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FBI agents served a warrant at Senator Richard Burr’s (R., N.C.) Washington, D.C., home on Wednesday and confiscated his cell phone as part of an investigation into stock trades the senator made before the coronavirus pandemic sent Wall Street crashing. A spokesperson for the senator declined to comment to reporters regarding the developments, according to …

Who’s hungry? More than a dozen comedians joined together for an inspiring quarantine singalong with a message all the stressed, “fussy” eaters can relate to right now: “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Eat It” — the 1984 parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” The video comes after Gal Gadot’s celebrity “Imagine” singalong was criticized as “out-of-touch” in …

Matt Damon is smitten with the seaside suburb of Dalkey, Ireland, where he, his wife, Luciana Barroso, and three youngest daughters have been in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. “It feels like a fairy tale here,” the “Contagion” star told local radio station Spin 1038. “This is one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever …

Tesla has told employees at its Fremont, California, factory that they risk their unemployment benefits if they don’t get back to work on the assembly line following a seven-week coronavirus lockdown, according to a report. “Once you are called back, you will no longer be on furlough so if you choose not to work, it …

Take less money to play baseball in 2020? Blake Snell will see you in 2021. The Rays’ Cy Young Award winner made little secret about how he feels regarding a potential 50-50 revenue split that MLB owners are expected to propose to the union in order to resume its season, saying it’s “just not worth …

More than 2.9 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus crisis put more than 36 million people out of work in two months, according to new data. That means the pandemic has sidelined roughly 23 percent of the American labor force as it put the US economy into a deep freeze. …

Amid the collapsing economy due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jeff Bezos is expected to come out smelling like a rose — and reach the exalted status of the world’s first trillionaire, according to research. The Amazon founder — whose fortune is estimated at $143 billion, up from $125 billion on April 12, according to the …

Elon Musk just took another step in his quest to “own no house.” The eccentric Tesla chief listed five more California properties for nearly $100 million after vowing to ditch most of his possessions. Musk is seeking $62.5 million for four properties in Los Angeles’s swanky Bel-Air neighborhood, according to a Wednesday Zillow listing describing …

AUSTRALIA has warned China it will not stop its calls for a public inquiry into the coronavirus crisis despite a furious reaction from Beijing and a threat of a billion dollar trade war. China has slapped suspensions and threatened tariffs on Australia’s key agriculture exports but Canberra has warned it will not back down on …

According to Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles will not fully reopen until there is a cure for COVID-19. During an interview Wednesday morning, Garcetti said city residents need to understand that “we aren’t moving beyond COVID-19, we’re learning to live with it.” City officials are reportedly weighing a decision to extended the lockdown order for …