After years of negative headlines and post-pandemic economic struggle, San Francisco has picked a wealthy Democratic outsider with no government experience to serve as the city’s new mayor. Daniel Lurie, 47, is one of the heirs to the Levi Strauss jeans company fortune, and previously spent 15 years as the executive of a San Francisco…
Counter-terrorism officers did not believe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was “in danger of being radicalised”, leaks from a Home Office report have revealed. The Prevent learning review will criticise counter-terrorism officers for failing to properly take into account Rudakubana’s obsession with extreme violence when it is released, the Sunday Times has reported. The 18-year-old was…
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Nathan Howard/REUTERS US President Joe Biden playfully bites a baby during a trick-or-treaters celebration for Halloween at the White House in Washington DC. David Ramos/Getty Images Cars are piled high in the street, in the Sedaví area of Valencia. Torrential rains brought devastation…
Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty…
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday that the nature of live music keeps it in demand, which helps the business stay strong — even though some consumer-oriented companies report a pullback due to inflation. “It’s a very scarce commodity,” he said. “If you want to see Ben Folds tonight, who’s…
Robert Brooks died allegedly at the hands of New York State Corrections employees — and even more shocking is that some of the officers rake in whopping six figure salaries … TMZ has learned. Brooks — an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate NY — died of asphyxia due to compression of neck during…
Vince McMahon just reached a deal with the feds in his hush money case … with the former WWE honcho agreeing to fork over $1.7 million to put the matter in his rearview mirror. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it found McMahon paid a former employee $3 million in 2019 and an ex-independent…
Experts have predicted a “buyer’s market” for house hunters in the year ahead, giving them greater negotiating power as the mood of the housing market shifts to “cautious optimism”. However, even the more hopeful expectations for 2025 were met with caution, as an important stamp duty relief for first-time buyers was scheduled to end in…
Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider The 2025 IndyCar Series season opens this Sunday at St. Petersburg (12 p.m. ET on FOX). If last season is any indication, this will be another year of great parity. No driver had more than three wins over the 17 races in 2024 and no driver recorded more than seven…
Authorities in Guatemala have resisted efforts by members of a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises. The children were taken into care on Friday when police raided a farm used by the Lev Tahor movement, which is under investigation in several countries for serious sexual offences. Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez said…
