The stage is set for the first 2024 presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Atlanta on June 26, 2024. John Nowak | CNN | Via Reuters Warner Bros. Discovery’s CNN plans to lay off hundreds of employees Thursday as it refocuses the business around a global digital…
A new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in Los Angeles County, triggering evacuations in a region already reeling from the most destructive fires in its history. The Hughes fire ignited north of the city on Wednesday afternoon, near Castaic Lake in a mountainous area that borders several residential areas and schools. The out-of-control blaze has grown…
Closing all bars on the parliamentary estate could lead to security risks for MPs, the leader of the House of Commons has said. The famous Strangers’ Bar in the Palace of Westminster has been temporarily closed while police investigate an alleged spiking incident. It is understood to have taken place on 7 January at about…
A teenage basketball player floored two of his opponents with vicious haymakers during a game earlier this month … and the punches were so violent, TMZ Sports has learned cops are now investigating the situation. The contest went down at around 6 PM on Jan. 3 in Georgia … when Sonoraville High School was taking…
Prior to officially becoming president, Donald Trump held a lengthy conversation with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss the potential of artificial intelligence and the need to develop the technology in the U.S., CNBC has learned. During the chat Friday, Trump was particularly animated about building AI in the U.S. instead of having it developed…
Maren Morris is prioritizing girl time in the aftermath of her divorce and coming out as bisexual … she’s hit up Mexico for some rest and relaxation with her gal pals. Check it out … the country singer dons a little black bikini with a white rose detail for a beach trip in Tulum, Mexico…
(L-R) Priscilla Chan, CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, and Lauren Sanchez attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Instagram users are complaining this week that they’re…
Natalie DiDonato — the “Mob Wives” star who went missing earlier this week — is safe and sound, though she allegedly had her identification stolen … TMZ has learned. Denise Fuoco — Natalie’s mother — tells TMZ … she spoke to her daughter about an hour ago on the phone, and she’s safe in Nevada….
Steven Strang, a writer and literary scholar who founded MIT’s Writing and Communication Center in 1981 and directed it for 40 years, died with family at his side on Dec. 29, 2024. He was 77. His vision for the center was ambitious. After an MIT working group identified gaps between the students’ technical knowledge and their…
The family of a black man who died after being restrained by police officers who denied having heard him say “I can’t breathe” have condemned the police discipline system after two officers were cleared of gross misconduct. Kevin Clarke, 35, died while in police custody in 2018, with the restraint having lasted more than 30…
