• DOJ Urges Federal Prosecutors to ‘Focus Their Resources’ on Pursuing Chinese Intellectual Property Cases

    DOJ Urges Federal Prosecutors to ‘Focus Their Resources’ on Pursuing Chinese Intellectual Property Cases

    John Demers, the assistant attorney general for national security, at a DOJ news conference on November 1, 2018. The Justice Department is urging federal prosecutors across the country to focus on investigating and bringing cases related to Chinese efforts to steal American intellectual property. John Demers, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for national security, said …
  • ‘Schitt’s Creek’ star Emily Hampshire talks about ‘perfect’ series finale

    ‘Schitt’s Creek’ star Emily Hampshire talks about ‘perfect’ series finale

    Emily Hampshire, aka “Schitt’s Creek” motel owner Stevie Budd, is convinced Tuesday night’s series finale will please its legion of fans. “I can say, with 100 percent certainty, that people will be satisfied with how the show ends,” says Hampshire, who’s in her late-30s. “It’s not one of those finales where you watch it and …
  • Tom Brady’s Buccaneers love is peek at Patriots’ rift: ‘Know what I can do’

    Tom Brady’s Buccaneers love is peek at Patriots’ rift: ‘Know what I can do’

    Tom Brady is ready to see what he can do without the New England Patriots. In a piece for The Players’ Tribune published on Monday, Brady expressed how grateful he was for his 20 years in New England, but also alluded to wanting to prove that he can be successful without Patriots head coach Bill …
  • NBA Draft 2020: Knicks could steal Kira Lewis at end of first round

    NBA Draft 2020: Knicks could steal Kira Lewis at end of first round

    ESPN draft guru Fran Fraschilla has a message for the Knicks: Take the best player available with your lottery pick and save the late first-rounder for a point guard. The former St. John’s coach believes there are flaws in each of the projected top-10 lottery picks in this year’s draft, including the trove of point …
  • Chinese chain Luckin Coffee still can’t catch a break

    Chinese chain Luckin Coffee still can’t catch a break

    Luckin Coffee Chairman Charles Zhengyao Lu and Chief Executive Jenny Zhiya Qian have handed over shares in the embattled Chinese coffee chain to lenders after a company controlled by Lu’s family defaulted on a $518 million margin loan, one of the banks said on Monday. The default comes after Luckin, a major rival to Starbucks …
  • Michelle Money asks for prayers amid daughter Brielle’s hospitalization

    Michelle Money asks for prayers amid daughter Brielle’s hospitalization

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michelle Money (@michellemoney) on Apr 5, 2020 at 6:26am PDT An emotional Michelle Money pleaded Sunday for fans to pray for her 15-year-old daughter Brielle, who was put on life support after being involved in a skateboarding accident. She also underwent surgery last week. Taking to …
  • Colin Hanks posts face mask tutorial after dad Tom recovers from coronavirus

    Colin Hanks posts face mask tutorial after dad Tom recovers from coronavirus

    Tom Hanks was one of the first celebrities to announce his positive diagnosis of COVID-19 last month. Now, the actor’s son, Colin Hanks, is turning his hobby of crafting kerchiefs into a nationwide charity effort. Colin has followed in the footsteps of his father as an actor. In 2019, he appeared in “Jumanji: The Next …
  • A Bill Belichick-Cam Newton marriage would fail: ex-Patriots exec

    A Bill Belichick-Cam Newton marriage would fail: ex-Patriots exec

    The New England Patriots have shown no known interest in free agent Cam Newton as a potential replacement for Tom Brady, and at least one former team executive believes he knows why. Scott Pioli, who worked in the Pats’ front office for seven years before becoming GM of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009, doesn’t …
  • Man City says will not ask government to pay staff

    Man City says will not ask government to pay staff

    Manchester City will not seek to use the government job retention scheme and furlough staff during the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Premier League club has told its employees. Several clubs, including Premier League leaders Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, have drawn fire for taking advantage of the government’s scheme which pays 80% of …
  • Coronavirus pandemic could lead to biggest carbon emissions drop since World War II

    Coronavirus pandemic could lead to biggest carbon emissions drop since World War II

    Without additional structural reform, however, these changes will likely have little long-term impact. The sweeping halt of economic activity around the world has governments scrambling to provide adequate relief for vulnerable industries and people.  But one silver lining is emerging from this economic freeze: carbon emissions are down. And scientists estimate that they could fall …