• AstraZeneca may expose coronavirus vaccine participants to pathogen

    AstraZeneca may expose coronavirus vaccine participants to pathogen

    The chief executive of AstraZeneca, which is developing a leading coronavirus vaccine with Oxford University, said it is too early to deliberately expose trial participants to the pathogen, but it may become an option if ongoing tests hit a snag. The British drugmaker last week started phase 2 and 3 trials of the vaccine, looking …
  • 2.1 Million Jobless Claims Filed in Past Week as Coronavirus Unemployment Tops 40 Million

    2.1 Million Jobless Claims Filed in Past Week as Coronavirus Unemployment Tops 40 Million

    An additional 2.1 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week, the Department of Labor announced Thursday, bringing the total number of unemployed Americans to over 40 million. Continuing unemployment claims dropped last week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, a sign that the economic destruction from the coronavirus is beginning to slow …
  • Regal movie theater owner Cineworld expects to reopen in July

    Regal movie theater owner Cineworld expects to reopen in July

    Cineworld, the owner of Regal cinemas in the US, expects to reopen its doors for business in July. The movie-theater giant said late Wednesday it anticipates that government restrictions related to cinemas will be lifted in each of its territories in the coming months and “anticipates the reopening of all of its cinemas in July.” …
  • US workers file 2.1 million more jobless claims as crisis total tops 40 million

    US workers file 2.1 million more jobless claims as crisis total tops 40 million

    The coronavirus crisis has put more than 40 million Americans out of work, according to new federal data showing another 2.1 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week. The workers sidelined by the pandemic in the past 10 weeks now outnumber the entire population of California and account for roughly 26 percent of the …
  • Walt Disney World sets summer reopening after coronavirus lockdown

    Walt Disney World sets summer reopening after coronavirus lockdown

    Disney fans, rejoice! Orlando’s Walt Disney World will reopen its family-friendly gates in July after being shuttered since March 15 over coronavirus concerns. The move follows in the footsteps of rival Universal Studios Orlando, which will welcome visitors once again beginning on June 5. Disney World executives were given the green light after presenting proposals …
  • DOJ Drops Insider Trading Probe Into Three Senators, Still Investigating Burr for Coronavirus Sell-Off

    DOJ Drops Insider Trading Probe Into Three Senators, Still Investigating Burr for Coronavirus Sell-Off

    The Justice Department has dropped insider-trading investigations into three U.S. senators but remains focused on Senator Richard Burr (R., N.C.), according to multiple reports. Prosecutors have informed attorneys for Senators Kelly Loeffler (R., Ga.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), and Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) that they were no longer under investigation for selling off millions in …
  • Everything you need to know about HBO Max

    Everything you need to know about HBO Max

    Here's what you need to know about how much HBO Max costs, how it compares to other services, which devices is it on, and what's coming to its library (from the 'Friends' reunion to the upcoming 'Suicide Squad').
  • Video Shows Minnesota Cop Kneeling on Neck of Black Man Who Later Died | National Review

    Video Shows Minnesota Cop Kneeling on Neck of Black Man Who Later Died | National Review

    Video footage shot Monday by a bystander shows a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of a black man, who can be heard pleading with the officers before passing out and later dying in police custody. “I cannot breathe! I cannot breathe!” the man, identified as George Floyd, can be heard yelling, along …
  • Consumer confidence ekes out gain as economy begins to reopen

    Consumer confidence ekes out gain as economy begins to reopen

    US consumer confidence nudged up in May, suggesting the worst of the novel coronavirus-driven economic slump was likely in the past as the country starts to reopen, but it could take a while for the economy to dig out of its hole amid record unemployment. Signs the downturn could be close to bottoming were bolstered …
  • Ari Emanuel takes a $5 million hit on LA mansion

    Ari Emanuel takes a $5 million hit on LA mansion

    Even super agent Ari Emanuel loses sometimes. Emanuel, who runs Endeavor, the parent company of Hollywood talent agency WME and half of Ultimate Fighting Championship, reportedly took a $5 million hit on the sale of his LA mansion. The 4,330-square-foot property — located in LA’s tony Brentwood neighborhood where A-listers like Gwyneth Paltrow and Trent …