Questions swirl as Zappos founder Tony Hsieh's death investigation moves ahead

A former Rochester police chief who was fired in connection with the department’s response to the death of Daniel Prude revealed the city’s mayor pushed him to lie about her handling of the investigation – and claimed he was ousted when he refused to do so, recently filed court papers show.

Janet W. Lee Longtime talent manager Shirley Grant, who developed stars including the Jonas Brothers, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Allison Smith, died Tuesday evening in New Jersey.Dave McKeown, a talent manager and former employee of her firm, Shirley Grant Management, shared the news in a tribute.

Public.com, a social network focused on democratizing stock market investing, has raised $65 million in a Series C round.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPublic.com, the social stock-investment app startup, tapped more celebrity backers for its $65 million Series C funding round.Among those are pro skateboarder Tony Hawk and EDM-pop duo the Chainsmokers, through their Mantis VC fund.

A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country. The Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court found Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” guilty of killing, dismembering and storing the bodies of the victims in his apartment in Zama, near Tokyo.

Christmas is just a round the corner, and considering the year everyone has been having a little festive cheer is no bad thing. As the public holiday is only two weeks away, it is likely that many of you have already decorated your homes for the festive period.

Wendy Williams has announced that her beloved mother Shirley Williams has passed away.

Wendy Williams shared the news that her mother, Shirley Williams, died “many weeks ago” and she has been keeping it private.“You know how during corona[virus], during the world, topsy-turvy, people starving, people out of jobs, just in everybody’s life there’s something new, and you know how you lose track of the day and date, and the times, all I know is that it was a long time ago,” the host, 56, said. “She passed away beautifully and peacefully and surrounded by love.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Balls has taken to Instagram to remember her brother David who died 17 years ago.

Known to sitcom fans as one half of greaser duo Lenny and Squiggy on “Laverne & Shirley”, David L. Lander has passed away at age 73.

Singer Jewel had a stark and sadly prescient warning for Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who died last week at age 46 due to injuries sustained in a fire at his Connecticut home.

Zappos founder and former CEO Tony Hsieh’s family has released a statement to Las Vegas media in the wake of the shoe magnate’s death following a Connecticut house fire. Tony Hsieh’s family thanked the public for “the outpouring of love and respect” in the wake of the 46-year-old’s Nov.

The Connecticut home where former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was trapped in a fire reportedly belonged to his rumored girlfriend, a longtime employee of the shoe e-tailer and a prominent cellist. Hsieh, 46, was overcome by smoke inside a shed attached to a $1.3 million home in New London that he’d purchased in August for Rachael Brown, according to Fox 61.

Colleagues of the recently retired Zappos founder who died days after being rescued from a fire in New London, Conn., fear his alleged habitual consumption of nitrous oxide and alcohol could have fed the blaze or prevented him from escaping it, according to a recent report.

Tony Hsieh was the longtime CEO of Zappos, who built the online shoe retailer into a billion-dollar business.Hsieh was a recent Harvard graduate when he founded LinkExchange, an early internet advertising network. In 1998, two and a half years after he founded it, Hsieh sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265 million.

Republican Carlos Gimenez, who toppled a Democratic incumbent in November to win a South Florida congressional seat, brings to Washington nearly three decades of leadership in local governance, tackling budget cutbacks, public safety and most recently the coronavirus pandemic. Gimenez, who served as mayor of Miami-Dade County for much of the last decade, says he's proven he can cut taxes, make government run smoothly, spur economic development and even slash his own salary by 50%.

Natalie Oganesyan editorLongtime technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist and former CEO of Zappos Tony Hsieh died as a result of injuries sustained in a house fire Nov. 18 while visiting family in Connecticut, the New York Times reported.