Pixar’s ‘Onward’ Debuts At The Top Of The Box Office
LOS ANGELES, March 8, (Variety.com) – Disney and Pixar’s “Onward” debuted this weekend to $40 million, enough to lead box office charts but still a somewhat disappointing start given the…
Driver dies after jet fuel tanker crash in Indianapolis
A truck driver has died 16 days after he was engulfed in flames when his tanker carrying jet fuel crashed and exploded on an Indianapolis highway ramp March 7, 2020,…
Sponsors Drop Pro Golfer Scott Piercy Over Homophobic Pete Buttigieg Meme
March 5 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Open runner-up Scott Piercy has lost major sponsors after he posted a homophobic meme on social media about openly-gay former U.S. presidential candidate Pete…
Publisher cancels plans to release Woody Allen memoir
Woody Allen’s publisher has decided to cancel the planned release of his memoir “Apropos of Nothing.” By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer March 6, 2020, 8:38 PM 2 min read…
White House imposes guest restrictions amid new coronavirus concerns
The new policies include checking where guests have traveled recently. March 6, 2020, 9:25 PM 4 min read The White House said Friday – that like many workplaces around the…
Roller-coaster week ends with bond yields, stocks sinking
NEW YORK — A dizzying, brutal week of trading dropped one last round of harrowing swings on investors Friday. After skidding sharply through the day as fear pounded markets, steep…
Alabama To Execute Man Despite Pleas From Martin Luther King III, Activists
(Reuters) ― An Alabama man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday for his role in the 2004 killing of three police officers at his apartment where…
Trader Joe’s founder Joe Coulombe has died
In a statement, the company said Coulombe passed away Friday in Pasadena, California. “Joe was an extraordinarily smart and accomplished entrepreneur who built a company that introduced something welcomingly different…
NH-based bus company stops warrantless immigration checks
Concord Coach Lines is the latest bus company to announce it will no longer allow Border Patrol officers onto buses for immigration checks unless they have a warrant February 29,…
Coronavirus could cost Trump the election, Goldman Sachs warns
The potential political fallout from the coronavirus adds yet more uncertainty for investors trying to assess the impact of the fast-moving epidemic. “If the coronavirus epidemic materially affects US economic…