• Should Thom Brennaman be forgiven? Announcer sounds off on complicated redemption

    Should Thom Brennaman be forgiven? Announcer sounds off on complicated redemption

    Thom Brennaman may very well have destroyed his career last month when he uttered a gay slur on air, and there are many who would be just fine with never hearing from the Cincinnati Reds broadcaster again. “Believe me, I know there are a lot of people who are still very angry and I understand …
  • Drugmakers pledge to put safety first in race for COVID-19 vaccine

    Drugmakers pledge to put safety first in race for COVID-19 vaccine

    Nine drugmakers pledged Tuesday to make safety their top priority as they race to develop a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus — vowing they would not seek emergency authorization before large-scale Phase 3 clinical trials are completed. The biopharma firms said in a joint statement that they would follow “high ethical standards and sound scientific …
  • Signed Bible inspired by Trump’s photo op going to auction

    Signed Bible inspired by Trump’s photo op going to auction

    After President Donald Trump posed with a Bible during the notorious June photo op outside St. John’s Church, Moments In Time auctioneer Gary Zimet reached out to an inside contact to have Trump autograph a Bible. The event made headlines around the world after cops used tear gas to disperse protesters so that Trump could …
  • Carl Icahn’s feud with former protégé imperils Navistar sale

    Carl Icahn’s feud with former protégé imperils Navistar sale

    Carl Icahn has been squabbling with a former protégé in negotiations to sell a truck-making giant — and investors fret that the tiff could land the deal in a ditch. The 84-year-old billionaire is squaring off against Mark Rachesky — a hard-charging financier who worked for him for six years in the 1990s — over …
  • ‘A.P. Bio’ creator Mike O’Brien lobbies for ‘Katie Holmes Day’ in Toledo

    ‘A.P. Bio’ creator Mike O’Brien lobbies for ‘Katie Holmes Day’ in Toledo

    At least one Ohioan is calling for a holiday to be named in honor of Katie Holmes. Mike O’Brien, who created the Peacock show “A.P. Bio,” grew up in the same town as Holmes and says that her rise to fame has become the stuff of legend there. “Growing up and going to Catholic schools …
  • How Yankees must tackle shocking reality before it’s too late

    How Yankees must tackle shocking reality before it’s too late

    BUFFALO — OK, so maybe you didn’t expect the Yankees’ first-ever excursion here to carry the kind of weight it’s going to. It’s all but certain you didn’t expect them to come here looking up at the Blue Jays, who are using Buffalo as a homestead in this summer of the virus. And … well, …
  • TikTok star Charly Jordan apologizes for traveling to Rwanda amid pandemic

    TikTok star Charly Jordan apologizes for traveling to Rwanda amid pandemic

    Popular TikTok star and influencer Charly Jordan is apologizing for flouting pandemic travel restrictions with a recent trip to Rwanda. Jordan, 21, told her 3.3 Million Instagram followers that she landed in Rwanda “definitely corona-free” last week. “Crazy where the world is right now,” she added, according to Vulture. She posted some silverback gorilla content …
  • Sofia Richie and Jaden Smith have a touchy-feely beach day

    Sofia Richie and Jaden Smith have a touchy-feely beach day

    Sofia Richie and Jaden Smith GAC / MEGA GAC / MEGA GAC / MEGA Could Sofia Richie’s latest romance be a blast from her past? On Saturday, the model — who split from on-again, off-again boyfriend Scott Disick in August — got playful with former flame Jaden Smith at a Los Angeles beach, where they …
  • Bruce Williamson, lead singer of the Temptations, dies from COVID-19

    Bruce Williamson, lead singer of the Temptations, dies from COVID-19

    Bruce Williamson Jr., the lead singer of the Temptations, has died from the coronavirus. He was 49. The soul singer died Sunday night at his home in Las Vegas, TMZ reported. Williamson, who was not an original member, joined the Temptations in 2006 and sang with the group until 2015. The Compton, California native told …
  • Amber Heard says Johnny Depp trying to weasel out of trial date

    Amber Heard says Johnny Depp trying to weasel out of trial date

    Amber Heard says ex Johnny Depp is trying to play their Virginia judge like a fiddle by claiming he can’t possibly make their January trial date — because he’ll be filming “Fantastic Beasts III,’’ new court papers show. The actor has made “no effort whatsoever’’ to work his schedule around the court’s, assuming the role …