New videos show Prince William and Kate Middleton being mocked with raucous chants of “USA, USA” as they sat courtside at a Celtics game on the first night of their whirlwind Boston trip Wednesday. Just hours after touching down in the Massachusetts capital for their first stateside visit since 2014, the Prince and Princess of … Read more
Authorities towed away five vehicles from the house where four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered as investigators continue to search for clues on who killed the students. A tow truck removed the cars—some of which are believed to have belonged to the victims—one by one Tuesday and brought them to a city-owned lot, … Read more
The decision to approve the use of the remote-controlled equipment followed a two-hour emotionally charged debate. Officials in San Francisco have voted to give the city’s police the power to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations. The 8-3 vote in favor of the move followed an emotionally charged two-hour debate and came despite … Read more
The billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said on Monday that Apple was pressing Twitter over content moderation demands. Elon Musk has accused Apple Inc of threatening to block Twitter Inc from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on the social … Read more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said China poses a “systemic” challenge to UK values and interests as his government condemned Beijing after a BBC journalist was beaten while covering protests in Shanghai. In his first major foreign policy speech, Sunak said the so-called “golden era” of UK relations with China was “over, along with … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned of new Russian missile attacks on his country, urging defense forces and citizens to be prepared to withstand a new week of strain on the power grid. The warning on Sunday came as snow fell in Kyiv and temperatures hovered around freezing with fog forecast overnight. City authorities said … Read more
Iranian football federation slams ‘unprofessional act’ as US football body uses modified flag in social media posts. Iran’s football federation says it has lodged a complaint to FIFA over the removal of the word “Allah” from the Islamic Republic’s flag on social media posts by its counterpart in the United States, ahead of an upcoming … Read more
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the attack on the Villa Rose hotel in the Somali capital with no word yet on any casualties. Fighters from the al-Shabab armed group have attacked a hotel used by government officials in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, according to police and government officials, with security officials saying … Read more
The teen gunned down with five co-workers at a Virginia Walmart had just started working at the store — and used his first paycheck to buy a gift for his mom, according to a report. Fernando Chavez-Barron, 16, was a “hardworking” and “humble” 11th-grade honors student who just earned his driver’s license and was an … Read more
Cage-free chickens are shown inside a facility at Hilliker’s Ranch Fresh Eggs in Lakeside, California, April 19. Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history. (Mike Blake, Reuters) Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes CHICAGO — Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 … Read more