2024-04-26 06:30
The head of Mexico's detective service apologized Thursday for saying his country is "the champion" of fentanyl and meth production, the AP reports. The comments Tuesday by Felipe de Jesus G… Read More
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2024-04-26 06:00
You know her as Emma Stone, but she was born Emily Stone—and that's what she'd prefer to be called, if you ever happen to meet her. The actress and her co-star in the limited Showtime… Read More
2024-04-26 05:30
The 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, ended with a woman dead after one of the attendees drove into a group of counter-protesters. But in Donald Trump's opinion, it… Read More
2024-04-26 05:00
Caleb Williams swiftly walked on stage, looked out and screamed "Woooo! Yeah!" Long-suffering Bears fans felt his joy. Williams is heading to the Windy City, aiming to become the franchise q… Read More
2024-04-26 00:25
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday reinstated net neutrality regulations that prohibit internet service providers from interfering with online speeds to favor certain websites… Read More
2024-04-25 23:40
The tossing of Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction in New York may have been shocking, but prosecutors had taken a series of chances when pursuing the case, Jodi Kantor writes in a New… Read More
2024-04-25 23:15
The University of Southern California, which was embroiled in disputes with pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists before protests over Middle East policy intensified this week on college… Read More
2024-04-25 22:45
The first ships passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore on Thursday after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, halting… Read More
2024-04-25 22:15
The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith after a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison sentence Thursday in New Orleans. It was the second time Cardell Hayes, 36, faced sen… Read More
2024-04-25 20:12
US stocks fell sharply Thursday on worries about a toxic cocktail for financial markets, one where inflation remains stubbornly high but the economy's growth flags, per the AP . A drop for F… Read More
2024-04-25 19:48
Donald Trump's dizzying day in court continued in New York on Thursday as former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker picked up his testimony in the hush-money trial. Pecker elaborated o… Read More
2024-04-25 19:23
A rapper who supported protests in Iran after the death in custody of a young woman arrested for not wearing a hijab has been sentenced to death. Reuters reports that the media department of… Read More
2024-04-25 18:50
More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, reports the AP . Ships and a spotter plane were… Read More
2024-04-25 18:29
The "case is submitted." With those words, Chief Justice John Roberts wrapped up Thursday's historic testimony about absolute presidential immunity —and whether Donald Trump can be pro… Read More
2024-04-25 18:01
Every spring, the so-called "Icefall Doctors" leave Everest base camp and begin marking the year's official climbing route up to Camp 1. These specialized Nepalese climbers have what's been… Read More
2024-04-25 17:36
More than 50% of plastic pollution around the world can't be traced to a company, as the elements have erased all branding. But of the pollution that remains branded, more than half can be t… Read More
2024-04-25 17:13
The "rat hole" is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately called the "rat hole" was removed Wednesday after city officials determined the section bearing the imprint… Read More
2024-04-25 16:51
Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? In this case perhaps, "I see a tourist bothering me." That's after a vacation in Romania's Carpathian Mountains went horribly awry for one woman afte… Read More
2024-04-25 07:00
Among the rappers Drake now has beef with: Tupac Shakur, or at least the late rapper's estate. Drake last week released a diss track targeting Kendrick Lamar, and AI software was used to pro… Read More
2024-04-25 06:30
A self-exiled Chinese businessman is set to face an anonymous jury at his trial next month on fraud charges after a judge on Wednesday cited his past willingness to tamper with judicial proc… Read More
2024-04-25 06:00
Police peacefully arrested student protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday, hours after police at a Texas university aggressively detained dozens in the latest clash… Read More
2024-04-25 05:30
After a bishop and a priest were stabbed during a livestreamed church service in Sydney, Australia, earlier this month, police launched a wide-ranging investigation that led to seven boys be… Read More
2024-04-25 05:00
A top Hamas political official told the Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons an… Read More
2024-04-25 00:47
A grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday indicted seven lawyers and aides tied to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, plus 11 state Republicans, in connection with their effort to subvert… Read More
2024-04-25 00:20
More than one-quarter of US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire, and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. About 1 in 4 have no… Read More
2024-04-24 23:35
Arizona's 1864 abortion ban appears unlikely to survive 2024. After two failed efforts , the state House voted 32-28 Wednesday to repeal the near-total ban on abortions, the Arizona Republic… Read More
2024-04-24 23:10
When Jane Monroe was asked what she'd done during World War II, her answer was "Oh, I made tea." Dulcie Klusmann later confessed, "We had to make up a bunch of lies." The reason is that the… Read More
2024-04-24 19:41
Eleven couples say a California fertility clinic destroyed their embryos but went ahead and implanted them anyway, according to a new lawsuit—the second of at least eight expected to b… Read More
2024-04-24 19:18
Democratic Rep. Donald Payne Jr. has become the first House member to die in office during the 118th Congress. The 65-year-old, who had represented New Jersey's 10th District since 2012, had… Read More
2024-04-24 18:55
Running a marathon might seem daunting enough, but running a marathon while sipping 25 glasses of wine? Such is the rather dubious (or admirable) achievement of 52-year-old Tom Gilbey, who s… Read More
2024-04-24 18:35
Hamas on Wednesday released a video showing one of the "most recognizable" hostages who still remain in Gaza, as CNN describes Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The video offers proof the Israeli-Americ… Read More
2024-04-24 18:15
As pro- and anti-abortion rights protesters gathered outside, the Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that pits Idaho's strict abortion law against a federal law on emergency t… Read More
2024-04-24 17:50
David Brooks says he still thinks President Biden is the Democrats' strongest candidate for president, but he's getting more pessimistic about his chances of beating Donald Trump in November… Read More
2024-04-24 17:30
In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak w… Read More
2024-04-24 17:10
Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff's office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. The Newberry County Sheriff's Office… Read More
2024-04-24 16:50
"We're in a new universe in transplantation," Dr. Robert Montgomery of the transplant institute at NYU Langone Health said Wednesday. He announced that a New Jersey woman is the second livin… Read More
2024-04-24 07:30
As protesters chanted "Blood on your hands," Tennessee's state House on Tuesday passed a bill that will allow handguns to be carried by some teachers and staff on school campuses. The legisl… Read More
2024-04-24 06:30
George Santos is out: The disgraced former congressman has dropped his bid to return to Congress. In a post on X Tuesday, Santos, who was expelled from the House of Representatives (where he… Read More
2024-04-24 06:00
The United Nations called Tuesday for "a clear, transparent and credible investigation" of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops, t… Read More
2024-04-24 05:30
While testifying at Donald Trump's hush money trial Tuesday , the former publisher of the National Enquirer said that an infamous 2016 story about Ted Cruz's father was completely fabricated… Read More
2024-04-24 05:00
Kensington Palace has released a photograph of Prince Louis to celebrate the young royal's 6th birthday, the first image by Catherine, Princess of Wales, it has distributed since news organi… Read More
2024-04-24 02:03
This story has been updated with new developments. The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Biden after months of dela… Read More
2024-04-24 01:52
Tuesday was primary day in Pennsylvania and, to nobody's surprise, the AP called the Democratic and Republican races for President Biden and Donald Trump soon after polls closed at 8pm. Both… Read More
2024-04-24 00:37
If you prefer Coca-Cola made with cane sugar to Coca-Cola made with corn syrup, this could be your lucky week. Food & Wine reports that, as in years past, some bottles of Coke have yello… Read More
2024-04-23 19:24
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker discussed his long history with Donald Trump when took the stand for a second day in Trump's hush-money trial Tuesday. Pecker said he met Trum… Read More
2024-04-23 18:58
A $12 billion passenger bullet train designed to link Las Vegas and Los Angeles was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company building it p… Read More
2024-04-23 18:35
If you're among the Americans trying to get that beach body ready, it looks like you'd better get cracking, because you might not want much more than that swimsuit on during this summer. NOA… Read More
2024-04-23 18:11
It's no secret that law enforcement agencies often assign code names to various cases to keep them as hush-hush as possible, but one used for the investigation into Donald Trump's handling o… Read More
2024-04-23 17:47
The leader of Papua New Guinea has accused President Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the US president had been eaten by "cannibals" there du… Read More
2024-04-23 17:21
The settlement is even bigger than expected: The Justice Department will pay nearly $139 million to resolve 139 claims over its handling of sex abuse cases involving Team USA gymnastics doct… Read More
2024-04-23 17:00
The pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University, infiltrated by police last week, is back in place, and with it, similar encampments at universities around the country. These… Read More
2024-04-23 16:35
The judge in Donald Trump's hush-money trial is considering holding the former president in contempt for going after witnesses, jurors, and others related to the case on social media. Before… Read More
2024-04-23 16:12
The owner and manager of the massive container ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month should be held fully liable for the deadly collapse, according to court papers file… Read More
2024-04-23 07:00
A state senator and former broadcast meteorologist was arrested on suspicion of burglary early Monday in the northwestern Minnesota city of Detroit Lakes, police said. Democratic Sen. Nicole… Read More
2024-04-23 06:30
A fashion designer popular with celebrities was on Monday sentenced to a year and a half behind bars for smuggling handbags made with animal skin into the US. Nancy Gonzalez, 71, is from Col… Read More
2024-04-23 06:00
Australia on Monday banned X from allowing users to access graphic video from last week's stabbing attack at a Sydney church , at least temporarily, and Elon Musk responded by accusing the c… Read More
2024-04-23 05:00
As pro-Palestinian protests spread on college campuses across the US, dozens of students were arrested at Yale University and New York University protests Monday. At Yale, 47 protesters were… Read More
2024-04-23 00:30
Presumably because few adults are in a rush to reach old age, people seem to push that startling line further away, researchers have found. "We should be aware that conceptions and perceptio… Read More
2024-04-23 00:05
Liberal and conservative justices on the Supreme Court appeared to be split Monday on a major case dealing with homelessness—and with a conservative majority on the court, it appears p… Read More
2024-04-22 23:40
Authorities in Texas say a 10-year-old boy who was questioned about a threat to kill another student made a chilling confession. In a news release , the Gonzales County Sheriff's Office said… Read More
2024-04-22 23:20
A congressional committee Monday criticized the CIA's handling of sexual misconduct allegations in its ranks, saying victims have been deterred from coming forward and were aware of "little… Read More
2024-04-22 18:57
The idea of drinking milk tinted with blue food coloring may not sound like a winner of its own accord. But TruMoo is banking on Star Wars fever to goose sales of the weird product as the tr… Read More
2024-04-22 18:30
Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews, and other iced drinks are served i… Read More
2024-04-22 18:04
Donald Trump's hush-money trial closed for the day earlier than planned Monday because an alternate juror had a dental appointment, but the prosecution still had time to call its first witne… Read More
2024-04-22 17:40
The World Anti-Doping Agency—WADA—and Chinese authorities are strongly rejecting allegations that they covered up a case involving Chinese swimmers months before the Tokyo Olympi… Read More
2024-04-22 17:15
Scientists in India may have unearthed the biggest snake ever to have slithered across the planet. From a mine, they unearthed skeletal remains of an ancient beast estimated to have been up… Read More
2024-04-22 16:50
Kari Lake will not get her day in the nation's highest court, reports USA Today . The current Senate candidate from Arizona and former gubernatorial candidate from the same state has sued ov… Read More
2024-04-22 16:25
Opening arguments in Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York are in the books. Some highlights, via the New York Times , Washington Post , and the AP : Prosecution: Prosecutor Michael Co… Read More
2024-04-22 15:51
Nelly Korda couldn't have imagined the incredible run she's put together this season while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022. "Because obviously then I was j… Read More
2024-04-22 15:50
Various polls and pundits have been supporting the narrative that third-party presidential runs in the upcoming election, especially the one by independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., w… Read More
2024-04-22 07:00
For readers concerned about climate change, two disturbing articles released over the past few days have both been linked to the topic: As temperatures continue to rise, federal data reveals… Read More
2024-04-22 06:30
Kevin Bacon on Saturday fulfilled his promise to students at Utah's Payson High School—where he filmed Footloose four decades ago—when he showed up on campus on prom day. "It's b… Read More
2024-04-22 06:00
Nearly five years after her divorce , Christina Hendricks is a married woman once again. The Mad Men star wed George Bianchini Saturday in New Orleans, she tells People . Hendricks, 48, star… Read More
2024-04-22 05:30
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday acknowledged endorsements from more than a dozen of his relatives who are backing Democratic President Joe Biden, noting that he feels n… Read More
2024-04-22 05:00
Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America's longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held f… Read More
2024-04-21 22:00
A new study led by researchers from Rutgers University suggests that men receive greater benefits than women when they make an effort to socialize with new co-workers after starting a job. T… Read More
2024-04-21 21:30
Democrats joined Republicans on Sunday in defending House Speaker Mike Johnson in the face of a threat to remove him from his post, the day after he won approval of foreign aid to Israel, Uk… Read More
2024-04-21 20:35
Despite its location in the nation's hub of cutting-edge tech, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) relies on an aging piece of tech to keep its trains moving. While the… Read More
2024-04-21 18:35
It's not just the demolition of a famed, midcentury modern house in Los Angeles that has people upset. The landscaping by Garrett Eckbo that accompanied the 1950 building in the Brentwood ne… Read More
2024-04-21 18:00
Having had nearly a month to process Riley Strain's death in Nashville, mother Michelle Whiteid says she's bothered by text messages the 22-year-old sent her before he was asked to leave a d… Read More
2024-04-21 17:30
Civil War , Alex Garland's ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The A24 election-year gamble, the… Read More
2024-04-21 16:50
Tunde Onakoya broke the world record for the longest chess marathon—56 hours, 9 minutes, 37 seconds of nonstop play—and kept going. The Nigerian chess champion reached his goal o… Read More
2024-04-21 16:15
America is going through an "extreme makeover"—at least in terms of diversity, according to WalletHub , which took a peek at which major metropolitan areas rank highest in this regard… Read More
2024-04-21 15:40
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgment that despite the laun… Read More
2024-04-21 15:05
A tram taking passengers on a tour of Universal Studios Hollywood crashed on Saturday night, injuring more than a dozen people. Authorities said the last of the tram's four cars hit a rail w… Read More
2024-04-21 14:30
John Paul Scotto has become obsessed with many things—among them internet poker, drinking, and movies—and one of those movies was Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Like Jim… Read More
2024-04-21 14:00
Big headlines occasionally surface about serious problems with drinking water in American cities, as with Flint, Michigan , and Jackson, Mississippi . But the Washington Post reports that th… Read More
2024-04-20 22:50
Special LP releases, live performances, and at least one giant block party were planned around the US on Saturday as hundreds of shops celebrate the 16th Record Store Day during a surge of i… Read More
2024-04-20 22:35
With AI at their disposal, many students have found a modern way to keep their dogs from eating their homework. And while it won't come to a surprise to anyone that they're leaning into the… Read More
2024-04-20 22:05
Roman Gabriel, a star quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died Saturday. He was 83 and died at home of natural causes, his so… Read More
2024-04-20 21:40
Walmart managers typically pull in six figures—even up to $400,000 if the store is big enough—and the Wall Street Journal spent a day with one such manager to get a sense of the… Read More
2024-04-20 20:50
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a change that will shift the burden for cleaning up two "forever chemicals" from government to the companies responsible for the pollution… Read More
2024-04-20 20:15
London's police force has been forced to issue two apologies after officers threatened to arrest an "openly Jewish" man if he refused to leave the area around a pro-Palestinian march because… Read More
2024-04-20 19:40
A privately owned island off Tampa Bay is up for sale, and though the going price is $14 million, a group is trying to crowdfund joint ownership with a $1,000 buy-in price. According to News… Read More
2024-04-20 19:00
The House on Saturday ended its monthslong standoff over foreign aid, approving a $95 billion package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The legislation put together by Speaker Mike Johnson&md&hell…Read More
2024-04-20 18:15
The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the US if the popular social media platform's China-based owner doesn't sell its stake within a year. That doesn't mean the app… Read More
2024-04-20 17:45
A girl who wrote to God in her diaries, a boy with learning disabilities who was just learning to like who he was, and a teenager who would spend every free minute fishing were among the 13… Read More
2024-04-20 16:30
Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace c… Read More
2024-04-20 16:00
When authorities discovered 50 or so cats crammed into a car in Minnesota's Chisago County in June 2022, the temperature was hovering around 95 degrees. Officials were able to transport most… Read More
2024-04-20 15:30
Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key US surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the progra… Read More
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