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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Washington

POLITICS

Hegseth rebukes media for its reporting on Iran nuclear strike: ‘You cheer against Trump so hard’

news

American Airlines flight turns back after witnesses see flames, smoke coming from engines

<p>Supreme Court is allowing states to block Planned Parenthood from reimbursement through the federal Medicaid program</p>

Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

<p>Jasmine Corckett issued a fiery rebuke at the expense of Melania Trump for receiving an ‘Einstein visa’ </p>

politics

Rep. Jasmine Crockett fumes over Melania’s ‘Einstein visa’ and modeling career

<p>Democratic NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani vowed to combat bigotry if he’s elected</p>

politics

Republicans are calling on Trump to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship and deport him

<p>NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and President Donald Trump at the summit in The Hague, The Netherlands, on Wednesday June 25 2025</p>

politics

Daddy’s home! White House takes NATO chief’s description of Trump to a new level

<p>Scott Wolf (left) filed for divorce from Kelley Wolf (right) earlier this month</p>

90s heartthrob seeks restraining order against estranged wife

<p>Sean "Diddy" Combs waves to supporters as he arrives with his defense lawyers during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., June 24, 2025</p>

LiveDiddy trial

Closing arguments begin in Combs’s sex-trafficking trial after seven weeks of testimony

<p>Beckham Reed was stung over 150 times after he ran into a yellow jackets nest.</p>

NEWS

Georgia toddler left fighting for life after being stung by yellow jackets over 150 times and suffering organ failure

<p>Mira Nair, New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani on stage during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025</p>

NEWS

Zohran Mamdani told director mom Mira Nair to pass on Harry Potter movie

<p>The video Gonzalez posted to Instagram that was subsequently denounced by the Department of Homeland Security</p>

POLITICS

Vice mayor who called ICE ‘the biggest gang there is’ and for ‘cholos’ to defend their territory should resign, cop union says

LiveBezos-Sanchez wedding

Celebrity guests arrive in Venice as protesters force change of venue

<p>Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos pictured in Venice</p>

<p>An M4 Sherman tank rolls past during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14 2025</p>

Politics

Army reveals scale of damage done to DC streets following Trump’s military parade

<p>Some museums in America focus on subjects many would regard as plain dull</p>

Eight of America’s weirdest museums revealed, from video games to potatoes

<p>Sabrina Carpenter's new album, 'Man's Best Friend' will be released in August</p>

Sabrina Carpenter reveals new album artwork after controversy

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Social media star Tanner Martin announces his own death at age 30 in heartbreaking video

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Liam Payne’s sister reflects on late brother’s posthumous TV show

<p>Robert Granieri, the co-founder of the Wall Street trading firm Jane Street, was allegedly duped into handing over millions to fund the alleged attempt to topple the South Sudanese government, according to his lawyer.</p>

news

Financier ‘duped’ into funding alleged South Sudan coup - report

<p>Federal regulators accused game developers of ‘Fortnite’ of tricking people into making unwanted in-game purchases through confusing design </p>

news

Are you owed Fortnite settlement money? Here’s how to check

<p>Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack made headlines this week when she detailed her ectopic pregnancy </p>

politics

Republican who blamed the political left for her near-fatal ectopic pregnancy now says she’s facing death threats

<p>Overrated?: Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘There Will Be Blood’ and Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’</p>

MOVIES

The most overrated films of the 21st century, from La La Land to Oppenheimer

<p>Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom </p>

culture

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom reportedly break up after nearly nine years together

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Woe, Canada! NBA prospect’s unimpressed reaction after finding out his new home in the draft

politics

Zohran Mamdani pledges to combat bigotry if elected NYC Mayor after MAGA spirals into ugly Islamophobia

<p>Democratic NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani vowed to combat bigotry if he’s elected</p>

Trump Reshapes The World

<p>Fed chair Jerome Powell has refused Trump’s demand for lower US interest rates</p>

Who will Trump pick to replace his ‘terrible’ and ‘stupid’ Federal Reserve boss?

<p>ORIENTE MEDIO-GUERRAS-NETANYAHU-LEGADO</p>

politics

Trump calls for Netanyahu corruption trial ‘witch hunt’ to be scrapped

<p>MPs voted in favour of the third reading of the assisted dying Bill by a majority of 23 (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)</p>

Politics

Trump administration slaps down UK after MPs pass assisted dying bill

<p>US president Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference following the Nato summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on 25 June 2025</p>

politics

Growing calls for Pakistan to rescind Trump’s Nobel Prize nomination

<p>Protesters hold signs at an anti-ICE rally in Los Angeles. New data suggests ICE has arrested six percent of known undocumented immigrants convicted of murder</p>

politics

Trump vowed to prioritize deporting hardened criminals. Data suggests only 6% of known undocumented immigrant murderers have been caught

<p>Former vice president Mike Pence expressed admiration to a January 6 defendant who refused to accept a pardon from Trump </p>

politics

Mike Pence writes letter to Jan 6 rioter praising her for refusing to take Trump’s pardon

<p>Rep. Rob Bresnahan faced criticism for the sheer number of trades made by his portfolio while he publicly supports a ban on members trading stocks</p>

politics

Republican who pushed to ban lawmaker stock trading bought Lockheed shares ahead of Iran strikes

Bulletin

<p>US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they sit in a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC</p>

Europe shuns Elon Musk’s Tesla as sales plummet

<p>Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae visiting the Wonsan Kalma beach resort</p>

Key features of North Korea’s new resort to boost tourism

<p>The crash was the world's deadliest aviation disaster in a decade</p>

Air India disaster major update after black box data downloaded

<p>Spectators watch as whales swim past</p>

40,000 whales join the ‘humpback highway’ along Australia’s coast

More news

<p>Kim Jong Un was seen relaxing with his daughter and presumed heir at the bizarre beach resort</p>

NORTH KOREA

Kim Jong Un watches tourists use waterslide as North Korea opens new beach resort to boost tourism

<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (right) warned that if Zohran Mamdani (left) wins NYC mayor, wealthy New Yorkers may move to Florida, raising Palm Beach property values.</p>

POLITICS

Ron DeSantis points to upside for Florida if Zohran Mamdani becomes NYC mayor

<p>William marked his 43rd birthday on Saturday with a picture of him with cocker spaniel Orla and three of the four puppies she gave birth to last month</p>

ROYALS

Peta claims Prince William and Kate are ‘staggeringly out of touch’ after pet dog has puppies

<p>Lorde is heading in the right direction on her new album, ‘Virgin’</p>

MUSIC

Lorde explores Virgin territory as she (almost) returns to her finest form

<p>Betting website Kalshi said it had reached a valuation of $2 billion, less than a year after winning a lawsuit allowing users to bet on elections</p>

POLITICS

‘Betting’ site Kalshi, which predicted both Trump and Mamdani’s wins, parlays $2 billion valuation

<p>Homer and Marge Simpson</p>

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Simpsons fans in shock after show ‘kills off’ one of main characters

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Classic item from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off sells for huge auction sum

<p>‘Pros: Cancer has all gone,’ she wrote on her Instagram Story</p>

Jessie J says ‘cancer has all gone’ after mastectomy

<p>Joshua Buchholtz says his Chicago home was burglarized just weeks after he, his wife and son moved in</p>

Crime

G Herbo’s producer says thieves stole cash and gun in home invasion

<p>Protesters in wheelchairs were cuffed with zip-ties as they protested proposed cuts to Medicaid on June 25</p>

politics

Protesters in wheelchairs cuffed with zip-ties during Capitol demonstrations against Medicaid cuts

GOP worries Medicaid cuts will derail Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

<p>Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman after being on death row for nearly 50 years</p>

crime

Mississippi executes inmate who’s been on death row almost half a century

<p>Attorney Tyrone Blackburn, representing Fat Joe’s former hype man Terrance “T.A.” Dixon, has been arrested for assault. The rapper, pictured, is embroiled in a bitter legal fight with Dixon.</p>

news

Attorney for Fat Joe’s former hype man accused of hitting man delivering legal documents with his vehicle

<p>A lifeguard in New Jersey was injured after an umbrella pierced through her shoulder. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment following the incident</p>

NEWS

Jersey Shore lifeguard impaled by 6-foot-long beach umbrella pole

<p>Dating app Bumble will shed 30 percent of its workforce as it explores how AI can be deployed in online dating</p>

news

Major layoffs at Bumble dating app as co-founder says online dating business is at ‘inflection point’

<p> Laura Caron was arrested in January and faces a slew of abuse charges</p>

crime

Elementary school teacher indicted for alleged abuse of 13-year-old after reportedly having his baby

<p>The best-paying jobs are in engineering, computer science, and health industries, the analysis found.</p>

NEWS

These are the college degrees in 2025 that will make the most money in 5 years

<p>A Southwest commercial airliner takes off from Las Vegas International Airport</p>

news

Southwest Airlines considers adding premium class and airport lounges to compete in crowded market

<p>Scott Allen Gardner, 33, was arrested after allegedly leaving his young son to die in the back of his hot car. </p>

CRIME

Father accused of letting toddler die in hot car while he drank beer and fireballs - before returning to the same bar

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health

Weight-loss jabs linked to hundreds of pancreatic cases and 10 deaths

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NEWS

The 12-year-old boy who set up a charity for musicians to play songs to animals stuck in shelters

<p>There are do's and don'ts for overhead bins that many passengers seem unaware of</p>

TRAVEL

These are the overhead bin rules for planes you (probably) didn’t know about

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Amanda Bynes says she's taking Ozempic to ‘look better in paparazzi pictures’ in rare update

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Amanda Seyfried reveals she auditioned for Wicked six times before losing role to Ariana Grande

<p>Paris Fitzpatrick in ‘Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet’ </p>

Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia is a handsome reboot of The Who’s tragic rock opera

news

‘James Bond – but depressed in sand with violins’: Fans react to Dune’s Denis Villeneuve as new James Bond director

<p>National Film Registry</p>

The Social Network sequel officially in the works after 15 year wait

<p>An unnamed family living in Syracuse, New York, but originally from Guatemala comply with an ICE detainment order on Tuesday June 25, 2025</p>

politics

Mother and her four kids – three of whom are US-born – detained in Texas ICE facility

<p>This handout picture courtesy of the U.S. Army shows U.S. Transportation Command supports Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights by providing military airlift, Fort Bliss, Texas, on February 10, 2025. </p>

politics

Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals

<p>Walton Goggins attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 </p>

Walton Goggins’ latest venture after White Lotus revealed: He’s narrating a ‘smut’ audiobook for a sandwich company

<p>‘Barack did it and I don’t know that I could have done it because I wasn’t sure about it — the notion that you just let the little person that you love cry and cry,’ Michelle said</p>

NEWS

Michelle Obama reveals the parenting method she and Barack clashed over

<p>A 21-year-old Norwegian tourist named Mads Mikkelsen claims he was denied entry to the US after agents found a meme of Vice President JD Vance. DHS officials said Mikkelsen was denied because he admitted to using drugs</p>

politics

US officials forced to share bald JD Vance meme by denying tourist’s claim he was denied entry over photo

<p>Alcohol test for driving a car</p>

Party host uses breathalyzer as a ‘fun game’ before calling the cops on guest who was over driving limit

Love Island USA airs on-screen message urging fans to ‘be kind’ as hateful comments surge

<p>Ayo Edebiri as Sydney and Liza Colon-Zayas as Tina in ‘The Bear’</p>

The Bear season four is delicious at points, but tries far too hard at others

<p>Newark had recently faced air traffic control outages, a shortage of air traffic control workers and a struggle to keep up with demand</p>

TRAVEL

After weeks of severe delays United claims Newark is now the most on-time large airport in the US

<p>Smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas south of Adak, Alaska</p>

news

Cargo ship carrying new vehicles sinks in international waters

<p>Lionel Messi at the Club World Cup</p>

SOCCER

How the ‘heat dome’ in the US is affecting the FIFA Club World Cup

Culture

<p>Glastonbury past and future: Dolly Parton, Stormzy, Billie Eilish, Jay-Z and David Bowie</p>

Poll: What is the best Glastonbury line-up of all time?

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LiveGlastonbury Festival

Glastonbury 2025: Neil Young headline set ‘missing’ from BBC schedule

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Glastonbury Festival

How much does Glastonbury pay artists to perform at the festival?

BBC issue update after Call The Midwife after cancellation reports

<p>Misery has never shone so bright: Michael Shannon and Ruth Wilson in ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’</p>

Ruth Wilson is utterly luminous in A Moon for the Misbegotten

<p>Kneecap performing at the SSE Arena in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)</p>

Glastonbury Festival

BBC shares statement on broadcasting Kneecap Glastonbury set

<p>Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in ‘Brokeback Mountain’</p>

Brokeback Mountain writer reveals moment she predicted Oscar loss

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A mod ballet: the rousing revival of Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia

<p>Film-James Bond-MGM Amazon</p>

Next James Bond director announced as Oscar-nominated fan favourite

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Sabrina Carpenter unveils alternate album artwork ‘approved by God’

IndyBest

<p>The console will be back in stock – but probably not for long</p>

Walmart+ members get exclusive Nintendo Switch 2 perk today

<p>Some stores have online stock, others are sticking to in-person only</p>

How to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 at Walmart, Best Buy, Target and more

<p>If you’re looking to dip your toe into wearables, don’t miss this rare saving</p>

The Oura ring is my favorite tracker — here’s how to get $100 off

<p>Up your game, with these top-rated pickleball paddles</p>

Best pickleball paddles for every player, from beginners to pros

Lifestyle

Smart treats and celebratory eats to try this summer

<p>Newlyweds Cheryl Carley and Patrick Brown are suing their wedding photographer </p>

Couple sues wedding photog who had to ask guests ‘how to take pics’

Why does everything have to be an immersive experience now?

<p>Adults in Disney merchandise pose for a photo (file photo) </p>

Why are people so mad at Disney-obsessed adults?

<p>Some commonly prescribed drugs can make it harder to stay cool</p>

Health & Families

Five common types of medication that make it hard to cope in the heat

<p>A consumer watchdog has warned over the potentially “devastating” consequences of intravenous (IV) drips that claim to lighten the skin</p>

Warning issued over skin-lightening beauty treatments

<p>Kim Kardashian (left) turned up in full Balenciaga, while Oprah Winfrey (right) arrived in a white set </p>

All the celebrity guests at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding

Former Lioness Fara Williams talks health, nutrition and body image (Mike Egerton/PA)

Health & Families

Former Lioness Fara Williams: Image felt like a competition – you had to look a certain way

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World champion’s wardrobe malfunction fails to thwart 400m win

<p>Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus enjoy date night supporting Miley Cyrus.</p>

Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus enjoy date night

Travel

<p>The windmills of Leros sit overlooking the the village of Agia Maria</p>

The tiny Greek island known as the Island of Outcasts

<p>High-flyer Carole Hopson</p>

Meet the woman who became a United Airlines pilot at 50

<p>Newark had recently faced air traffic control outages, a shortage of air traffic control workers and a struggle to keep up with demand</p>

United claims Newark is now the most on-time large airport in the US

<p>Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae visiting the Wonsan Kalma beach resort</p>

Key features of North Korea’s new resort to boost tourism

<p>Passengers and local observers reported seeing smoke and flames on an American Airlines plane departing from Las Vegas for Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday morning. </p>

American Airlines flight turns back after witnesses see flames, smoke

An American Airlines plane made an emergency return to the Las Vegas airport Wednesday morning after passengers and local observers saw smoke and flames coming from the engine.

<p>There are do's and don'ts for overhead bins that many passengers seem unaware of</p>

The overhead bin rules for planes you (probably) didn’t know about

We asked travel experts, including etiquette gurus and a serving flight attendant, to unveil the protocol for using cabin stowage bins

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Would you go on holiday to North Korea? Kim Jong Un just revealed a big tourist resort

Would you go on holiday to North Korea? Kim Jong Un just revealed a big tourist resort

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Who is Vanilla Mace? The rising streamer being compared to Jenna Marbles and Trisha Paytas

viral

'Genius' Hinge user invites four matches over and recreates Love Island group date

viral

'You just ruined my day’: The Simpsons fans react to shocking death twist

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Denis Villeneuve fans think he could cast 'perfect villain' in next James Bond film

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Denis Villeneuve fans think he could cast 'perfect villain' in next James Bond film

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Runner whose penis is exposed mid race wins despite 'equipment failure'

politics

Trump called someone a 'very average mentally person' and the jokes write themselves