• Down for the count: Conor McGregor engaged to longtime love Dee Devlin

    Down for the count: Conor McGregor engaged to longtime love Dee Devlin

    That ring is a total knockout! Conor McGregor on Saturday announced his engagement to his long-time partner and baby mama Dee Devlin. “What a birthday, my future wife!,” the MMA legend posted on Instagram, along with a photo of the couple smiling together and Devlin, 32, showing off her new sparkler. He celebrated his 32nd …
  • Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson wants to tap the XFL’s reality-TV potential

    Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson wants to tap the XFL’s reality-TV potential

    The XFL has new owners — and they plan to tackle their investment with Hollywood flair. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and a group of investors have scooped up the floundering football league for just $15 million in a deal that got rubber-stamped by a US bankruptcy judge on Friday. But instead of rushing to push …
  • DOJ kills 1948 rule separating Hollywood studios from movie theaters

    DOJ kills 1948 rule separating Hollywood studios from movie theaters

    Shares of struggling cinema chains jumped on Friday after the Department of Justice scrapped 72-year-old rules severely limiting Hollywood’s ability to buy movie theaters. Friday’s ruling paves the way for film studio giants like Disney and Netflix to look beyond one-off purchases of small theaters and set their sights on buying larger swaths of cinemas. …
  • The pandemic could usher in a new era of school choice: Could COVID-19 End the Government Monopoly on Education?

    The pandemic could usher in a new era of school choice: Could COVID-19 End the Government Monopoly on Education?

    The coronavirus has been horrible news, most obviously because of death and suffering. But the disease has also wreaked havoc with the economy and given politicians an excuse to push counterproductive policies. But if you want to find a silver lining to that dark cloud, the virus may be putting pressure on America’s government school …
  • U.S. Adds 1.8 Million Jobs, Unemployment Drops to 10.2 Percent

    U.S. Adds 1.8 Million Jobs, Unemployment Drops to 10.2 Percent

    The U.S. unemployment rate dropped from 11.1 percent to 10.2 percent in July, beating economists’ predictions even as many states have paused or reversed their reopenings in light of coronavirus case spikes. Employers added 1.8 million jobs in July, according to the Labor Department’s Friday jobs report, a significant slowing down from the 4.8 million …
  • US economy’s growth slows in July, adding 1.8 million jobs amid COVID-19

    US economy’s growth slows in July, adding 1.8 million jobs amid COVID-19

    The US economy’s growth slowed in July, adding just 1.8 million jobs following skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases in states like Texas and Florida. The unemployment rate dropped to 10.2 percent, from 11.1 percent in June, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show. The numbers are the first look at the economy following the …
  • Whistleblower Dr Li-Meng Yan Comments the Global Politics of Hydroxychloroquine, Says She Takes the Drug for Prevention

    Whistleblower Dr Li-Meng Yan Comments the Global Politics of Hydroxychloroquine, Says She Takes the Drug for Prevention

    Whistleblower Dr Li-Meng Yan Takes Hydroxychloroquine as Prevention Whistleblower Li-Meng Yan appeared this July 30 on Ep 308 of the War Room Pandemic, hosted by Steve Bannon and Jack Maxey. She explains the role of hydroxychloroquine, how it is used in China among high-ranking officials, and how she herself takes it. Dr Li-Meng Yan received …
  • Portland Police Chief Slams ‘Incomprehensible’ Violence, Says Rioters Target Local Officers with Mortars and Commercial-Grade Fireworks

    Portland Police Chief Slams ‘Incomprehensible’ Violence, Says Rioters Target Local Officers with Mortars and Commercial-Grade Fireworks

    Portland police chief Chuck Lovell slammed “incomprehensible” violence on Thursday after rioters moved to target city police precincts. Riots in Portland have been ongoing since the May death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers. Rioters targeted the city’s federal courthouse for two months, assaulting federal officers …
  • UrbanSpace to bring fresh business to NYC’s Union Square amid COVID-19

    UrbanSpace to bring fresh business to NYC’s Union Square amid COVID-19

    In a welcome step forward for the retail- and restaurant-ailing Union Square area, major food-hall operator Urban­Space has signed a long-in-coming lease for 10,000 square feet at Zero Irving, a 21-story mixed-use tower rising at 124 E. 14th St. The $200 million project by RAL Development Services stands on city-owned land leased to RAL for …
  • AMC revenues plummet in ‘most challenging quarter’ in 100 years

    AMC revenues plummet in ‘most challenging quarter’ in 100 years

    AMC Entertainment, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, said it lost half a billion dollars in the second quarter, making it the company’s worst quarter since it was founded in 1920. The chain, which was forced to close cinemas across the nation as the coronavirus swept the nation in March, said it swung to a …