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The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship will collaborate with Deep South Today to launch a new investigative reporting center in early 2026. The Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center will include a dedicated investigative editor, full-time investigative and data reporters, and Times Local Investigations Fellows at Mississippi Today and Verite News New Orleans. Their work, supported by Big Local News, will be co-published by Deep South Today and The Times, and made available to local newsrooms for co-publication.

Tadashi Yanai opened what would become the first Uniqlo store in Hiroshima in 1984. There are now more than 2,500 stores globally. Yanai champions the U.S. market as vital for the company’s growth, but remains deeply concerned about rising American protectionism.

Doug Lebda, the chief executive and chairman of LendingTree, an online loans marketplace, died on Sunday following an all-terrain vehicle accident on his family’s North Carolina farm, according to a company spokeswoman. He was 55.

Hundreds of defense technology companies are building the weapons of the future in old factories or are constructing state-of-the-art sites in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware. At one in Michigan, nearly every person working there had a parent or a grandparent who worked on an auto assembly line at one of the auto factories nearby.

“It’s a hobby for people that enjoy reading the fine print.” A growing number of Americans are making thousands by exploiting credit card reward offers. Churners come from all walks of life. Some are young adults, others are stay-at-home parents, and still others are wealthy professionals. But most have a few traits in common.

Elon Musk once pledged that his Department of Government Efficiency would find $1 trillion in savings in the federal budget by Sept. 30, the date the government closes its books on the fiscal year. That date has now come and gone, Musk has long since left Washington, and DOGE never came close to cutting as much money as he promised. But because its work has been obscured by crude accounting and White House maneuvers, it’s impossible to know how much DOGE and its allies actually did cut from the budget — or even what happened to that money.

Shein, the Chinese online fast-fashion retailer, is preparing to open a physical space in one of the most coveted retail spots of Paris. But France is pushing to stem the company’s presence in the country.

The stock market slumped to its worst one-day showing since tariffs roiled markets in April, as President Trump threatened to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports.

Kai Cenat has gained 19 million Twitch followers. With nothing left to prove in streaming, he hopes to further bridge the gap between content creators and traditional celebrities. But does he even need Hollywood? https://nyti.ms/4nVOrZi