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Harrods launches compensation scheme for Al Fayed victims
Survivors of alleged sexual abuse by the department store's former boss could get up to £385,000.BBC News - 3h -
Trae Young named new assistant GM for Oklahoma men's basketball
A former Oklahoma basketball player has taken on a big role within the Sooners' athletic department.Yahoo Sports - 57m -
Buffalo Bills sign punter Brad Robbins
The Buffalo Bills added to their punting competition by signing Brad Robbins, a former sixth-round pick:Yahoo Sports - 38m -
Prosecutors say Minnesota man accused of hiding stolen ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' is dead
A federal judge has dismissed the charges against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz.” Prosecutors informed the court ...ABC News - Mar. 17 -
Man accused of hiding stolen ruby slippers from "Wizard of Oz" is dead
A federal judge has dismissed the charges against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz." Prosecutors informed the court ...CBS News - Mar. 17 -
Jury convicts alleged ringleader of massive pandemic food fraud scheme on all counts
A jury has found the alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota guilty on all counts for her role in a scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program ...ABC News - Mar. 19 -
Mariah Carey didn't steal 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from other writers: judge
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial holiday hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You” from other songwritersABC News - Mar. 20 -
Charlie Javice Found Guilty of Defrauding JPMorgan in $175 Million Acquisition
Federal prosecutors convinced a jury that Ms. Javice, along with one of her executives, had faked much of her customer list before selling her start-up, Frank, to the bank.The New York Times - 2d -
Baulkham Hills stabbing: woman arrested and three children in hospital after alleged attack in Sydney suburb
Two girls, boy in stable condition and 46-year-old woman under guard in hospital after alleged attack in Baulkham Hills. Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Get our ...The Guardian - 20h -
Navarro says Trump’s tariffs will raise $6 trillion over a decade
Peter Navarro, a senior trade adviser to President Trump, said the president’s tariff plan will raise more than $6 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade. Navarro joined “Fox News ...The Hill - 7h -
Haiti Doesn’t Make Guns. So How Are Gangs Awash in Them?
Federal authorities in several countries have recently nabbed several caches of weapons headed to Haiti, but armed violence continues to rise there, with gangs increasingly obtaining high-caliber ...The New York Times - 5h -
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott: "No party conversation should be involved" in bridge recovery
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott tells "Face the Nation" that as his city seeks federal assistance to rebuild after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, "no party conversation should be involved."CBS News - 6h -
Bondi dismisses Biden-era lawsuit against Georgia election law
Attorney General Pam Bondi has dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging a controversial Georgia election law that limits voting practices and was accused of suppressing Black voters, despite record ...The Hill - 5h -
Bipartisan push needed to protect government devices from China's DeepSeek
The No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act aims to protect federal employees and sensitive government data from the Chinese Communist Party's DeepSeek AI platform, which has been accused of luring ...The Hill - 5h -
Trump makes sweeping HIV research and grant cuts: ‘setting us back decades’
Trump administration’s slashes to prevention and access expansion likely to erode progress on eliminating epidemic. The federal government has cancelled dozens of grants to study how to prevent ...The Guardian - 3h -
Disney Becomes FCC Target for DEI Policies
The Trump administration wants to make DEI policies and language “illegal” in federal workplaces and corporate offices across the U.S. Efforts to force foreign partners to do the same aren’t going ...Inc. - 2h -
Adams calls on judge to ‘promptly’ dismiss bribery case, citing campaign
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Monday called on the federal judge mulling whether to toss his criminal bribery charges to act with urgency as a deadline approaches later this week for ...The Hill - 1h -
Judge finds ICE agent in contempt and dismisses a case that was midtrial when the defendant was detained
A state judge in Boston cited prosecutorial misconduct in dismissing a case against a man after he was taken into federal custody in the middle of his criminal trial last week.NBC News - 47m -
Book excerpt: "When the Going Was Good" by Graydon Carter
The former Vanity Fair editor's memoir recounts the glory days of magazine publishing, including the subterfuge required for their 2015 scoop of Caitlyn Jenner's transition.CBS News - Mar. 23 -
For its subject, exploited on a film set and tarred by notoriety, 'Being Maria' was never easy
Director Jessica Palud, a former intern for Bernardo Bertolucci, re-creates the shoot of 'Last Tango in Paris' with a focus on capturing Maria Schneider's abuse.Los Angeles Times - 2d -
Book excerpt: "I Am Maria" by Maria Shriver
In her new memoir, the daughter of Kennedys, broadcast journalist and former first lady of California uses poetry to explore a woman in search of herself.CBS News - 1d -
Taliban Appear to Free American Woman Detained in Afghanistan
President Trump and a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan shared a video of a woman identified as Faye Hall thanking the president for her release from Afghanistan.The New York Times - 1d -
Who is Kumar Rocker? Reds face Rangers' third overall pick from 2022 draft
Former first-round pick Kumar Rocker is scheduled to make his fourth big-league start, first against a National League opponent.Yahoo Sports - 15h -
More money? Game-time guarantees? What is holding up Antoine Griezmann’s decision on his Atletico Madrid future?
Antoine Griezmann (34) is yet to make a decision on his future. The former France international’s contract at Atletico Madrid expires at the end of the season and while there are talks over an ...Yahoo Sports - 12h -
Eleven years ago Mark Cuban predicted an NFL implosion. Cuban explains what he got wrong.
Former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, in 2014, predicted the NFL would implode because of greed. He was far from alone in this belief.Yahoo Sports - 10h -
Amazon's AGI Lab Reveals Its First Work: Advanced AI Agents
Led by a former OpenAI executive, Amazon’s AI lab focuses on the decisionmaking capabilities of next-generation software agents—and borrows insights from physical robots.Wired - 7h -
Alabama basketball Final Four team member hits transfer portal after season away from Tide
Joining South Carolina former Nick Pringle, another Alabama basketball player from the Crimson Tide's Final Four run has entered the transfer portal.Yahoo Sports - 4h -
Trae Young announces OU basketball role as assistant GM, $1 million donation
Former OU guard Trae Young announced on NBA Today he's accepted a role as assistant general manager. He's also donating $1 million to the program.Yahoo Sports - 57m -
John Mulaney on "Everybody's Live," sobriety and fatherhood
The Emmy Award-winning comedian and former "SNL" writer became a superstar as a stand-up; now, he's sitting down, as host of a Netflix talk show, "Everybody's Live with John Mulaney."CBS News - Mar. 9 -
Graydon Carter on life "When the Going Was Good"
The former editor of Vanity Fair for 25 years, and cofounder of Spy Magazine, Graydon Carter recounts a career as a tastemaker quietly shaping pop culture in his new memoir, "When the Going Was Good."CBS News - Mar. 23 -
Hong Kong painter draws inspiration from city's recent history in works at Art Basel
At Hong Kong’s Art Basel, painter Chow Chun-fai’s new works transport viewers back to the night in 1997 when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule, displayed in the very exhibition ...ABC News - 3d -
If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born
The brother goes on vision quests. The sister is a former English major. Together, they defected from OpenAI, started Anthropic, and built (they say) AI’s most upstanding citizen, Claude.Wired - 3d -
U.S. Institute of Peace lays off most staff members
All but a small group of U.S. Institute of Peace employees received formal termination notices Friday evening, effective immediately, current and former employees told NBC News.NBC News - 2d -
Journalist Graydon Carter: ‘If there was another 9/11 this week, I don’t think the world would rush to support us’
The former Vanity Fair editor on how #MeToo changed Hollywood, what Christopher Hitchens would make of the US today, and the value of a handkerchief. Graydon Carter, 75, is a Canadian-born ...The Guardian - 1d -
Justin Welby says he forgives serial abuser John Smyth
Welby ‘profoundly ashamed’ of comments he made after resigning as archbishop of Canterbury over scandal. The former archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said he forgives a serial abuser at the ...The Guardian - 1d -
Ex-British ambassador to US who criticized Trump urges Starmer not to concede on retaliatory tariffs
Former United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take a robust stance against President Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs, saying ...The Hill - 23h -
Ex-Danish leader: 'Nothing is stopping the Americans' from having more bases in Greenland
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said there is nothing that’s stopping the Americans from setting up more bases in Greenland amid the territory’s fight to not be acquired by the ...The Hill - 23h -
White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson
The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jackson’s home in Tennessee. President Trump ...The Hill - 22h -
Vince Grippi: Hooptown USA puts basketball reputation on display at women's Spokane regional
Mar. 30—It's often dicey to give yourself a nickname. Ask George "T-Bone" Costanza. Or Star-Lord. But when former Gonzaga basketball star Matt Santangelo, then Hoopfest's executive director, ...Yahoo Sports - 18h -
How could a goalkeeper save Rashford's penalty? - MOTD analysis
Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart shares his perspective on the approaches a keeper can take to save a stuttering penalty run-up, following Marcus Rashford's composed finish for Aston Villa in the ...BBC News - 15h
