Thursday, May 14, 2026

Breaking news: Ingredion and Tate & Lyle in talks over potential takeover

Tate & Lyle has today confirmed that it is in discussions with US rival Ingredion over a possible takeover....

Five tourists ‘including university professor and her daughter’ die during diving excursion in 160ft-deep cave in Maldives

Five Italian tourists have died while exploring underwater caves 160ft below the surface in the Maldives. The group had set...

US Border Patrol chief abruptly resigns, adding to turnover among immigration officials

In a statement, US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott thanked Banks for his service "during one of...

world NEWS

Children greet Trump in Beijing

US President Donald Trump was met by a contingent of children shouting: “Welcome!”...

Five Italians die in Maldives cave-diving tragedy

MALÉ, Maldives: Five Italians have died in a scuba diving accident in the...

Palestinian president pledges elections, reforms at Fatah conference

The sense of disappointment led to a surge in support for rival Hamas,...

Senior UK minister resigns, calls for a leadership contest to oust PM Starmer

Bridget Phillipson, education minister, said she was sad that Streeting had decided to...

POLITICS

Bruce Blakeman’s solar phase

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 44 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has made questioning...

Landry wants to be kingmaker in Louisiana. He’s annoying other Republicans.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry wants to be a kingmaker. But his efforts to elevate Rep. Julia Letlow’s Senate...

A look inside a North Country primary feud

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 43 PRIMARY COLORS: Republican Assemblymember Robert Smullen sat down with Rep. Elise Stefanik...

Cindy Burbank Wins Senate Primary in Nebraska, but Plans to Drop Out to Help Dan Osborn

Cindy Burbank, a retired pharmacy technician who has said she is serving as a spoiler to clear a...

Is Mamdani’s ‘Tax the Rich’ fight done?

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 42 ZO, THAT’S IT? For months, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pressed the case...

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Man accused of wounding two drivers in Cambridge shooting...

BOSTON -- A man accused of wounding two drivers when he fired at least 70 rounds from an assault-style weapon on a busy street...

Oklahoma’s Richard Glossip, who was nearly executed 3 times,...

An Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed former death row prisoner Richard Glossip to be released on bond while awaiting retrial over a 1997 killing...

Latest Articles

5 reasons you might be seeing more wildlife during the COVID-19 pandemic

Coyotes sauntering down the streets of San Francisco. Neighborhoods flooded with birdsong. Snakes slithering onto trails and sidewalks. And of course, the rats. Rats everywhere. Somehow, as COVID-19 forced...

States Have Put 54 New Restrictions On Peaceful Protests Since Ferguson

The historic wave of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd has spurred a new debate over the legitimacy of political violence as...

The Police Have Shown Their True Colors

Over the past week, protests have broken out nationwide over police brutality, the targeting of Black people and the lack of accountability for these...

Colbert Exposes The ‘Shockingly Brutal’ Tactics Police Use On Protesters

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert tore into the government and cable news for only highlighting the violence that has broken out at some of...