Did you know that lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City dozens of times every year, and that shelled cashews are hazardou?

Fraudsters posing as local officials are making fake calls about missed jury duty, demanding payments in a rising scheme that exploits fear of arrest.

Judge William Henry tossed a Navy veteran's follow-up defamation lawsuits against Associated Press and Puck, following his successful CNN trial.

Sanders criticizes Kennedy's firing of CDC director Susan Monarez after she refused directives limiting vaccine availability, calling for HHS secretary's resignation.

Oasis mentioned the tragic Minneapolis school shooting during their show in East Rutherford, NJ.

He has won 20 titles but has fallen to No. 13 in the rankings and lost in the first round of the last three major tournaments, including twice to Benjamin Bonzi.

“Right now, drug traffickers adapt faster than the law."

Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome in the early months of his pontificate. Read More

Swiss consumer goods group appoints Philipp Navratil as chief after finding its code of conduct had been breached

The first sign that Week 1 of the Giants' season has arrived happened Monday when head coach Brian Daboll started imitating a CIA operative.

The "Forrest Gump" star slammed America as a "s--tshow" and shared she lives in the English countryside.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.2% at $9,886 a metric ton after touching its highest since July 24 at $9,947.

Lauren dropped her daughter off at a birthday party, thinking she’d have the time of her life. Only when she returned, she found a heartbreaking opposite.

“For those who think Russiagate is ancient history,” warns Racket’s Matt Taibbi, “welcome to its second chapter, about Biden-era surveillance.”

NHS equips all centres with life-saving software that will increase number of patients avoiding serious disability

Half of all people who experience a stroke in England will now recover thanks to a revolutionary AI scanning system that increases the number of patients avoiding serious disability.

The NHS has equipped every stroke centre in England with life-saving software that quickly tells doctors if they need to perform emergency surgery and can triple the rate of recovery.

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Jannik Sinner faces a tricky test in Monday's US Open headliner.

Following LSU's top-10 road 17-10 win against No.4 Clemson on Saturday night to open the season, Louisiana First News' Chessa Bouche posted on X about her unpleasant experience with an ESPN cameraman in the postgame media rush.

The White House wanted India to bow. Instead, Narendra Modi flew to China, shook Xi Jinping’s hand and left Washington sidelined

Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will receive tributes. Yet his latest move – punishing India with 50% tariffs for Russian oil purchases once encouraged by the US – has produced not submission but spectacle. It has sent India’s Narendra Modi to China for the first time in seven years as Xi Jinping hosted more than 20 leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. And it is in Tianjin, not Washington, where it looks as if the hinge of history is moving.

The SCO is easy to dismiss: the bloc is a bundle of contradictions. India and Pakistan remain adversaries. China and India still stare across a garrisoned Himalayan frontier, though relations have thawed since last October’s border breakthrough. Russia and China vie for influence in Central Asia. Unlike Nato, the SCO has no binding defence commitments. For much of its life, it has looked like a paper tiger, sending out communiques that were all roar and no bite.

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These buccaneers are blasting more than just sea shanties.

"I am literally probably his biggest fan," Carpenter gushed in a TikTok confessional.

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is the record that keeps on giving.

Announcement comes a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors

Guatemala is ready and willing to receive about 150 unaccompanied children of all ages each week from the United States, the country’s president has said, a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children.

Those children had already boarded a plane when a court responded to an emergency appeal on Sunday. They were later returned to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

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Bill Belichick makes his coaching debut at UNC on Monday night against TCU.

Last month, the "Stranger Things" star and the model announced that they had welcomed a daughter via adoption.