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US stock indexes dropped on Friday as Sino-US tensions weighed on markets struggling to gauge the pace of economic recovery from the coronavirus. President Donald Trump’s statement on China’s plan for a national security law in Hong Kong on Thursday raised concerns over Washington and Beijing possibly reneging on their Phase-1 trade deal. Fears of …

Season 2 of Netflix’s hit real estate reality show “Selling Sunset” may have just dropped on Friday, but the series is already promising more million-dollar drama to come with its third season. A teaser at the end of the last episode hints that cast member Chrishell Stause and “This Is Us” star Justin Hartley’s divorce …

The Justice Department announced Thursday that a former Pennsylvania election official was convicted of accepting $2,500 in bribes to stuff ballots for three Democratic candidates for Common Pleas Court judge in Philadelphia. Domenick J. Demuro pled guilty in March to the charges in a filing that was unsealed Thursday, the DOJ said. He admitted to …

Megan Fox remains proud of her married name even after she and Brian Austin Green called it quits. The “Transformers” actress, 34, appeared in an Instagram Live on Wednesday with Redline Steel founder Colin Wayne to show off a customized Green family crest that had been created by the company, which specializes in steel fabrication. …

US stocks jumped Wednesday as continued hopes for a recovery from the coronavirus crisis helped investors shake off questions about a potential vaccine. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 359.73 points, or 1.4 percent, to 24,566.59 in early trading to recover most of the prior day’s 390-point loss. The S&P 500 and …

The Department of Justice warned California in a Tuesday letter that the state’s lockdown order “facially discriminates against religious exercise” and that Governor Gavin Newsom’s rulings “do not justify California’s actions” in banning in-person worship. Eric S. Dreiband, an assistant attorney general and the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, wrote in a …

Australian airline Qantas plans to lure back wary travelers with flights as cheap as $12.50 – admitting Wednesday that it wants to pack planes without social distancing in its new coronavirus safety protocols. The hard-hit airline‘s chief executive, Alan Joyce, announced plans for $19 flights between Melbourne and Sydney – equivalent to $12.50 US – …

Astros third baseman Alex Bregman’s decision to part ways with his sports agency, Klutch Sports, was reportedly influenced by last week’s announcement that Uninterrupted, a film production company co-founded by fellow Klutch athlete LeBron James, is helping produce a documentary about the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. The Athletic reported late Tuesday night that Bregman “felt …

An Australian university will hold a hearing on Wednesday to consider the expulsion of a student after he protested against the Chinese Communist Party. Drew Pavlou, 20, is a philosophy major at the University of Queensland, whose website states that it possesses “more student mobility, research collaborations, and commercialization partnerships with China than with almost …

Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday called for the Justice Department to investigate New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to have the NYPD shut down an Orthodox Jewish school that opened in violation of the city’s social distancing orders. The Texas Republican accused de Blasio of violating the right to freely exercise religion and …