Kobe Bryant attends the LA Community Screening Of Warner Bros Pictures’ “Just Mercy” at Cinemark Baldwin Hills on January 06, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant was killed in a California helicopter crash on Sunday morning. Five people were killed in the crash in Calabasas, Los Angeles, according to

A Chinese passenger that just arrived on the last bullet train from Wuhan to Beijing is checked for a fever by a health worker at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images BEIJING — Preliminary data show the scale at which the coronavirus outbreak is affecting

A Boeing branded 777X-9 sits at Boeing’s facility in Everett after it was announced that their 777X model will make its first test flight later in the week in Everett, Washington, January 21, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing‘s 777X, part of a new generation of the wide-body aircraft, took off in its maiden flight

Health care members make first aid to people as they cover their faces with sanitary masks after the first cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Hong Kong. Miguel Candela | Getty Images President Xi Jinping on Saturday warned that the spread of the coronavirus presents a “grave situation,” as officials from central China to

A woman adjusts her mask to prevent an outbreak of a new coronavirus at the Hong Kong West Kowloon High Speed Train Station, in Hong Kong, China January 23, 2020. Tyrone Siu | Reuters Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has declared a virus emergency in the city of 7.3 million, extending school cancellations until February

Lawyers say they want the New Orleans Saints and its spokesman to testify about that football team’s public relations assistance to the Archdiocese of New Orleans regarding clergy sexual abuse cases, court documents reveal. The lawyers represent a man who is suing the archdiocese on claims he was sexually abused as a boy by a

Two workers walk under the wing of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, March 27, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has told airlines that it could lift a flight ban on the Boeing 737 Max before mid-year, ahead of the manufacturer’s new timeline

A Chinese passenger that just arrived on the last bullet train from Wuhan to Beijing is checked for a fever by a health worker at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb predicted on CNBC on Friday the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak

A Chinese passenger that just arrived on the last bullet train from Wuhan to Beijing is checked for a fever by a health worker at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images China’s National Health Commission said as many as 25 people have died from a

People visit the General Electric stand during the China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center on November 7, 2018 in Shanghai, China. VCG | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading on Thursday: General Electric — Shares of GE rose more than 3% after Morgan Stanley

Procter & Gamble on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results. Shares of the company fell 1% in premarket trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $1.42, adjusted, vs. $1.37 expected Revenue: $18.24 billion vs. $18.37 billion expected Excluding items, the

Kanazawa is known as Japan’s “Little Kyoto” for a reason. Up until the late 19th Century, the castle town of Kanazawa flourished under the powerful Maeda clan, who ruled over an ancient province then known as Kaga. Cherry blossom petals fall in Nagamachi samurai district. DavidCallan Today, Kanazawa is a lively modern city with a

An ambulance worker in protective clothing boards an ambulance outside the Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The World Health Organization postponed making a decision Wednesday on whether the mysterious coronavirus that has killed at least 17 people

President Donald Trump told CNBC on Wednesday that he trusts the information coming out of China on the coronavirus as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the first case of it in the United States. “We have it totally under control,” Trump told “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen in an interview from the

Zhang Yichen, chairman and chief executive officer of Citic Capital Holdings Ltd. Paul Miller | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumption, healthcare and technology are three sector picks for investing in China, said CITIC Capital’s top executive on Tuesday. “For us, the top priority … is still on consumption, because it’s still growing at a higher

Boeing doesn’t expect regulators to sign off on the 737 Max until June or July, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. That date is months later than the manufacturer previously expected. The delays pose another headache for carriers who have already missed one peak travel season without the planes. Shares of the aircraft manufacturer

President Donald Trump’s lack of engagement on the issue of climate change has meant companies will need to step up their environmental efforts instead, according to the CEO of Nasdaq. “I actually believe that because of the fact that the government hasn’t been engaged on this topic, the corporate world has realized we need to

Superman Man of Steel Source: Warner Brothers Superman is getting a new show on Warner Bros.’ CW network, but so far, the big screen has proven to be his kryptonite. The box office flop of “Justice League,” along with negative reviews for a majority of films that included America’s favorite hero in blue in the

The tails of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked at Boeing facilities at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, September 16, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing is talking to banks about borrowing $10 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company faces rising costs stemming

People walk near the entrance to BBC Broadcasting House on October 22, 2012 in London, England. Peter Macdiarmid | Getty Images Tony Hall will step down as the director general of the BBC in the summer to make way for a new person who will negotiate its future with the government, he said on Monday.