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Australian-born American businessman and media proprietor, Rupert Murdoch to marry for the fifth time at the age of 92 years to former San Fran police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith. The two bonded over their shared knowledge of the media business according to daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The couple plan to get […]
A $75 million Russian superyacht will go under the hammer after its owner was sanctioned. The Axioma was seized in Gibraltar in March after US bank JP Morgan claimed owner Dmitrievich Pumpyansky did not pay a $20 million loan. The 72.5 meter vessel is being auctioned on Tuesday and, because it is listed for one […]
A Texas man is facing charges for allegedly killing his father-in-law by headbutting him at a local bar. According to the incident report, the Fort Worth Police Department was called to Woody’s Tavern at approximately midnight after a fight broke out between John Birdwell, 38, and Robert Bearden, 66. Birdwell was talking to his wife’s […]
A monkey at a zoo in California called police last week after it found the zoo’s cellphone and somehow managed to dial 911. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said it received a 911 call that disconnected. And when dispatchers attempted to call the number back, nobody picked up. Deputies were then sent to […]
Police arrested three Arizona parents, shocking two of them with stun guns, as they tried to force their way into a school that police locked down on Friday after an armed man was seen trying to get on campus, authorities said. The parents were arrested as they tried to get to their children to protect […]
When teacher and recreational caver Rick Haley set out to help map a cave on August 6, he had no idea he would end up staging a rescue mission, reuniting a lost dog with her owner. Haley, along with a team of around 30 spelunkers, was mapping a cave north of Perryville, Missouri, as part […]
Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk again, a day after being stabbed. Mr Rushdie, 75, was attacked while speaking at an event in New York state and was in a critical condition. He has faced years of death threats for his novel The Satanic Verses, which some […]
The United States plans to conduct new “air and maritime transits” in the Taiwan Strait in a step the White House says will reflect its response to China’s military drills in the contested strait amid rising tensions over the self-ruled island. China conducted its largest-ever military drill around Taiwan, which Beijing considers its territory, during […]
The FBI seized top secret files in a search of former US President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida this week, documents show. Agents removed 11 sets of documents, including some marked “TS/SCI”, a designation for material that could cause “exceptionally grave” damage to US national security. Mr Trump denied any wrongdoing and said the items […]
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will stop making and selling its talc-based baby powder around the world from next year. The announcement comes more than two years after the healthcare giant ended sales of the product in the US. J&J faces tens of thousands of lawsuits from women who allege its talcum powder contained asbestos and […]
Ex-US President Donald Trump has said his Florida home was raided by the FBI, and that agents broke open a safe. Mr Trump said in a statement that Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach was “occupied by a large group of FBI agents”. Monday’s search was reportedly connected to an investigation into Mr Trump’s handling of official […]
A US Navy team recovered a military jet from a depth of 9,500 feet in the Mediterranean Sea on August 3 after the aircraft had blown overboard during “unexpected heavy weather” in July, a release from US Naval Forces Europe-Africa said. The jet was aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier, when it […]