Social media stock influencers accused of $114M ‘pump and dump’ scheme
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — “We’re going to keep growing and making a lot of money,” social media influencer Zack Morris said during a Dec. 11 recording on Twitter.
“I never dump on my followers….” he tweeted in Februar…
911 call Paul Pelosi made on night of hammer attack played by prosecutors
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — Prosecutors played the 911 call Paul Pelosi made the night he was violently attacked in his and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home in court on Wednesday, as they presented new evidence while arg…
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads Critics Choice nominations
A24 FilmsThe film nominations for the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards are in.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once earned the most nominations on the film side this year, with 14 total nods in categories including bes…
Death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen’s in-house DJ and show co-executive producer, ruled a suicide
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty ImagesThe death at age 40 of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen DeGeneres’ in-house DJ and show co-executive producer, has been ruled a suicide.
ABC News has learned the Los Angeles County coroner has closed the case after exa…
City settles discrimination lawsuit from Black and Latino renters in California
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department announced a landmark civil rights settlement Wednesday with the city of Hesperia, California, and its sheriff’s department over allegations they illegally discriminated again…
Jay Leno opens up about his accident: “My face was on fire”
CNBCFormer Tonight Show host Jay Leno continues to open up about the accident he experienced last month.
On Tuesday, he told People about the moment he was working underneath his 1907 white Model G steam car and unclogging a fuel line when he “got a f…
Vivica A. Fox talks fun off set, and Black girl magic on, VH1’s ‘A New Divas Christmas Carol’
ABC AudioWednesday at 8 p.m., Ashanti gets haunted in VH1’s holiday movie A New Divas Christmas Carol.
“Is an updated ‘sista’ version of the classic Charles Dickens movie,” Vivica A. Fox enthuses to ABC Audio. “But instead of it being the Past, Presen…
Federal Reserve approves 0.5% hike, slowing rate increases
Murat Taner/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it was raising its short-term borrowing rate another 0.5%, slowing an aggressive series of rate increases while continuing an effort to cool the economy and dial back inflation….
Atatiana Jefferson death: Jury begins deliberations in murder trial
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(FORT WORTH, Texas) — After just five days of testimony, the jury has begun deliberations in the murder trial of former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Aaron Dean.
Dean is accused of fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson, a…
Earth had its fifth warmest fall on record: NOAA
Tayeb Benzian / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rising temperatures are continuing to set alarming trends around the world, according to new data released Wednesday by climate scientists.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that …