https://usatimes.com/imax-ticket-price-premium-national-average-nyc-la-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T16:47:16+00:00 The National Average Movie Ticket Is $10.75. IMAX Routinely Charges Double That in New York and LA. https://usatimes.com/census-vintage-2025-population-growth-migration-slowdown/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T14:56:43+00:00 U.S. Population Growth Cut in Half in One Year. The Cause Wasn’t Births or Deaths — It Was a 54% Collapse in Immigration. https://usatimes.com/mta-weekend-weekday-subway-ridership-recovery-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T13:35:38+00:00 MTA Weekend Subway Ridership Is Nearly Back to 2019. Weekday Ridership Is Still 26% Below It. https://usatimes.com/sec-fy2025-enforcement-results-stanford-ponzi-adjusted/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T12:47:32+00:00 The SEC Reported $17.9 Billion in FY2025 Penalties. Strip Out One Ponzi Case, and the Real Number Is $2.7 Billion. https://usatimes.com/cpi-june-2026-prices-fell-gas-driven-core-flat/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T12:19:19+00:00 Consumer Prices Fell in June for the First Time Since April 2020. Gas Did Almost All the Work — and It Won’t Last. https://usatimes.com/imax-aspect-ratios-explained-1-431-vs-1-901-and-how-to-tell-what-youre-really-getting/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T11:53:16+00:00 IMAX Aspect Ratios, Explained: 1.43:1 vs 1.90:1 — and How to Tell What You’re Really Getting https://usatimes.com/census-btos-ai-adoption-rate-firm-size-sector-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T10:57:22+00:00 The Census Bureau Asks 1.2 Million Businesses If They Use AI Every Two Weeks. As of May, Only 1 in 5 Say Yes. https://usatimes.com/june-2026-jobs-report-payroll-revisions-74000/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T10:18:50+00:00 The June Jobs Report Said Hiring Barely Moved. The Real News Was That April and May Were Both Weaker Than First Reported. https://usatimes.com/sp500-buybacks-record-1-trillion-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T09:26:05+00:00 S&P 500 Companies Bought Back $1.02 Trillion of Their Own Stock in the Year Through September. That’s a Record. https://usatimes.com/casa-de-campo-a-complete-guide-to-the-dominican-republics-grande-dame-resort/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T01:41:05+00:00 Casa de Campo: A Complete Guide to the Dominican Republic’s Grande Dame Resort https://usatimes.com/imaxs-flagship-screen-runs-on-two-lasers-not-one-heres-what-gt-laser-actually-buys-you/ USA Times en 2026-08-08T00:52:39+00:00 IMAX’s Flagship Screen Runs on Two Lasers, Not One. Here’s What “GT Laser” Actually Buys You. https://usatimes.com/fomc-july-2026-hold-hawkish-dissent/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T22:11:11+00:00 The Fed Held Rates Steady in July. All Three Dissenting Votes Wanted to Raise Them — Not Cut Them. https://usatimes.com/uspto-patent-backlog-turns-corner-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T18:08:54+00:00 For the First Time in Nearly a Decade, the USPTO Is Examining Patents Faster Than They’re Coming In https://usatimes.com/amazon-alphabet-2026-ai-capex-guidance-raised-again/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T13:46:19+00:00 Amazon Raised Its 2026 AI Spending Plan to $220 Billion. It’s the Second Increase This Year, and the CEO Says It Still Won’t Be Enough. https://usatimes.com/uspto-seller-growth-trademark-fraud-50000-terminated-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T13:21:33+00:00 The USPTO Just Terminated More Than 50,000 Trademarks Tied to One Network. It Took Three Years and Five Orders to Get There. https://usatimes.com/fec-2026-midterm-campaign-finance-record-off-year/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T12:43:46+00:00 Congressional Candidates Raised $1.5 Billion Before the 2026 Midterms Even Started Voting. That’s a Record for an Off-Year. https://usatimes.com/colorado-right-to-repair-law-2026-parts-pairing-ban/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T11:54:57+00:00 Colorado’s Right-to-Repair Law Took Effect This Year. It Bans a Practice Only One Other State Has Outlawed. https://usatimes.com/nyc-dob-permit-filings-surge-city-of-yes-zoning-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T11:40:53+00:00 NYC Housing Permit Filings Doubled in Three Months. Manhattan’s Nearly Quadrupled. https://usatimes.com/restaurant-coffee-prices-menu-inflation-profitability-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T11:30:09+00:00 Restaurant Coffee Prices Are Rising Three Times Faster Than Everything Else on the Menu. Profits Still Aren’t Following. https://usatimes.com/mlb-walk-rate-record-automated-ball-strike-system-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T10:58:08+00:00 MLB Just Recorded Its Highest Walk Rate Since the 1940s. The Cause Isn’t the Hitters — It’s the Robot Umpires. https://usatimes.com/nyc-311-complaints-neighborhood-spikes-comptroller-report-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T10:14:15+00:00 One Bronx Neighborhood’s Noise Complaints Rose 2,044% Since 2019. Citywide, the Same Complaint Type Rose 63%. https://usatimes.com/mortgage-rate-lock-in-effect-home-prices-record-high-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T09:58:11+00:00 Home Prices Just Hit an All-Time High While Sales Fell. The Reason: 53% of Homeowners Won’t Give Up Their Mortgage Rate. https://usatimes.com/spain-longest-unbeaten-streak-soccer-history-2026-world-cup/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T09:23:27+00:00 Spain Just Set the Longest Unbeaten Streak in Soccer History. It Also Conceded One Goal in the Entire World Cup. https://usatimes.com/wikipedia-bot-traffic-anomaly-human-pageviews-decline-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T08:48:43+00:00 Wikipedia Quietly Rewrote Its Own Traffic Numbers This Year. A Bot Surge From Brazil Is Why. https://usatimes.com/nyc-rideshare-driver-pay-floor-congestion-surcharge-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T08:14:49+00:00 NYC’s Rideshare Driver Pay Floor Has Risen Every Year Since 2020. Riders Are Paying for a Second, Separate Increase Too. https://usatimes.com/imax-signings-backlog-shrinks-record-installations-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T08:02:43+00:00 IMAX Signed 28% More New Theaters in 2025. Its Backlog Shrank Anyway — Because It’s Building Faster Than It’s Selling. https://usatimes.com/obsession-backrooms-youtuber-horror-films-outgross-mandalorian-grogu/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T07:55:01+00:00 Two YouTubers Made Horror Movies for a Combined $10.75 Million. This Year, They Out-Grossed Disney’s New Star Wars Film — Combined. https://usatimes.com/ai-data-centers-electricity-prices-267-percent-factcheck/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T07:06:08+00:00 A Viral Claim Said AI Data Centers Raised Some Electricity Bills 267%. The Real Number Is Still Bad — Just Different. https://usatimes.com/sp500-ai-risk-disclosures-10k-filings-2023-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T06:17:03+00:00 In 2023, 12% of S&P 500 Companies Told the SEC That AI Was a Business Risk. In 2025, 72% Did. https://usatimes.com/jolts-quits-rate-frozen-low-hire-low-fire-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T05:42:20+00:00 America’s Quits Rate Has Been Frozen at 2.0% for Two Months. That’s a Third Below Its Great Resignation Peak. https://usatimes.com/instacart-ai-surveillance-pricing-timeline-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T05:29:35+00:00 Instacart Was Showing Different Shoppers Different Prices for the Same Item. It Took a Consumer Reports Investigation 13 Days to End It. https://usatimes.com/uspto-class-act-ai-trademark-classification-five-minutes/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T05:21:49+00:00 The Trademark Office Had a Five-Month Backlog. Its Fix Was an AI Agent That Does the Job in Five Minutes. https://usatimes.com/h1b-registrations-collapse-wage-weighted-lottery-fy2027/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T04:41:56+00:00 H-1B Registrations Have Collapsed 72% From Their Peak — And a New Rule This Year Explains the Steepest Drop https://usatimes.com/game-developers-generative-ai-sentiment-gdc-2026-survey/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T04:17:40+00:00 Game Developers Turned Sharply Against AI This Year. The Industry’s Own Survey Shows Why. https://usatimes.com/nyc-sidewalk-sheds-7625-long-standing-count-rising-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T03:51:52+00:00 NYC Has 7,625 Sidewalk Sheds Covering 334 Miles. The City Says the Number Is Falling — But the Oldest Sheds Are Multiplying. https://usatimes.com/immigrant-workers-hospitality-cleaning-occupations-bls-2025/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T03:23:50+00:00 Immigrants Are 19% of the U.S. Workforce. In the Jobs That Clean Hotels and Restaurants, They’re Twice That. https://usatimes.com/swimming-supersuit-world-records-almost-gone-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T02:48:57+00:00 Swimming Banned the “Supersuit” in 2010. It Took 16 Years to Erase Almost Every Record It Created. https://usatimes.com/nyc-taxi-medallion-price-collapse-history/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T02:35:15+00:00 The NYC Taxi Medallion Lost 93% of Its Value in Five Years. The Debt Didn’t Shrink With It. https://usatimes.com/nyc-restaurant-health-grades-by-cuisine-disparity/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T02:14:03+00:00 NYC Restaurant Health Grades Vary Sharply by Cuisine. Published Research Says Bias Is Part of Why. https://usatimes.com/the-international-dota2-prize-pool-collapse-2021-2023/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T01:28:47+00:00 Esports’ Biggest Prize Pool Ever Hit $40 Million in 2021. Two Years Later It Had Collapsed by 92%. https://usatimes.com/nyc-rat-complaints-below-pre-pandemic-levels-2026/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T00:56:00+00:00 NYC Rat Complaints Just Fell Below Pre-Pandemic Levels for the First Time Since the 2021 Surge https://usatimes.com/americas-secret-society-inside-the-hidden-world-of-competitive-softball/ USA Times en 2026-08-07T00:36:20+00:00 America’s Secret Society: Inside the Hidden World of Competitive Softball https://usatimes.com/nyc-congestion-toll-uber-lyft-shared-rides-decline/ USA Times en 2026-08-06T19:09:04+00:00 NYC’s Congestion Toll Didn’t Just Cut Uber and Lyft Trips by 6%. It Cut Shared Rides in Half. https://usatimes.com/long-jump-world-record-1968-beamon-anomaly/ USA Times en 2026-08-06T18:55:22+00:00 The Long Jump World Record Grew by Centimeters for 90 Years. Then One Jump Added Half a Foot, and Physics Still Can’t Fully Explain It.