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The "Akeelah and the Bee" actress and Evans first met in 2017 when Palmer appeared on "Hot Ones."

As the WNBA’s All-Star Weekend wrapped up, ESPN analyst Monica McNutt took a stand on Caitlin Clark and media criticisms of her.

Max'd Out Again: FAA Proposes Inspections For Hundreds Of Boeing 737 Planes Over Seat Installations

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing an inspection of hundreds of seats installed in Boeing 737 Max aircraft due to safety concerns.

The FAA proposed adopting a new airworthiness directive for three 737 Max models—737-8, 737-9, and 737-8200, the agency said in a notice published in the Federal Register on July 27.

An airworthiness directive is a legally enforceable regulation issued by the FAA to correct what it deems to be an unsafe condition in a product. The proposed directive “would require a detailed inspection of the seat track fittings of each left and right side track-mounted passenger seat assembly for correct installation and applicable on-condition actions,” the FAA said in a notice.

According to the agency, it has received a report suggesting that certain track-mounted passenger seats were not properly installed in the models’ seat tracks. Incorrect installations can result in seats disengaging from seat tracks during turbulence, increased load, or emergency landing.

If not addressed, the situation could result in passengers and crew members getting injured during an emergency situation and the aisle becoming blocked, which can slow down an evacuation process, the FAA warned.

The FAA decided to issue the notice after determining that the unsafe conditions are “likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type design,” the agency said.

The issue is estimated to affect 453 airplanes. With an estimated 69 track-mounted passenger seat assemblies per airplane, aircraft operators may need to shell out more than $2.65 million to inspect all the affected seats, according to the FAA.

A Boeing spokesperson said the planemaker issued guidance to ​operators about the issue in December 2025.

“We support the FAA making that guidance mandatory,” the spokesperson said.

The FAA recently determined that Boeing can resume issuing airworthiness certifications for these models. An airworthiness certificate is issued at the last stage of an aircraft’s production process and confirms that the plane is safe to operate.

The FAA prohibited Boeing from issuing these certificates for newly built 737 planes in 2019 following two accidents.

In the first incident, a Lion Air Flight 610 crashed over Indonesia in October 2018. A few months later, in March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed in Ethiopia. Combined, the accidents resulted in the deaths of 346 passengers and crew members.

In 2022, the FAA also stopped Boeing from issuing airworthiness certificates for 787 planes due to production quality issues.

In September 2025, the FAA allowed Boeing to start issuing these certificates for some of the 787 and 737 Max planes. The agency and Boeing issued certificates on alternating weeks.

The FAA said earlier this month that over the past eight months, it has observed that the airworthiness certificates issued by the agency and Boeing had “comparable production quality findings.”

The agency decided that Boeing can now handle this responsibility. The FAA will continue inspecting, monitoring, and auditing Boeing’s production system. The oversight will involve “closely observing and assessing” the company’s safety culture and Safety Management System, the agency said.

“The decision follows months of thorough data and safety review demonstrating consistent production quality and reflects the FAA’s confidence in Boeing’s ability to issue airworthiness certificates under FAA oversight,” the FAA said in a July 17 statement.

737 Deliveries, Orders

Boeing generated better-than-expected cash flow in the second quarter on continued strong demand for its aircraft, extending the US manufacturer’s turnaround efforts after years of crises.

The company reported free cash flow of $631 million thanks to higher payments for new aircraft, solidly beating analyst estimates of a $331 million outflow.

Revenue rose 8% to $24.6 billion, and Boeing said it still aims to generate $1 billion to $3 billion in free cash this year.

The planemaker is now building 47 of its 737 Max aircraft each month in the Seattle area, with plans to increase that rate eventually to 63.

Ramping up production is key to repairing its balance sheet and cashing in on an order book worth $715 billion that gained a boost from a slate of commitments at last week’s Farnborough International Airshow.

Boeing announced over 170 firm and preliminary orders at the show and the company’s management said demand remained strong for its aircraft. 

“While we’re making progress on our development programs, you’re never done until you’re done,” Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg told employees in a memo alongside the earnings.

Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2026 - 09:22

Enter: the necessary step after your cleanser.

The "It Ends With Us" actor and his partner got married in Corona, California, in July 2013 and have since welcomed daughter Maiya and son Maxwell.

The "It Ends With Us" actor and his partner got married in Corona, California, in July 2013 and have since welcomed daughter Maiya and son Maxwell.

US Home Prices Unexpectedly Jumped In May; Chicago Leading, Vegas Lagging

Having declined for three straight months, US home prices in America's 20 largest cities was expected to rise very marginally (+0.1% MoM) in May (according to the latest data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller).

Instead, home prices accelerated 0.3% MoM (better than expected), lifting the annual appreciation to +1.63% YoY - the fastest annual price gain since July 2025...

“Monthly price appreciation continues to reflect the seasonal strength often associated with the spring homebuying season,” Rebecca Kaufman, Associate Director of Commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indice observed.

“On a non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) basis, the National Index rose 0.6% in May from April, while the 10-City and 20-City Composites each advanced 0.9%."

After adjusting for seasonality, the National Index declined 0.05% month over month, while the 10-City and 20-City Composites posted modest gains of 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively.

"The gap between the NSA and seasonally adjusted results underscores the extent to which seasonal factors are supporting headline price growth," added Kaufman.

"Even where prices increased on a seasonally adjusted basis, gains remained modest and were negative in real terms.

The geographic dispersion of home price trends continues to persist.

Kaufman noted that while major metropolitan areas in the Northeast and Midwest recorded year-over-year gains exceeding the national average, many metropolitan areas in the West and Sunbelt regions remain under pressure.

“For the third consecutive month, Chicago led all metros with a 6.9% annual increase in May, followed by New York (4.2%) and Cleveland (3.1%).

In contrast, Las Vegas posted the largest decline, falling 1.9% year over year, with Seattle (-1.8%), Denver (-1.8%), and Tampa (-1.6%) also registering notable losses."

Given the lag in Case-Shiller data, mortgage rates could argue that prices should be starting to rise here...

“Affordability remains a significant headwind for the housing market,” Kaufman concluded.

“Thirty-year mortgage rates increased to 6.5% in May, leaving the ultra-low 3% borrowing costs a distant memory. At the same time, stubbornly high inflation rates are keeping both the cost of home financing and the cost of living high for prospective buyers.

“Against this backdrop, housing demand remains constrained, elevated borrowing costs continue to discourage potential homebuyers, and housing values decline in real terms for existing homeowners.”

But the oddly tight coupling with Fed Reserves suggests the path is lower...

Interestingly, for the 12th consecutive month, inflation outpaced national home price appreciation, with CPI running well above the 1.6% annual gain, extending the streak of negative real home price returns.

Is this Trump's 'affordability' plan kicking in? Or just lagged rates finally impacting reality.

Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2026 - 09:13

The country star tried to keep his composure as his wife Hayley attempted to dislodge it.

The country star tried to keep his composure as his wife Hayley attempted to dislodge it.

The quick-buy for your most nurtured skin yet.

"Flesh Impact" will feature two versions of Marilyn Monroe, played by two different actresses.

"Flesh Impact" will feature two versions of Marilyn Monroe, played by two different actresses.

It's almost time to meet the Lady Greyhounds!

President Trump publicly rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday after The Post reported that the leader of the Jewish state is expected to present Trump with evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear technology at its subterranean Pickaxe Mountain site.

These guys choose comfort over clean-cut — even as their partners dress like extras in "The Devil Wears Prada."

Even taking into account the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s crises in recent years, Spidey firmly remains the best thing they’ve got.

They've been in my bag since middle school.

This Is The Chart That Jensen Huang Does Not Want You To See

In October 2025, while the world and his pet rabbit was buying anything-AI with both hands and feet, we were the first to warn that "AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become The Largest Sector In The Market"...

...as the world began to wake up to the negative free cash flow implications of the unprecedented CapEx spend required to achieve AI-Utopia... and therefore the need to fund that via debt (and equity)...

The poster-child at the time was Oracle, which had seen its stock explode higher on the back of the latest circular-financing deal involving OpenAI and NVDA, "The dissonance between ORCL equity dreamers and credit realists is dramatic to say the least."

With the interconnected web of reacharound deals growing more and more complex... to keep the dream alive.

Following our exposé, several in the mainstream media started picking up on this - including CNBC's David Faber - but as AI stocks reaccelerated off the Iran-ceasefire-dip lows, momentum-chasers dominated any fundamental (real world economics) threat.

But, that reality was still there, getting worse, growing larger, and being recognized by more and more credit market professionals as "an issue", and we continued to document...

• 6/13: Massive AI Debt Issuance Main Driver Behind Jump In Global Credit Impulse

• 6/14: The $1.8 Trillion Off-Balance Sheet Time Bomb At The Heart Of The AI Supercycle

• 6/15: Nvidia To Raise $20BN In Debt From First Bond Sale Since 2021, As AI Debt Frenzy Goes Parabolic

• 7/07: Amazon Sells Another $25BN Bonds As Goldman Urges Clients To Start Hedging AI Debt Bubble

• 7/14: "Carnage" In The Hyperscaler Bond Market: Did Goldman Just Pop The AI Debt Bubble

• 7/22: "Generational Transfer Is Taking Place": The Cash Crunch Is Coming For AI Hyperscalers

• 7/22: AI's Off-Balance-Sheet Time-Bomb Goes Mainstream: Leverage Might Be Much Worse Than It Looks

And most recently, just this week: "Goldman's One-Delta Desk Weighs 'High Degree Of Policy Reflexivity' Versus Hyperscaler Debt Doubts"

And now even Fitch Ratings is realizing, just 10 months after us, that the real bubble is in AI Debt.

Simply put, as Goldman's Rich Privorotsky noted this week: the cracks around hyperscaler financing continue to widen as the market struggles to find the appropriate clearing price for companies that have historically run under levered balance sheets but now have enormous capital ambitions. 

The last week or so has seen questions about hyperscalers' ability to fund the massive CapEx required to keep the AI dream alive with the explosion in hyperscaler credit risk finally starting to weigh on the stocks of those companies (GOOGL didn't help with no credible visibility on ROI to ease those fears)...

The cost of protecting against default is rising across all the hyperscalers (with ORCL and CRWV most worrisome)...

All of which brings us to Nvidia...

But, it is NVDA's credit risk that has surged by the most on record after reports of the chipmaker being in conversations on hundreds of billions of artificial intelligence infrastructure deals stoked fears about the company’s obligations.

July 24: Nvidia announced a $500 billion partnership with SK Group, the parent company of South Korean chipmaking giant SK Hynix

July 24: Nvidia announced a $1 billion investment in Naver as part of a partnership to help build South Korea's sovereign AI infrastructure.

July 26: The WSJ reported that Nvidia is helping back roughly $250 billion in financing for OpenAI's planned 10-gigawatt AI data center in Ohio

July 26: The WSJ also reported that Nvidia is discussing up to $350 billion in financing to help OpenAI purchase its AI chips

July 27: Nvidia deepened its partnership with Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever

The increasingly interconnected web of dependencies between technology manufacturers and AI startups continues to stir unease. The risk of these “circular” deals was highlighted last year here, and although markets forgot all about it, they are now once again freaking out.

For JonesTrading chief strategist Mike O’Rourke, investors can “talk about the compute storage all they want and the fundamental demand, but it is clear that a significant portion of Nvidia’s sales come from an ecosystem that Nvidia is artificially creating.”

The result is that the “only certainty one can have is the high degree of uncertainty in the AI environment,” he said. 

All of which snapped NVDA's 5Y CDS spread up to 82bps (intraday) - almost double what it was a week ago...

The level of borrowing across the AI infrastructure likely requires investment-grade ratings, which are difficult for the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic PBC to currently support given they are rapidly burning cash to grow their businesses.

So, backing from big (better-rated) firms can help debt that funds AI infrastructure spending win high-grade ratings.

“The amount of capex needed to build out the AI infrastructure is massive, and debt markets are being inundated with supply,” said Sal Naro, chief investment officer of Coherence Credit Strategies.

“There’s a fear of financial alchemy driven by opaqueness, off-balance-sheet transactions and intercompany relationships, which could result in credit rating downgrades.”

Credit-market signals are a more relevant short term gauge than EPS valuations for hyperscalers, notes Manish Kabra at Societe Generale.

When there is a peak in CDS spreads, it should signal the market beginning to price in an improvement in hyperscalers’ free cash flow and an end to a derating.

But an inflection in FCF is not expected until the second half of 2027, Kabra adds.

And, like everything, there is a limit to what the market will take before those 'better-rated' companies face the same leverage test that the startups do.

All of which brings us to the chart that we are sure Jensen Huang would not want to see emblazened across trading desks.

One of these things is not like the other.

From the inception of NVDA CDS last November until the end of March (ceasefire lows), the two markets were well-synced, as you would expect...

But since then, the divergence has been dramatic (and NVDA's share price is starting to show it)...

While NVDA's stock is 'off the highs' NVDA's credit risk is signaling something considerably worse and there are big tests ahead this week for Nvidia and the broader AI trade.

Hyperscalers Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are set to report earnings across a two-day period. Investors will be closely watching their CapEx guidance, having proven sensitive to heavy spending in recent months. (Just ask Alphabet how their capex forecast was received last week.)

Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2026 - 08:45

New research has found a potential link between brain health and eating schedule, determining that limiting when you chow down to certain hours of the day can help keep your cognition sharp as you age.

A rollercoaster of a 2026 season continued for Anthony Volpe on Monday night in Chicago.