Shares in Tesla have surged on news that Elon Musk has snapped up stock worth more than $1bn (Β£741m), bolstering investor hopes the tycoon is committed to its recovery. The purchase was revealed in a filing which showed the billionaire had bought more than 2.5 million shares last week. Tesla‘s shares, largely flat in the…
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinsteinβs rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked. This is the third trial for the New York rape case. Weinstein, whose decades-long history of alleged sexual assault upended the entertainment industry and inspired the #MeToo movement, has been convicted of other sex crimes in New York and…
President Donald Trump, alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to the press on the way to a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is turning a series of would-be Republican wins into political headaches for his…
Singer Julio Iglesias issued a statement in response to allegations this week that he sexually assaulted two former employees at his homes in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. The Grammy winner, the father of pop singer Enrique Iglesias, on Thursday denied the allegations as βabsolutely falseβ in an Instagram statement posted in Spanish. βI…
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a Trump administration plan to reduce disaster relief and anti-terrorism funding for states with so-called sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants. U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy granted the temporary restraining order curtailing the cuts at the request of California, 10 other states and the District of Columbia, which…
Sunday was one of those cloudless late-summer Dodger Stadium afternoons in which the flags in center field stirred lazily in the slight breeze and the air felt far hotter than the thermometer said. The temperature was 83 degrees at the matineeβs first pitch, yet many fans crowded into the top rows of the reserved and…
Sir Keir Starmer must tackle the cost-of-living crisis in 2026 or risk a further surge in support for Nigel Farage, the boss of Britain’s trade unions has warned. Paul Nowak has told Sky News that many voters are disillusioned with mainstream politics because change is not coming fast enough. In a hard-hitting New Year message,…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for reelection on Monday. βMayor Karen Bass is the leader Los Angeles needs right now. She has done what so many said couldnβt be done β the first ever two-year decline in homelessness, reducing crime to levels this city hasnβt seen since the 1960s,…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Pivotal negotiations in Pakistan this weekend between the United States and Iran could hinge on developments in Lebanon, where ongoing Israeli strikes Thursday risked derailing a wider regional ceasefire. Tensions only deepened amid reports of limited Iranian drone attacks across the region, and as Arab states warned that the Strait of Hormuz β a vital…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> When the horn sounded to end Friday nightβs City Section Open Division boysβ basketball final, the first person OJ and EJ Popoola wanted to hug was their father, Chris. Thirty years ago, he transferred from Westchester to Palisades to help the Dolphins reach the 4A semifinals. In June, his twin sons transferred to…