• Nikki Bella almost ruined her own engagement proposal

    Nikki Bella almost ruined her own engagement proposal

    Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev’s engagement didn’t go off without any hitches. Chigvintsev, 37, entrusted Nikki’s twin sister, Brie, to bring the ring to France with her to pull off a surprise proposal, but Nikki almost ruined her own surprise in a new clip from “Total Bellas,” exclusively obtained by Page Six. Brie, 36, met …
  • Dow panics, then softens as China tensions ease

    Dow panics, then softens as China tensions ease

    US stocks took a deep sigh of relief Friday after President Trump’s tough talk toward China did not include the announcement of any new tariffs. The Dow Jones industrial average slid as much as 368.97 points, or 1.4 percent, to 25,031.67 ahead of Trump’s 2 p.m. news conference. That index closed down only 17.53 points, …
  • Christie Brinkley didn’t know full extent of Sailor’s body image issues

    Christie Brinkley didn’t know full extent of Sailor’s body image issues

    Sailor Brinkley-Cook’s supermodel mom, Christie Brinkley, never knew the extent of her daughter’s struggles with body image. “My mom didn’t fully know the pain that I was going through when I was at my worst,” Brinkley-Cook, 21, said on “Good Morning America” Friday. Growing up as the daughter of a supermodel didn’t help her issues, …
  • Jinger Duggar is pregnant with baby girl after suffering miscarriage

    Jinger Duggar is pregnant with baby girl after suffering miscarriage

    Jinger Duggar is pregnant after suffering a miscarriage last fall. The 26-year-old announced that she and husband Jeremy Vuolo are expecting a baby girl in November. “Jeremy and I both guessed it was a girl, just a gut feeling we had. And we couldn’t be happier,” the “Counting On” star wrote on Instagram on Thursday along …
  • Jadeveon Clowney spurned ‘richest offer on the table’ from Browns

    Jadeveon Clowney spurned ‘richest offer on the table’ from Browns

    It’s not all about the money this time for Jadeveon Clowney. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft has reportedly rejected a significant offer from the Browns, who have been “the most aggressive team with him financially” and “has offered the most money to date,” according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “I just …
  • US mortgage applications steadily rise for sixth straight week

    US mortgage applications steadily rise for sixth straight week

    US applications for home mortgages jumped last week, in a sixth straight weekly increase, suggesting the housing market could lead the economy’s recovery from the novel coronavirus crisis even as high unemployment is expected to linger. The Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday its seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 8.6 percent from a week earlier. …
  • Stock indexes rise on optimism of recovery, shrink back

    Stock indexes rise on optimism of recovery, shrink back

    US stock indexes rose at the open on Wednesday as a pickup in business activity fueled hopes of a post-pandemic economic recovery, but marts later gave up some of their gains as investors remained cautious about brewing US-China tensions. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 303.52 points, or 1.21 percent, at the open to 25,298.63. …
  • The Lockdown, Evangelicals and the Afterlife: A Response to Steven Pinker

    The Lockdown, Evangelicals and the Afterlife: A Response to Steven Pinker

    Harvard professor of psychology Steven Pinker tweeted last week: “Belief in an afterlife is a malignant delusion, since it devalues actual lives and discourages action that would make them longer, safer, and happier. Exhibit A: What’s really behind Republicans wanting a swift reopening? Evangelicals.” Before responding to Pinker’s remarkably ignorant tweet, I want to praise …
  • Sailor Brinkley-Cook battling body dysmorphia, disordered eating

    Sailor Brinkley-Cook battling body dysmorphia, disordered eating

    Sailor Brinkley-Cook is getting candid about her constant battle with body image. The 21-year-old daughter of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook has been struggling with what she sees in the mirror versus what’s on social media. “I’m so f–king sick and tired of the photoshop,” she wrote on Instagram alongside a series of photos of …
  • The NYT Explains Why the Minimum Wage Should Be $0.00

    The NYT Explains Why the Minimum Wage Should Be $0.00

    One of the greatest takedowns of the minimum wage you’ll ever find comes from an unlikely place. The minimum wage is the Jason Vorhees of economics. It just won’t die. No matter how many jobs the minimum wage destroys, no matter how many times you debunk it, it always comes back to wreak more havoc. …