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Justin Bieber’s got some brand-new ink. Over the weekend, the 26-year-old “Yummy” singer added a huge new neck tattoo of a long-stemmed rose to his extensive collection of body art, with a little help from Hollywood favorite Dr. Woo. “@_dr_woo_ thank you for the 🌹 🙏,” Bieber captioned an Instagram shot of the thorny black-and-white …

JPMorgan is investigating employees who may have been involved in the misuse of federal funds meant to help small businesses and other customers hurt by COVID-19 shutdowns, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The bank said it had found cases of customers “misusing Paycheck Protection Program loans, unemployment benefits and other government programs,” …

LONDON — “The Phantom of the Opera” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has told British lawmakers that the arts are “at the point of no return,” and urged the government to set a date for theaters to be allowed to reopen. Lloyd Webber spoke about the struggles of staging socially distanced shows and making them profitable, …

House Democrats said Monday they would open an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over accusations that he broke campaign finance laws in pushing his employees to make campaign contributions to Republicans that he would later reimburse. House Committee on Oversight and Reform chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D., N.Y.) said in a statement that the committee …

Unemployed city restaurant workers are banging down doors to find work in the Hamptons as the dining scene there explodes thanks to fleeing Manhattanites. But working in the luxurious beach hamlets also presents a unique set of hardships, especially for restaurant workers with young children and apartments in NYC. Felix, who asked that his surname …

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess brushed aside speculation of a potential partnership with Tesla after he gave Elon Musk a test drive of the German carmaker’s new ID.3 electric car. “Just to be clear: We just drove the ID.3 and had a chat – there is no deal/cooperation in the making,” Diess wrote on LinkedIn. He …

Tesla’s supercharged stock rally may have finally run out of juice. Shares of the electric automaker — which have increased fivefold since the beginning of the year — were down more than 15 percent Tuesday morning as investors reacted to the company not being added to the S&P 500 on Friday. Tesla had been widely …

The Trump administration may ban products made with cotton from China’s Xinjiang region amid concerns about human rights abuses there, a new report says. The move could cause an upheaval in a global apparel industry that relies heavily on materials from China, a country the US has sought to punish for allegedly forcing Xinjiang’s Muslim …

Nine drugmakers pledged Tuesday to make safety their top priority as they race to develop a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus — vowing they would not seek emergency authorization before large-scale Phase 3 clinical trials are completed. The biopharma firms said in a joint statement that they would follow “high ethical standards and sound scientific …

David and Victoria Beckham secretly battled coronavirus after catching it schmoozing in the States. Several relatives and staff members also came down with the killer bug following the launch of Becks’ new football club. Victoria, 46, feared they may be “super-spreaders” after flying back to the UK for son Brooklyn’s 21st birthday do, with guests …