Almost 900 weapons were seized in one year from children detained in a young offender institution in the north of England, a prisons watchdog has found. In its annual report published on Friday into HM young offender institution Wetherby in West Yorkshire, the institution’s independent monitoring board found that children were in possession of a…
The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would take up a challenge to a part of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to cover some kinds of preventative care at no cost. The law, President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement, has survived three major earlier encounters with the court. The new challenge…
The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow’s energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine. The measures target more than 200 entities and individuals ranging from traders and officials to insurance companies, as well as hundreds of oil tankers. In a…
It’s the end of an era at NBC, as Hoda Kotb has signed off on her final episode of the Today show. Back in September, Hoda announced her plans to retire from the show after nearly 17 years in the Today family. In December, Hoda announced the date of her final episode, and this morning,…
Two Israeli military members on leave were critically wounded in the New Year’s Day truck attack on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street and remain hospitalized, according to a diplomatic official from Israel. Adi Levin and a fellow reservist in the Israel Defense Forces came to New Orleans as part of a six-week trip to the…
A selection of news photographs from around the world. Ethan Swope/AP Wildfires ripped across parts of Los Angeles, California, leading to at least 10 deaths, destroying thousands of buildings and prompting mass evacuation orders. In this photograph, a firefighter battles the Eaton fire in Altadena. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Pacific Palisades…
Craig Melvin has big shoes to fill. And, following Hoda’s departure, he knows it. In November, NBC named Craig Melvin to replace Hoda Kotb on The Today Show. He’s freely admitting how intimidating it is to step in for such an iconic television host. Craig Melvin attends the 2025 National Board of Review Gala at…
A sign hangs outside of a CosMc’s restaurant, a concept recently launched by McDonald’s, in Bolingbrook, Illinois, on Dec. 11, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images McDonald’s will shutter three locations of its drinks-focused spinoff brand, CosMc’s. To test the concept, the fast-food giant opened its first CosMc’s location more than a year ago in…
The New Orleans Pelicans suspended power forward Zion Williamson for Friday night’s game against Philadelphia for a violation of team policies. Williamson has been tardy this season to multiple Pelicans practices or flights, which led to the one-game ban. “There were several occasions that led up to this and that’s how we got to this…
Deadly L.A. wildfires have destroyed homes and businesses this week … and the massive blazes have also upended local ecosystems to a horrifying degree. Jeff Corwin tells TMZ … right now the focus of the fires is — properly — on people dying and homes turned to ash. But, domestic and wild animals have also…
