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China records a population drop after a half-century boom

China’s population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of rising tension with the U.S. Despite the official numbers, some experts believe… Read More

Lisa Marie Presley’s dire finances revealed

The late daughter of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, was in a dire financial situation at the time of her death, new financial information has revealed. According to reports, Presley had squandered the nearly $100 million fortune left to her by Elvis. She was reportedly spending $92,000 a month on… Read More

Musk’s old tweets land him in court Friday

While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk is now facing a trial over a company he didn’t. Long before Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October, he had set his sights on Tesla, the electric automaker where he continues… Read More

Top Dem gets rich running (& losing) again and again

“On the Holmes Front,” with Frank Holmes Stacey Abrams lost her race for governor of Georgia to Republican Brian Kemp, but don’t worry about her future: She announced this week that she already has a new job… and it guarantees you’ll be seeing, and hearing, a lot more of her… Read More

DC Comics actor Ezra Miller gets a $500 fine for this

Actor Ezra Miller pleaded guilty Friday to a charge stemming from a break-in and theft of alcohol at a neighbor’s home in Vermont, one of a string of arrests and reports of erratic behavior last year that stretched from Hawaii to New England. Miller, who appeared in several “Justice League”… Read More

US air travel returns to normal Thursday

U.S. air travel returned mostly to normal Thursday, a day after a computer system that sends safety information to pilots broke down and grounded traffic from coast to coast. By midafternoon on the East Coast, about 150 flights had been canceled and more than 3,700 delayed — much lower figures… Read More

Bauer released by Los Angeles Dodgers after suspension cut

Trevor Bauer was released Thursday by the Los Angeles Dodgers after the pitcher’s unprecedented 324-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations was reduced by an arbitrator. Los Angeles designated Bauer for assignment on Jan. 6, the last day to restore him to the roster, after arbitrator Martin Scheinman cut the suspension… Read More

Investors mock Musk for this Tesla move

Lawyers for Tesla shareholders suing the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk over a misleading tweet are urging a federal judge to reject the billionaire’s request to move an upcoming trial to Texas from California. Musk contends he will be treated unfairly by potential jurors in the San Francisco federal… Read More

Virgin Orbit explains the cause of rocket launch fail

Virgin Orbit said Thursday its first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. failed after its rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. The U.S.-based company used a modified Boeing 747 plane to carry one of its rockets from Cornwall in southwestern England over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday…. Read More