The Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator will be stepping down next month, paving the way for President-elect Donald Trump to name a replacement and heading off a potential confrontation between the two. Michael Barr’s resignation from the position, which is formally called the vice chair for supervision, takes effect as of Feb. 28, though he…
Exactly 10 years after the jihadist gun-attack that killed most of its editorial staff, France’s Charlie Hebdo has put out a special issue to show its cause is still kicking. Things changed for France on 7 January 2015, marking in bloodshed the end of all wilful naivety about the threat of militant Islamism. Brothers Said…
Not even the Golden Globes could stop Dax Shepard from cheering on Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions on Sunday night … check out some vid Kristen Bell shared from the famed awards ceremony, the actor was seen ignoring speeches to watch his beloved NFL team!! The scene all played out as the Lions were…
The Big Ten and the SEC both have arguments to be considered the top league in women’s college basketball. Each has seven teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday, including four apiece in the first 10. Both leagues have been bolstered this season by conference realignment, with No. 1 UCLA…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial in Paris, accused of taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign. In exchange, the prosecution alleges Sarkozy promised to help Gaddafi combat his reputation as a pariah with Western countries. Sarkozy, 69,…
Play video content BACKGRID Bianca Censori and Kanye West‘s marriage is “Stronger” than ever … the couple couldn’t keep their hands off one another during their getaway to the Maldives. Check out video … Ye is seen lifting Bianca in the air while simultaneously planting his face directly in between her breasts — which are…
Households in south-east London have been told to boil their water after E coli was found in the supply. People in properties in Brockley have been advised to boil any water they use until the results of tests conducted during visits by Thames Water are returned. The boil water notice, seen by the Guardian, says:…
Play video content TikTok/@GoldenGlobes Kylie Jenner didn’t seem to have “The Substance” to warrant a hug from Demi Moore after the actress shocked audiences with a big Golden Globes win Sunday night. Check it out … moments after the 62-year-old star won her first-ever major acting accolade of her career, she took in an abundance…
Austria’s president Alexander Van der Bellen has tasked the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, with forming a coalition government. If the talks are successful, Austria will, for the first time, have a government led by the Eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO). The FPO has been in power before, but only as a…
File: Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah. Denise Truscello | Wireimage | Getty Images Vail Resorts shares have dropped in recent weeks as a labor dispute roiled one of America’s most prominent skiing destinations. The Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association, a union representing patrollers at the Utah mountain of the same name,…
