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Costco restricts purchases of hot-selling item after insane demand
Costco is restricting purchases of its iconic gold bars after savvy buyers clamored to cash in on the precious metal amid market turmoil. Customers will be limited to buying only just one of the store’s 1 ounce bars per transaction, compared to two before. Since the items’ launch in 2023, the chain has seen a veritable gold rush as Costco prospectors flocked from far and wide to gobble up their gilded treasure trove. The price of gold has skyrocketed to a staggering $3,300 per ounce with Goldman Sachs upping its year-end forecast for gold from £3,700 to £4,000 per ounce. In April 2024, Wells Fargo estimated that the commerce giant was earning $200 million per month in gold bar revenue.
Costco’s Gilded Age may be coming to an end. The Big Box retailer is restricting purchases of its iconic gold bars after savvy buyers clamored to cash in on the precious metal amid market turmoil.
Now, customers will be limited to buying only just one of the store’s 1 ounce bars — which are available in PAMP Suisse Lady Fortuna Veriscan and the Rand Refinery’s South African bullion — per transaction, compared to two before, Business Insider reported.
Gold hoarders could still earn a pretty penny even with a one-bar limit, however.
3 Costco is restricting purchases of its iconic gold bars. Mike Lang / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
3 Gold and silver bars on display at a Costco store in Bayonne, New Jersey. Bloomberg via Getty Images
The store’s 1 ounce Gold Bar PAMP Suisse Lady Fortuna Veriscan sells for an eye-popping $3,389.99 on the website including shipping and handling, meaning those who purchased the item last year would’ve raked in a healthy profit given its then price tag of $2,779.99, Quartz reported.
Since the items’ launch in 2023, the chain has seen a veritable gold rush as Costco prospectors flocked from far and wide to gobble up their gilded treasure trove.
According to a Bloomberg survey from October of last year, approximately 77% of Costco branches across 46 states had sold out of gold bars within a week, even after receiving fresh stock, the Daily Hodl reported.
3 The store’s 1 ounce Gold Bar PAMP Suisse Lady Fortuna Veriscan. Costco
In April 2024, Wells Fargo estimated that the commerce giant was earning $200 million per month in gold bar revenue, Quarts reported.
“Our work suggests there has been significant interest given COST’s aggressive pricing and high level of customer trust,” Wells Fargo equity analyst Edward Kelly said in a note to clients. “The accelerating frequency of Reddit posts, quick online sell-outs of product, and COST’s robust monthly eComm sales suggest a sharp uptick in momentum since the launch.”
The gold fever quickly spread via social media as well.
Finance influencer Humphrey Yang went viral earlier this month after purchasing the PAMP Suisse gold bar for $2,359 in April 2024, and then selling it to a gold dealer for just under $3,000, netting himself around $600 in profit.
Since Yang sold his bar, the price of gold has skyrocketed to a staggering $3,300 per ounce with Goldman Sachs upping its year-end forecast for gold from $3,300 to $3,700, Yahoo Finance reported.
The precious metal’s skyrocketing valuation comes as spooked investors stockpiled gold to safeguard themselves against economic uncertainty spurred by President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive.
In February, the president’s tariff plans even prompted some of the largest banks in the US and Great Britain to fly gold bars from London to New York City on commercial flights as a hedge against inflation.
Cardi B Reveals Shocking Cost of Childcare, Tuition and a Personal Driver for Her 3 Kids
Cardi B said she spends at least $50,000 on her children’s food, housing, education and security. The mom of three also broke down the cost of childcare — a large expense for most mothers in this country. The Grammy-winner went on to accuse her ex of not pitching in financially, including cost of Kulture’s private school tuition, which she claimed costs around $45,000. Cardi filed for divorce in August 2024, one day before she confirmed her pregnancy with their third child. The rapper has previously praised her ex for his support amid their divorce proceedings, denying reports the couple’s marriage was more of a “distraction than support.“Never in my career no matter what I went through I had friends or family go to the media sooo I don’t know who is this damn source going to People magazine,” she continued of the report.
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Cardi B is pulling back the curtain on the rather shocking cost of raising her three children.
“Y’all want to know what’s the kids’ bills? Start adding,” Cardi, who shares Kulture, 6, Wave, 3, and Blossom, 8 months, with her ex Offset, said while speaking on X Spaces on Friday, May 30.
“My kids got their own driver. The kids’ driver is on a retainer for $10,000 a month,” she continued. “Kulture and wave gets tutoring four times a week. Kulture’s piano class — that’s $300 an hour, and she gets piano classes three times a week. I’m not sure how much is gymnastics and Wave’s boxing classes, but I pay for that, too.”
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The Grammy-winner went on to accuse her ex of not pitching in financially, including the cost of Kulture’s private school tuition, which she claimed costs around $45,000. (Cardi filed for divorce in August 2024, one day before she confirmed her pregnancy with their third child.)
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Us Weekly reached out to a representative for Offset for comment regarding Cardi’s claims.
The mom of three also broke down the cost of childcare — a large expense for most mothers in this country, including the famed rapper.
“My cousin babysits Wave and Kulture. She gets paid $3,000 a week,” the said, adding that her youngest daughter, Blossom, has her own nanny who is paid $500 per shift.
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“This is not even including food,” she continued. “My kids have a personal chef that comes from 7 am to 5 pm that I pay for because people in my house don’t have time to cook.”
In total, Cardi claimed she spends at least $50,000 on her children’s food, housing, education and security.
“Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar pays over $50,000 just on her kids alone,” Cardi said, referring to herself by her real name. “I have to pay that bill. No help.”
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Despite claiming she pays for the majority if not all of her children’s expenses, Cardi has previously praised her ex for his support amid their divorce proceedings.
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“Ok this is getting weird cause I can say he helps me a lot with my business and the kids,” Cardi wrote via Instagram in August 2024, denying reports the couple’s marriage was more of a “distraction than support.”
“Never in my career no matter what I went through I had friends or family go to the media sooo I don’t know who is this damn source going to People magazine,” she continued of the report, which relied on comments from a source.
The rapper added at the time, “even wit my filling I’m not askin for child support my claim is for him to only pay for the bills he already pays on the kids and the new one.”
Millennials are doling out recession survival tips to clueless Gen Z: ‘We don’t panic … We prepare’
Millennials are passing down their recession survival tips and knowledge to Gen Z. “We don’t panic during recessions, we prepare for them,” one content creator said on TikTok. Another advised cancelling individual subscriptions and making “some friends’ with whom to share those streaming costs. Other millennials took to the comments and shared their advice.“Sometimes your s–t breaks and you go, ‘Oh, no — now I have to buy new s-t.’ No, you don’t,’ ” one person said in a video on the social media platform. � “Listen to your millennial friends.” “Get a public library card! Free everything. etc., books, programs, ebooks, etc.,” another advised. ‘You gotta learn how to sew,‘ one user said in another video.‘You don’t want to be in the stores when everyone is panicking. Get what you need to hunker down at home for a month — and then do it,’ another said.
After going through the 2008 recession, millennials are experiencing déjà vu — and fears of a pending economic upheaval are bringing them to TikTok, where they’re passing down their recession survival tips and knowledge to Gen Z.
“We don’t panic during recessions, we prepare for them,” one content creator said on the platform. “Listen to your millennial friends.”
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Millennials are passing down their recession survival tips and knowledge to Gen Z. nenetus – stock.adobe.com
In a video with 1.3 million views, user @itzettromero advised her followers to stock up on tuna since it’s cheap and can be used in different ways. She also pitches nabbing some Tylenol and ibuprofen and getting a first aid kit that comes with basic necessities.
She advised cancelling individual subscriptions and making “some friends” with whom to share those streaming costs. For example, share a Hulu subscription with one friend and Disney Plus with another — but be mindful of password-sharing crackdowns.
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“Start making friends, start bartering, start making alliances with your neighbors,” she said, adding that shopping for groceries and home items in bulk can be cheaper when split among others in an apartment building.
In another video, user @yaptrapped, who said she graduated from college in 2011, stressed that people should “explore multiple ways to make money” and have “more than one stream of income.”
She echoed the sentiment to “make friends” as well, “because you can share a lot.”
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“It’s amazing how quick one loaf of bread turns into a feast when everybody else has all the fixin’s,” she said. “We survived a long time like that.”
Additionally, she said that axing “fun” activities is “not an option,” so set up a budget to have some wiggle room for yourself and things you love doing.
“And if you can, don’t be scared. Keep moving forward, keep taking that next step,” she concluded. “And remember that sometimes in life, there are builder episodes. Not every year is a season finale.”
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Financial-focused accounts chimed in, too, with one user advising people to “build up your emergency fund, you should have three to six months of living expenses saved.”
“Anything above my minimal contribution, I am diverting into my emergency fund for the foreseeable future,” another added.
Other millennials took to the comments and shared their advice.
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“Cannot stress buying in bulk and buying EARLY. You don’t want to be in the stores when everyone is panicking. Get what you need to hunker down at home for a month — and then do it,” one person shared.
“We do not quit our jobs during recessions, and we always keep 6 months (4 months minimum) savings in our account. If you’re not in a recession-proof job, they fire the last ones in, so seniority matters,” another wrote.
“You gotta learn how to sew,” one person said in a video. “Sometimes your s–t breaks and you go, ‘Oh, no — now I have to buy new s–t.’ No, you don’t.”
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“Get a public library card! Free everything. Books, programs, services, ebooks, etc.,” someone else advised.
Another suggested going dumpster-diving and trash-picking for goods that people throw away but are still perfectly usable.
“Rice, beans, honey, sugar, powdered milk, lentils, canned meat, canned vegetables, steel-cut oats,” another suggested.
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“We don’t panic during recessions — we prepare for them,” one content creator said on the platform. “Listen to your millennial friends.” Photographee.eu – stock.adobe.com
“Stock buy on food your family will ACTUALLY eat. If you hate canned meat, don’t buy it, even [if] it’s an ‘I’ll eat if I’m starving’ type thing. Use your money where it is the most useful,” one commented.
Other tips included checking the fridge before grocery shopping, meal-prepping with what you already have, buying meat in bulk and freezing it, and working retail jobs as a side hustle.
Dangerous social media craze encourages kids to set their laptops on fire — causing chaos in schools
#ChromebookChallenge encourages kids to jam metal objects, like paper clips and pushpins, into the charging ports of their laptops. Connecticut is ground zero for the reckless trend, with Newington High School evacuated last week after a student’s laptop started spewing toxic smoke. Schools across California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Washington have issued warnings about the trend. Videos of the trend have flooded TikTok’S For You page, and school officials are struggling to keep up with the number of videos. Police in Rhode Island warned that students caught torching their Chromebooks for TikTok clout could be hit with criminal charges and maybe even criminal charges for not reporting the dangerous content in the first place. The fallout is costly for school districts, from damaged equipment to evacuations to potential fines for missed class time due to potential class time lost during evacuations, experts say. The trend has spread quickly on TikTok, with 99.7% of dangerous content flagged from October to December last year being removed proactively.
Known as the #ChromebookChallenge, the dangerous stunt encourages kids to jam metal objects, like paper clips and pushpins, into the charging ports of their laptops, causing electrical short circuits that can ignite fires.
Connecticut is ground zero for the reckless trend, with Newington High School evacuated last week after a student’s laptop started spewing toxic smoke.
6 Move over, harmless pranks — TikTok’s latest craze has students turning their Chromebooks into fire hazards, triggering school evacuations and safety alerts nationwide. Henry – stock.adobe.com
“The room at the time of the fire was filling with smoke,” Newington fire marshal DJ Zordon said, as reported by NBC Connecticut.
“The batteries that are essentially catching on fire, once they burn, they’re producing this toxic smoke.”
The unsettling phenomenon isn’t just confined to the Nutmeg State.
Schools across California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Washington have issued warnings about the trend, which sees students inserting mechanical pencil lead, aluminum foil, and other conductive items into Chromebook ports.
“It’s more than just a trend,” Zordon continued.
6 Dubbed the #ChromebookChallenge, the reckless stunt dares kids to shove metal objects — like paper clips and pushpins — into their laptop charging ports, sparking dangerous short circuits. @sl1desh0wz2/TikTok
“It causes a lot of disruption. The school has to be evacuated, firefighters respond to the firehouse and subsequently to the scene, it takes resources from any other emergencies that might be happening at that time.”
On TikTok, the trend goes by other names like #ChromebookDurabilityTest and #FStudent, with some videos racking up thousands of views in mere hours.
6 Connecticut is the epicenter of the dangerous trend, with Newington High School evacuated last week after a student’s laptop started belching toxic smoke. NBC
Clips show kids cackling as they jam springs and pins into their laptops, waiting for smoke to billow out — all for a few moments of viral fame and comments like, “anything but work,” mocking that they’d rather torch their Chromebooks than do schoolwork.
And the consequences are mounting, as NBC Connecticut noted.
In Southington, Connecticut, students at Southington High School were evacuated on May 7 after another Chromebook fire, fire officials said.
6 Videos show kids laughing as they shove springs and pins into their laptops, waiting for smoke to pour out — all for a shot at viral fame and quips like, “anything but work,” joking they’d rather torch their Chromebooks than hit the books. @Dangerous TikTok trend sees students set their laptops on fire/TikTok
Similar incidents have been reported in Cromwell, Derby, and Newington, Connecticut, as well as East Fishkill, New York, prompting stern warnings from state fire officials.
But the chaos isn’t just about a few kids seeking attention.
Videos of the trend have flooded TikTok’s For You page, and school officials are struggling to keep up.
6 It’s not just a handful of attention-seekers causing chaos — TikTok’s For You page is flooded with videos of the trend, leaving school officials scrambling to keep up. NBC
According to TikTok, 99.7% of dangerous content flagged from October to December last year was removed proactively, but the platform still faces criticism for how quickly such trends spread.
TikTok allows users to report dangerous content through its “Dangerous activities and challenges” category, but that hasn’t stopped the spread.
And for school districts, the fallout is costly — from potential fines for damaged equipment to missed class time due to evacuations.
6 TikTok users can flag risky content under its “Dangerous activities and challenges” category, but that hasn’t slowed the spread. Meanwhile, schools are paying the price — from costly device repairs to lost class time during evacuations. @schoolshenanigans05/TikTok
For now, experts are urging parents to talk to their kids about the risks — and schools to enforce strict punishments for those caught participating.
Police in Providence, Rhode Island, warned WJAR that students torching their Chromebooks for TikTok clout could be hit with school punishments — and maybe even criminal charges.
But with the TikTok trend still spreading like wildfire, let’s hope it’s not too late to put this blaze out.
Meet Travis Hunter’s fiancée, Leanna Lenee
Leanna Lenee is the fiancée of former Colorado Buffaloes star Travis Hunter. The couple announced their engagement in February 2024 after going public with their relationship in 2022. In 2024, Lenee deleted her social media after facing public scrutiny over their relationship. Hunter deactivated his social media amid the public scrutiny of Lenee, and the couple has remained private since then. They have a joint YouTube channel with 110,000 subscribers and regularly upload videos about their life. Their anniversary is Feb. 23, according to a previous Instagram post.
Learn more about Leanna Lenee, who has supported the cornerback-wide receiver hybrid long before he became a household name at Colorado.
3 Leanna Lenee, the fiancée of former Colorado Buffaloes star Travis Hunter. Instagram/Travis Hunter
Lenee got engaged to Hunter in 2024
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The couple announced their engagement in February 2024 after going public with their relationship in 2022.
Lenee is a college graduate
She graduated from Kennesaw State University in Georgia with her bachelor’s degree in 2022.
Lenee and Hunter met as teenagers
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In a since-deleted TikTok, Lenee said she met Hunter when she was 19.
Hunter explained in a 2022 video on their joint YouTube channel that he messaged Lenee on Instagram, but she wanted to be friends first. However, their friendship turned romantic after they attended a pal’s birthday party together.
The couple’s anniversary is Feb. 23, according to a previous Instagram post.
3 Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee. Instagram/Travis Hunter
Lenee lives with Hunter in Texas
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After his career at Colorado ended, the couple relocated to a guest home on the property of Athlete Performance Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas, which is a former cattle ranch that was turned into a training ground for professional athletes, according to Sports Illustrated.
Lenee is now private
In 2024, Lenee deleted her social media after facing public scrutiny over their relationship.
Lenee faced criticism on many occasions, including when a video showed Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders appearing to tell her to stand and applaud Hunter when he was announced as the Heisman Trophy winner in December 2024.
Hunter later defended Lenee and said she was upset over the ridicule.
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3 Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee. Instagram/Travis Hunter
Lenee addressed the situation in a since-deleted TikTok video and explained things were taken out of context on multiple occasions.
Hunter deactivated his social media amid the public scrutiny of Lenee, and the couple has remained private since then.
Lenee and Hunter create content together online
The couple has a joint YouTube channel with 110,000 subscribers and regularly upload videos about their life.
They took a step back from social media after Lenee faced negative attention in 2024.
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