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Restaurant-and-arcade chain Dave & Buster’s has warned it could lay off more than 2,500 employees as the coronavirus keeps its gaming halls closed. The Dallas-based company has filed notices in at least 10 states indicating temporary layoffs imposed in March — when the pandemic forced all its locations to close — would become permanent later …
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Ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries has been hit a $17.25 million fine for causing a massive listeria outbreak in 2015. The fine, issued by a federal court judge in Texas, is the largest criminal penalty ever for a food safety case, the Department of Justice said in announcing the unappetizing fine on Thursday. “The …
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Justin Bieber is feeling the “Holy” spirit. Dropped on Friday morning, his new single finds the born-again Biebs taking it to church with Chance the Rapper in a gospel-charged song about a righteous romance. “The way you hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me/Feels so holy, holy, holy, holy, holy,” sings Bieber …
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Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his right to intervene in Justice Department probes and overrule the decisions of career lawyers after facing accusations over the last several months that he has politicized the department. “Because I am ultimately accountable for every decision the department makes, I have an obligation to ensure we make the …
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Facebook’s dominance in the social networking space has reportedly put it in the Federal Trade Commission’s crosshairs. The tech giant could be hit by an antitrust lawsuit as soon as the end of this year, the Wall Street Journal reports, as the regulator examines whether Facebook has used its market dominance to quash competition. The …
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Cardi B has changed her mind. In the “WAP” rapper’s initial divorce petition, filed Tuesday and obtained by Page Six, Cardi requested legal and primary physical custody of Kulture, her 2-year-old daughter with Offset. She also requested child support from the Migos rapper; however, on Wednesday, she and her attorneys filed an amended petition that …
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To complete this season, MLB has needed an algorithm and Alvin Ailey’s spirit. Scheduling could not be done in 2020 without a computer and choreography. What already was going to be difficult — shoehorning 60 games into 66 days — had the degree of difficulty intensified by games postponed due to coronavirus cases, social justice …
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A day after intimating he wanted to come back to Houston, Mike D’Antoni told Rockets ownership he’s becoming a free agent and won’t return. Just like that, the list of elite coaching prospects on the market just got deeper. As did the number of ready-made win-now vacancies. ESPN was the first to report that D’Antoni …
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Lakers guard Rajon Rondo has been known to talk a little trash. But Saturday night it was his brother William that got ejected from Los Angeles’ Game 5 win over Houston following a verbal altercation with Rockets star Russell Westbrook. Before the Lakers eliminated Houston with a 119-96 win in Lake Buena Vista (Fla.), William …
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It seems that every week is a big week for Big Tech these days. Sometimes hitting record highs, sometimes taking a big hit. But I wouldn’t be worried about market jitters. The real Sword of Damocles for Big Tech could come as early as this week, when a supposedly free-market Trump administration could launch a …
Restaurant-and-arcade chain Dave & Buster’s has warned it could lay off more than 2,500 employees as the coronavirus keeps its gaming halls closed. The Dallas-based company has filed notices in at least 10 states indicating temporary layoffs imposed in March — when the pandemic forced all its locations to close — would become permanent later …
