Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Months after she was announced to be President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, Linda McMahon is on the hot seat in Capitol Hill Thursday as she faces senators over the future of the agency, which the president has vowed to kill. The Senate Health, […]
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Executives at CoreCivic, one of the nation’s largest private prison companies, said they anticipate the Trump administration’s new immigration policies will lead to “the most significant growth” in the company’s history over the next several years. “I’ve worked at CoreCivic for 32 years, and this is truly one of […]
Getty Images FC Porto will host AS Roma on Thursday for the first leg of the UEFA Europa League playoff ahead of the Round of 16 in the knockout stages. The winning side of the tie can potentially meet Lazio in the next round, with a possible Derby della Capitale to take place, if Claudio […]
(mashabuba/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Germany’s defense minister criticized President Donald Trump for what he called “regrettable” concessions to Moscow, after the president unilaterally announced an immediate start to direct peace talks with President Vladimir Putin to end the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine. Trump said in a post to social media on Wednesday that he spoke […]
WABC (NEW YORK) — The human remains found in a suitcase floating in the East River last week have been identified as Edwin Echevarria, a 65-year-old Manhattan man, who was allegedly murdered by 23-year-old Christian Miller, who lived at the same address on Columbia Street, police said. The grisly discovery was made on Feb. 5 […]
After the trade heard ’round the world, Luka Doncic has struggled to find his rhythm in his first two games with the Lakers, who fell to the lowly Utah Jazz 131-119 on Wednesday. Doncic, whose debut with the Lakers coincided with a return from a calf strain, finished with 16 points on 13 shots. He […]
(Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Munich police said at least 28 people were injured after a “vehicle drove into a group of people” in the center of the city on Thursday morning. “The driver was able to be secured on site and currently poses no further danger,” police said in a post in German on […]
(kali9/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A mother in Alabama has been arrested and charged with the alleged murder of her 4-month-old son after an autopsy found that he had been severely injured, police said. On Jan. 25, the Chambers County emergency dispatch center received a 911 call at approximately 1:55 PM in reference to a […]
(ATU Images/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — During his confirmation hearings two weeks ago to lead the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated several unfounded claims about autism. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer who has made money through books, speeches and lawsuits while sharing vaccine skepticism, refused to say that vaccines don’t […]
If you don’t have plans for Valentine’s Day, perhaps you could spend the night at the movie theater. A24’s Babygirl is headed back to theaters on the weekend of Feb. 14. Directed by Halina Reijn, Babygirl stars Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Sophie Wilde and Antonio Banderas. It follows a high-powered CEO who puts her career […]
