U.S. President Donald Trump is seated prior to signing an executive order regarding social media companies in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 28, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump announced Friday he will sign four executive orders aimed at lowering the high cost of prescription drugs in the
Laurence “Larry” Fink, chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company insiders are dumping shares as stocks experience their epic rebound from the coronavirus recession. The sales are a major shift from the insider buying frenzy during the market bottom in March. Among the sellers are the heads
On their first Friday back to operations, Chinese cinemas did roughly $2.92M worth of box office business — more than tripling Thursday’s figures and making a sizable jump from Monday when theaters opened to about $501K in low-risk areas across the country. There was growth throughout the midweeks which is encouraging since less than 40%
HELSINKI — China launched three satellites on a Long March 4B late Friday for remote sensing, novel lobster eye x-ray astronomy and commercial data acquisition. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:13 p.m. Eastern Friday. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., the country’s main space contractor,
The U.S. Consulate in Chengdu is pictured on July 23, 2020 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials would not address Friday whether the Trump administration intends to comply with an order to close an American Consulate in China, a move that comes
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has curated a new compilation album called Breathing Instruments, featuring new songs from Emily A. Sprague, Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, and more. Each artist was directed to create a song that “accentuate the ways in which instruments sound like they are breathing.” The compilation is due out August 14 via Smith’s label
Dr. Scott Gottlieb on Friday warned against comparing the risks of the coronavirus for children with those from the seasonal influenza, stressing that much remains unknown about Covid-19. “The reality is that flu last year infected 11.8 million kids. We have not infected anywhere near that number of kids with Covid, and we don’t want to find
Gamera fans rejoice! Arrow Video is releasing Gamera: The Complete Collection, an insane new limited collector’s edition blu-ray box set, on August 18, 2020 in the US and August 17, 2020 in the UK. This limited edition collectors’ set traces the decades-long evolution of Gamera, from the “friend of all children” in his more light-hearted
The last of Salem’s summer weddings ended with a bang. Whoever was sabotaging Ciara and Ben’s wedding graduated from childish tricks to setting a bomb. This story has been done before and was unnecessarily violent, but the fallout from the explosion has been terrific. The wedding itself had some nice moments, too. Chief among them
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Judy Garland and I spent a lot of time together last spring. For months on end she kept me company on subway
A person wears a protective face mask outside McDonald’s in Union Square during the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images McDonald’s pause on reopening U.S. dining rooms will continue for another 30 days as coronavirus cases continue to surge in some parts of the country. The company
The big picture: scientists have spotted large-scale resonant waves travelling in both directions around the globe. (Courtesy: NASA) The Earth’s entire atmosphere vibrates like a giant bell, with various large-scale resonant waves travelling in both directions around the globe. That is the conclusion of scientists in Japan and the US, who have confirmed a nearly
UPDATED, 10:43AM: STX’s Greenland is now going to Sept. 25 stateside from its Aug. 14 release date in the wake of several major studios hitting pausing and delaying their event films. The Gerard Butler movie will debut first offshore –which is great news– in Belgium (July 29), France (Aug 5) and Scandinavia (Aug 12). STX/Miramax’s The Gentlemen was an
The 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base; the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base; and the 460th Space Wing at Buckley Air Force Base have been deactivated and new units have been stood up in their place. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force announced on July 24 that three former U.S.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 16, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Republicans do not plan to release a coronavirus relief bill until next week, but their proposal has mostly taken shape as Senate GOP leaders and
Play video content MEGA Kanye West‘s new album didn’t drop today, like he said it would, but he’s still busy shooting music videos for it instead. The rapper’s directing a small cast on crew Friday on his massive Wyoming ranch in what looks like production for a short vid. The cameras were mostly focused on
Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner. Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines encouraging public schools to reopen, the leader of the nation’s second-largest district said there was no timeline for when Los Angeles classrooms would welcome students again. The opening
From Lorenzo Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers in the Piazza Navona to Francesco Borromini’s church of Sant’Agnese in Agone, the Eternal City is teeming with Baroque landmarks. The highly decorative flourishes and sense of movement so indicative of the period are not unlike the design signatures of another Roman icon, Bulgari, so it seems