News Archive - 17 June 2024

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDon’t expect to see Sasha or Malia Obama launching a career in politics, former President Barack Obama said over the weekend.He addressed the possibility at a Los Angeles fundraiser on Saturday for President Joe Biden, saying that former first lady Michelle Obama has made sure the couple’s daughters...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA visitor to Yellowstone National Park has been sentenced to seven days in jail for trespassing near an active geothermal geyser.Washington man Viktor Pyshniuk, 21, walked off the boardwalk near Steamboat Geyser, the National Park Service and Justice Department said in a news release. He was photographed in...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA 67-year-old Texas man was arrested after authorities found human remains buried at his home that they believe belong to his ex-girlfriend, who disappeared 25 years ago.Kimberly Langwell, 34, was last seen leaving work just after 5 p.m. on July 9, 1999. She called her 15-year-old daughter...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGMusic industry power-player Scooter Braun has announced his retirement from managing artists, years after reportedly stepping back from his role shaping the careers of artists like Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato.Braun reflected on his 23 years in the entertainment industry in a lengthy statement on Instagram...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGAngelina Jolie turned heads with some fresh ink at the 77th annual Tony Awards over the weekend. On Sunday, the “Salt” actress, 49, hit the red carpet at the New York City event with her and Brad Pitt’s 15-year-old daughter, Vivienne, donning a small, dainty tattoo of what appeared...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGServing in the military is a family tradition for William Pool.The 99-year-old veteran fought at the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, while his father fought for the Union Army during the Civil War in the 1860s.Yes, that’s not a typo. Pool is the only living son...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGChuck Schumer didn’t think he would be the one getting cooked after posting a bizarre Father’s Day photo of himself on social media. On Sunday, the Senate majority leader showed off his supposed culinary skills in a photo on X (formerly Twitter). Unfortunately, Schumer appears to have put cheese...

A man was arrested in connection to the August 2023 killing of Rachel Morin, a mom of five whose body was found near a popular hiking trail in Maryland, authorities announced Saturday.Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, was arrested Friday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and faces first-degree murder and rape charges...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGArmie Hammer is speaking out about the personal scandal that sent his life into a spiral three years ago.“People called me a cannibal, and everyone believed them,” the actor said on an episode of the “Painful Lessons” podcast released Sunday. “They’re like, ‘Yup, that guy ate people.’”Advertisement...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGSen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) on Monday slammed national Republicans for mocking the car he uses to get around Washington: a red Toyota Prius. “What a bunch of jackasses,” Tester said in response to a press release from the National Republican Senatorial Committee that called Tester’s choice of vehicle...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy Tuesday that would lift the threat of deportation for tens of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, an aggressive election-year action on immigration that had been sought by many Democrats.Biden was hosting...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGActor Ian McKellen is expected to make a “speedy and full recovery” after falling off the front of a stage during a performance Monday night in London’s West End.McKellen, 85, was performing in a battle scene in “Player Kings,” which brings together two of Shakespeare’s plays, “Henry IV”...

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 17: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics and Al Horford #42 of the Boston Celtics embrace during the game against the Dallas Mavericks during Game Five of the 2024 NBA Finals on June 17, 2024 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER:...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a leading figure in the Democratic Party’s liberal wing, warned her fellow Democrats on Monday to not shy away from next year’s fight over whether to extend temporary tax cuts enacted by former President Donald Trump in 2017.“The 2025 tax fight will create...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDonald Trump has been making a big promise to the nation’s service workers at his recent campaign rallies: If they send him back to the White House for another term, he’ll see to it that restaurant servers and other tipped workers no longer pay taxes on their gratuities.“No...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGFormer CDC Director Robert Redfield suggested that a bird flu pandemic among humans is inevitable ― and would be extremely lethal. (Watch the video below.)Redfield, who headed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2018 to 2021 after being appointed by the Trump administration, gave an alarming...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says. The proposed rule and guidance announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting”...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGNEW YORK (AP) — New leaders of The Washington Post are being haunted by their pasts, with ethical questions raised about their actions as journalists in London that illustrate very different press traditions in the United States and England.An extraordinary trio of stories over the weekend by The...

In this debate, all six candidates of the presidential election Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Alireza Zakani, Saeed Jalili, and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf answered a number of questions about the economy, inflation control, and production growth. Alireza Zakani: Alireza Zakani, in response to the questions asked by the experts in the...

Reports on Monday said that the Zionist leader had announced the decision at a meeting of the political-security cabinet the previous evening, Al Jazeera reported. Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners have been pushing for a new war cabinet to be established after Benny Gantz quit the emergency government. Finance Minister Bezalel...

The EU Council recalled that the current restrictions, which were first introduced in June 2014, include a ban on imports to the EU of products originating in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as on infrastructure, financial investments, and tourism services from the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol,...

The incident happened on Saturday night when a fight broke out between two groups at the Old Settlers Park at about 11 p.m. local time, Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks said early Sunday. At about the same time, someone produced a gun and began to fire, Banks said,...

According to Lebanese sources, the attacks of the Zionist army on southern Lebanon continue. News media reported that the Zionist drone attack on a vehicle near the southern town of Salaa resulted in a person's martyrdom. The Lebanese Resistance movement has been conducting regular attacks since early October against the...

Sami Abu Zuhri, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said on Sunday that a day after Hamas fighters killed eight Israeli soldiers after firing rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at their military vehicles in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan neighborhood, and then ambushing a support force deployed to the scene. The operation “is a...

The G7 leaders convened in Italy from June 13 to 15, with souring trade relations with China as well as tensions over Ukraine and the South China Sea on top of their agenda, AFP reported. The G7 states consists of the US, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan. Their...

Putin's trip, which is scheduled to last for three days, follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia in September 2023. Putin will spend two days in North Korea before traveling to Vietnam, the Kremlin said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended an invite to Putin during a visit...

Halima Begum, in an interview with the Guardian newspaper on Sunday, expressed dismay over the UK’s policy on the Gaza war, saying London's action in selling arms to Israel while simultaneously providing humanitarian aid to Gaza is “intellectually and morally incoherent”. Begum, who took over as Oxfam Great Britain chief...

The Leader visited Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi at a hospital in Tehran on Monday. Ayatollah Khamenei was briefed on the process of treatment of the hospitalized cleric and prayed for his recovery and health. The Leader also lauded Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi for his valuable efforts to promote religious sciences, guide people,...

Salajegheh made the remark on Monday as he hosted a delegation from the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). The delegation was headed by Wan Gang, the president of the association, which is an organization of Chinese scientists and engineers. The Iranian official announced his country’s readiness to cooperate...

Born in December 1959 in the Iranian city of Qom, the 64-year-old Pourmohammadi served in different positions and cabinet posts. He served as the Minister of Interior Affairs (2005-2008) and as the Justice Minister (2013-2017) in two different administrations. He also served in other posts including the prosecutor of the revolutionary...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGNorth Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) received an awkward reminder of his past criticism of Donald Trump after he went full “dear leader” with his latest praise of the former president.Burgum, who is reportedly a contender to become presumptive GOP presidential nominee Trump’s running mate, waxed lyrical about...

The author (right) and her girlfriend, Kelsey, walking together in Greenville, North Carolina.Mady Noel PhotoI never understood why people screamed out someone’s name during sex — but now I do.It didn’t, forgive me, come easily.I remember being intertwined with my girlfriend after an afternoon of fooling around...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGMSNBC’s Alicia Menendez used a board game to slam former President Donald Trump over how he stacks up to President Joe Biden after leaders met at the Group of Seven summit in Italy last week.“It’s amazing because you think about the fact that the president is playing chess...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGRep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said Sunday that Democrats “have to be willing to be as tough as Republicans” because there is too much at risk in the 2024 elections.MSNBC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele suggested changing former first lady Michelle Obama’s 2016 plea to counter GOP attacks...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — On the eve of France’s first game at the European Championship, star striker Kylian Mbappé called Sunday on French people to vote and warned against “extremes” at a time when the far right seeks to take power in upcoming parliamentary elections.Mbappé, who is captain...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGU.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling on Congress to require warning labels on social media, saying emergency action is needed as rampant use of the platforms has ignited a mental health crisis among adolescents.“It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA Democratic lawmaker is calling out her Republican colleagues for embracing Donald Trump when he returned to Capitol Hill last week, scene of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection carried out by the former president’s supporters. “I think it’s nauseating to see such slavish devotion to delusion,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDonald Trump said he can’t be racist because he has “so many Black friends,” but former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele isn’t buying it.Steele said racists certainly can have Black friends ― and added that in Trump’s case, there’s a long track record of racism.Advertisement “It...

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LOADINGERROR LOADINGKellyanne Conway was accused of spreading “alternative facts” once again with her commentary on Donald Trump’s visit to a church in Detroit over the weekend.“You got Donald Trump in Detroit talking to 8,000 people at a Black church,” Conway boasted to Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo.Advertisement Conway managed...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGAlan Cumming revealed why he thinks “X2: X-Men United” is the “gayest film” he’s ever made.“And that’s me saying that,” the actor, who starred as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in the 2003 “X-Men” sequel, recently told Entertainment Weekly.He continued: “It’s got a queer director, lots of queer actors in...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGLara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, highlighted what she believes is a big difference between Republicans and Democrats — and drew mockery and criticism online.The 2020 election result denier, who was installed as the co-chair of the Republican National Committee in February, told the right-wing...

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This year, respiratory illnesses are on the rise, and our family has added to that count more than once. Well, most of our family. You see, I’m sick in bed — because my kid has coughed, sneezed and, oh yeah, vomited all over me. But my husband is completely fine,...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGYou probably don’t feel your best when you stay up until the wee hours of the night. But beyond waking up groggy, new research says late bedtimes can actually harm your mental health.In a recent study published in Psychiatry Research, experts analyzed sleep and health data from 73,888...

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James Kent, a successful New York City chef and restaurateur, died on Saturday.Kris Connor via Getty ImagesJames Kent, a celebrated chef and New York City restaurateur, died on Saturday, his hospitality group announced.“We are heartbroken to share that James Kent passed away unexpectedly earlier today,” Saga Hospitality Group,...

“Under Paris” is currently one of the most popular movies on Netflix, according to the platform’s public ranking system.The French action-horror film follows a widowed marine biologist tasked with saving the city of Paris from the same giant murderous shark that murdered her husband after the creature appears in...

Illustration: Madeline McMahon For HuffPostIs It Rude To Stay Til Closing Time? Here’s What Restaurant Workers REALLY ThinkWhen it’s last call at a restaurant, you as a customer may think you have all the time in the world to hang out and order another round or one last bite to...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGJennifer Lopez wished her husband, Ben Affleck, a happy Father’s Day on Sunday with a short and sweet message.“Our hero,” read the post on the “Atlas” star’s Instagram story, alongside a white heart emoji. “Happy Father’s Day.”Advertisement The backdrop was a black-and-white image of Affleck, apparently from...

Taylor Swift performs with Sabrina Carpenter at Accor Stadium on Feb. 23, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. Don Arnold/TAS24 via Getty ImagesSabrina Carpenter said she was “communicative” with Taylor Swift about participating in a Skims campaign in April.“As much as people want to believe you’re tuned into every little thing,...

“Six Schizophrenic Brothers” is currently the most popular show on Max, according to the platform’s public ranking system.The four-part Discovery docuseries tells the story of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, who were the subject of the 2020 bestselling book “Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGJerry Seinfeld lampooned a pro-Palestinian protester interrupting his show in Sydney on Sunday. (Watch the video below.)A heckler at Qudos Bank Arena reportedly began chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Advertisement “We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen. He solved the Middle...

The author is pictured at age 12, around the time that all the chastity drama began in her family.Photo Courtesy Of.Victoria WaddleMy first sexual intercourse, just before I started college, was unplanned. It would have been largely forgettable if we’d used birth control.Looking back, it’s hard to...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGMichigan Republican primary congressional candidate Anthony Hudson wildly backtracked after initially apologizing for a video shared on his TikTok account in which he was endorsed by an AI-enhanced voice that sounded like civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.“I have another dream. Yes, it is me, Martin Luther...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGCNN’s Jake Tapper hit Sen. Tom Cotton (Ark.) with a brutal 2020 election reminder on Sunday as he recalled the Republican’s take on former President Donald Trump casting doubt about his support for a peaceful transfer of power back in 2020.The host, in a clip from September...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGLANSING, Mich. (AP) — One of Donald Trump’s emissaries to Arab Americans is a Lebanese-born businessman who moved to Texas as a teenager, speaks Arabic, English and French, and recently joined the Trump family when his son married the former president’s younger daughter.Massad Boulos has taken on the...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGWhite House spokesperson Andrew Bates accused the New York Post, amid other right-wing media, of “disrespecting” its readers by misrepresenting a video of President Joe Biden supposedly “freezing” at a Los Angeles fundraiser.Conservative outlets ran with a clip of Biden waving and then standing calmly for a moment...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the influential War Cabinet tasked with steering the war in Gaza, Israeli officials said Monday, a move that comes days after a key member of the body bolted the government over frustrations surrounding the Israeli leader’s handling of...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGMaryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) will pardon more than 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions on Monday, one of the nation’s largest acts of mass clemency, The Washington Post reported.“I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs,” Moore told...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGPresident Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is taking off the gloves and going after his rival, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, with a new $50 million ad campaign focusing on the former president’s historic criminal conviction in New York.The 30-second spot, titled “Character Matters,” features images of Trump in...

According to Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV channel, several other Palestinians were seriously wounded as a result of the shelling of a residential house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood The TV channel also quoted data on the intensive Israeli shelling of the eastern outskirts of the city of Deir el-Balah, located in the central...

 The Zionist regime's attacks continued on Sunday on different areas, with warplanes targeting two houses in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, leaving 9 civilians, including children dead and several others injured.  The occupation army also bombed several houses in the Al-Maghraqa area, also in central Gaza and...

Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman for the country’s army, made the announcement in a late Sunday statement. He said the new operations were carried out in response to Israel’s crimes against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and also in retaliation for acts of aggression against Yemen by the United...

Authorities evacuated at least 1,200 people on Saturday as the blaze neared a major highway and threatened nearby structures. The blaze, named the Post Fire, burned more than 3,600 acres near the Interstate 5 freeway in Gorman, about 62 miles northwest of Los Angeles, according to the California Department of Forestry and...

"I won’t go into operational details about how many nuclear warheads should be operational and which should be stored, but we need to consult on these issues, he told Daily Telegraph. That’s exactly what we’re doing," Jens Stoltenberg said. The NATO chief added that transparency on the issue "helps to communicate...

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The "large-magnitude" landslide occurred in the center of the country in the city of Banos de Agua Santa, the Ecuadorean Secretariat for Risk Management said in a report. According to Reuters, earlier in the day, the agency had reported that 30 more people were missing, but in the afternoon said...

Commenting on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's (SIPRI) report that nuclear powers are increasingly developing their arsenals, Yoshimasa Hayashi said that the international security situation is becoming more complex, and under these circumstances, the path to a world without nuclear weapons is becoming more difficult. He emphasized that under...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman reacted to US President Joe Biden's message on the occasion of Eid al-Adha regarding the US efforts to end the war in Gaza. Nasser Kanani referred to this message on his X account and called the US the "Empire of Lies". Joe Biden whose country has...

"I congratulate all Muslims on the arrival of Eid al-Adha and I pray to Almighty God to make Palestine's victory approach," the Leader wrote on his X account. Today is Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, an important festival on the Islamic calendar that marks the climax of the annual...

Addressing worshipers in the Eid al-Adha prayer, Hojjatoleslam Haj Ali Akbari stated that the Iranian people showed greatness by participating in the funeral of the martyred president Ebrahim Raeisi. He also added that maximum turnout in the upcoming presidential election is as important as participating in the funeral. He referred to...

Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has called for joint action by Islamic countries to exert pressure on the Zionist regime and bring an end to its war and crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. Bagheri Kani spoke with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi on the phone on Sunday,...

“Now that Muslims across the world are celebrating this great Eid, it has been more than 9 months that the Islamic nation is facing a catastrophe in occupied Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, and the international community is watching the killing of the oppressed and resistant people of Gaza...

Candidates for the Iran presidential election on June 28 will hold their first debate on live broadcast this evening. Candidates will explain their election programs and solutions to the problems in the country during the television debate. There will be 5 debate programs between the presidential candidates, broadcast live on...

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Tuesday, June 18.

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Iranian people from across the country were enthusiastically watching the first presidential debate that was held on Monday night.

An 18-year-old kitefoiler who dreamed of representing Tonga in the Olympics has died in a diving accident.Jackson James Rice, a U.S.-born son of British parents who grew up in the island nation, died Saturday from a suspected shallow water blackout, his father, Darren, told the Matangi Tonga...

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Conservative media figures celebrated the loss of income and employment for over 60 workers at the Southern Poverty Law Center, the civil rights organization perhaps best known for monitoring and helping dismantle right-wing extremist groups. “Your entire organization is trash, and America will be better off when it’s forced to...

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Marriage is full of highs, lows and a whole bunch of ordinary moments in between. Somehow the married people on X, formerly known as Twitter, continue to find humor in the minutiae of wedded life.Every week, we round up the funniest marriage tweets on the platform. Read on for...

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – The first debate of the presidential candidates is broadcast live on national TV.

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – The candidate of the 14th Presidential election Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, participated in the political panel of National TV on Sunday.

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – The candidate of the 14th Presidential election and the current mayor of Tehran Alireza Zakani participated in the cultural panel of National TV on Sunday.

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“They said, ‘Well, we’re not enthusiastic enough. We’re not feeling inspired enough. Why bother?’” Biden said. “And hopefully, we have learned our lesson because these elections matter in very concrete ways. And we’re now seeing how much it matters when it comes to the Supreme Court.”

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – The ceremony of reciting the Arafah prayer was held in Tehran on Sunday afternoon. The day of Arafah is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha.