A US mother who used to give parenting advice to more than two million subscribers on YouTube has pleaded guilty to child abuse after starving two of her children. Ruby Franke, a mother of six from Utah, has admitted four counts of aggravated child abuse. She was arrested in August...
Marvel axes actor Jonathan Majors after jury finds him guilty of assault and harassment of ex-girlfriend
Marvel Studios has dropped actor Jonathan Majors after he was found guilty of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Majors, 34, was convicted on two counts but acquitted of a different assault charge and of aggravated harassment. A star of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Majors featured in the series Loki, and...
Google to pay compensation to millions of US customers after Play Store court case
Google will pay out $700m and allow more competition on its Play Store after it was accused of using illegal restrictions and overcharging consumers when they buy items in apps. It forms part of an antitrust settlement in the US, ahead of a legal battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games,...
Tanker hit by missile off coast of Yemen was due to stop in Israel
A tanker that was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen was due to make a stop in Israel, its owners have confirmed. The MT Strinda was attacked in the Red Sea near the port city of Mokha on Monday night. The ship caught fire but the crew...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine star, Andre Braugher, dead at the age of 61
Andre Braugher, who starred as the uptight, emotionally closed off Captain Raymond Holt in the US comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has died at the age of 61, his publicist has confirmed. He appeared alongside Andy Samberg and Terry Crews as New York police officers in the fictional 99th precinct. The...
Nations Agree To Transition Away From Fossil Fuels In ‘Historic’ Deal At UN Climate Summit
United Nations climate negotiators directed the world on Wednesday to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels in a move the talks chief called historic, despite critics’ worries about loopholes. Within minutes of opening Wednesday’s session, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gaveled approval of the central document — the global stocktake that...
Georgia election worker says her life ‘flipped upside down’ by false fraud claims
A former Georgia elections worker told a jury on Tuesday that she feared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump falsely accused her of attempting to rig the 2020 election. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, a former voter registration officer in Fulton County, testified...
Zelenskiy meets Republican doubts in push for US aid to fight Russia
President Joe Biden warned Republicans on Tuesday that they would give Russia a "Christmas gift" if they failed to provide additional military aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose meeting with a top U.S. lawmaker concluded without a commitment for more support. Zelenskiy traveled to Washington to plead for money...
Fears ‘super pigs’ could invade US states – and it’s not easy to eradicate them
Experts in the US fear a rising number of "super pigs" that are proving tough to eradicate could invade northern states. As a cross-breed combining the Eurasian boar's survival skills with the size and fertility of domestic swine in Canada, the "super pig" is described as an "ecological train wreck"....
Rainbow Bridge: Couple killed in Niagara Falls fireball crash named
A couple killed when their luxury car slammed into a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls and exploded in a fireball triggering a security scare have been identified. Police have named the victims as husband and wife Kurt and Monica Villani, both 53, of Grand Island, New York, whose family owns...