Elon Musk says Twitter is a software and servers company at its heart and told employees they must decide by Thursday evening if they want to remain a part of the business, according to an email the new owner sent to Twitter workers. Musk wrote that employees “will need to …

A man sentenced to death for the killing and dismemberment of a Nebraska woman he met through the dating app Tinder lost his initial appeal in which he argued he should have been granted a mistrial after violently disrupting his own trial. The Nebraska Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the …

Alec Baldwin has sued the armorer and several other crew members involved in the “Rust” production for negligence over a year after a gun he was holding discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza on a Western film set in New Mexico. In the lawsuit, Baldwin alleges …

Twitter on Wednesday rolled out a gray “official” check mark next to some social media accounts to indicate that the social media company had verified their authenticity. Within hours, Elon Musk scrapped the plan. “I just killed it,” the Tesla CEO and Twitter’s new owner said in reply to a …

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin disclosed Wednesday that he has apologized to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi via a personal note for his widely-derided remarks in the wake of the violent attack on her 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, in the couple’s San Francisco home last month. Youngkin initially made the remarks at …

The Biden administration’s announcement that up to $20,000 in student loan debt will be canceled for borrowers will bring welcome relief to millions, as long as courts allow. But that relief won’t do anything to slow the rapidly rising cost of going to college. In the 1963-1964 academic year, the …

A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says she and other employees suffered unsafe working conditions that included being forced to climb out a laundry room window to get to a bathroom anytime the Bezos family was home. In a lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court in Seattle …

Michael J. Fox has revealed new details about a tumultuous year of health problems as he continues to battle Parkinson’s disease. In a cover story interview for People Magazine, Fox shared that the past year came with a personal loss and a series of broken bones.  Known for his roles …

Elon Musk, who has changed his Twitter handle to “chief Twit,” late Thursday proclaimed that “the bird is freed” as he took control of the social media platform. The question now is whether the billionaire Tesla CEO can grow the business while fulfilling his vow to transform it into a …

A federal judge in Arizona said he hopes to decide by Friday whether to order members of a group to stop monitoring outdoor ballot drop boxes in the Phoenix area in an effort that has sparked allegations of voter intimidation. The groups Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino …