New York — Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction. The 1964 silkscreen image shows Monroe in vibrant close-up – hair yellow, eyeshadow blue …

Ask anyone who’s been around the Houston, Texas, courthouse for a while about Catherine Shelton, and they’ll know the name. She was “a nice-lookin’ young lawyer,” said attorney Lloyd Oliver, who knew her when she came on the legal scene. “She had beautiful blonde hair. She was shapely. And she …

Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter  with commitments of more than $7 billion from a range of investors, including Silicon Valley titans like Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. Other investors include Sequoia Capital Fund, which pledged $800 million, and VyCapital, which pledged $700 …

Ford Motor said it lost $3.1 billion over the past three months and its revenue slid, in part because of a shortage of semiconductor chips which limited the number of pickups and SUVs available for sale in North America, but also as a result of its heavy investment in electric-vehicle …

Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief of staff Tina Flournoy is leaving the Biden-Harris administration and will be replaced by veteran White House staffer Lorraine Voles, a White House official tells CBS News.  Voles has been a senior adviser to the vice president since last summer and served as communications director …

Tesla reported Wednesday that its first-quarter net earnings were over seven times greater than a year ago, powered by strong sales despite global supply-chain challenges and pandemic-related production cuts in China.  The electric vehicle and solar panel company made $3.32 billion from January through March. Revenue for the quarter was …

The White House Easter Egg Roll is returning in person, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Easter Egg Roll takes place all day Monday, when thousands of children will fill the White House’s South Lawn.  The theme of the 2022 Easter Egg Roll is “EGGucation,” inspired …

Shortly after moving to South Florida for a new job with the U.S. military, Shannon Kaufman and his wife, Wendy, signed up for another mission: buying a home. After visiting 200 listings and making offers on 15 homes that ultimately didn’t pan out, the Kaufmans finally found a home that …

U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into electric and hybrid vehicle batteries after five automakers issued recalls due to possible defects that could cause fires or stalling. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the probe covers more than 138,000 vehicles with batteries made by LG Energy Solution of …

The U.S. government is suing Intuit, alleging that the owner of the widely used tax filing software TurboTax is lying to customers by claiming the product is free and then steering them toward paid services and products. The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint on Monday in the Northern District …