A famed Memento Mori mosaic from a Pompeii house-shop, excavated in 1874 and now in Naples, centers on a skull, with a level and plumb bob, butterfly, and a wheel likely symbolizing fortune, flanked by emblems of wealth and poverty in perfect balance. The museum says it warned the owner...
Patrick Mahomes endured his worst outing of the season in Buffalo, completing 15 of 34 passes — the first sub-50 percent game of his NFL career — as the Chiefs fell 28-21. Under heavy pressure, he went 3 of 16 with an interception, a major factor in a loss that...
John Oliver blasted Donald Trump for hosting a Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago as more than 40 million Americans lost SNAP benefits, despite two federal judges ordering funding to continue and a Monday deadline for action. On the tarmac in Palm Beach, the 79-year-old Trump blamed the party not in...
Jennifer Aniston confirmed her relationship with Jim Curtis, sharing a hugging photo and the caption 'Happy birthday my love. Cherished' on Instagram Sunday. The pair had been linked for months—Curtis attended the September premiere of The Morning Show—but neither had commented publicly until now. Curtis, a well-known mental health guru...
Months after a November 2024 ceasefire, southern Lebanese villages like Hula remain in ruins. Residents recount Israeli demolitions, a shattered memorial daubed with anti Shia graffiti, and cemeteries bulldozed, as curtains flap over crushed homes and a guitar neck juts from concrete. Lebanon’s research council tallied nearly 500 houses destroyed...
Pregnant British teenager Bella May Culley was freed from a Georgian prison Monday after a plea deal. Arrested in May at Tbilisi Airport and accused of attempting to smuggle 12 kilograms of marijuana and 2 kilograms of hashish, she was found guilty and sentenced to five months and 25 days,...
A section of Rome’s medieval Torre dei Conti collapsed during renovation near the Imperial Forums around 11:30, triggering a major rescue. Firefighters evacuated three workers and extracted a fourth, while another remained trapped; a second collapse at 12:50 forced crews to withdraw and suspend operations. One 64-year-old suffered a critical...
Populist leader Andrej Babiš signed a governing pact with the far-right SPD and Motorists for Themselves, securing 108 of 200 seats and moving closer to being named prime minister-designate. President Petr Pavel asked him last week to form a cabinet despite concerns over potential business conflicts. The alliance, with ANO...
George Clooney said it was a mistake for Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, though he stands by his New York Times op-ed urging Biden to exit. In a CBS interview, he said he wanted a quick primary, but Harris took the nomination and lost to...
With a year to go before the midterms, a new CNN poll by SSRS finds Democrats holding a 47% to 42% edge on the generic ballot and a clear enthusiasm lead. President Donald Trump’s approval has slipped to 37%, with 63% disapproving, amid broad gloom about the economy and a...
