YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co.’s high-flying chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested Monday and will be dismissed after he allegedly under-reported his income and engaged in other misconduct, the company said Monday. The Japanese automaker’s CEO Hiroto Saikawa confirmed that Ghosn was arrested after being questioned by prosecutors following his arrival in Japan earlier in…
Fortnite now has more than 200 million players, making it among the most-played games in the history of the medium. The new statistic, which comes from Bloomberg, represents a 60 percent increase in players since Epic Games shared information back in June. The following month, Epic Games was valued at up to $8 billion, and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- Mission Viejo (Calif.) continued its dominant play and looks to move to 22-0 when it takes on Dana Hills (Dana Point, Calif.) today. The Cougars of Alexander Central (Taylorsville, N.C.) tallied three wins last week and made North Carolina history by breaking the consecutive wins streak of 83. Now at 86 consecutive wins,…
TV’s biggest night ― besides the Sunday when “Game of Thrones” finally returns ― is here! The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards kicked off on Monday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California with “Saturday Night Live” stars and Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che at the helm. The awards show marked an unprecedented standoff…
Prince Harry, who turns 34 on Saturday, has lived a life of contradictions. He’s grown up with extreme privilege, but he’s also carried the burden of the world’s scrutiny. He’s known for his many charitable efforts, as well as for his partying. Due to circumstances outside of his control, he was born a royal —…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Ten NCAA® softball student-athletes, who excel both on and off the field, were selected as finalists on April 7 for the 2014-15 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate softball. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be classified as NCAA Division I seniors and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence:…
A South African court on Wednesday handed jail terms of 23 and 18 years to two white farmers who murdered a black teenager suspected of stealing sunflowers in a remote farming community. Pieter Doorewaard, 28, and Philip Schutte, 35, were found to have killed 15-year-old Matlhomola Mosweu on April 20 2017, after claiming they caught him taking a plant from…
Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Kirby and director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, has revealed why Kirby was the only character to survive the attack on our beloved characters in Ultimate’s World of Light story mode. From a Famitsu Column written by Sakurai, via Source Gaming, he explained why, of all the 74 characters in Smash’s…
Oscar Isaac, who has played Resistance pilot Poe Dameron since Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has said that Star Wars: Episode IX handles Carrie Fisher’s Leia in “a really beautiful way.” Speaking to The Daily Beast, Isaac promised that “the still untitled ninth film will pay appropriate homage to Leia – and to Fisher’s sense…
Ethiopian Airlines said 157 passengers and crew members were killed when one of its jets crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday morning. At least nine Britons and one Irish citizen were among the dead, as were scientists, doctors, aid workers and three members of a Slovakian MP’s family. The Foreign Office said:…