• Patrick Mahomes gets engaged to girlfriend Brittany Matthews

    Patrick Mahomes gets engaged to girlfriend Brittany Matthews

    Patrick Mahomes and girlfriend Brittany Matthews both got rocks on Tuesday. As the Kansas City Chiefs received their Super Bowl 2020 rings at Arrowhead Stadium on Tuesday, Mahomes, 24, also appeared to work his magic to craft an elaborate proposal to Matthews, who celebrated her 25th birthday on Monday. Instagram; Getty Images “This happened today,” …
  • Brooklyn couple gets engaged on Gowanus Canal

    Brooklyn couple gets engaged on Gowanus Canal

    They found love in the muck. Despite its notorious reputation for being a polluted pool of stagnant filth, the Gowanus Canal was recently the site of a marriage proposal — and she said yes. Gowanus residents Emma Borochoff, 30, and Jamison Pence, 32, have been dating for three-and-a-half years, lived in the neighborhood for two, …
  • Robert Trump’s adopted son gets engaged

    Robert Trump’s adopted son gets engaged

    Katie Moebius and Christopher Retchin TrumpCourtesy photo Robert Trump’s adopted son has gotten engaged — weeks after the president’s younger brother died. Robert adopted his ex-wife Blaine’s son Christopher Retchin Trump after their 1984 marriage. Philanthropist Blaine, who founded the charity God’s Love We Deliver, is thrilled, friends told Page Six, as Christopher plans to …
  • Samsung heir indicted over controversial 2015 merger

    Samsung heir indicted over controversial 2015 merger

    South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong on charges of stock price manipulation and other financial crimes, setting up what could be a protracted legal battle to determine whether the 52-year-old billionaire illegally cemented his control over the business giant. Lee’s attorneys denied the charges, which were also filed against 10 other …
  • Riot Declared in Portland after Mob Shows Up at Mayor Wheeler’s Residence

    Riot Declared in Portland after Mob Shows Up at Mayor Wheeler’s Residence

    Portland Police declared a riot Monday evening after about 200 demonstrators marched to Mayor Ted Wheeler’s residence to demand that he resign. Police reported that an “arson fire” was started in the area. Rioters also broke windows and attempted to set a store on the ground floor of the Democratic mayor’s condominium building on fire. …
  • Akon just unveiled his $6B ‘futuristic’ city in Senegal; reviews are mixed

    Akon just unveiled his $6B ‘futuristic’ city in Senegal; reviews are mixed

    DAKAR, Senegal — The twisting metallic skyscrapers planned for Akon City look like they could sprout on Mars in the distant future – blueprints that scream: Bring your hoverboard. But Akon, the R&B singer who split his youth between this West African country and New Jersey, said his $6 billion eponymous development project will transform …
  • Most Suspects Arrested in Kenosha Riots Live Outside City, According to Police

    Most Suspects Arrested in Kenosha Riots Live Outside City, According to Police

    Kenosha police revealed on Sunday evening that most of the people arrested for rioting over the past week have an address outside the city itself. In total, 175 people were arrested during the riots, which occurred after Kenosha police shot suspect Jacob Blake while attempting to arrest him for alleged domestic abuse and third-degree sexual …
  • Biden Condemns Portland Violence, Accuses Trump of ‘Fanning the Flames of Hate’

    Biden Condemns Portland Violence, Accuses Trump of ‘Fanning the Flames of Hate’

    Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released a statement Sunday accusing President Trump of “fanning the flames of hate” that he said led to the Saturday night violence in Portland that resulted in one death. “As a country, we must condemn the incitement of hate and resentment that led to this deadly clash,” Biden said in …
  • AMC sells foreign movie theaters for $77M amid COVID-19 crush

    AMC sells foreign movie theaters for $77M amid COVID-19 crush

    AMC Entertainment, the largest movie theater chain in the US, is selling off nine cinemas in the Baltic region as the coronavirus crushes sales. The company on Monday announced that it has signed a deal to sell nine venues across Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, to Up Invest, owners of a Baltic cinema group, for $77 …
  • Prominent analyst skeptical of AT&T/DirecTV sale reports

    Prominent analyst skeptical of AT&T/DirecTV sale reports

    Telecom giant AT&T may be trying to unload struggling satellite TV provider DirecTV, but shareholders shouldn’t expect a sale anytime soon, one prominent analyst warned. AT&T has “overvalued” the “albatross” that is DirecTV, leading to skepticism that suitors circling the assets will actually reach a deal, Craig Moffett of MoffettNathanson said on Monday. Moffett said …