Here’s another thing getting cut in Washington: comedy. The White House Correspondents’ Association said on Saturday that it canceled a planned performance by Amber Ruffin, the actress and talk-show host, at its annual black-tie dinner on April 26. A monologue by a featured comedian is usually the highlight of the journalists’ soiree. Memorable performances by […]
Two tractor-trailers picked up some 80,000 pounds of beef from a slaughterhouse in northeastern Tennessee, and then vanished, the authorities said this week. They can’t figure out where the beef is, but a fake trucking company made off with enough meat to make about 320,000 quarter-pounders, the Grainger County Sheriff’s Office said. The meat was […]
Three hundred and four days is a long time for a footballer to go without playing in a game. And 1,135 days must feel like a lifetime for a striker to go without scoring. The former Real Madrid forward Mariano Diaz ended both of those personal droughts within the first 20 minutes of a friendly […]
Mar 29, 2025, 06:00 AM ET RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko could be moving to the Premier League, while Man United have targeted his teammate Xavi Simons. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors, and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades TOP […]
Gai Gherardi, a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass frames did not have to be dull but rather could be fashion statements of individuality, died on March 16 at her home in Hollywood. She was 78. Her sister, Heather Gherardi, said the cause was […]
It is a cornerstone of American democracy, enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: People have the right to challenge the actions of their leaders. Countless citizens, companies and others have exercised that right by filing lawsuits against the U.S. government. This has been happening for more than 200 years. But the barrage of […]
Mar 29, 2025, 07:31 AM ET Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola said he is happy at the south coast side and is hoping to make history at the club as they chase their first major trophy, amid speculation linking the Spaniard with a move to Tottenham Hotspur. With Spurs languishing 14th in the Premier League after […]
Rangers “might have to settle” for a fee close to £10m if in-form midfielder Nico Raskin is sold this summer, reckons former Ibrox favourite Scott Arfield, who tells fans to “get realistic” about a potential price. (Daily Record), external Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd is “unconvinced” a deal will be done to keep on-loan winger […]
Ana Faguy & Brandon Drennon BBC News, Washington DC Watch: US drivers react to Trump’s new auto tariff For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car […]
A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle Voice of America, the government-funded international broadcaster whose prospective demise has alarmed advocates for press freedoms. The judge, J. Paul Oetken of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, ruled after a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Voice of America journalists and […]