Courtesy of Drake Maye/Instagram Drake Maye is expected to be one of the first players picked in the 2024 NFL draft, and his girlfriend, Ann Michael Hudson, will be by his side no matter which team scoops him up. The former North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback, who was named the…
A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan (BoJ) building in central Tokyo on July 28, 2023.Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Bank of Japan kept its policy rate unchanged Friday after its monetary policy meeting, holding its benchmark policy rate at 0%-0.1%.This is in line with expectations…
A wild day of often outlandish legal arguments and tabloid tales could not obscure the stakes for the country. Only Donald Trump could conjure a two-city legal spectacle that gave equal billing to the deepest thoughts of George Washington and a former National Enquirer publisher known for lurid celebrity scandals…
A Maryland high school teacher was arrested after he used artificial intelligence to create phony audio, planting racist and antisemitic words into the voice of his boss, officials alleged Thursday. Dazhon Darien, a physical education teacher and the athletic director at Pikesville High School, was accused of falsifying the voice…
U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) dropped faster than expected in the first quarter, but a key metric used by the Federal Reserve to measure inflation kept rising, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.6% for the January-through-March period after rising 3.4% in the…
The Atlanta Falcons pulled off the biggest stunner of the first round of the NFL Draft by selecting Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth pick.Last month, they signed Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million deal, leaving just about everyone to think that Penix wasn’t even an option…
A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden came under attack Thursday, officials said, the latest assault carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.The attack comes after the U.S. military said early Thursday an allied warship shot down a Houthi missile…
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MoreAs networks make decisions about their programming, Us Weekly will continue to track what has been renewed and which TV shows have been canceled. Slow Horses was the first show to score a renewal in 2024. In early January, Apple TV+ picked up the series for a fifth season, which…
Alphabet on Thursday delivered a knockout first-quarter report, with sales, operating margin and profits all topping Wall Street expectations. The search giant also reloaded its stock buyback program and initiated a quarterly dividend for the first time in its history. Total revenue in the three months ended March 31 rose…
Rich Handler recently offloaded a boatload of Jefferies Financial Group stock. The investment bank on Wednesday disclosed the transaction in both a press release and Securities and Exchange Commission filing, saying its CEO had done so “to facilitate the purchase of a personal boat and to pay tax obligations.”The sale…
Shortly after the Washington Commanders officially had hold of the No. 2 selection, there were lots of names floating around as to who they’d take.But recently, one started to separate himself from the pack – and after the Commanders recently said they had no desire to trade down, it’s easy…
Paris’ Moulin Rouge cabaret club in France lost the sails of its historic windmill — a symbol almost as iconic to the City of Lights as the Eiffel Tower — overnight Wednesday. The sails, or blades, fell from the red windmill that tops the tourist venue, known for its can-can dancers,…
David Beckham and Mark Wahlberg have found themselves on opposite sides of a legal battle. Beckham’s company DB Ventures filed a lawsuit against the fitness franchise F45 Training, which Wahlberg partially owns, in May 2023. The soccer star claimed in court documents obtained by TMZ that he’d been “duped” into…
Black women with heart health issues may experience earlier cognitive decline, according to a new study.The research was conducted over a 20-year peroid with cognitive assessments completed every one to two years throughout an almost ten-year follow-up period.Researchers reported that processing speed declined in Black women during midlife compared to…
The slowing growth and stubborn inflation picture emerging in the U.S. economy may not be quite a nightmare scenario for the Federal Reserve, but it at least could make for some restless sleep. First-quarter results released Thursday showed the U.S. economy slugging along at a 1.6% annualized pace, the slowest…
As the University of Southern California in Los Angeles canceled its main commencement ceremony because of safety concerns over student protests, students at Columbia University in New York, where anti-war demonstrations led to dozens of arrests, said they feared theirs could be disrupted. Schools across the country where protests have…
The antisemitism that has emerged on several Ivy League campuses since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel has caused concern that degrees from prestigious schools like Columbia University and Harvard have lost some of their luster, as top employers and prospective students look at other institutions that have been…
A big night for LSU third baseman Tommy White turned out to be a headache for more than just Nicholls State University Tuesday. White, a junior in his second season with the Tigers, led LSU’s 9-0 win over Nicholls State at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, going 4-for-5 with two…
Syrian Kurdish officials hand over 50 women and children linked to Islamic State group to Tajikistan
Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria on Thursday handed over 50 women and children — family members of Islamic State militants — to a delegation from Tajikistan for repatriation back home.The 17 women and 33 children, all citizens of Tajikistan, were handed over to a delegation headed by the Tajik ambassador…
Tennessee lawmakers in the GOP-dominated Statehouse on Thursday passed legislation making it illegal for adults to help minors find and receive sex reassignment care without permission from the child’s parents. The bill is now heading to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk, where it could be signed into law.Last week, the state’s…
Taylor Swift’s years-long friendship with Gigi Hadid is one for the ages. The duo were first photographed together alongside Jaime King and Ireland Baldwin at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party. One year later, Hadid appeared in Swift’s star-studded “Bad Blood” music video alongside Zendaya, Selena Gomez, Karlie Kloss, Hailee…
Having had breast cancer increases women’s as well as men’s risk of a second cancer later by around 25%, according to research.In addition, a new study reports that female survivors of breast cancer are 87% more likely to develop endometrial cancer than their peers while male survivors are 62% more…
Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, according to people familiar with the matter.Paramount Global’s special committee, in charge of accepting or rejecting transactions, and David Ellison’s Skydance Media, backed by private equity…
The Canton Police Department in Ohio has released body camera video from the night a 53-year-old man died after he repeatedly told officers “I can’t breathe” as he was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and he was pinned to the ground. In video of the encounter on April…