LivePOLITICS

‘Never Trumper’ Sen. Marco Rubio and ‘election denier’ Pam Bondi head for Senate grilling as hearings continue

President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state among those facing senators on Wednesday

Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Politics

Nancy Mace threatens to ‘take it outside’ in heated hearing clash with Jasmine Crockett

<p>Anthony Williams and Katsiaryna Shasholka aboard the flight in question</p>

News

Black cop is accused of trafficking his white wife while flying to their honeymoon destination

<p>Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024, in New York</p>

US government sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter stock ownership

LiveLA FIRES

LA fires live updates: Residents warned to ‘stay on guard’ amid fire-fueling wind gusts as police bust arson, looting suspects

<p>A courtroom depiction of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts </p>

Justice

Why Maryland is looking to pardon its witches

<p>Puerto Rican Governor Jenniffer González-Colón wants President-elect Donald Trump to respond to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s threats to invade Puerto Rico, she said in a letter Monday</p>

politics

Puerto Rico calls on Trump to respond after Maduro threatens to invade

<p>Megyn Kelly asserted that cisgender women should not be battling blazes in Los Angeles and criticized the fire chief for being an ‘obese lesbian’</p>

LA Fires

Megyn Kelly rants about ‘obese lesbian’ firefighters tackling LA fires

<p>Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather are standing trial on child abuse charges </p>

Crime

Adopted Black children to testify against white parents accused of treating them as ‘slaves’, trial told

<p>A United plane and a Delta plane almost collided when both passenger planes were about to land at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport</p>

News

Two planes nearly collide in skies over Phoenix with 400 passengers onboard

<p>Neil Gaiman at the Writers Guild Awards in New York in April 2024</p>

Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations after accusations from multiple women

<p>Graham Norton has struggled with several celebrities on his chat shows over the years</p>

Graham Norton reveals why De Niro’s anecdote on had to be ‘cut’

<p>Elon Musk’s charity has helped fund a school in Texas minutes away from the SpaceX corporate headquarters </p>

Tech lifestyle

Take a peek at life inside the Musk Foundation-funded school in Texas

<p>Trump administration reportedly considering rescinding rule preventing deportations in sensitive areas like schools </p>

politics

Schools race to protect undocumented kids from deportation under Trump

<p>President-elect Donald Trump has announced he’s launching a new Eternal Revenue Service federal agency as soon as he’s in office </p>

politics

Trump announces puzzling new ‘External Revenue Service’ for tariffs

Trump’s Transition

<p>Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., left, speaks as Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., right, listens at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025</p>

Politics

Nobody’s prefect! Republicans demand DEI out of ‘Miltary’ and miss typo in display at confirmation hearings

Politics

Republicans blustered for months on Hegseth’s questionable nomination. Then they did Trump’s bidding

<p>Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Jeanne Shaheen challenged Hegseth over his views on women in the military </p>

Politics

Dem senators skewer Pete Hegseth over views on women in the military

<p>South Dakota Governor and President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Donald Trump Jr. has now revealed what the president-elect thought when he heard the story of Noem kiling a dog </p>

Politics

Don Jr shares Trump’s reaction to Kristi Noem dog-slaying story: ‘Even you wouldn’t kill a dog’

<p>The flags at the Capitol will return to full staff </p>

Politics

Speaker Johnson orders Capitol flags raised for Trump’s inauguration despite Jimmy Carter mourning period

<p>Joe Biden is seeking to define his presidency as more than just the lead-up to Kamala Harris’s defeat.</p>

Politics

Joe Biden concocts a positive image for his legacy while his party fumes over November

<p>Joe Biden has removed Cuba from a list of nations classed as supporting international terrorism</p>

Politics

Biden pulls Cuba from terrorism list, reversing Trump decision

<p>Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at a When We All Vote rally on October 29, 2024 in College Park, Georgia. With one week until Election Day, top surrogates for Kamala Harris including the Obamas continue to campaign on her behalf in battleground states</p>

Politics

Michelle Obama to skip Trump’s inauguration

<p>Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckberg are putting aside their differences to focus on their current shared interest: supporting Donald Trump</p>

Politics

Tech bro enemies Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk jockey for position at Trump’s inauguration

National Park officials fear Trump’s crowd size boasts

LA On Fire

<p>Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag</p>

LA FIres

The return of Speidi: How Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag rebranded during the California wildfires

<p>The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2025</p>

LA Fires

Palisades fire may be linked to previous blaze in popular hiking area

<p>A car covered by the pink fire retardant in the Mandeville Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles</p>

LA fires

Why is LA turning pink after wildfires? Colorful powder on cars and trees explained

<p>Shelley Sykes (pictured left) with her son Rory Sykes (pictured right) has spoken out to Australian media in wake of son’s tragic death </p>

LA FIRES

‘He learned to walk after watching Forrest Gump:’ Rory Sykes’s mother recounts her son’s miraculous life

Mace threatens to ‘take it outside’ with Crockett at hearing

<p>Senator Tommy Tuberville said California ‘doesn’t deserve’ funding for the wildfires unless its leaders ‘change their ways’ </p>

LA fires

Republican senator says California ‘doesn’t deserve funding’

Speaker Johnson calls for ‘conditions’ on wildfire aid

<p>Christina Applegate</p>

Christina Applegate rages against people laughing at LA wildfires

LA FIRES

Tyler Perry calls out ‘appalling’ insurance companies for canceling policies before fires

More News

Kate at the end of the engagement (Chris Jackson/PA)

Royal Family

Princess Kate announces her cancer has gone into remission

Kate visits hospital where she received treatment

<p>Marsha R. Dunham, 36, was booked into Ogle County Jail after she allegedly headbutted and the pulled the hair of a 6-year-old child </p>

Crime

Woman ordered to stay away from kids after headbutting 6-year-old girl, cops say

<p>Robbie Williams, and as portrayed by a chimpanzee in biopic ‘Better Man'</p>

Americans ask ‘Who is Robbie Williams?’ as CGI ape biopic leaves theater-goers scratching their heads

<p>Jessica Simpson opens up about ‘painful situation’ amid divorce from Eric Johnson after 10 years</p>

Jessica Simpson opens up about ‘painful situation’ amid split from Eric Johnson after 10 years

<p>A woman offered to buy an LA bride their wedding gown amid fires — then 200 people agreed to donate theirs</p>

LA Fires

A woman offered to buy an LA bride a wedding gown amid fires, then 200 others stepped up

<p>A new lawsuit brought against Sean Combs alleges he sexually assaulted a young woman in August/ September of 2000 as she was walking home from a babysitting job </p>

Crime

Diddy accuser alleges she was walking home from babysitting job when mogul sexually assaulted her

<p>Analysis from the Congressional Budget Office predicts that women under 30 are expected to have lower fertility rates </p>

News

US deaths expected to exceed births within a decade

TikTok says reports of possible sale to Elon Musk are ‘pure fiction’

<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center with a payload of Starlink satellites in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Debris from rockets is delaying flights across the globe, according to a report </p>

Falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets is causing flights to be delayed across the world

<p>Starbucks launches new code of conduct that prohibits patrons from using the restroom without making a purchase </p>

News

Starbucks reverses six-year rule — and it’s going to cost you

<p>John Henry Mallouk’s home burned two years after he vanished, raising new questions about his disappearance</p>

Crime

A 78-year-old Florida man disappeared two years ago. But his home just mysteriously went up in flames

<p>Smoke and flames rise from a fire after an explosion near an industrial site in Kazan, Russia</p>

LiveUkraine

Kyiv launches massive drone and missile attack on Russian airbase and key targets

Russia says it shot down two Storm Shadow missiles over the Black Sea

<p>President-elect Donald Trump blamed Nato for Russia’s war on Ukraine. Now Russia’s top diplomat says Moscow is open to talks with him </p>

Politics

Moscow open for Trump talks after diplomat praises his Nato attack

<p>Controversial recasting: Terrence Howard in ‘Iron Man’, Johnny Depp in ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and Rachel Weisz in ‘The Mummy'</p>

12 actors controversially recast in films, from Johnny Depp to Rachel Weisz

<p>Tamara ‘Tammy’ Mattson was allegedly killed by Carl D. Schlobom in 2003, but he cannot be prosecuted, authorities say</p>

Crime

Cops say they now know who murdered a 39-year-old mother – but they can’t charge him

Kristin Davis unable to make it through episode one of Sex and the City re-watch: ‘I have to stop’

<p>Ice plummeting to earth from airplanes is uncommon, but not unheard of</p>

News

Couple says they were nearly crushed by ‘watermelon-size’ chunk of ice falling from JetBlue plane

<p>Rashida Jones is stepping down as the president of MSNBC.</p>

NEws

MSNBC president Rashida Jones to step down

<p>Turbulence can make take-off and landing an uncomfortable experience</p>

Travel

These are the world’s most turbulent flight routes, from short-haul domestic trips to long-haul journeys

<p>Q) How many Gen-Zers does it take to change a lightbulb? A) You’ll have to ask my landlord </p>

There’s a simple reason Gen-Zers like me won’t change a lightbulb

Cyndi Lauper fans defend singer over viral footage from farewell tour

<p>Holiday Shipping</p>

Amazon is ending one of its most popular perks for members

LiveMiddle East

Truce deal ‘could come at any time’ says Blinken as hostage release details emerge

Everything we know about the draft ceasefire deal

<p>Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, right, speaks with Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo, center, and Doug Goodwin, who's home was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, in Altadena, Calif.</p>

Royal Family

There is good reason why Meghan Markle is so bad at being ‘good’

<p>MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has another bill to pay over his election claims </p>

politics

Mike Lindell dinged $60K for ‘frivolous’ Smartmatic lawsuit claims

Tom Hanks defends use of AI tech used to de-age him in new film

<p>Pope Francis ruled out stepping down in his new book ‘Hope’ </p>

The Catholic Church isn’t ready for another resignation – Pope Francis is right to stay

Pope handed box of papers over ‘most painful’ Vatican scandals

<p>In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927’s supermassive black hole</p>

Mysterious black hole starts flashing – and scientists don’t know why

<p>Video footage from inside the classroom where Kenneth Hartley was teaching on Friday, shows the teacher sitting behind a desk where his students say he was watching porn</p>

Crime

81-year-old substitute teacher caught watching porn in class, police say

<p>Fox News announces that Will Cain will take over the old time slot vacated by Neil Cavuto.</p>

media

Fox gives Trump skeptic Neil Cavuto’s old time slot to MAGA diehard

<p>Primeval Knievel: Betty Gilpin goes on a death-defying journey across the Old West in ‘American Primeval’</p>

American Primeval is grim and gory, but here’s why it’s a hit

<p>Michael Lewis, 55, has been arrested and accused of stalking WNBA star Caitlin Clark</p>

Crime

Caitlin Clark’s suspected stalker arrested after sending threats and ‘sexually explicit’ messages to WNBA star

<p>A suspect was arrested after four people were stabbed near Denver Mall over the weekend. Two died in the attacks police described as random </p>

Crime

Flight attendant on layover killed in random stabbing: One other dead, two slashed in attacks

<p>PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is being sued after alleged patient mix-up that resulted in life support being pulled from the wrong patient</p>

News

Patient taken off life support after he was mistaken for his hospital roommate, lawsuit claims

<p>This August 2024 photo provided by researchers shows a mummified human from Peru's Chancay culture using laser-stimulated fluorescence. (Tom Kaye via AP)</p>

Mystery of how ancient mummies had tattoos similar to today’s

<p>David Lever, 55, is in custody on murder charges after he allegedly killed three people in North Carolina over the weekend, police say </p>

Crime

Real estate broker allegedly guns down three at two sites – but cops are stumped as to why

<p>Elon Musk is behind Neuralink</p>

Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant

Investigation

The A-Word: Watch the Independent TV documentary on abortion and America’s war on women

ExclusiveInvestigation

Canceled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi Documentary

Inside Politics

<p>Former special counsel Jack Smith submitted a two-volume report of his investigations into Donald Trump to Attorney General Merrick Garland </p>

Politics

Why didn’t Jack Smith charge Trump with insurrection?

<p>Musk-Neuralink Explainer</p>

Politics

Yes, Elon Musk will have office space in the White House complex

<p>As Donald Trump in full caps-lock-mode put it on Truth Social immediately after Jack Smith’s report was published: ‘THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN’ </p>

Teflon Trump has dodged justice – it’s time for the rest of us to get on board

<p>Donald Trump partcipates in a Fox News town hall in January 2024. </p>

Politics

Trump gets the Fox News band back together for his second administration

Politics

New York Republicans say they met with Trump to help end congestion pricing

<p>Ron DeSantis criticized the H-1B visa program, departing with Donald Trump and other key MAGA allies on the issue </p>

politics

DeSantis picks a side in MAGA’s visa civil war: ‘We’ve got some big problems’

<p>The group gained international fame in the 1970s with their flamboyant on-stage personas and catchy dance-pop music </p>

POLITICS

LGBT+ backlash as Village People agree to perform at Trump inauguration

<p>An aircraft carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025</p>

Politics

Russian state TV floats splitting Greenland with Trump

<p>Conductor for the Army Herald Trumpets Major Aaron Morris during rehearsals for the inauguration. Some betting options on what will happen during the event are already out </p>

Politics

These are the top bets for Trump’s inauguration - including whether he’ll say ‘McDonald’s’ or ‘Dogecoin’

<p>Bannon has been engaged in a war of words against Musk in recent weeks </p>

Politics

Bannon backpedals on threat to have Elon Musk ‘run out’ of Trumpworld

Culture

<p>Schwimmer was the first member of the ‘Friends’ cast to host ‘SNL’ </p>

David Schwimmer reveals the SNL hosting mistake he made that left him ‘traumatized’

<p>TikTok user @halesdorio showed the nail technician emptying tiny cartons of French vanilla creamer into her foot bath </p>

Woman stunned as pedicurist adds coffee creamer to her foot bath in viral video

<p>Beyoncé’s major announcement postponed after she donated $2.5m to Los Angeles wildfire relief</p>

Beyoncé postpones major announcement due to LA wildfires

<p>Drew Barrymore admitted she is still friends with the ex-boyfriend that cheated on her </p>

Drew Barrymore made ex watch as she met up for drinks with the woman he cheated on her with

<p>Willem Dafoe</p>

Willem Dafoe says he was ‘uncast’ from movie due to divisive past role

<p>Actor Djimon Hounsou, photographed in 2024</p>

Oscar-nominated Marvel star Djimon Hounsou says he’s ‘struggling to make a living

Lifestyle

<p>Shields discusses her experience with the healthcare system as a woman in her memoir </p>

Brooke Shields reveals the sexist question two male doctors asked her after a seizure

<p>Ben Affleck</p>

Why Ben Affleck got a visit from FBI agents at LA home amid wildfires

<p>Kansas city had allegedly threatened to charge Beth $240 to clean up her lawn </p>

TikToker the ‘Lawn Guy’ raises over $500k for elderly disabled woman after saving her garden

<p>Brittany and Patrick are also parents to daughter Sterling and son Bronze</p>

Brittany Mahomes gives birth to third child with Patrick Mahomes

Latest videos

<p>Hollywood actor Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun</p>

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun

<p>Moment plane crashes into Hawaii building and bursts into flames captured on dashcam.</p>

Moment plane crashes into Hawaii building captured on dashcam

Car removed from swimming pool after driver crashes

<p>How the Grinch almost stole Christmas as police bodycam captures culprit in action.</p>

The Grinch almost steals Christmas before police catch him in action

Travel

<p>Simon Calder enjoyed luxury for less in the Polish city of Łódź</p>

We’ve been all over the world in 2024 – these were favorite places

Disney Treasure first look: Adventures with Aladdin and Donald Duck

<p>The property where the Duttons live in Yellowstone is a real life, working ranch in Montana </p>

Inside the real-life ranch where Yellowstone was filmed

<p>Atlanta makes the perfect city break for anyone into food, art and history </p>

Atlanta city guide: What to do and where to stay

Tech

Explore news for you