• Positive drug tests in workplaces hit 16-year high in 2019

    Positive drug tests in workplaces hit 16-year high in 2019

    The share of American workers caught with marijuana and other drugs in their bodies reached a 16-year high last year before the coronavirus threatened to drive up drug use further, a study says. Some 4.5 percent of workers tested positive for drugs in their urine in 2019, a rate higher than any year since 2003 …
  • Lockdowns come with a host of adverse unintended consequences, and some of them are deadly

    Lockdowns come with a host of adverse unintended consequences, and some of them are deadly

    No matter how smart or well-intentioned central planners are, they can’t possibly understand all the implications of the choices they’re making. When policymakers across the country decided to “lock down” in response to the March outbreak of the novel coronavirus, they took a leap into the unknown. Not only did we know little about COVID-19 …
  • Best Buy warns of slowing sales after remote work boom

    Best Buy warns of slowing sales after remote work boom

    Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy warned of a slowdown in sales in the third quarter as it faces risks from the coronavirus pandemic including unemployment, lower government stimulus and potential product shortages. The company’s shares fell as much as 7.4 percent in early trading on Tuesday after it said sales growth, driven by record online …
  • American Airlines to slash 19,000 jobs as COVID-19 cuts demand

    American Airlines to slash 19,000 jobs as COVID-19 cuts demand

    American Airlines said Tuesday its workforce will shrink by 40,000, including 19,000 involuntary cuts, in October as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh on air travel, unless the government extends aid for airline employee payrolls. Airlines received $25 billion in US government stimulus funds in March meant to cover payrolls and protect jobs through September. …
  • Russian Opposition Leader Navalny was Poisoned, German Hospital Says

    Russian Opposition Leader Navalny was Poisoned, German Hospital Says

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, according to a statement released Monday by the German hospital where he is being treated. Berlin’s Charité hospital said that Navalny was suffering from “intoxication by a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors,” contradicting Russian doctors who said there was no evidence he had been poisoned. While …
  • Ciara wants to lose 48 lbs. after baby

    Ciara wants to lose 48 lbs. after baby

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ciara (@ciara) on Aug 24, 2020 at 12:28pm PDT Ciara is ready to get to work. On Instagram Monday, the mom of three — who welcomed son Win Harrison with husband Russell Wilson last month — announced that her post-baby fitness journey begins Tuesday, also revealing …
  • How Denise Richards reconnects with husband Aaron Phypers

    How Denise Richards reconnects with husband Aaron Phypers

    Denise Richards and Aaron Phypers have no trouble keeping their marriage hot. The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, 49, explained that she and Phypers, 47, leave their kids — she shares Sam, 16, and Lola, 15, with ex-husband Charlie Sheen and she adopted 9-year-old Eloise — at home while they have a getaway one …
  • Megan Fox: People are calling me ‘slut’ for Machine Gun Kelly relationship

    Megan Fox: People are calling me ‘slut’ for Machine Gun Kelly relationship

    Megan Fox says she’s still getting heat for moving on with Machine Gun Kelly. “For whatever reason, people are very trigger happy to call me stupid or call me vain or call me a slut, which is crazy. I was in the same relationship for 15 years, you know?” Fox told “Entertainment Tonight,” referring to …
  • KFC drops ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’ slogan amid COVID-19 fears

    KFC drops ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’ slogan amid COVID-19 fears

    Finger lickin’? Gross! KFC has temporarily dropped its “finger lickin’ good” slogan because it “doesn’t feel quite right” during the coronavirus pandemic. The fried-chicken chain admitted its 64-year-old tagline doesn’t work as well at a time when officials have urged people not to touch their faces to stop the virus from spreading. “We find ourselves …
  • Dorinda Medley exiting ‘Real Housewives of New York’

    Dorinda Medley exiting ‘Real Housewives of New York’

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dorinda Medley (@dorindamedley) on Aug 25, 2020 at 6:09am PDT Dorinda Medley has held the golden apple for the last time. On Tuesday, the 55-year-old Bravo staple announced her departure from the “Real Housewives of New York” after six seasons. “What a journey this has been. …