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In a video uploaded to her YouTube channel on Aug. 31, actor Tiffany Haddish opened up about her experience with COVID-19 and interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci about how the virus specifically affects the Black community. Haddish said that she had the coronavirus around three months ago after two people she had been in contact with …
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Shares of Tesla dropped nearly 7 percent in extended trade Friday after the electric-car maker was excluded from a list of companies being added to the S&P 500. The decision by S&P Dow Jones Indices is a blow to Tesla investors who widely expected the company to join the benchmark stock index after a blockbuster …
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The big Disney blockbuster of the season is coming straight to streaming — but it will still cost subscribers. Walt Disney’s new live-action remake of “Mulan” isn’t getting a typical big theatrical release as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced in August. Instead, it will debut on Disney+ Friday as part of …
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A federal judge on Friday ruled that two Massachusetts men can be legally extradited to Japan to face charges they helped former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country in a box and on a private jet. US Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell in Boston rejected the arguments against extradition by US Army Special Forces veteran …
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Malaysian prosecutors on Friday withdrew criminal charges against three Goldman Sachs units accused of misleading investors over $6.5 billion in bond sales they helped organize for a state fund, the Bernama state news agency reported. The move comes after Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $3.9 billion to Malaysia to settle a probe into its alleged …
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Kanye West once featured his wife as her sister’s mother. A bizarre, previously unreleased music video for Tyga and West’s 2016 track “Feel Me” surfaced this week after the director posted it to his Instagram. “I directed this three years ago. No one’s ever seen it before,” Eli Russell Linnetz — who also directed West’s …
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Virgin Atlantic completed its 1.2 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) restructuring plan and cut 1,150 jobs Friday as the airline sought to rebuild following the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The deal had been approved by the High Court in London earlier this week, and was formally recognized by a US court — the last step …
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The Justice Department is reportedly planning to bring antitrust charges against Google in the coming weeks after Attorney General William Barr decided to move forward over the objections of DOJ lawyers who say they need more preparation time to prosecute the massive technology company. The DOJ’s antitrust division opened its probe into Google last summer …
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Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, Christine Pelosi, has released a letter from a law firm representing the California cosmetologist who provided stylist services to the House speaker on Monday during a COVID-19 lockdown. In its letter, the law firm accused the salon owner of engaging in a setup. The letter from attorney Matthew Soleimanpour was on behalf …
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The economy added 1.4 million jobs in August and new jobless claims fell below one million last week as the U.S. labor market hints at a gradual recovery from the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 881,000 initial unemployment claims were filed during the week ending August 29, the Labor Department …