Twitter suspended the account of Indiana Rep. Jim Banks on Saturday after the Republican congressman intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, the first transgender person to hold an office that requires a Senate confirmation. Banks, who represents the northeastern corner of the state, was responding to the […]
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told “Fox News Sunday” that President Biden would not be happy if Congress can only pass an infrastructure bill without an agreement on a larger spending package before the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The progressive congressman was confident that a deal will be made […]
Canadian rapper Drake is celebrating another year around the sun as he turns 35 years old on Sunday. Just last month, the musician, whose real name is Aubrey Graham, dropped his new album, “Certified Lover Boy,” which made it to No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 chart and sold 613,000 copies […]
The head of the Centers for Disease Control says the US is monitoring the new ‘Delta Plus’ variant responsible for a growing number of cases in the UK, though the mutation doesn’t appear to be more contagious or resistant to vaccines. Dr. Rochelle Walensky says there’s only been ‘a handful’ […]
7.32pm BST19:32 Fans have amassed around turn one, the site of much prospective early drama. Could that drama be influenced by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz? The pair are back in fourth and fifth and both using their new power unit without engine penalties for the first time. Photograph: […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci is facing calls from a bipartisan group of legislators to respond to allegations that his National Institutes of Health division provided a grant to a lab in Tunisia to torture and kill dozens of beagle puppies for twisted scientific experiments. In a letter to the director of the National […]
MANCHESTER, England, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Mohamed Salah hit a hat-trick as Liverpool humiliated Manchester United, romping to a stunning 5-0 victory at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday that leaves Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s future in serious doubt. United were 4-0 down at halftime for the first time […]
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai India 151-7 (20 overs): Kohli 57 (49), Pant 39; Shaheen 3-31 Pakistan 152-0 (17.5 overs): Rizwan 78* (55), Babar 68* (52) Pakistan win by 10 wickets Scorecard Pakistan hammered India by 10 wickets to claim a famous win over their […]
A minor earthquake measuring at a 3.6 magnitude shook the Los Angeles area early Sunday morning, waking up a some residents. The quake hit East Los Angeles at about 7:01 a.m. PST Sunday morning, reaching a depth of about 17 km (10 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey. […]
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Dozens of U.S. fellow Marines joined hundreds of Wyoming residents to bid a final farewell at a memorial for Rylee McCollum, one of 13 U.S. servicemen killed in a suicide bombing as they guarded a gate at a chaotic Kabul, Afghanistan airport during the final U.S. […]
Barça keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen reacts as Real Madrid’s Lucas Vázquez scores his team’s second goal during El Clásico at the Camp Nou stadium on October 24. LLuis Gene/AFP/Getty Images Despite Sergio Agüero’s 97th minute goal, Real Madrid claimed the three points in a 2-1 victory over Barcelona at the Camp […]
Brian Laundrie’s parents, Christopher and Roberta, left their home Sunday for the first time since police told them their son was dead in a Florida swamp. The couple dashed out to their red Dodge Ram pick-up truck at 9.50am after holing up inside their house for four days. Christopher, in […]
The government will this week launch a £1.4bn fund to attract more overseas investment into the UK economy, particularly in key sectors such as life sciences and electric vehicle production. In his budget announcement on Wednesday, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will also announce plans to lure highly skilled foreign workers […]
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hopes President Biden was serious about defending Taiwan if China invades the island nation and that it wasn’t a “random comment.” Pompeo wouldn’t lay out a specific timeline for when Chinese President Xi Jinping will try to take control of Taiwan – […]
Victoria, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 24 (Reuters) – A tug boat spent the night fighting a container fire that broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia, the Canadian Coast Guard said on Sunday, adding that it would continue to monitor the situation. Sixteen crew […]
David Alaba opened the scoring on his El Clasico debut with his first Real Madrid goal Real Madrid beat Barcelona in a new-look El Clasico to go top of La Liga and leave Ronald Koeman’s side down in eighth in the table. It was the first Clasico without Barca icon […]
Amanda Knox, the woman who was imprisoned in Italy and later acquitted in the murder of her British roommate, announced the birth her first child on social media and in a New York Times article. Knox, 34, posted on Instagram on Saturday about the birth of her daughter, with her […]
LONDON (AP) — The husband of U.K. charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained for more than five years in Iran, has gone on a hunger strike again after a court decided she has to spend another year in prison. Richard Ratcliffe started his fast on Sunday outside the […]
The event, Airport Race Wars 2, was taking place at the Kerrville-Kerr County Airport, around 70 miles from San Antonio. The event held several races in multiple categories. A total of $10,000 in prize money was set to be awarded, according an advertising flyer. Police said the vehicle lost control […]
President Biden and Senate Democrats are drafting a plan that would tax the stocks and bonds of the wealthiest 0.0002 percent, an idea popularized in some 2020 campaigns but still not fully supported within the Democratic Party. The new ‘Billionaire Income Tax’ is being written by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron […]