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French ambassador Gerard Araud slams Trevor Noah for saying ‘Africa won the World Cup’
Mike Smith/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The French ambassador to the U.S. slammed comedian Trevor Noah on Wednesday for saying Africa deserved credit for France’s 2018 World Cup victory due to the [Read More…]
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won’t automatically ban Holocaust deniers, but wants to keep ‘fake news’ from spreading
Chesnot/Getty Images(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Mark Zuckerberg says when it comes to fake news — even from extremists like Holocaust deniers — Facebook will not ban people from expressing their opinion, but will seek to [Read More…]
FBI Director: ‘Russia attempted to interfere in the last election’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ASPEN, Colo.) — As President Donald Trump continues to “clarify” his views on whether Russia launched an assault on the 2016 presidential election, the FBI director made his own views clear on Wednesday: [Read More…]
Chaos at Westminster: Conservative party facing pending Brexit deadline, internal conflicts
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — The controversial visit by President Donald Trump and his bombshell interview criticizing his host wasn’t the only headache for British Prime Minister Theresa May in recent days. This week saw chaotic scenes in [Read More…]
Feds spend nearly $70k at Trump hotel in Scotland
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images(TURNBERRY, Scotland) — The U.S. federal government billed taxpayers nearly $70,000 in expenses at the Trump hotel in Turnberry, Scotland, during President Donald Trump’s visit last weekend, federal spending records show. The [Read More…]
Chaos at Westminster: Conservative party facing pending Brexit deadline, internal conflicts
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — The controversial visit by President Donald Trump and his bombshell interview criticizing his host wasn’t the only headache for British Prime Minister Theresa May in recent days. This week saw chaotic scenes in [Read More…]
Investigators find faulty U.S. oversight of vehicle recalls, Takata inflators
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A government audit released to Congress on Wednesday said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s poor oversight of recalls may have left dangerous vehicles on the road for longer than necessary, including those [Read More…]
A 25-foot Jeff Goldblum statue pops up in London
John Phillips/Getty Images(LONDON) — People walking by Potter’s Field Park near the Tower Bridge in London will encounter a larger-than-life figure from the “Jurassic Park” movies. No, it’s not one of the film’s cloned dinosaurs. [Read More…]
13-year-old boy bitten by possible shark off Fire Island, authorities investigating a second suspected attack
iStock/Thinkstock(ISLIP, N.Y.) — Authorities are investigating whether a 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl who both suffered large fish bites in the waters off of Fire Island were victims of shark attacks. Shortly before noon [Read More…]
Rescued boys explain how they survived in Thailand cave for 2 weeks
Linh Pham/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — The 12 young soccer players and their coach rescued from a Thai cave never gave up hope of being found alive and passed the time digging into a rocky [Read More…]
Gunmen still at-large after caught-on-video attack
WJLA(WASHINGTON) — Two days after masked gunmen opened fire in Washington, D.C, killing a 10-year-old girl in a terrifying caught-on-video attack, police say the suspects’ car has been recovered — but the little girl’s killers [Read More…]
Sign language interpreter slays at heavy metal concert
ABC (NEW YORK) — How do you shred a guitar and let out a primal scream without making a sound? One sign language interpreter stole the show at a heavy metal concert by passionately signing [Read More…]
New sketch released in young dad’s unsolved 2005 murder
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — It’s been 13 years since a young Southern California father of two was found shot dead in his bed. But investigators are now releasing a new composite sketch of the [Read More…]
Elon Musk apologizes to British cave diver over derogatory tweet
Joshua Lott/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk apologized on Wednesday for derogatory comments he made toward one of the cave divers who helped rescue the trapped Thai soccer team last week. In a [Read More…]
Salisbury public gardens searched as investigation continues into couple’s poisoning
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — Wiltshire police in England are searching Salisbury’s Queen Elizabeth Gardens as part of the ongoing investigation into the Novichok contamination that killed a British woman and seriously injured her partner. The [Read More…]
Van Leeuwen’s ice cream empire is making vegan flavors cool
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Before you say, “no, thank you” to vegan ice cream, take another look. Van Leeuwen’s Artisan Ice Cream has developed a cult following around their vegan ice cream that rivals the traditional [Read More…]
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter says resignation ‘was a mistake’
Michael Hickey/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The founder of Papa John’s said he made “a mistake” when he agreed to step down as chairman of the company’s board last week amid “mischaracterized” reports about his use [Read More…]
Boys rescued from Thailand cave speak for 1st time
Linh Pham/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — The 12 soccer players and their coach who were rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand made their first public appearance Wednesday, smiling and waving and sharing details of [Read More…]
Both women and men lie about women’s earnings, new census report finds
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Not only do most women make 80 cents on the dollar compared with their male counterparts, new research from the Census Bureau also shows that both women and men lie about how [Read More…]
Basketball player calls police after hard foul during pickup game
iStock/Thinkstock(STERLING, Va.) — The unofficial rule of pickup basketball is “no blood, no foul.” It says nothing about calling the cops, though. A basketball game at an LA Fitness in Sterling, Virginia, resulted in just [Read More…]