FCC Slaps Record $225M Fine in Robocalls Crackdown, But Will it be Able to Collect the Money? Major carriers in the U.S. like Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint have come up with various robocall blocking processes. Jun 10, 2020
As USS Roosevelt Returns to Sea, Tests Show 60% Crew Have Coronavirus Antibodies The vessel, which left Guam last week, has been cleaned and disinfected and is ready to sail in the western Pacific Ocean. Jun 9, 2020 Coronavirus
Cocaine, Meth Prices Skyrocket Across US as Mexican Cartels Stockpile Drugs Since the Covid-19 outbreak, federal drug agents have seized more illicit cash than usual, disrupting the way cartels do business. Jun 9, 2020 Coronavirus
New York Sets Up 15 Coronavirus Testing Centers for George Floyd Protesters, as City Poised for Reopening New York City, which was under lockdown for more than two months, will also conduct 35,000 tests every day to monitor reopening progress Jun 8, 2020 Coronavirus
Singapore Airlines Raises $10 Billion in Fresh Funding; No Plans to Trim Jobs Amid Pandemic The carrier has also arranged new committed lines of credit and a short-term unsecured loan with a large number of banks. Jun 8, 2020 Coronavirus
In a Fitting Reply to Upset Customer, Jeff Bezos Defends Amazon's Black Lives Matter Message Bezos, who's also the world's richest person, said that he did not intend to minimize worries anyone else has in their lives Jun 6, 2020 Amazon prime
George Floyd Death: Minneapolis and California ban police chokeholds and neck restraints Police officers are now required to intervene if they see another officer using unauthorized chokeholds or neck restraints. Jun 6, 2020
CDC Guidelines Advising People to Avail Private Vehicles Raises Concerns of Emissions, Congestion There are already signs that more people will be turning to driving cars instead of using mass transit to stay away from the deadly coronavirus. Jun 4, 2020 Coronavirus
More Trouble for Lee Jae-yong as South Korea Seeks Arrest of Samsung Heir in Fraud Case The news comes at a time when Samsung is struggling with manufacturing disruptions and declining customer demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Jun 4, 2020 Samsung Coronavirus
Passenger Traffic Jumps in May on Hefty Discounts on Tickets; IATA Warns of Further Losses The IATA said that airlines cannot afford such luxuries as the road to recovery is long and discounts could further impact profitability. Jun 3, 2020 Coronavirus
Coronavirus Vaccine to be Seasonal Like Flu Shot: Former FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Gottlieb's comments come just a day after Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he worries about the "durability" of a potential coronavirus vaccine. Jun 3, 2020 Coronavirus
TikTok Apologizes After Users Claim it Blocked #BlackLivesMatter, George Floyd Posts TikTok users, who typed #BlackLivesMatter or #GeorgeFloyd in their video captions, were told that the hashtags had zero views. Jun 3, 2020 Coronavirus
Tom Cruise-Led Mission Impossible: 7 Reportedly to Resume Shooting in September The British Film Commission recently announced guidelines for restarting of filming for movies and TV in the U.K. Jun 2, 2020 Coronavirus
DR Congo Declares New Ebola Epidemic Amid Growing Cases of Coronavirus Congo's health minister said that Equateur Province, the center of the outbreak, has earlier experienced the disease and people know how to respond. Jun 1, 2020 Coronavirus
Eli Lilly Becomes First Drugmaker to Start Human Trial of Antibody Treatment to Fight Coronavirus The study will assess safety and tolerability in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and the results are expected by the end of June. Jun 1, 2020 Coronavirus
Trump Won't Invoke Control of National Guard to Quash George Floyd Riots: National Security Advisor The National Guard was earlier federalized for the purposes of Washington's interventions abroad, including the 2003 Iraq War. May 31, 2020
Amazon Removes Racist Messages Appearing in U.K. Listings After Being Slammed on Twitter As users in the U.K. typed 'Airpods' on Amazon, they found that pictures of some products were displaying racist messages. May 31, 2020 Amazon prime
George Floyd Murder: Twitter Flags Trump's Tweet Again Saying it's 'Glorifying Violence' The White House's official Twitter account retweeted Trump's first tweet with the content that was hidden by the microblogging site. May 30, 2020 Coronavirus
Clinical Trial of Drugs, Vaccines Not Related to Covid-19 Could Get Delayed: Former FDA Chief The FDA said with more staff focusing to Covid-19 related work, it won't be able to sustain its current performance in meeting deadlines indefinitely. May 29, 2020 Coronavirus
Coronavirus: CVS Health to Open 1,000 Drive-Thru Covid-19 Testing Sites Across U.S. by This Week CVS Health will offer self-swab tests at some of the stores' drive-thru pharmacy windows but one needs to meet the criteria set by the CDC first. May 28, 2020 Coronavirus