Defendant in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre carried out attack, defense acknowledges as trial begins
A lawyer for the man charged in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history has acknowledged that he planned and carried out the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and made hateful statements about Jewish people
2023-05-31 03:24
Caleb Martin's rise to NBA Finals becomes latest Heat undrafted success story
Caleb Martin was undrafted coming out of college
2023-05-31 03:23
Sia reveals she is on the autism spectrum
Sia has revealed that she has autism.
2023-05-31 03:21
US oil prices sink below $70 on debt ceiling jitters and Russia-Saudi tensions
US oil prices dropped below $70 a barrel Tuesday on concerns about whether the debt ceiling deal will make it through Congress and on reports of tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting.
2023-05-31 03:20
What to know about Ken Paxton, the impeached Texas attorney general
The Texas House's impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was the latest in a string of legal woes that began shortly after the Republican was first elected in 2014.
2023-05-31 03:18
Delta Air Lines faces proposed U.S. class action over carbon neutral claims
By Allison Lampert and Clark Mindock Delta Air Lines is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over advertising
2023-05-31 03:17
Pregnant Lindsay Lohan's beach getaway is grool
Pregnant Lindsay Lohan's beach getaway is grool
2023-05-31 03:16
AUDIO QUIZ: Try to spell the words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals
The middle school-age spellers who make it to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee spend years studying roots and language patterns and poring over the dictionary in order to give themselves a chance to be crowned bee champion
2023-05-31 02:59
Foo Fighters reveal their new drummer one year after Taylor Hawkins' death
Foo Fighters reveal their new drummer one year after Taylor Hawkins' death
2023-05-31 02:59
US says ‘the time is now’ for Sweden to join NATO and for Turkey to get new F-16s
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday the “time is now” for Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden joining NATO but said the Biden administration also believed that Turkey should be provided with upgraded F-16 fighters “as soon as possible.” Blinken maintained that the administration had not linked the two issues but acknowledged that some U.S. lawmakers had. President Joe Biden implicitly linked the two issues in a phone call to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday. “I spoke to Erdogan and he still wants to work on something on the F-16s. I told him we wanted a deal with Sweden. So let’s get that done," Biden said. Still, Blinken insisted the two issues were distinct. However, he stressed that the completion of both would dramatically strengthen European security. “Both of these are vital, in our judgement, to European security,” Blinken told reporters at a joint news conference in the northern Swedish city of Lulea with Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. “We believe that both should go forward as quickly as possible; that is to say Sweden’s accession and moving forward on the F-16 package more broadly.” “We believe the time is now,” Blinken said. He declined to predict when Turkey and Hungary, the only other NATO member not yet to have ratified Sweden’s membership, would grant their approval. But, he said, “we have no doubt that it can be, it should be, and we expect it to be” completed by the time alliance leaders meet in Vilnius, Lithuania in July at an annual summit. Fresh from a strong re-election victory over the weekend, Erdogan may be willing to ease his objections to Sweden’s membership. Erdogan accuses Sweden of being too soft on groups Ankara considers to be terrorists, and a series of Quran-burning protests in Stockholm angered his religious support base — making his tough stance even more popular. Kristersson said the two sides had been in contact since Sunday’s vote and voiced no hesitancy in speaking about the benefits Sweden would bring to NATO “when we join the alliance.” Blinken is in Sweden attending a meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council and will travel to Oslo, Norway on Wednesday for a gathering of NATO foreign ministers, before going on to newly admitted alliance member Finland on Friday. Speaking in Oslo ahead of the foreign ministers' meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the goal was to have Sweden inside the grouping before the leaders' summit in July. "There are no guarantees, but it’s absolutely possible to reach a solution and enable the decision on full membership for Sweden by the Vilnius summit,” Stoltenberg said. Read More Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide
2023-05-31 02:59
Where Joe Jonas stands with Taylor Swift 15 years after breaking up with her over the phone
Where Joe Jonas stands with Taylor Swift 15 years after breaking up with her over the phone
2023-05-31 02:58
Euro zone lending takes another hit from higher rates
FRANKFURT Euro zone bank lending slowed again in April, supporting the case for careful interest rate hikes in
2023-05-31 02:56