This week's top news stories included one about Macron being seen singing in the midst of the chaos caused by the signing of Pension Reform and another about Justice Clarence Thomas's yearly income from a closed real estate company.
It was also widely discussed how a bankruptcy court in the US had ordered to cease thousands of talc lawsuits against J&J.
The following are this week's recommended reads.
Macron During Pension Reform Upheaval
Following the signing of the contentious pension reform bill into law on Tuesday, April 18, footage of French President Emmanuel Macron singing the traditional song Le Refuge emerged.
This comes as the newly signed bill causes chaos. Protesters opposing a two-year increase in the retirement age have caused upheaval throughout the country since the bill's passage.
Many online users believed the French leader's singing video was faked using AI or other technology. But, Macron's friends verified it.
Lyft Driver Assaulted and Carjacked
A violent incident was reported earlier this week when a Lyft driver was carjacked and assaulted in southern Baltimore.
Police said the driver took a fare in the 100 block of South Payson Street.
It was reported that three males and three women approached a Lyft driver's new blue Toyota Corolla, attacked him, stole his phone, and fled in his vehicle. The carjacked Lyft driver escaped and asked for assistance calling the police.
Netflix Outage Amid Livestream
A global outage was reported by customers just before the Love is Blind reunion program was scheduled to go online.
Netflix users on the site and in the app have raised concerns about the service's current state. They were unable to enjoy their favorite programs or movies, especially the highly-anticipated live broadcast of Love Is Blind: The Live Reunion.
Netflix tweeted an apology to viewers. It said, "We are incredibly sorry that the "Love is Blind Live Reunion" did not turn out as we had planned."
Clarence Thomas' Annual Income From Closed Firm
Clarence Thomas, a justice on the US Supreme Court, has revealed in court documents that his family has made hundreds of thousands of dollars in rental income through a firm called Ginger Limited Partnership over the last two decades.
That company, however, has been out of business since 2006. His wife's family started the real estate company in Nebraska in the 1980s.
New suspicions have been raised concerning the justice's financial transactions, regardless of whether the gap can be explained by a simple paperwork error.
Canceled J&J Talc Lawsuits
Thousands of cases alleging that J&J's talc products caused cancer were halted by a bankruptcy court in the US.
As part of the second effort to resolve the litigation in bankruptcy proceedings, a firm subsidiary was also ordered to suspend any associated trials. The majority of the case was put on hold by an order from Judge Michael Kaplan in Trenton, New Jersey.
The choice was made while the firm was negotiating a large settlement with the plaintiffs for $8.9 billion.
