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TruTV’s flagship series “Impractical Jokers” is getting a remotely filmed offshoot, “Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party,” amid the coronavirus-related Hollywood production shutdown. The new, six-episode, half-hour series is set to premiere on May 21. Starring Joe Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, and Sal Vulcano, collectively known as the comedy troupe The Tenderloins, the show …

European travel giant Tui plans to slash up to 8,000 jobs as the coronavirus crisis forces it to cut costs. That number includes positions that “will either not be recruited or reduced” under a plan to trim overhead costs by 30 percent, the Germany-based conglomerate said Wednesday. The company with more than 70,000 employees around …

DETROIT — It appears the dispute between Tesla and San Francisco Bay Area authorities over the reopening of a factory in the face of shutdown orders is coming to an end. The Alameda County Public Health Department announced on Twitter early Wednesday that the Fremont, California, plant will be able to go beyond basic operations …

Appearing Tuesday on BBC’s Newsnight, Hollywood star Robert De Niro attacked President Donald Trump’s response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, calling him a “lunatic” with no regard for how many Americans die of the disease. “It’s like Shakespearean the whole thing” – actor Robert de Niro on how the coronavirus outbreak is being handled in …

Things may be returning to normal for Prince Harry and his brother Prince William. The two are rumored to have some tension between them since Harry chose to depart his royal duties with his wife Meghan Markle. Now that Harry and his family have moved to Los Angeles to begin a new chapter, he and …

The CIA reportedly believes that China attempted to prevent the World Health Organization from declaring a global health emergency during the beginning stages fo the coronavirus pandemic in January. In a report entitled “U.N.-China: WHO Mindful But Not Beholden to China,” the CIA detailed that China threatened to cease cooperating with the WHO’s coronavirus investigation …

Senator Rand Paul said Tuesday that the response to the coronavirus pandemic has been hampered by “wrong prediction after wrong prediction” as he advocated for schools to reopen in the fall. “The history of this when we look back will be of wrong prediction after wrong prediction after wrong prediction,” Paul said during a Senate …

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has canceled a panel discussion on coronavirus misinformation that was to be sponsored by Chinese tech giant Huawei. The panel would have included CNN’s Van Jones and Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am. “I accepted invite to participate in NABJ webinar, warning black community about COVID misinformation. I said …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Tuesday unveiled a $3 trillion economic relief bill that will almost certainly not be approved by the Republican-controlled Senate. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said that the bill includes funding for state and local governments and additional direct payments to individual Americans. The bill will also …

An Australian MP said China’s ban on Australian beef exports is punishment for the Australian prime minister’s proposed international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus. “It’s a bastard act,’’ Liberal-Nationals MP George Christensen said. “It’s just wrong. China has just gone into full, bullying, threatening, coercion mode. That’s what I think.” Australia is set …