2024-05-01 08:00
What was supposed to be a fun event turned devastating for an Arizona family Saturday when a bounce house was suddenly swept into the sky, killing a 2-year-old boy inside. "Several children… Read More
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2024-05-01 07:30
A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 6 miles alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane, has been reunited with her family d… Read More
2024-05-01 07:00
ABC News weatherman Rob Marciano, who has appeared on Good Morning America and World News Tonight for more than 10 years, is reportedly out of a job. Sources tell the New York Post the 55-ye… Read More
2024-05-01 06:30
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the alm… Read More
2024-05-01 06:00
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in… Read More
2024-05-01 05:30
Tesla, which just two weeks ago laid off more than 10% of its global workforce, has now terminated even more employees—and it seems still more layoffs could be coming. In an email repo… Read More
2024-05-01 05:00
Officers from the New York Police Department stormed Columbia University Tuesday night, clearing pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus encampment. Student protesters were "standing firm… Read More
2024-05-01 01:52
The man who killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday has been identified as Terry Clark Hughes Jr., a 39-year-old man with a long c… Read More
2024-05-01 00:18
Out with the Zimbabwe dollar, in with the ZiG. Zimbabwe on Tuesday started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often outright rejection by th… Read More
2024-04-30 21:44
Two men have been charged with cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap tree in northern England. Police said Tuesday that Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, who were arrested and relea… Read More
2024-04-30 21:17
The US Department of Agriculture will test ground beef for bird flu particles, though officials said Tuesday they're confident the nation's meat supply is safe. Bird flu has been found in ne… Read More
2024-04-30 20:49
US stocks closed out their ugly April with even more losses on Tuesday, cementing the market's worst month since September. The S&P 500 S&P 500 fell 80.48 points, or 1.6%, to 5,035.6… Read More
2024-04-30 20:25
Columbia University says students who took over a campus building early Tuesday will face expulsion. The warning comes a day after the university started suspending students who defied a dea… Read More
2024-04-30 19:56
Earlier this month, President Biden asserted that US support for the Philippines is "ironclad." A new story in the Washington Post explains how that promise might be tested in the not-too-di… Read More
2024-04-30 19:30
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for allowing rampant money laundering on the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Zhao pleaded guilty in… Read More
2024-04-30 19:10
A genetic test powered by artificial intelligence could inform women at risk of postpartum depression, a leading cause of maternal death, before they even become pregnant. Researchers at sta… Read More
2024-04-30 18:37
It looks like Mike Johnson will be able to keep his gavel at least through the end of the current House term. Democratic leaders on Tuesday promised to come to his rescue should GOP Rep. Mar… Read More
2024-04-30 07:30
Anne Hathaway is five years sober, the actor reveals in a New York Times interview cited by outlets including E! and ET . Asked about turning 40 in 2022, she replied, "There are so many othe… Read More
2024-04-30 07:00
An English man owes United Airlines $20,638 after he was so disruptive on a flight last month that the plane was diverted. The flight took off from London, heading for Newark, on the morning… Read More
2024-04-30 06:30
A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official was sentenced Monday to nearly 22 years in prison… Read More
2024-04-30 06:00
Eight law enforcement officers were shot Monday, four of them fatally , in what the local police chief described as possibly the worst such incident in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. "… Read More
2024-04-30 05:30
Sources tell the Wall Street Journal NBCUniversal is preparing a massive bid to snatch NBA rights from TNT, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. NBCUniversal is reportedly planning to o… Read More
2024-04-30 05:00
Friday was Florida's qualifying deadline for federal candidates, and a primary challenger filed to run against Matt Gaetz just in the nick of time. Aaron Dimmock, a retired naval officer and… Read More
2024-04-30 02:33
A fourth law enforcement officer died hours after a standoff at a Charlotte, North Carolina, home Monday. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Joshua Eyer was the fourth victim killed; four… Read More
2024-04-30 00:40
Campaigners including church leaders in Hamburg have won approval for a memorial to honor a long-forgotten group of victims of the Nazi regime: sex workers. The memorial in Herbertstrasse, a… Read More
2024-04-29 21:08
A New York state prosecutor under investigation for her behavior when police tried to pull her over—repeatedly telling an officer "I'm the DA"—apologized on Monday. "I failed you… Read More
2024-04-29 20:38
Stocks edged higher Monday as Wall Street readies for a week packed with potentially market-moving news. The S&P 500 rose 16.21 points, or 0.3%, to 5,116.17. The Dow Jones Industrial Ave… Read More
2024-04-29 20:13
It's been almost a decade since Geerte Piening, a 21-year-old student living in Amsterdam, got fined for peeing in public after she couldn't find an accessible loo late at night. Now, women… Read More
2024-04-29 19:52
Reports about a possible truce in the Israel-Hamas war sound relatively optimistic: In the Mideast, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the current offer on the table for Hamas is "ext… Read More
2024-04-29 19:26
This story has been updated with new developments . Columbia University gave student protesters a deadline of 2pm Monday to "voluntarily disperse" or face severe consequences, but more than… Read More
2024-04-29 18:57
It's a significant victory for advocates of transgender rights: A federal appeals court based in Virginia has ruled that state-run health care plans must cover gender surgeries. The Washingt… Read More
2024-04-29 18:34
CBS is making some big changes to its The NFL Today pregame show. The Athletic reports that the show, which has been around under various names since 1961, is replacing two former NFL quarte… Read More
2024-04-29 18:09
Two fatal crashes involving Ford's Blue Cruise partially automated driving system are now subjects of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation of the crashes, both invo… Read More
2024-04-29 17:23
Will she or won't she? When the House returns to session on Monday evening, the big question is whether Marjorie Taylor Greene will move to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership. Greene fil… Read More
2024-04-29 08:00
Months after sexual assault allegations started surfacing against Russell Brand, the 48-year-old comedian says he's giving himself a fresh start by getting baptized. Brand, who has admitted… Read More
2024-04-29 07:30
Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday. Five teens, age… Read More
2024-04-29 07:00
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis met in Miami on Sunday, marking the first time the two former rivals for the GOP presidential nomination have spoken since DeSantis ended his campaign in Januar… Read More
2024-04-29 06:30
Kristi Noem on Sunday took to Donald Trump's social network to defend the controversial story about killing a dog that she reveals in her upcoming book. "Whether running the ranch or in poli… Read More
2024-04-29 06:00
A new national poll by CNN has Donald Trump six points ahead of President Biden when the two are placed in a hypothetical head-to-head contest, with the support of 49% of registered voters c… Read More
2024-04-29 05:30
A Houston Texans wide receiver was among 10 people shot at a Florida bar in the early hours of Sunday. Tank Dell received a "minor wound," the NFL team says in a statement, and has already b… Read More
2024-04-28 22:20
In 2004, a study found that job applicants with stereotypically white-sounding names got callbacks for interviews 50% more than applicants with Black-sounding names. Now, scientists have reb… Read More
2024-04-28 22:00
President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel spoke on Sunday about reaching a ceasefire agreement under which Hamas would release hostages. US officials said Biden… Read More
2024-04-28 20:45
Tornadoes that tore across Oklahoma left a wide trail of destruction Sunday, leveling homes and buildings and knocking out power for tens of thousands of residents. At least four people were… Read More
2024-04-28 20:15
"It's exactly what we recommended against." That's the view of Veena Singla, a member of a scientific advisory panel tapped by the EPA, on the agency's plan to loosen restrictions on a pesti… Read More
2024-04-28 19:45
Police departments across the US are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus… Read More
2024-04-28 19:15
There's a movie in the works based on the popular memoir Finding the Mother Tree by forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, with Amy Adams in line to play the title role. But as Daniel Immerwahr wr… Read More
2024-04-28 18:40
A 14-carat gold pocket watch owned by the Titanic's wealthiest passenger has sold for a record-breaking amount. Expected to bring about one-tenth of the winning bid, the watch went for $1.48… Read More
2024-04-28 18:05
In the age of helicopter parenting, coming in for a smooth landing as kids get older and leave home is a rougher ride for some. Enter the "empty-nest coach." Per Axios , the process of movin… Read More
2024-04-28 17:30
The sexy tennis drama Challengers won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Zendaya and castmates Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor h… Read More
2024-04-28 16:55
Conservative outlets closely follow President Biden's every move , seeking signs to show the commander in chief's age in a negative light. There now seems to be a new strategy by the Biden c… Read More
2024-04-27 22:35
Researchers have a rare window to observe Stonehenge's possible connection to the moon during an upcoming phenomenon known as a lunar standstill. As the BBC notes, scholars commonly believe… Read More
2024-04-27 22:15
Two dogs treated last year in New Jersey have tested positive for a drug-resistant strain of bacteria blamed for a fatal outbreak tied to eyedrops used by people, a CDC investigator reported… Read More
2024-04-27 21:50
Two climbers roped to each other fell about 1,000 feet from a mountain in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, killing one of them and seriously injuring the other. The team was clim… Read More
2024-04-27 21:25
A bottle of 250-year-old cherries likely intended for George Washington has been found in his former home in Virginia—a discovery that's both sweet and distasteful, as enslaved people… Read More
2024-04-27 21:00
Iraqi authorities on Saturday were investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by a motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad. Ghufran Mahdi Sa… Read More
2024-04-27 20:30
Know the name JB Mauney? If not, you've probably never been to a rodeo, because the 37-year-old is "arguably the greatest rodeo bull rider who ever lived," writes Sally Jenkins in a profile… Read More
2024-04-27 20:00
The day of the attack on the US Capitol, John Sullivan led members of the mob into the building and filmed the death of fellow rioter Ashli Babbitt. Later, he posed as a journalist while sel… Read More
2024-04-27 19:30
Emily Dickinson's reputation as a reclusive genius squirreling away poems in her Amherst, Massachusetts, home until her work was posthumously discovered and published by her sister has long… Read More
2024-04-27 18:50
Less than a day after swarms of tornadoes swept through Iowa and Nebraska, millions of people in several states were warned Saturday to expect another round of significant twisters, as well… Read More
2024-04-27 18:20
A Belgian man was pulled over two times in a single month in 2022 and, both times, blew a breathalyzer result that was above Belgium's legal limit. Now, he's been acquitted on the drunk driv… Read More
2024-04-27 17:40
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed they shot down another of the US military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft… Read More
2024-04-27 17:05
The UAW and Daimler Truck reached an agreement late Friday night just before their existing contract expired, heading off a strike that the union had threatened to begin at midnight. The dea… Read More
2024-04-27 16:30
An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September. Police h… Read More
2024-04-27 16:00
Jerry Seinfeld has done a lot of things, but he hadn't, until recently, made a feature film. As he explains in an interview with GQ , the making of Unfrosted , the upcoming Netflix movie abo… Read More
2024-04-27 00:14
A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. In… Read More
2024-04-26 22:15
After David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, wrapped up his fourth day of testimony Friday in Donald Trump's hush-money trial, prosecutors called the defendant's longtime e… Read More
2024-04-26 21:45
For the second time in recent months, President Biden's administration has delayed a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates b… Read More
2024-04-26 21:20
"Let's go see Mt. Fuji." That's the excited declaration that flashes briefly across the screen on the tourism website for the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko, nestled in the foothills of th… Read More
2024-04-26 21:00
The flight crew on a Delta Air Lines flight declared an emergency after taking off Friday morning from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and returned instead of going on to L… Read More
2024-04-26 20:44
The best week for US stocks since November closed out with more gains thanks to Alphabet and Microsoft on Friday, per the AP : The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 153.86 points, or 0.4%, t… Read More
2024-04-26 19:50
Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden blinked back tears Friday as he accepted blame for manipulating the push-to-pass system in his season-opening IndyCar win that has since be… Read More
2024-04-26 19:23
Kristi Noem's new book is out next week, and contained within its pages is what Forbes deems a most "bizarre admission." No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong With Politics and How We Mov… Read More
2024-04-26 19:00
Wild horses will stay in North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park amid fears from advocates that park officials would remove the beloved animals from the rugged badlands landscape, a… Read More
2024-04-26 18:40
Donald Trump's lawyers sought to undermine the credibility of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker in court on Friday, but he pushed back "defiantly," according to the New York Ti… Read More
2024-04-26 18:19
King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Charles took a break from public appearances almost three months… Read More
2024-04-26 17:59
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of "responsibly managing" the differences between the… Read More
2024-04-26 17:34
While Donald Trump was in court on Friday, President Biden was elsewhere in Manhattan, talking to Howard Stern. The president surprised the press corps with the unscheduled stop at the Siriu… Read More
2024-04-26 17:08
Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette. Baker Xavier Netry was chosen this week as the 31st winner of Paris' annual "Grand Prix de la Baguette" prize. His long loaf beat 172 others, per… Read More
2024-04-26 16:58
Reactions are pouring in after the New York Court of Appeals overturned former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 convictions for first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape on T… Read More
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
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
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