ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Two people died and 77 others were injured after a massive blast rocked more than a dozen buildings in one of Nigeria’s largest cities Tuesday night, the governor said Wednesday, as rescue workers dug through the rubble in search of those feared trapped. Residents in the southwestern state of Oyo’s densely … Read more
Some massive names have been announced for Coachella 2024 (Picture: Getty Images for Coachella) The 2024 Coachella lineup has been announced, and it’s a big one. Each year hundreds of thousands of music lovers descend on the massive event, with the 2023 festival drawing over 500,000 people. And 2024 looks set to be just as … Read more
Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn appear at a news conference in Vallejo on July 13, 2015. The couple has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the city and its police department. (Mike Jory / Associated Press) Nearly three years after Vallejo police wrongly labeled a woman’s kidnapping a hoax, she and her fiance have … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an Indiana public school district defend its segregating bathrooms by sex. The highest court offered no comment when it rejected the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that banning transgender students from using the bathrooms of the gender they identify with violates … Read more
FILE – Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gestures during his visit to The Boatyard in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, on Jan. 15, 2024. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a test of his authority and his nerve on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, as he tries to subdue a Conservative Party rebellion over his stalled plan to … Read more
Jon Venables will not leave prison anytime soon, if at all (Picture: PA) Jon Venables will remain in prison for at least two more years after missing the deadline to appeal the decision to stop him walking free. Toddler James Bulger’s evil murderer, now 41, vowed to fight his failed freedom bid after he was … Read more
Hunter Biden was loaded in more ways than one in October 2018, federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday in a scathing response to the first son’s attempt to dismiss weapons charges against him. Five years after the now-53-year-old’s sister-in-law-turned-lover Hallie Biden dumped Hunter’s firearm in a trash can behind a grocery store in Delaware, FBI officials re-examined … Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine is locked in an existential battle for its survival almost two years into its war with Russia and Western armies and political leaders must drastically change the way they help it fend off invading forces, a top NATO military officer said on Wednesday. At a meeting of the 31-nation alliance’s top … Read more
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A Kay Burley interview has been branded an ‘absolute car crash’ as immigration minister Michael Tomlinson failed to answer questions on TV boxsets and his favourite football team. You know, the real issues. The Tory politician was … Read more
Ron Howard nearly left “Happy Days” after Henry Winkler’s popularity changed the course of the show. Howard almost quit when producers floated the idea of calling the hit show “Fonzie’s Happy Days” in an effort to capitalize on fans’ love of Winkler’s character, Arthur Herbert “The Fonz” Fonzarelli. “They came to me at ABC and they wanted to … Read more