The rental car company purchased 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla, only months after it flirted with bankruptcy. This order meant Tesla’s stock price surged and the company is now worth more than $1 trillion. Naturally, that also has a knock-on effect for its co-founder and CEO, as well as his bank balance. How Much Is Elon Musk Worth? After the Hertz order, Musk is now estimated by Bloomberg to be worth a staggering $288....

On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Musk had purchased a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, becoming the social media platform’s biggest shareholder, according to a U.S. securities filing. Just after noon on Monday, Musk tweeted “oh hi lol,” his first since news broke of his Twitter stock purchase. Lavern Spicer, a Republican congressional candidate, responded to Musk’s tweet with a message of gratitude for “helping to save western civilization.” Ryan Petty, whose daughter was killed in the shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, told Musk “all we ask is a level playing field....

Elon Musk is again twitting Bitcoin on Twitter, but this time his cryptic comments have drawn sharp criticism from crypto true believers. His recent comments undercut the efforts of investors to establish Bitcoin as an asset class and may erode Musk’s standing as leader of two major companies, Tesla and SpaceX. In a recent comment, the Tesla CEO posted a breakup meme: a photo of a young couple sitting on a couch with arms crossed and looking in opposite directions....

The world’s richest man has been attempting to solve global conflicts via the medium of tweets over the past few days, resulting in confusion, and no little consternation. The controversies surrounding Musk’s posts on Ukraine or Taiwan have brought up questions which have frequently been asked about the billionaire—what exactly are his political philosophies and how does he want the world to look? While the political views of tech entrepreneurs are not normally discussed or debated, where Musk lies in the political spectrum gained significance amid his multi-billion-dollar takeover of Twitter, which has the potential to change how social media operates forever, not to mention his plans to change the course of human civilization with his space and transit technology....

Reports of changes to the 2019 film emerged after Entertainment Weekly digital director Shana Krochmal tweeted Wednesday about noticing the changes while on a Delta flight. Several other passengers have weighed in online to add that they have also noticed the edits. “On @Delta today discovered that #Rocketman is stripped of almost every gay reference or scene that @eltonofficial fought to keep in the film’s mainstream release, including a simple chaste kiss,” tweeted Krochmal....

Described as “skin and bones,” the dog was picked up by the team from Stray Rescue of St. Louis, who work 365 days a year. Stray Rescue of St. Louis was founded in 1998 and has over 60 staff members, thousands of volunteers, and more than 400 foster families who open their homes to dogs in need. In what the team described as a “miracle,” the dog was picked up and taken to safety at the rescue center, where he was named Wishbone....

As a former world title challenger, the 39-year-old Blandamura (29-3, 5 KOs) returns to the ring following his win over Nikola Matic in April, while England’s Morrison (20-3, 14 KOs) is coming off a decision victory over Darryl Sharp in April as well. Join DAZN to watch 100+ fight nights a year The co-main event sees Serhiy Demchenko (21-14-1, 14 KOs) take on former French light-heavyweight Champion Hakim Zoulikha (26-10, 11 KOs) for the vacant European Union title and the undercard also features some of the best talent that Rome has to offer....

What Is an Embryo? An embryo is the early stage of a baby’s development during pregnancy. The first stage is the fertilized egg (zygote). It divides to become a blastocyst and travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus, where it may implant to establish the pregnancy. The developing baby is termed an embryo from week five until the end of the 10th week of pregnancy (counted from the last menstrual period)....

But within days of publication, that wasn’t so clear. A more careful examination of Lanza’s work showed he’d only proposed a new method, but hadn’t in fact proved it worked from start to finish. And, by relying on human embryos, he still couldn’t avoid the inevitable firestorm. Publicly, the White House took a measured approach, calling the reports “encouraging.” Some social conservatives, particularly Roman Catholics, were far more critical. Though they claimed a moral victory, saying their hard-line position had forced scientists to consider the ethical status of the embryo, they dismissed Lanza’s approach....

Confused residents took to Twitter to share screenshots of the message that interrupted programming. “Emergency Alert System. A civil authority has issued an IMMEDIATE EVACUATION NOTICE for the following counties or areas,” the message said. The list included Los Angeles and Ventura, California, as well as Eastern North Pacific Ocean, and Port Conception to Guadalupe Island. It was not clear how many people received the alert. But the Ventura Country Sheriff’s Office later wrote on Twitter that it had been sent in error....

Cavani hits 100-goal mark for PSG The reigning Ligue 1 champions beat Angers 2-0 on Wednesday courtesy of goals from Thiago Silva and Edinson Cavani to leapfrog Monaco into second place in the table, just one point behind surprise leaders Nice. PSG are now on a 12-game unbeaten run after an indifferent start under Emery and the former Sevilla boss is pleased with the progress they have been making....

The 47-year-old joined the Khartoum Stadium outfit in November 2017 after signing a two-year contract. Within that duration, he won three matches, drew two and lost three in the Sudanese top-flight. And the former Nigeria U17 and U20 coach has revealed that the inability of the club to pay him for two months made both parties part ways ‘amicably’. “After going two months unpaid, I had a meeting with the club director on Tuesday and he explained their financial struggles," Amuneke told BBC Sport....

Let’s remind ourselves of that play, shall we? MORE: Colts’ Ahmad Bradshaw has broken ankle | IYER: NFC South even worse than imagined That’s harsh. Luckily, Sanders wasn’t dead and he was able to tweet about how he was alive the next day. On Tuesday, it got even better when the Broncos wide receiver flipped the whole thing on its head. Heavenly.

In the lead up to the Emmy Awards, experts from multiple entertainment sites have given their predictions. Newsweek has collated predictions from Time, The Guardian, CNet, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Gold Derby, Vanity Fair and The AV Club to give you the best idea of who will win in the major show and acting categories – as well as giving offering some of our preferred winners. Outstanding drama series...

Footage reportedly shot in the city of Balakliya, which is around 43 miles southeast of the eastern city of Kharkiv, shows a group of women welcoming the soldiers. The clip posted to Twitter by Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk shows the group emerging from a building to hug soldiers as they arrive. “Ladies greet [Ukrainian] soldiers in liberated Balakliya after 6 months of Russian occupation…I can watch endlessly,” Gumenyuk tweeted. As of Friday afternoon, the video had been viewed more than 750,000 times....

Gulp. It is not an easy thing for a Democrat to contemplate the use of power; postponing it until next week is always better. But, to Bill Clinton’s credit, he did the right thing. It’s even vaguely possible, if the president proceeds steadfastly, that his bizarre Caribbean adventure will not prove cataclysmic. The Haitian army may be disarmed and the police restrained. The junta may resign. Aristide may return (he may even be a reasonable democrat)....

The good news is, the companies that design plans for employers have been polishing their offerings, and employers with renewed profitability are in a better position to adopt new plans. At the same time, lower taxes on capital gains and dividends make tax-deferred retirement plans somewhat less valuable by comparison, especially for high-bracket taxpayers: the profits you earn on stocks you buy yourself will be taxed at 15 percent, tops, compared with the 25 percent or more you’re likely to pay on your retirement-plan profits....

Ti-Lar Bee, known as @operachick, posted about the incident on TikTok where it received more than 1.2 million views and 1,800 comments. The video can be found here. Recent Layoffs Layoffs typically occur when a company is restructuring or because the company is no longer able to employ a department, with the pandemic resulting in many companies restructuring and laying off many employees. A recent survey of 722 U.S. executives conducted by PwC found that half of the firms are expecting to reduce the number of employees while 52 percent foresee a hiring freeze....

How these conflicts play out could define the shape of the employment landscape not just in the near term but for years to come, experts say, as employers and workers begin negotiating the terms of re-engagement. For now, they are oceans apart: While 83 percent of CEOs want employees to return in person, only 10 percent of employees want to come back full time, according to a study by the Best Practice Institute....

EMTALA was developed to combat “patient dumping,” the practice of refusing to treat people who did not have the ability to pay for healthcare services. It guarantees those with insufficient means will not be turned away from emergency medical care. Most U.S. hospitals participate in Medicare so that in effect the law covers virtually all hospitals. EMTALA is contained within the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and falls under the auspices of CMS, the Center for Medicare Services....