NEW ORLEANS — Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe comprise a streamlined 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class after changes to the voting process raised the bar for enshrinement this year. The class revealed at the NFL Honors show on Thursday night is the Hall’s smallest in 20 years and the […]
Bereaved relatives have been asked to repay state pensions that were wrongly sent to people who have died by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP has confirmed it has no legal right to reclaim the money but argues that it does so to protect public funds. Former Pensions Minister Sir Steve Webb […]
President Trump announced Friday that he planned to take over as chair of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images President Trump says he is taking over leadership of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. He declared himself chairman of Washington D.C.’s long-celebrated cultural […]
A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has confounded states, which had been allocated billions of dollars by Congress for the program. In interviews on Friday, some state officials said that as a result of the memo from the Trump administration, they had […]
MANCHESTER, England — Ruben Amorim will hope that one day, the FA Cup will slip down his list of priorities. Right now, though, with Manchester United languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table, it’s offering some welcome respite for the under-pressure manager. Nothing is coming easy for Amorim at the moment and […]
Vishala Sri-Pathma and Abi Smitton Business reporters BBC Jon and Becky Ball say the rate cut may help their mortgage, but hit their savings The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday from 4.75% to 4.5%, the lowest level for more than 18 months. Lower rates can reduce the cost of borrowing, but could […]
EPA “We’ve put all our mattresses in the living room,” says Georgia Nomikou. The Santorini resident fears the impact of ongoing earthquakes on the Greek island, popular with tourists for its picture-postcard views. But the idyll has been disrupted this past week by thousands of earthquakes. Santorini, and other Greek islands in the region, are […]
A series of storm systems leading up to the Super Bowl and in the days following the big game will result in widespread impacts across the country, as winter appears to remain hold of the weather pattern for several more weeks. Fast Facts Three storm systems to impact the country following Super Bowl Sunday Snow, […]
President Trump has made clear his animus toward mainstream media organizations. Now he’s getting more personal. Mr. Trump and his key lieutenant, Elon Musk, who has been empowered to run what they call the Department of Government Efficiency as a “special government employee,” have attacked journalists by name in recent days on the social media […]
Hamas has released the names of the next hostages to be freed on Saturday in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. They are male civilians Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy. So far, 18 hostages have been freed since the ceasefire began on 19 January with Israel in […]