Miller Sanford Colin Firth as Jim Swire in “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth.” (Graeme Hunter / SKY/Carnival ) On Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, traveling from London to New York, breaking it apart and sending it to Earth. Flora Swire, a 23-year-old Englishwoman, was among the 270 killed … Read more
Popular YouTuber MrBeast, a.k.a. Jimmy Donaldson, has announced his engagement to Thea Booysen. (Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images ) Today I’m going to … get engaged: YouTube star MrBeast is engaged to fellow influencer Thea Booysen, a.k.a. the future MrsBeast. The “Beast Games” host, 26, who is the most-subscribed-to YouTuber, proposed to his girlfriend of … Read more
A police officer stands guard at the scene after a shooting incident at a bar, in Cetinje, about 18 miles northwest of Podgorica, Montenegro, on Thursday. (Risto Bozovic / Associated Press) Shock and dismay prevailed in Montenegro on Thursday after a gunman fatally shot 12 people, including two children, in a western town before killing … Read more
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to US criminal fraud charges, after being extradited from Montenegro this week. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Kwon, who co-founded Singapore-based Terraform Labs and developed the TerraUSD and Luna currencies, in March 2023 with two counts each of … Read more
This image released Friday by Chora Media shows Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec. 19 as she was reporting in Iran, Italy’s foreign ministry said. (Chora Media via Associated Press) Italy summoned Iran’s ambassador on Thursday to demand the immediate release of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran, as the government … Read more
A street is dark during a blackout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after sunset on Tuesday. (Alejandro Granadillo / Associated Press) Jenniffer González Colón was sworn in Thursday as Puerto Rico’s new governor during a normally ebullient ceremony held amid widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago. González, a Republican … Read more
U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, right, hugs Delaware state Sen. Laura Sturgeon on McBride’s last day as a state senator in Dover last month. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) It was her last day in session as a Delaware state senator, and Sarah McBride sat in her tiny office at the state Capitol preparing farewell remarks. … Read more
A “Morning Joe” contributor on left-leaning MSNBC admitted that the administration’s immigration policies were “not Biden’s finest moment” and conceded that President-elect Donald Trump “is not wrong” about the low number of illegal crossings when he left office. Steve Rattner, a former Obama administration official who now manages the personal and philanthropic assets of former … Read more
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The Mets’ Lenny Randle, shown taking batting practice on Sept. 21, 1977, in New York, has died after a colorful career that put him in unusual situations. (Richard Drew / Associated Press) Lenny Randle, a big league player for 12 seasons who spoke five languages, performed stand-up comedy, was dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in … Read more
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