Microsoft in advanced talks to buy TikTok's US business

Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns.

Ellen DeGeneres considering leaving talk show amid toxic work culture claims, investigation: report

According to a new report, DeGeneres, 62, has been in talks with top executives from Warner Bros. and Telepictures, the company that produces the show, to let them know she is considering pulling the plug entirely.

'Watchmen' leads charge for Emmy nominations relevance

“Watchmen,” cloaked in superhero mythology and grounded in real-world racism, received a leading 26 nominations Tuesday for the prime-time Emmy Awards.

'Ellen DeGeneres Show' under internal investigation after workplace complaints: report

"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" is reportedly under internal investigation by parent company WarnerMedia after a number of high-profile complaints regarding workplace culture circulated online.

Sen. Tom Cotton tries to clarify slavery comment, calls out ‘fake news’

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., took to Twitter on Sunday to call out what he identified as “fake news” after criticism blew up following a newspaper interview in which he spoke about the Founding Fathers and how they considered slavery a “necessary evil.”

Olivia de Havilland, 'Gone With the Wind' actress, dead at 104

Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a two-time Oscar winner and an off-screen fighter who challenged and unchained Hollywood’s contract system, died Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 104.

Fire at Chinese Consulate in Houston due to classified documents being burned ahead of eviction

In a statement, State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus confirmed that the U.S. ordered the Chinese Consulate in Houston to close "to protect American intellectual property and American’s private information".

Navy vet beaten by federal agents: ‘They came out to fight’

Christopher David is uncomfortable with his newfound fame as the subject of an online video and news coverage. David, whose bones were broken, says the focus should be on Black Lives Matter.

Bahamas bans US tourist travel as coronavirus cases spike

Americans will no longer be able to travel to the Bahamas starting Wednesday due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Trader Joe's to update packaging for international foods

The retailer said that while the names "may have been rooted in a lighthearted attempt at inclusiveness, we recognize that it may now have the opposite effect."

'Magic School Bus' author Joanna Cole dies at age 75

Author Joanna Cole, whose “Magic School Bus” books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75.

ViacomCBS cuts ties with Nick Cannon, cites 'hateful speech'

iacomCBS says it's cutting ties with Nick Cannon because of what the media giant called his ‘hateful speech” and anti-Semitic theories.