In the end, it was a scandal too far, even for Peter Mandelson. The latest explosive Epstein revelations have forced him to resign from his beloved Labour Party, he says, to save the party from “further embarrassment”. It’s difficult to imagine what could be more embarrassing than this weekend’s disclosure of alleged payments by Jeffrey…
The government is launching a drive to recruit thousands of new volunteers to serve as magistrates in England and Wales, as it seeks to get a grip of the courts backlog. More than 2,000 magistrates have been trained since 2022, and ministers want to recruit the same number again over the next financial year, the…
Google released its annual list of top search trends for 2025Β β with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ranked among this year’s most searched news topics online. Google’s annual “Year in Search” report is a window into what Americans have…
President Donald Trump has warned France must scrap a 3% tech “sales tax” or face 100% tariffs on U.S. imports of its wines and champagne, the NY Post reported Monday. The president issued the threat ahead of this week’s G7 summit in Γvian-les-Bains, France. “I asked [President Emmanuel Macron] not to charge American companies, and…
HOUSTONΒ βΒ In their first meeting of the season on Christmas Day, Lakers coach JJ Redick said the Lakers were βpunkedβ by the Houston Rockets and vowed not to let it happen again. On Monday, the Lakers displayed their toughness in a 100-92 win over the Rockets at Toyota Center. Even when they were faltering in the…
There were two questions the 77th Emmy Awards, held Sunday night at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, had to answer, other than who would win what. (Itβs an honor just to be nominated.) One was how the show, a glittery evening devoted to the most popular of popular arts, would play against a…
Judy Reyes is making every moment count. Earlier this year, the Bronx-born Dominican actor reprised her breakthrough TV role as Carla Espinosa on the reboot of the beloved ABC medical sitcom, βScrubs.β For just four episodes, she returned to Sacred Heart Hospital as head nurse and an exhausted mother of four daughters, whom she parents…
Verizon on Thursday said it’s offering a $20 credit to customers affected by a widespread service outage on Wednesday.Β Verizon subscribers complained that the outage limited their ability to use their mobile devices, preventing them from making calls or completing online transactions that require a wireless network. To appease frustrated subscribers, the wirelessΒ provider said it’s…
In 2020, inside the clang-and-clatter of Neshoba Central Highβs powerlifting gym, Jarquez Hunterβs coach laid down a dare: squat 645 pounds on three counts. With a nod and quick coat of chalk, Hunter went to work. Challenges donβt faze him. At a Mississippi water company three years prior, Hunterβs co-workers coaxed him into a pickup…
US sanctions against Russia’s two largest energy companies, the state-owned Rosneft and privately held Lukoil, are perhaps the most significant economic measures imposed by the West since the invasion of Ukraine. If fully implemented, they have the potential to significantly choke off the flow of fossil fuel revenue that funds Russia’s war machine, but their…