An exterior view of Hertz Car Rental during the coronavirus pandemic on May 23, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 343,000 lives with over 5.4 million infections reported. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Shares of Hertz surged Friday morning on unusual plans for the bankrupt
Amazon workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse strike in demand that the facility be shut down and cleaned after one staffer tested positive for the coronavirus on March 30, 2020 in New York. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The New York attorney general’s office has interviewed Amazon workers from a handful of facilities
Lucasfilm has announced its latest Star Wars novel, From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back. The anthology book will take a look at the middle entry in the original trilogy which, for many, remains the single greatest movie in the history of the franchise. But borrowing from the famous line uttered by
Big Brother 21 winner Jackson Michie has issued an apology after he shared an Instagram post that left some fans confused about his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement. “So, I turn 25 this Saturday, on June 13, and over the past 24 years, I’ve made a lot of mistakes,” the controversial reality star
The essence of the perfect slice of sourdough bread is in the air right now. It is even on your hands. The heart of the sourdough is the starter, a fermented culture of flour and water. The sour flavor of the dough comes from lactic acid bacteria (LAB) who live in relative harmony and competition
Like many people who identify strongly as readers, I’ve been having trouble with focus lately. While I yearn for the brain engagement that a good reading session can bring, I find my eyes skimming over words, my mind skipping like a broken VHS tape over images and emotions that keep me perpetually distracted. Some days
People walk past the Calvin Klein store at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets Mall on October 21, 2017 in Central Valley, NY. Gary Hershorn | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Adobe — The software company’s stock rose 4% in extended trading after Adobe ptovided its second-quarter earnings. Adobe reported
Following her dreams and a bright future music storyteller, and country artist Kimberly Dawn, is making waves! LOS ANGELES, California – (2020): Country artist Kimberly Dawn recently released her latest single, “Nashville”. From the singer/ songwriter behind “Slow Dancin’ in the Dark” – nominated for Best Country Song at the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards – comes a
Gene Wilder was behind one of the most classic scenes from 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Wilder played the part of Willy Wonka in the beloved first big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The movie was a modest success at the box office, but it
When NOS4A2 returns later this month, it’s going to be very familiar but look very different. That’s because when we meet them again, the people we’ve come to know are in a much different place after an eight-year time jump. We’ve got a whole lot of information at our fingertips to share with you, and
After several grueling hours of protesting against systemic injustice (no one can prepare you for long hours on your feet, long hours screaming for recognition of your humanity), we stood with our signs tucked safely under our arms as the organizer introduced some parting words. The speaker was an older Black man, the weariness of
A route to topological superconductivity? Courtesy: Stephan Kim, Princeton University Researchers at Princeton University in the US have become the first to observe a robust supercurrent at the edge of a superconductor that is very different to the supercurrent in the material’s bulk. This “topological superconductivity” could come in useful for a host of new
by Trevor Kimball, June 10, 2020 (Hulu) It looks like Harlots is history. Hulu has cancelled the period drama series so, there won’t be a fourth season, reports THR. Inspired by the lives of real women, Harlots stars Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Lesley Manville, Eloise Smyth, and Liv Tyler. Alfie Allen joined season three
Marcus Theaters, the fourth largest circiut in the U.S., Thursday announced plans to reopen six theaters on June 19 with enhanced protocols in accordance with current local health and safety guidelines that will be used help fine-tune future phases of theatre reopenings in weeks ahead, in time for summer blockbusters based on when studios release
Demonstrators cross the Brooklyn Bridge on June 4, 2020. Justin Heiman | Getty Images Corporate America has joined protesters in condemning the death of George Floyd at the hands of police and calling for action to confront racial injustices and racial inequalities in the United States. “There are in fact barriers that are faced by
A bus driver in Detroit, March 24, 2020. Seth Herald | AFP | Getty Images Black Americans are disproportionately getting sick and dying from the coronavirus. It’s a plague that has laid bare, not just vulnerabilities in the U.S. hospital system, but gaping disparities in access to quality health care across minority communities. Black people
WASHINGTON — A launch vehicle processing “hiccup” has pushed back next month’s launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission by three days. NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed the delay in a presentation to a joint meeting of the National Academies’ Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board (SSB) June 9. “We had
After teasing the series’ arrival for some months, Quibi is finally ready to launch its take on 60 Minutes for the social media generation. What that mainly means is content tailored to the shortened attention spans of viewers on top which the service has hung all of its hopes, dreams and $1.8 billion. The new