Vince McMahon, a co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, will pay over $1.7 million to settle allegations that he concealed payment arrangements linked to sexual assault charges, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday. According to the SEC, McMahon made substantial misstatements in the company's 2018 and 2021 financial statements and evaded internal accounting controls at WWE. The SEC further stated that McMahon accepted the settlement without acknowledging or refuting its conclusions. He will reimburse WWE almost $1,331,000 and pay a $400,000 civil penalty. Executives of the company are not allowed to sign significant contracts on the firm's behalf and keep that information secret from the auditor and control functions. In a statement, the New York Regional Offic...

The president-elect was sentenced to an unconditional discharge by the New York judge who heard Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday. This means that, although he is now a convicted felon under New York state law, he will not be subject to any additional punishments. A somber Trump stated, "This has been a very terrible experience," while addressing the judge virtually from his Florida residence. He claimed that it was done to harm my reputation in order to cause me to lose the race. "I am completely innocent. He insisted, "I didn't do anything wrong." Ten days before Trump is scheduled to take the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States, he was sentenced. Before imposing his sentence, Judge Juan Merchan stated, "This court has never before been presented with such a ...

Vince McMahon, a co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, will pay over $1.7 million to settle allegations that he concealed payment arrangements linked to sexual assault charges, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday. According to the SEC, McMahon made substantial misstatements in the company's 2018 and 2021 financial statements and evaded internal accounting controls at WWE. The SEC further stated that McMahon accepted the settlement without acknowledging or refuting its conclusions. He will reimburse WWE almost $1,331,000 and pay a $400,000 civil penalty. Executives of the company are not allowed to sign significant contracts on the firm's behalf and keep that information secret from the auditor and control functions. In a statement, the New York Regional Offic...

Washington The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday over whether to reject a bill that would likely outlaw the social networking app TikTok in the US. Attorneys for TikTok, some of its users, and the Biden administration are presenting oral arguments to the court's nine justices, which has a conservative majority. A preliminary ruling is anticipated in the next days or hours. Enacted with widespread bipartisan support, the law mandates that ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which is based in China, sell out its stake in the company by January 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The platform that millions of Americans utilize would be prohibited if no sale occurred. TikTok and a few of its users filed a lawsuit to have the measure blocked, claiming it infrin...

The president-elect was sentenced to an unconditional discharge by the New York judge who heard Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday. This means that, although he is now a convicted felon under New York state law, he will not be subject to any additional punishments. A somber Trump stated, "This has been a very terrible experience," while addressing the judge virtually from his Florida residence. He claimed that it was done to harm my reputation in order to cause me to lose the race. "I am completely innocent. He insisted, "I didn't do anything wrong." Ten days before Trump is scheduled to take the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States, he was sentenced. Before imposing his sentence, Judge Juan Merchan stated, "This court has never before been presented with such a ...

Washington The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday over whether to reject a bill that would likely outlaw the social networking app TikTok in the US. Attorneys for TikTok, some of its users, and the Biden administration are presenting oral arguments to the court's nine justices, which has a conservative majority. A preliminary ruling is anticipated in the next days or hours. Enacted with widespread bipartisan support, the law mandates that ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which is based in China, sell out its stake in the company by January 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The platform that millions of Americans utilize would be prohibited if no sale occurred. TikTok and a few of its users filed a lawsuit to have the measure blocked, claiming it infrin...

A string of fierce wildfires broke out Tuesday and surged throughout the Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of houses and killing at least ten people. The fires were fueled by strong winds and dry conditions. A city official in Los Angeles called Tuesday night "one of the most devastating and terrifying" that she had seen in her area of the city, while a Los Angeles County fire official stated that two of the fires were responsible for an unspecified number of serious injuries. For live coverage, click this link. According to climate scientist Daniel Swain, "the more information we get, the worse this looks." What we know about the flames is as follows. Where are the fires? The Palisades Fire erupted Tuesday morning in Pacific Palisades, a Los Angeles County neighborho...

Numerous sites with a place in film and cultural history have been among the thousands of buildings burned or damaged by this week's catastrophic wildfires in Southern California. Authorities say at least six people have been killed in the Los Angeles region fires, which have destroyed homes, businesses, and schools at a startling rate. Pacific Palisades, a wealthy enclave west of downtown Los Angeles that the Beach Boys mentioned in Surfin USA, their 1963 hymn to sunny coastal California living, is one of the regions most severely affected. The following are a some of the famous sites that have sustained damage: Palisades Charter High School: This public school has frequently used as the backdrop for Hollywood movies, such as the 2003 Freaky Friday remake starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie ...

After roaring wildfires consumed parts of the Los Angeles area, tens of thousands of Southern Californians were urged to leave their homes. About 3,000 acres of the Pacific Palisades, a community situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains, have already been destroyed by the biggest of the wildfires. With catastrophic wind gusts expected to reach 100 mph throughout Wednesday, the fires are posing a threat to homes. Anthony C. Marrone, the fire chief for Los Angeles County, issued a warning, stating that all inhabitants of the county are at risk due to the National Weather Service's prediction of a persistent red flag weather event with high winds and low humidity. Officials suggest that if you have been ordered to evacuate, you should do so right away and not hesitate...

The Summary Exceptionally dry conditions and strong Santa Ana winds have fueled the dangerous fires in Los Angeles. Southern California has been abnormally dry for months, even in what is typically the rainy season. Devastating blazes are expected to become more frequent as climate change amplifies the ingredients that help wildfires ignite and spread. A frightening triple combination of extreme conditions—a protracted drought, an extremely dry winter, and strong Santa Ana winds—has sparked multiple out-of-control wildfires in the Los Angeles area. As of Wednesday, two people have been killed and over 1,000 buildings had been burned by fast-moving fires that had devoured the Pacific Palisades area, portions of Pasadena and Altadena, and Sylmar, north of San Fernando. Furi...