The president’s threat to fire Jerome Powell is more than a personal spat. It’s a direct challenge to the economic foundation that has helped America prosper.

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“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” the American secretary of state said as he departed meetings in Paris.

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Eden Lee is starring alongside Robert De Niro in political thriller limited series "Zero Day."

Disturbing security footage shows the moment a Uber driver was murdered as the gunmen appeared to have been targeting his passenger outside a Philadelphia hookah lounge.

From Kings v Oilers to Leafs v Bruins, the league’s divisional structure has turned once-thrilling postseason clashes into stale reruns. Is it time for a change?

“It’s the stupidest thing ever.” This was Washington Capitals’ forward Daniel Winnik’s review in 2017 of the NHL’s still (somewhat) new playoff format. Three seasons earlier, along with realigning its divisions, the NHL had abandoned it’s previous, simple playoff arrangement. For 20 years, the top eight teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs, with the first-placed team playing the eighth-placed team, the second-placed team played the seventh, and so on. “I don’t know why it’s not one to eight,” Winnik said. “I don’t know why we got away from that.” A lot of people are still asking the same question.

On Sunday, as the NHL locked in its first Western conference playoff matchup, confirming that the Dallas Stars will face the Colorado Avalanche, some fans took to online forums to both celebrate and lament. “Anybody else hate the divisional format? I truly think both of these teams are legit contenders,” one user posted to the r/hockey subreddit under a link announcing the matchup. “Pretty sure literally everyone does,” another responded. Indeed, it seems unfair that one of the top teams in the West will be eliminated so soon into the postseason. Worse, is that, thanks in part to the playoff format, fans have seen this matchup coming for ages – a predictability that is supposed to build anticipation, but has instead become annoying.

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The fast-casual franchise saw a decrease of $23.8 million in its 2024 fourth quarter fiscal compared to 2023

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‘Why the hell am I crying?’ one fan said

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Early Christians started marking bread with a cross for two reasons

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‘We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,’ Marco Rubio says

Beijing on Friday denied giving any party in the Ukraine war lethal weapons, after president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed he had “information” that China was supplying arms to Russia.

“The Chinese side has never provided lethal weapons to any party in the conflict, and strictly controls dual-use items,” foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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‘I’ve lived under the radar for seven months,’ cricketer said in preview

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Donald Trump praised King Charles as he revealed the date for his second UK state visit.

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Swedish musician and composer said it was ‘love at first sight’ when he met Sas, 28 years his junior, in 2021

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F1 returns to Jeddah for the fifth Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend, but the fastest street circuit in the world will soon be overshadowed by a futuristic track outside the capital city, Riyadh

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Members of Aslef at Hull Trains warned services will be disrupted during the one-day walkout.

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The standalone film is described as ‘a new adventure’

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From obstacle races to ultramarathons, a growing number of Indians are embracing amateur endurance sports and finding a new community along the way, as Maroosha Muzaffar reports

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Thursday’s awe-inspiring comeback against Lyon could only draw comparisons to the Champions League heroics of 1999

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A representative for JCPenney said a ‘handful’ of stores are expected to close by the middle of the year

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News arrives after months of confusion surrounding bar’s whereabouts

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The 80s label released hundreds of oddball DIY recordings. Their final compilation, now repressed, jerks from folk to punk to ambient – with moments worthy of great kids’ TV

In 1980, a group of friends in Japan started DD Records, a platform for amateur musicians to share bizarre homespun recordings across their network. The label released an impressive 222 cassettes and a handful of vinyl records in five years, then disbanded and faded into relative obscurity. Their last known release, the compilation Disk Musik – a multi-genre compilation bringing together 13 Japanese artists – is so rare that even the prolific music catalogue database Discogs bears little trace of it.

Four decades on, it’s been re-pressed – and it still sounds as mind-warping as it probably did to its small circle of listeners back in 1985. The opening track by trio Circadian Rhythm may as well be three songs in one, drifting haphazardly from stray humming vocals to wistful coda, by way of a tangle of clatter (toybox percussion, a phone ringing) in just five minutes. It sets the tone for a compilation that runs on little cohesion and maximum frenzy as it hops between folk, scrappy punk-ish jams, ambient soundscapes and pummelling noise.

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Lyle and Erik Menendez will return to court on May 9 in their bid for resentencing, as legal experts break down the defense's strategy to reduce the killer brothers' life sentences.

REAL IDs will be required starting May 7 in order for U.S. air travelers to fly domestically. Travel delays may result for those who are unprepared — and for others as well. Here's why.

Verstappen’s tricky start to the season at Red Bull has again ignited speculation over his future.

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Dolph Lundgren is the founder and chair of Hard Cut Vodka, which is made from Idaho potatoes and Rocky Mountain water. It's an all-American spirit.

Jane Boroski, the lone suspected survivor of the Connecticut River Valley serial killer, is warning locals to remain 'vigilant' amid New England serial killer speculation on Facebook.

Reporters ask President Trump about the status of his negotiations with China and, in particular, whether he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping amid the ongoing trade war.

Judge issues key rulings in Karen Read murder retrial, granting defense access to surveillance video and allowing expert testimony on potential dog bites.

Maryland Sheriff Jeff Gahler explains why he was infuriated by Sen. Chris Van Hollen's trip to El Salvador pushing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release.

Ministers are ready to be relentless over planning reform. There is a skills gap though – and they must be brave enough to fill it

Amid the shock of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) halving its growth forecast last month, one remarkable finding gets too little attention. It predicts housebuilding will rise to its highest level in 40 years, adding 0.2% growth or £6.8bn by 2029-30, potentially rising to more than 0.4% by 2034-35. The government has said that housing scores the biggest positive growth effect from a “zero-cost policy” the OBR has ever forecast.

This is especially remarkable given that 2024 saw the fewest planning permissions granted for new homes for a decade, and the worst on record, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF). Planning applications plummeted when the last government scrapped councils’ mandatory housing targets, but since Labour reimposed a national planning policy framework, applications in the works have risen by more than 160%.

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Midfielder on overcoming Premier League nerves, adapting while grieving for his mum and what shaped his work ethic

Not much fazes Carlos Baleba. The Brighton midfielder likes to spend his spare time watching horror films – “they don’t scare me; nothing has ever scared me” – or even dancing on his own to Mbolé music from his native Cameroon. “Sometimes I need to move my body,” Baleba says with a smirk.

Thanks to a strict training regime that he began at the age of 10 under the watchful eye of his father, Eugene, Baleba has developed into one of the Premier League’s most imposing figures. The 21-year-old is tipped to become the latest big-money transfer to leave Brighton after Moisés Caicedo was sold to Chelsea for a British record £115m in the summer of 2023.

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Ukrainian officials announce they have signed an outline of a minerals deal with Washington

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Rapper recalled the efforts he went through to try and position himself as the 2025 Super Bowl halftime headliner

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Fatma Hassona, the protagonist of Sepideh Farsi’s ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’, was 25

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Authorities at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport reported a hijacking of a small plan by a U.S. man who stabbed two passengers and a pilot before being fatally shot.

‘I saw people on my side of the street not telling the truth’

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‘I have periods where I make progress and then other things divert my attention,’ admitted the author

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The TV star admitted she often gets frustrated by the error

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