Church bells peal in town retaken by Iraqi troops from Islamic State
Church tower bells are ringing again in the city of Bartella near Mosul after it was recaptured by Iraqi forces. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Church tower bells are ringing again in the city of Bartella near Mosul after it was recaptured by Iraqi forces. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
The trial, the first ever in which an ex-US president is the defendant, may see opening arguments in Monday.
Stocks again failed to hold early gains, with the market power trend about to end. Netflix subscribers jumped in Q1.
Netflix will no longer report membership numbers starting next year.
The prime minister suggested the federal budget could contain some relief for people with student loan debt.
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 18, 2024--The system of the Higher Colleges of Technology has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to serve more than 23,000 students at 17 campuses.
I'm A Celebrity fans were left shocked following Thursday night's double elimination, with some saying one of the stars was robbed. Read more.
NEW YORK — The young squatter couple accused of beating a Manhattan woman to death and stuffing her body in a duffel bag went on a wild shopping spree, got engaged while on the lam and even bought a diamond ring with the victim’s credit card to seal the deal, authorities said Thursday. After fleeing to Pennsylvania and crashing the victim’s Lexus they stole from outside the murder scene, ...
DECATUR, Ill., April 18, 2024--Innovafeed, a global leader in the production of insect ingredients for high-quality animal feed, pet food and plant nutrition, inaugurated its North American Insect Innovation Center (NAIIC) in Decatur, Illinois on the 18th of April. This pilot plant is the first step of the rising French agtech’s industrial expansion to North America and aims to scale up production and commercialization of insect protein in the USA.
EXCLUSIVE: Conrad Ricamora, the actor, singer and writer known for turns in Searchlight/Hulu’s Fire Island and ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder, has signed with Paradigm for representation. Ricamora starred opposite Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster in Fire Island, the Emmy-nominated, Gotham Award-winning queer-rom com from filmmaker Andrew Ahn. Prior to that, he …
JoJo Siwa's newly released single "Karma" is falling off the music charts, making way for newcomer Brit Smith to take over with her 2012 single.
Fantasy football players all get worked up about the incoming class of rookies, but what about the veteran players already on the teams they join? Matt Harmon identifies who could be on the hot seat this season.
AS Roma beat AC Milan 2-1 at a buzzing Stadio Olimpico on Thursday to complete a 3-1 aggregate win and set up a semi-final showdown with Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League. Defender Gianluca Mancini, whose 17th-minute header had helped Roma edge Milan 1-0 at the San Siro last week, gave them another early lead in the quarter-final second leg, scoring on a rebound from close range in the 12th minute. Paulo Dybala doubled the advantage for the hosts 10 minutes later with a curled shot inside the far post before Matteo Gabbia pulled one back for Milan five minutes from time, nodding home a cross from forward Rafael Leao.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / XOklahoma schools boss Ryan Walters kicked off his talk at a state university on Wednesday night by calling on people to “never back down to a woke mob.”But less than 15 minutes later, Walters seemed to do just that as hecklers in the audience shouted over his remarks.The Republican firebrand—who has likened the state teachers union to a “terrorist organization,” advocated for taxpayer-funded religious schools, and appointed the far-right “Libs of TikTok”
Kentucky will use a lottery system to award an initial round of licenses to businesses competing to participate in the state's startup medical cannabis program, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. The governor called it a fair way to give each applicant that clears the screening process an opportunity to land a license for the program, which launches statewide at the start of 2025. The lottery, set for October, should remove any temptation to lobby in an effort to “get a leg up in different ways that we don’t want to see,” Beshear said at his weekly news conference.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MSP Recovery, Inc. d/b/a LifeWallet (NASDAQ: LIFW) (“LifeWallet” or “the Company”) announces another comprehensive settlement with 10 affiliated property and casualty insurers (“P&C Insurers”) that write personal lines of P&C insurance in 15 states. In addition to settling existing claims, the settlement establishes a going-forward process to collaboratively and timely resolve future claims, as well as share important historical data that is
Midseason is the new fall. As Hollywood and the broader industry continue to recover from the debilitating dual actors and writers strikes, the 2024 television landscape is coming into focus. All of the broadcast networks have set return dates for most of their shows, but there’s no usual Premiere Week to speak of. But as …
Tom Selleck missed out on playing Indiana Jones when his ‘Magnum, P.I.’ show took off. The 79-year-old actor read for the lead role of Dr Henry Walton ‘Indiana’ Jones in Steven Spielberg’s 1981 blockbuster when he was waiting to hear if his detective show pilot was going to be picked up. He said in his new autobiography ‘You Never Know: A Memoir’ about the twists and turns of his years in showbiz: “It is really the story of an accidental career. “I’d never taken an acting class. I had no trainin
Carol Baum regrets “crapping” on Sydney Sweeney. The veteran Hollywood producer and acting coach, 81, was plunged into controversy and targeted by the 26-year-old ‘Euphoria’ actress’ fans when it emerged earlier this week she had mocked Sydney’s looks and acting ability. But she has now told TMZ she wishes she never said the actress “isn’t pretty” and “can’t act”. Carol added: “Crapping on an actor like that usually isn’t (my) style.” Her U-turn comes after Sydney’s representative slammed the pr
Travis Kelce is said to have “zero concern” his girlfriend Taylor Swift may tackle past relationships on her new album. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, who has been dating the ‘Bad Blood’ singer, also 34 since last year, reportedly isn’t worried about her continuing her habit of using past romances as influences for her hits. A source told the Daily Mail ahead of the release of Taylor’s 11th studio record, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, which is due out Friday (19.04.24): “If it is about
Dua Lipa ran into her parents at a nightclub during her party days. The 28-year-old singer opened up in a new cover story for Elle magazine about how the incident was typical of her family’s love of partying and music. She said about running into her mum Anesa Rexha and dad Dukagjin Lipa at The Box nightclub in New York City while she was with fellow pop star Charli XCX, 31, in the city’s Lower East Side. She said after the publication’s profile on her mentioned the moment: “(My family) celebrat