The FBI said in a letter Tuesday night that it had “nothing to add” to comments this week by the Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who said there was “no intelligence to support” that Russian disinformation efforts were connected to recently surfaced emails that have been behind stories critical of Hunter Biden and his…… MORE
First lady Melania Trump — in a historic break from precedent — has yet to set foot on the campaign trail this year even as her husband, President Donald Trump, fights for votes, especially among suburban White women with whom she could hold appeal. A source who knows the first lady told CNN Melania Trump…… MORE
It’s impossible to measure how much Alice Roberts has lost to Covid-19. Since the virus took her husband Charles “Rob” Roberts on May 11, she lost a life partner, a cook and the person who constantly made her laugh. Her children have lost a father, the person who helped them with schoolwork and rooted for…… MORE
Jessica Mendoza made history on Tuesday night, becoming the first woman to serve as a World Series analyst on a national broadcast. Paired with play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman, Mendoza is serving as the game analyst for ESPN Radio for the 2020 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays. Mendoza, who has…… MORE
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the world unfathomable stress, but a recent survey of workers points to where the virus has really applied pressure. The survey, conducted by AP-NORC and SAP, asked 1,015 full-time and part-time employees what their views were on the impact of the virus on the workplace. The results are mostly what…… MORE
Reverse mergers were long reserved to the backwaters of Wall Street. Today, they’ve become the hottest way to go public. Virgin Galactic, DraftKings and Nikola have all gone public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. Even Playboy is joining the SPAC craze. High-profile dealmakers including billionaires Bill Ackman, Richard Branson and even…… MORE
Like any sequel, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” faces the challenge of what to do for an encore, 14 years and a big box-office haul later. Somehow, though, Sacha Baron Cohen hasn’t lost the power to deliver audacious surprises, with enough explosive, not-suitable-for-anywhere laughs to power through the flatter patches this sort of exercise inevitably yields. Success…… MORE
Scientists developing new materials are studying an unlikely source of strength: a beetle that can withstand being run over by a car. Researchers from Purdue University and the University of California, Irvine, studied the aptly named diabolical ironclad beetle — Phloeodes diabolicus — to understand the secret behind its strength. “If you take any beetle,…… MORE
From late May to early September this year, as Black Lives Matter demonstrators took to streets across the US, there were more than 100 incidents of vehicles driving into protesters, according to data collected by a terrorism researcher. Forty-three of those incidents have been identified as having malicious intent, said Ari Weil, of the University…… MORE
Mookie Betts did it all for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in the team’s Game 1 World Series win over the Tampa Bay Rays, including winning free tacos for everyone in America. Taco Bell is running its “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” promotion through the World Series, and Betts’s first stolen base…… MORE
