• Brad Pitt surprises Missouri State University grads with quarantine shout-out

    Brad Pitt surprises Missouri State University grads with quarantine shout-out

    Brad Pitt surprised graduating seniors at Missouri State University with a special video message from quarantine. The video was posted on MSU’s Twitter feed and starts with the university’s president, Clif Smart, alongside mascot, Boomer the Bear, saying he had special guest to deliver a message to students of the class of 2020, who were …
  • Oscars 2021 ceremony could be postponed

    Oscars 2021 ceremony could be postponed

    We might have to wait a little longer to find out who’s in the envelopes next year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering pushing back the 2021 Oscars, according to Variety. “It’s likely they’ll be postponed,” a source told the industry pub. However, the insider added that there has been no …
  • Kristen Bell is launching a CBD skincare line

    Kristen Bell is launching a CBD skincare line

    Call it “skincare and chill.” Kristen Bell has teamed up with celeb-loved CBD brand Lord Jones to launch a new hemp-derived personal care line called Happy Dance, set to debut this fall. “Self-care shouldn’t be an event,” the “Good Place” star, 39, said in a statement. “Self-care should consist of everyday pick-me-ups that can be …
  • Coronavirus could hurt gas-guzzling cars more than electric cars

    Coronavirus could hurt gas-guzzling cars more than electric cars

    Worldwide car registrations are set to fall this year as the coronavirus pummels the automotive sector, but gas guzzlers will find themselves taking a bigger hit than electric cars, according to a report. Registrations of combustion-engine cars will drop 23 percent in 2020, while electric car registrations will dip by 18 percent, according to analysts …
  • Trump Awards Contract to Company to Make Coronavirus Drugs in U.S.

    Trump Awards Contract to Company to Make Coronavirus Drugs in U.S.

    President Trump has awarded a major contract to a Virginia company to manufacture Covid treatments in the U.S. The $354 million four-year contract was awarded to Virginia-based Phlow Corp. by Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to make pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines related to the coronavirus. The company says it is …
  • Covid Patients Testing Positive after Recovery Are No Longer Infectious, Study Finds

    Covid Patients Testing Positive after Recovery Are No Longer Infectious, Study Finds

    A new coronavirus study conducted in Korea suggests that those who test positive for coronavirus after recovering from the initial onset of the virus are no longer infectious. The study, released by the Korean CDC on Monday night, showed that 285 patients who still tested positive for the coronavirus despite apparently recovering were unable to …
  • Hertz wants to keep European business solvent as it eyes US bankruptcy

    Hertz wants to keep European business solvent as it eyes US bankruptcy

    Hertz Global Holdings wants to keep its business in Europe solvent as it prepares for a possible bankruptcy filing in the US, The Post has learned. The struggling car-rental giant backed by billionaire Carl Icahn on Friday asked lenders to its European division, which represents about 20 percent of sales, to sign a waiver by …
  • Signature of ‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin’s missing husband possibly forged on will

    Signature of ‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin’s missing husband possibly forged on will

    Will signatures and power of attorney documents related to Don Lewis, the long-missing second husband of “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin, appear to be forgeries — a fact that could play into a possible trial, according to a new report. “It’s not a difficult call,” handwriting expert Thomas Vastrick told Jackson, Mississippi’s Clarion-Ledger of the …
  • Moderna Vaccine Human Trial Produces COVID-19 Antibodies in All 45 Participants

    Moderna Vaccine Human Trial Produces COVID-19 Antibodies in All 45 Participants

    American biotech firm Moderna announced Monday that its phase-one human trial for a coronavirus vaccine produced COVID-19 antibodies in every one of its participants. Two vaccine doses of 25 micrograms showed that, by day 43 of the trial, humans developed antibody levels consistent with those who have recovered from coronavirus, the company said. Participants who …
  • Eight Covid Vaccines Now in Human Trials

    Eight Covid Vaccines Now in Human Trials

    Eight prospective coronavirus vaccines have already started human trials, as the White House continues “Operation Warp Speed” with the goal of making 300 million vaccine doses available to Americans by the start of 2021. Researchers at Oxford University and drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna are among those already conducting human trials of potential vaccines, as part …