The Pro Football Hall of Fame trimmed its senior field to 34 candidates for the Class of 2026, whittled from 52 by a blue-ribbon committee. Members voted for 25 players each, with the top 25 plus ties advancing; the list will drop to nine semifinalists next month, and three finalists...
Federal authorities announced two sweeping probes into illegal sports betting and mafia-linked poker games, charging dozens, including Miami Heat player Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups. Rozier was among six arrested in an alleged insider-betting scheme tied to seven NBA games; prosecutors say he tipped associates before...
Sam O’Hara, a Washington DC resident, has sued four police officers, an Ohio National Guard member, and the District of Columbia after he was detained last month for trailing a Guard patrol while playing the Star Wars "Imperial March" to protest the Trump administration’s deployment. Represented by an ACLU attorney,...
At an EU summit in Brussels, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky urged leaders to approve using €140bn in frozen Russian assets held at a Belgian clearing house to fund Ukraine’s defence, despite legal hurdles and Belgian reluctance. EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said Russia must pay for war damage, as...
The Daily details a split inside the Trump administration over Venezuela: initial negotiations to trade resource access for Maduro’s survival gave way to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s hard-line push to brand Maduro’s government a drug cartel and deploy force. The U.S. has destroyed seven boats near Venezuela and authorized...
Sam O’Hara, a Washington resident, sued the District of Columbia, four police officers and an Ohio National Guard member, alleging they violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights by detaining him for 15 to 20 minutes after he followed Guard troops while playing the Imperial March. Filed by ACLU attorneys,...
In a blunt earnings-call pitch, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he needs voting control and a pay package worth nearly $1 trillion to proceed with building a 'robot army,' warning he could be ousted otherwise. The proposal ties compensation to milestones, including 1 million robotaxis and 1 million humanoid robots,...
Ed Miliband’s vow to cut household energy bills by £300 by 2030 faces fresh doubt after the economist behind the estimate said rising electricity costs could erase the gains. Pawel Czyzak of Ember told the BBC his 2023 analysis needs updating amid higher offshore wind and grid costs, warning savings...
Hundreds of thousands packed Budapest as rival rallies by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and challenger Péter Magyar tested momentum before an April election with no set date. Orbán’s Danube “peace march,” on the Oct. 23 holiday, amplified his hostility toward Ukraine and the EU; a banner read “We don’t want...
BBC Verify says Israel is exerting control deeper into Gaza than the ceasefire’s mapped “Yellow Line” indicated, after videos and satellite images showed concrete markers placed hundreds of metres inside the Strip near al-Atatra and Khan Younis. Defense Minister Israel Katz warned crossings would be met with fire; at least...
