The heat returns
the heat returns
the heat returns
The former head of FTX was sentenced on Thursday following convictions of fraud and conspiracy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets are shutting down guard LaMelo Ball for the season. Ball has not played since Jan. 27 for the Hornets (18-54), who've been eliminated from postseason competition. Charlotte has missed the playoffs in eight straight seasons, the longest drought in the NBA. The 22-year-old Ball, who signed a five-year max contract extension in July, has had repeated problems with ankle injuries since coming into the league and has played in just 58 games over the last t
EastEnders' Sonia Fowler is set to get bad news amid her IVF baby storyline on the BBC soap.
London Elects said the actor had not submitted valid nomination papers on time and would therefore not be a candidate for Mayor of London.
The Labour deputy leader has been under increased scrutiny recently over the 2015 sale of her council house in Stockport, Greater Manchester
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady Thursday as Wall Street coasts into the close of its latest winning month and quarter. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in afternoon trading after setting an all-time high the day before. It’s roared roughly 10% in this year’s first three months. The only quarter that’s been better in the last two years was the one that came just before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 27 points, or 0.1%, as of 12:20 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq c
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa. About three-quarters of the world’s cocoa — the main ingredient in chocolate — are produced on cacao trees in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cameroon. But dusty seasonal winds from the Sahara were severe in recent months, blocking out the sunlight n
There is a twist with the latest offering from the now decade-old Monsterverse, a franchise that has featured Kong and Godzilla in their own movies, and then in 2021’s Godzilla Vs. Kong battling each other to the death (these monsters never really die. But you knew that). The twist this time is there an even …
Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days. The Pennsylvania group that handles Phil, and his groundhog wife, Phyliss, says the couple have become parents. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said in a Facebook post Wednesday that Phyliss recently gave birth to two healthy babies.
The traditional service was held at Worcester Cathedral for the first time since 1980.
Reds remain without host of key players for Premier League title run-in
Greek gas supplier DEPA Commercial has filed for arbitration to seek a price revision on its gas supply contract with Gazprom, DEPA CEO Constantinos Xifaras said on Thursday. The Greek state-controlled company is seeking a retroactive lowering of the gas price in the contract signed in 2022, as well as relief from future payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to several sources with knowledge of the matter.
Former Chancellor speaks out as Paul Scully joins in criticism of Tories’ London campaign video
Five people are in hospital, and another 10 or 11 people at Lewes Prison in East Sussex are ill.
Concern over the environmental impact of ‘Parkrun tourism’ where participants visit locations beginning with every letter of the alphabet has been revealed among the reasons for deleting an all-time record list from the charity’s website.
Middle income families will be able to claim thousands of pounds extra in state support after the Chancellor announced changes to the child benefit system.
Democrats successfully fought to get Trump’s tax returns public when he was president. That won’t happen now he’s running again.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell slightly this week, welcome news for home shoppers facing rising prices and a stubbornly low inventory of properties on the market this spring homebuying season. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage slipped to 6.79% from 6.87% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago it averaged 5.56%, Freddie Mac said.
The regulator, whose approval is needed for any price rises, has pushed back on substantial bill increases.
Michael M Santiago/GettyImagesDonald Trump tried to convince a state judge to drop his Georgia election interference case on Thursday, summoning a tortured relationship between falsehoods and truths to make his case.Trump’s lawyers argued that lies aren’t just protected by the First Amendment; lies are sometimes essential, his lawyers said, at getting to the truth.The morning’s court hearing could prove a pivotal step as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis works her criminal case against