The backlog in routine hospital treatments in England has reached its lowest level for two years. Data for the end of April showed the waiting list dropped to 7.39 million, down from 7.42 million in March. But it is nine years since the NHS has met its target of 92% of patients being seen in […]
FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross explains what led to the latest hurricane forecast from Colorado State University. Norcross warns the current quiet spell does not mean a quiet hurricane season ahead. MIAMI – The 2025 hurricane season is off to a busy start in the eastern Pacific, with three tropical cyclones already having developed […]
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images When President Trump announced his sweeping new tariffs this year, many trade law experts were startled. Typically, presidents don’t have the authority to impose broad tariffs with a snap of their fingers. But Trump’s advisors have an unusual new legal theory. They say that as […]
The new group backed by Israel and the US for aid distribution in Gaza says Hamas attacked a bus transporting some of its Palestinian workers, killing at least five people. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the attack happened on Wednesday night as the bus carrying more than two-dozen workers travelled to a distribution centre […]
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Masato Hattori An artist’s impression of Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, the newly discovered tyrannosaur ancestor Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur – in the collection of a Mongolian museum – that they say “rewrites” the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs. Researchers concluded that two 86 million-year-old skeletons they studied belonged […]
Rioters attacked a leisure centre hosting people fleeing what police called ‘racist thuggery’ in the town of Ballymena. Riots have erupted for a third consecutive night in Northern Ireland, with police condemning the violence as “racist thuggery” that erupted following an alleged sexual assault. A few dozen masked rioters in the primary flashpoint of Ballymena […]
Timelapse shows Canadian wildfire smoke and haze over Chicago on Wednesday, June 5. MINNEAPOLIS – Wildfires burning in western Canada continue to impact the U.S., as another round of smoke blows south and affects air quality. This week, the smoke made its way back into the northern tier of the U.S., prompting air quality alerts […]
EPA-EFE/Shutterstock At least seven people have died in a wave of bomb and gun attacks in south-western Colombia, according to local media reports. Two police officers were said to be among those killed in the attacks, which targeted Cali, the country’s third-largest city, and several nearby towns. Car bombs, motorcycle bombs, rifle fire and a […]
Protesters confront National Guard soldiers and police outside of a federal building as protests continue in Los Angeles following three days of clashes with police after a series of immigration raids on June 09, 2025, in Los Angeles. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Protesters confront National Guard soldiers and police […]
Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one. So it should come as no surprise that federal immigration raids on workplaces around Los Angeles County this week set off the largest protests to date against President Trump’s immigration […]