• Spike in Shootings Continues over the Weekend in Chicago, NYC

    Spike in Shootings Continues over the Weekend in Chicago, NYC

    A spike in shootings during the past month and a half continued with 64 shooting victims in Chicago and 28 in New York City over the weekend. While overall crime is down in both cities, there has been an uptick in gun violence in June and July as compared to the same period in 2019. …
  • Joe Biden Ad Boasts He Took ‘Care’ of Family; Corruption Not Addressed

    Joe Biden Ad Boasts He Took ‘Care’ of Family; Corruption Not Addressed

    Former Vice President Joe Biden released an Internet ad on Friday promising to “take care” of American families as he had his own, ignoring numerous corruption scandals where he is alleged to have used his position to help his relatives. “If I have the honor of being elected president, I will take care of your …
  • Johnny Depp’s ex assistant claims Amber Heard ‘was the abuser’

    Johnny Depp’s ex assistant claims Amber Heard ‘was the abuser’

    Amber Heard put Johnny Depp through “years” of physical and verbal abuse — and never leveled claims that he attacked her while they were together, Depp’s former personal assistant claimed Monday. Stephen Deuters said in a written witness statement that he was “extremely surprised and outraged” when Heard, 34, filed for a restraining order because …
  • Apple’s stock nears all-time high as analyst eyes $2 trillion market cap

    Apple’s stock nears all-time high as analyst eyes $2 trillion market cap

    Apple shares neared record levels on Monday as an analyst predicted the iPhone maker could become the world’s first $2 trillion company as soon as next year. The upcoming launch of its 5G iPhones at the end of 2020 will position the Cupertino, Calif. tech giant to take advantage of “continued demand snapback in China” …
  • SiriusXM buys podcast service Stitcher for $325M

    SiriusXM buys podcast service Stitcher for $325M

    Satellite radio giant SiriusXM said Monday that it is buying podcasting platform Stitcher from broadcaster E.W. Scripps for $325 million. Sirius had been in talks for weeks to acquire the platform, which owns a handful of podcast networks that produce shows like “Freakonomics Radio,” “My Favorite Murder” and “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.” The deal …
  • Trump retweets Chuck Woolery rant saying CDC is lying about COVID-19

    Trump retweets Chuck Woolery rant saying CDC is lying about COVID-19

    Former game show host Chuck Woolery is not having a “Love Connection” with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Woolery’s Sunday night Twitter rant about “outrageous lies” surrounding the coronavirus pandemic is going viral — and racking up over 20,000 shares and 50,000-plus likes — thanks to a retweet by President Donald Trump. “The …
  • Analog Devices to buy Maxim Integrated in $21B chipmaker deal

    Analog Devices to buy Maxim Integrated in $21B chipmaker deal

    Analog Devices is buying rival chipmaker Maxim Integrated Products for about $21 billion, the companies announced Monday. The massive all-stock acquisition will make Massachusetts-based Analog a semiconductor giant valued at more than $68 billion and give it a stronger foothold in markets such as autonomous vehicles and 5G communications networks. Both companies make integrated circuits …
  • Amber Heard allegedly threw ‘haymaker’ at Johnny Depp after he lost $750M

    Amber Heard allegedly threw ‘haymaker’ at Johnny Depp after he lost $750M

    Johnny Depp on Monday claimed then-wife Amber Heard hit him with a “haymaker” punch on her 30th birthday — hours after he found out he’d lost a staggering $750 million. “Since Pirates [Of The Caribbean] 2 and 3, I had – and this is ludicrous to have to state, it’s quite embarrassing – apparently I …
  • Johnny Depp denies headbutting Amber Heard, claims ‘foreheads may have clashed’

    Johnny Depp denies headbutting Amber Heard, claims ‘foreheads may have clashed’

    Johnny Depp on Monday denied deliberately headbutting his wife Amber Heard — claiming their “foreheads may have clashed” only as he tried to restrain her from assaulting him. Depp, 57, was asked about the “litany of violence” he is accused of inflicting on his then-wife in their LA penthouse the night before Heard was due …
  • Johnny Depp says he couldn’t have hit Amber Heard with cast on after severing finger

    Johnny Depp says he couldn’t have hit Amber Heard with cast on after severing finger

    Johnny Depp told a London court Monday that he got a “painful” MRSA infection from severing his finger during a vicious fight with ex Amber Heard — and insisted he couldn’t have beat her with his injured hand in a cast. Depp, giving his fifth day of evidence in his libel suit against The Sun …