofA) Global Research recently announced a sharp increase in its price forecast for the precious metal, now projecting that gold could reach an unprecedented high of $5,000 per ounce by the year 2026. This updated ceiling forms part of a generally bullish prognosis from the Wall Street firm, which also raised its expected average price for the metal in 2026 to approximately $4,400 per ounce. The revised guidance underscores…
President Calls for “Nuclear Option” Amid Shutdown Deadlock President Donald Trump has reignited a long-simmering debate in Washington by urging Senate Republicans to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster rule — a procedural hurdle that requires bipartisan support for most legislation — as the government shutdown drags into its third week. “It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option,” Trump wrote Thursday night on social media. “Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” He argued that ending the rule would allow Republicans to reopen the…
Nation Races to Reopen Roads and Reach Survivors Jamaica is mounting a massive recovery effort after Hurricane Melissa — the strongest storm ever recorded to hit the country — tore through the Caribbean earlier this week. The Category 5 hurricane, with winds reaching 185 mph, left behind catastrophic flooding, flattened homes, and widespread power outages before moving north toward Bermuda. Transport minister Daryl Vaz described the situation as “enormous devastation,” with large parts of the southwest submerged and cut off. Rescue teams and military units are now working around the clock to clear roads and restore access to isolated towns.…
