• Judge rules it’s legal to examine fuss over Jon Hamm’s ‘private’ property

    Judge rules it’s legal to examine fuss over Jon Hamm’s ‘private’ property

    A news site didn’t break copyright laws when it published a paparazzi shot it did not own showing the actor Jon Hamm‘s pants bulge, a judge ruled Thursday — because of all the fuss surrounding the “Mad Men” star’s member. HuffPost used the viral image showing Hamm strolling down the street on two legs — …
  • Feds charge 57 with defrauding COVID-19 relief loan program

    Feds charge 57 with defrauding COVID-19 relief loan program

    Federal law enforcement authorities have charged 57 people with stealing $175 million from an aid program meant to help small businesses weather pandemic lockdowns, officials said on Thursday, adding that they are eyeing hundreds more suspected cases of fraud. Officials said they have identified 500 individuals who may have defrauded the $660 billion Paycheck Protection …
  • All the details on Lily Allen’s matching wedding and engagement rings

    All the details on Lily Allen’s matching wedding and engagement rings

    Lily Allen’s rocking some newlywed bling. The English singer-songwriter, 35, married David Harbour at a Las Vegas chapel on Sunday, clad in a double-breasted, vintage-style Dior dress. And Allen’s new diamond wedding ring — which she flashed on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday while showing off her heart-themed manicure — is every bit as timeless. …
  • Weekly Jobless Claims Higher Than Expected at 884,000

    Weekly Jobless Claims Higher Than Expected at 884,000

    The labor market’s recovery slowed this week as 884,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits, a number higher than most experts had expected. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones predicted 850,000 first-time filings for the week. Instead, last week’s filings were unchanged from the prior seven days. The week’s filings still sit well above the pre-pandemic record …
  • Amazon hosting virtual Career Day to fill 33,000 US jobs

    Amazon hosting virtual Career Day to fill 33,000 US jobs

    Amazon wants the whole country to know it’s hiring. The e-commerce juggernaut is hosting a virtual career day next week with the goal of filling 33,000 corporate and tech jobs nationwide. Amazon traditionally holds its annual career day at locations around the US, but this year is is doing it as an all-digital affair due …
  • Citi names Jane Fraser as first female CEO of major US bank

    Citi names Jane Fraser as first female CEO of major US bank

    Citigroup’s longtime chief is stepping down early next year — and his successor is about to make some financial “herstory.” The $2.2 trillion megabank announced Thursday morning that chief executive Michael Corbat will leave his role in February 2021 after eight years. It also announced that the board has picked the bank’s president Jane Fraser …
  • US workers file 884,000 jobless claims for second straight week

    US workers file 884,000 jobless claims for second straight week

    Some 884,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis stalled once again, new data show. That means a seasonally adjusted total of 60.1 million initial jobless claims have flooded unemployment offices during the COVID-19 pandemic — a number larger than the entire population of South Africa. …
  • Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso heroics lead Mets to wild win

    Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso heroics lead Mets to wild win

    This was one of those nights the Mets lineup wasn’t going to be inconvenienced by the starting rotation’s follies. When in doubt use the long ball. All it took was four of them on Wednesday, including an eighth-inning blast from Pete Alonso for the lead, sending the Mets to a 7-6 victory over the Orioles …
  • US job postings rise to 6.6M in July, but hiring drops

    US job postings rise to 6.6M in July, but hiring drops

    US employers advertised more jobs but hired fewer workers in July, sending mixed signals about the job market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the number of US job postings on the last day of July rose to 6.6 million from 6 million at the end of June. …
  • Former Volkswagen CEO to face charges of organized commercial fraud

    Former Volkswagen CEO to face charges of organized commercial fraud

    Former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn will face charges of conspiracy to commit organized commercial fraud with a high likelihood of conviction, a court probing the carmaker’s diesel emissions scandal said on Wednesday. A court in Braunschweig, Germany, near where Volkswagen is headquartered, expanded the list of charges beyond fraud to include organized commercial fraud, …