Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate was ordered held for 30 days on Friday following his arrest in Romania on human trafficking and rape charges. A Romanian court agreed to extend the former kick-boxer’s

A month after a tumultuous departure from Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr on Friday in a big-money move that probably marks the end of the 37-year-old forward’s storied career

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. His death was announced in Rome on Dec.

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the sea east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, the South Korean military said. The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, charged in the quadruple slaying of University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves in Moscow, Idaho. The suspect’s choice of academic field

Barbara Walters, who broke barriers for women as the first female co-host of the “Today” show and the first female anchor of a network evening news program, interviewer of celebrities has died at 93. Her death was reported by

President Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on Friday, 48 hours before his leftist rival President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was set to take office, saying he had “lost a battle but not the war.”Bolsonaro,

At shareholder meetings, she was the stinging nun. For more than four decades, Sister Patricia Daly pursued her chosen vocation: shareholder activist and scourge of corporate CEOs.A member of the Roman Catholic Sisters of St.

A college student has been arrested for the murders of four University of Idaho students almost six weeks ago. Four police sources have confirmed to NBC that a 25-year-old man has been arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with

The House Ways and Means Committee released six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns Friday, pushing documents into the public sphere that the former president had long tried to keep confidential. The panel’s move to

As if canceled flights and lost luggage weren’t enough of a hassle, would-be Southwest Airlines passengers faced another hurdle to their holiday travel this week: High fares on other carriers.Southwest announced on

One of former Donald Trump’s top White House aides slammed his ex-press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as “a liar and an opportunist” in testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee. Former White House communications director Alyssa

Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday chose one of Florida’s top education officials — Senior Chancellor Jacob Oliva — to lead schooling efforts in her state. By nominating Oliva, Sanders is attempting to bring in a

Google has announced that it’s adding a red “suspected spam caller” warning to Google Voice calls if it doesn’t think they’re legitimate. In a post on Thursday, the company says it’s identifying spam “using the same advanced

On the campaign trail, Representative-elect George Santos, a Republican who ultimately flipped a Democratic seat in New York, misled voters about his work and educational history, his family’s heritage, his past philanthropic

Southwest Airlines Co. said it would reimburse customers for many types of reasonable expenses they have taken on after the airline canceled close to 16,000 flights since last Thursday, leaving people stranded across the

The U.S. military said a Chinese jet fighter conducted an unsafe maneuver while intercepting an American spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week. During the Dec. 21 encounter, a J-11

The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday opening up what is expected to be one of the country’s most – lucrative markets for cannabis

Incendiary social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother were busted in Romania Thursday related to sex-trafficking allegations, according to a report. Police in tactical gear descended on a villa Andrew Tate and brother

Several Cuban immigrants slated for deportation back to Cuba were instead freed from detention Thursday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted their confidential data online last month

Bolivian police on Wednesday detained prominent opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho on charges of “terrorism” in a move that significantly escalates tensions between the national government and Camacho’s Santa

He was hailed as the king of soccer, but it was Pelé’s other nickname — the Pérola Negra, or Black Pearl — that best evoked the rare brilliance he packed into his diminutive frame. Pelé, who for decades staked

Democrat Kris Mayes is the winner of Arizona’s attorney general race, a state judge announced Thursday. Mayes defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes after a mandatory recount was triggered due to how close

Wary residents of the historic Coral Gate community are in talks with a large-scale developer who wants to tear down a nearby 68-year-old Sears and build a modern

New York governor Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act on December 28th, 2022, and the law will go into effect on July 1st, 2023 — a full year after it was originally passed by the NY State legislature. The bill establishes

Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in for the sixth time as prime minister of Israel on Thursday, having been propelled back to the premiership by a coalition of ultranationalist and religious parties that will wield unprecedented power

A massive fire that lasted more than 12 hours in a Cambodian hotel casino killed at least 16 people and injured about 50, while other victims were apparently not yet accounted for Thursday, as neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks to help fight the blaze in a bustling border town. Videos posted on social media showed people falling from a roof after they were trapped by the fire at the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in the border town of Poipet. Many of those insides, both customers and staff, were from neighboring Thailand. In a video posted by Cambodia’s firefighting agency, onlookers could be heard shouting pleas to rescue people trapped on the roof of the hotel complex,

Last month, TV anchor Judy Woodruff had some news of her own: She is stepping down from “PBS NewsHour” on Friday, Dec. 30. One of the most respected and honored journalists on television could have retired. Instead, she’s embarking on a new PBS project, “America at the Crossroads,” where she’ll spend the next two years traveling around the country trying to figure out what voters want, what they need, and how to repair the deep divides.One subject close to her heart that she wants to highlight? People with disabilities.Her oldest son, Jeffrey Hunt, was born with what she calls a “very mild” case of spina bifida. When he was a teenager, what was supposed to

Air raid sirens rang out across Ukraine this morning as Russia unleashed around 120 missiles in a savage barrage which targeted the capital Kyiv and several other major cities.’A massive air raid. More than 100 missiles in several waves,’ presidential office adviser Oleksiy Arestovych wrote on Facebook, while another adviser Mykhailo Podolyak claimed more than 120 missiles had been fired at Ukraine.Mayors of the capital Kyiv, Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv and the western city of Lviv all reported that Russian missiles had caused a series of explosions, while blasts were also heard in Zhytomyr Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk according to local media reports.The brutal blitz came hard

As the death toll from a powerful blizzard in western New York rose to near 40 on Wednesday, the Erie County executive, who has himself faced increasing criticism, lashed out at the mayor of Buffalo over his efforts to clear the city’s streets.“The city, unfortunately, is always the last one to open,” Mark Poloncarz, the county executive, said at a press briefing. “It’s embarrassing, to tell you the truth.”I don’t want to see this anymore — I’m sick of it — I’m a city resident myself,” Mr. Poloncarz said. “I know the mayor’s not thrilled to hear it, but I don’t care anymore. I want it done.”Mayor Byron Brown, in a separate news conference, suggested that Mr. Poloncarz was struggling with the stress of the

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has paid $23.75 million for a penthouse in Palm Beach, according to property records and people familiar with the purchase. The deal sets a record for the priciest condominium ever sold in the affluent South Florida town, records show. The oceanfront condominium was listed for $26.5 million in September by the estate of Erving Wolf, an oil and gas executive who died in 2018, and his wife, Joyce Wolf, who died this year. Maya Lin, their daughter-in-law, and designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., helped to renovate the apartment. The Wolf family didn’t respond to a request for comment. The Wolfs purchased

Southwest Airlines pilot and flight attendant unions warned for years that the company’s rickety computer systems left the airline vulnerable. The carrier stuck with outdated technology and never heeded those warnings, they say.Southwest’s overwhelmed technology — a scenario fueled by a punishing winter storm — left it this week facing some of the most difficult days in its half-century history, in some cases forcing managers to solve problems with pen and paper while crew members wait on hold for hours with schedulers.The wave of cancellations continued to frustrate tens of thousands of travelers, as Southwest scrubbed roughly 2,500 flights on both Wednesday

The Nassau County district attorney announced that she is opening an investigation into Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.), whose surprise victory in November was quickly followed by revelations that he lied about his business experience, educational background, and family ancestry.The district attorney, Anne T. Donnelly (R), said in a statement: “The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated” with Santos “are nothing short of stunning.” The residents in the congressional district “must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress” and “if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.” Donnelly’s spokesman, Brendan Brosh, said

Rep. Jamie Raskin announced on Wednesday that he’d been diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, “a serious but curable form of cancer.”With the benefit of early detection and fine doctors, the help of my extraordinary staff, the love of Sarah and our daughters and sons-in-law (actual and to-be) and family and friends, and the support of my beloved constituents and my colleagues in the House, I plan to get through this and, in the meantime, to keep making progress every day in Congress for American democracy,” the Maryland Democrat said in a statement The congressman said he was diagnosed after “several days of tests” and would “embark on a course of chemo

A top aide to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used an alias from “Silence of the Lambs” while helping a former client secure a bid to fly asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in September.DeSantis’ public safety czar, Larry Keefe, used a private email address under the pseudonym Clarice Starling to help private contractor Vertol Systems Company win the opportunity to operate the state’s controversial migrant flight program, WTVJ reported last week. Emails between Keefe — who formally represented Vertol for years in the private sector — and CEO James Montgomerie were not initially turned over in connection with a lawsuit, despite Montgomerie’s testimony

The Biden administration will require airline passengers traveling from China to test negative for Covid before entering the U.S., a federal health official said on Wednesday. All travelers two years of age and older originating from China, Hong Kong, or Macau will be required to get tested for Covid two days before their departure to the U.S., the health official said. The requirements, which apply regardless of nationality and vaccination status, starting Jan. 5. The testing requirements come as China battles a major outbreak of the virus after easing its stringent zero-Covid policy in the wake of social unrest earlier this year. The U.S. has limited information on the situation

There is nothing soft and cuddly about the way Disney protects the characters it brings to life.This is a company that once forced a Florida daycare center to remove an unauthorized Minnie Mouse mural. In 2006, Disney told a stonemason that carving Winnie the Pooh into a child’s gravestone would violate its copyright. The company pushed so hard for an extension of copyright protections in 1998 that the result was derisively nicknamed the Mickey Mouse Protection Act.For the first time, however, one of Disney’s marquee characters — Mickey himself — is set to enter the public domain. “Steamboat Willie,” the 1928 short film that introduced Mickey to the world, will lose

The U.S. recorded more than 100 million formally diagnosed and reported Covid-19 cases this week, but the number of Americans who’ve actually had the virus since the beginning of the pandemic is probably more than twice as high.Covid-19 has easily infected more than 200 million in the U.S. alone since the beginning of the pandemic — some people more than once. The virus continues to evolve into more transmissible variants that dodge immunity from vaccination and prior infection, making transmission incredibly difficult to control as we go into the fourth year of the pandemic.The U.S. officially recorded more than 100 million cases as of Tuesday, just under one-third of

Israel’s incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, finalized coalition deals on Wednesday, a day before he is set to return to power as leader of the most right-wing and religious government in the country’s history.The coalition deals, which were submitted to Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, on Wednesday, represent a roadmap for what Mr. Netanyahu’s government hopes to achieve over its four-year term and include expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and giving lawmakers greater control over the top court and the nation’s police force. The deals aren’t binding and prime ministers have in the past reneged on such agreements. Mr. Netanyahu, who spent

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in Sunday’s loss to the Packers, head coach Mike McDaniel confirmed Wednesday. The third-yard quarterback entered concussion protocol on Monday, and veteran backup Teddy Bridgewater will get the nod for this Sunday’s matchup against the Patriots. Tagovailoa suffered a frightening concussion against the Bengals on Sept. 29 and many suspected he suffered one four days earlier when he appeared wobbly after a hit against the Bills.“This is a human being. I’ll do what the medical experts advise me to do,” McDaniel said Wednesday of Tagovailoa. A slew of former players voiced concern for the 24-year-old after it was

A man convicted of playing a key role in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison Wednesday, more than what was meted out to a co-defendant. Barry Croft Jr., 47, and co-defendant Adam Fox, 39, were convicted in August of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and to use a weapon of mass destruction to attack Whitmer, who drew the hatred of far-right groups for her efforts to curb the spread of Covid in 2020.Fox was sentenced to 192 months in prison on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker, setting the stage for Croft’s fate and sentence of 235 months.“I do think of Mr. Croft as the

A new lawsuit says many plastic containers used in the US to hold food, cleaning supplies, personal care items and other consumer products are likely to be contaminated with toxic PFAS. It is now asking federal courts to halt their production.The suit references soon-to-be-published research that found PFAS (polyfluoroalkyl substances) from HDPE (high-density polyethylene) plastic containers leach at extremely high levels into ketchup, mayonnaise, olive oil and everyday products.Inhance, a Houston-based company named as a defendant, produces tens of millions of consumer containers that contain PFAS, the consumer advocacy groups behind the lawsuit say. The plaintiffs

TikTok has been banned from any devices issued by the US House of Representatives, as political pressure continues to build on the Chinese-owned social video app. The order to delete the app was issued by Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrative officer (CAO) of the House, whose office had warned in August that the app represented a “high risk to users”.According to a memo obtained by NBC News, all lawmakers and staffers with House-issued mobile phones have been ordered to remove TikTok by Szpindor.“House staff are NOT allowed to download the TikTok app on any House mobile devices,” NBC quoted the memo as saying. “If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device,

Cyberattacks are getting deadlier — and hospitals on the frontline are straining under increasing attacks.As the Covid-19 pandemic swept the world over the past three years, cybercriminals took advantage of the chaotic situation and repeatedly shut down hospitals’ networks at a time when they were least able to respond. That has meant curtailed emergency services, canceled operations, and more deaths.As cyber strikes take lives, it’s changing the calculation for how to respond to devastating hacks both at facilities inside the U.S. and in international conflicts like Ukraine. Cyberattacks have long been treated as a lower level of warfare than missile strikes, but as they hit hospitals

Wall Street’s banking revenue has never fallen harder than it has this year. Bankers are hoping their bonuses can hang on a bit better. Fees from advising on deals, stock offerings, and bond sales are down more than 40% from this time last year, wiping out more than $50 billion in revenue, according to data from Dealogic. That is the biggest year-over-year dollar decline on record, worse even than in the financial crisis. In response, executives across firms including JPMorgan Chase JPM 0.35%increase; green up pointing triangle & Co., Bank of America Corp., BAC 0.18%increase; green up pointing triangle Citigroup Inc. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. planning to cut bonus pools by

A new short-term rental registration law put forth by the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams could remove thousands of Airbnb listings from the market next month. The San Francisco-based company, which connects customers to short-term housing accommodations across the globe, is no stranger to conflict with New York City, one of its largest markets in the United States. Previously, the company sparred with the former mayor, Bill de Blasio, over listing regulations for short-term rentals. In July, the Adams administration filed a lawsuit to shut down an illegal short-term rental operation in Manhattan. Earlier this month, officials held a public debate

President Biden left the White House Tuesday night for a tropical vacation in St. Croix to ring in the New Year — as much of the country deals with extreme cold and snowfall that has killed at least 65 people and canceled 10,000 flights since Christmas Eve. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief will bask in the Caribbean sun near an in-ground pool at a three-bedroom beachfront villa with sweeping views of the largest of the US Virgin Islands. Meanwhile, travel chaos, widespread power outages, and rising deaths caused by single-digit weather continue across the Midwest and East Coast, but especially in Western New York, where at least 32 people died in Buffalo’s Erie County

Pope Francis asked for prayers for former pope Benedict on Wednesday, saying he is “very sick”. Francis made the surprise appeal at the end of his general audience, giving no details. Benedict, 95, 2013 became the first pope in some 600 years to resign. He has been living in the Vatican since then. “I would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who, in silence, is sustaining the Church. Let us remember him. He is very sick, asking the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end,” Francis said, speaking in Italian.There was no immediate comment from the Vatican on the state of Benedict’s health,

Democratic lawmakers are calling for Rep.-elect George Santos to resign from the House seat he won in November after the Long Island Republican admitted to “résumé embellishment” — dialing up the pressure on GOP leadership to respond.“GOP Congressman-elect George Santos, who has now admitted his whopping lies, should resign,” tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), urging Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to call a vote to expel Santos if he does not quit.Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) said that if Santos takes his new seat, it would set a precedent encouraging others to seek public office by falsifying their credentials, while Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) accused Santos of

Emergency departments are overflowing, with patients sleeping in hallways until they can be evaluated or taken to a hospital room. In at least one hospital, half of the doctors and nurses were absent because they had tested positive for covid.These and other alarming scenes in China’s medical facilities have been captured in videos and photographs posted to social media during the past two weeks. They offer a glimpse of the toll a huge coronavirus wave is wreaking — and undercut Beijing’s claim that the government is in control.The full extent of the outbreak is unclear. The government’s sudden easing of coronavirus restrictions in early December came as infections were

A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor was assigned on Tuesday to the Sam Bankman-Fried cryptocurrency case. The case was relegated to Judge Lewis A Kaplan after the judge originally assigned recused herself because her husband worked for a law firm that did work related to FTX, Bankman-Fried’s collapsed crypto exchange. Kaplan is now presiding over a civil case brought by the former Elle magazine advice columnist E Jean Carroll against Donald Trump. Carroll says Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan luxury department store in 1995 or 1996. Trump denies the accusation. A trial is set for April.

Jamaican-American reggae artist Joseph Mersa Marley is dead at the age of 31. The musician was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the United States on Tuesday, according to the streaming service TIDAL. The initial announcement did not specify a location. The artist – who went by his stage name Jo Mersa – had reportedly suffered from asthma his entire life, and the Florida radio station WZPP claimed he died of an asthma attack. He is the grandson of iconic reggae musician Bob Marley and the son of Stephen Marley. Bob tragically died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36 and is widely considered one of the pioneers of reggae music. The late star had 11 children withseven different

The Supreme Court ruled by a 5-4 vote to keep Title 42 in place just hours ahead of its planned midnight Wednesday end. The Covid-era public health policy that allows border agents to immediately expel migrants will now remain in place until legal battles involving its end play out in court. Agents will now be able to use the policy to expel border crossers for at least the next several months, amid an expected onslaught of migrants who were expected to rush the U.S.-Mexico border after Title 42 was lifted. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the more liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson to vote against keeping it in place. The high court agreed to

Arizona Cardinals defensive end JJ Watt announced his retirement on Twitter Tuesday morning. The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year revealed the news in a post featuring a photograph of himself with his wife, soccer player Kealia Ohai, and their new-born son, Koa, following Monday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Arizona.’ Koa’s first ever NFL game,’ Watt posted Tuesday. ‘My last ever NFL home game. My heart is filled with nothing but love and gratitude. It’s been an absolute honor and a pleasure.’The 4-11 Cardinals have two more games left this season, both of which are on the road: Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons and their season finale against the