The leader of a major labor union in Southern California who was arrested while protesting an immigration raid earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge and will face trial in January
Black Friday arrives with solid momentum despite tariffs and economic uncertainty
Black Friday may no longer be the retail bacchanalia of years past, but the event still has enough enthusiasts to make it the biggest single shopping day in the U.S.
Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 11-15-31-32-59, Mega Ball: 18, Megaplier:
Great Lakes region preparing for bad weather over lake-effect snowfall ingredients
Cold air is sweeping across the Great Lakes region, bringing lake-effect snow from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Western New York
Supreme Court won’t immediately let Trump administration fire copyright office head
The Supreme Court won’t immediately allow the Trump administration to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, instead delaying a decision until after they rule in two other high-profile firing cases
FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
As 2025 draws to a close, the departure of the beleaguered acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, caps a tumultuous year for FEMA. In January, President Donald Trump took office and vowed to abolish the department. Though the administration subsequently slow-walked that proposal, its government-wide staffing...
Everyone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them?
The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth,” she said in an interview in March. Her complaints have gone viral on TikTok and other social media platforms. “It’s a...
The Spin | First-over destroyer Mitchell Starc deserves place among Australia’s greats
Kerry O’Keeffe has called the veteran left-armer ‘one of the most underrated cricketers Australia have produced’, and the figures back him up When I close my eyes at night, Mitchell Starc is at the top of his run. It might be punishment for forgetting to vote for him in the...
Racing celebrates ‘Axe the Tax’ Budget campaign victory after Reeves spares sport
Duty for betting on horse racing unchanged at 15% ‘We want to maintain Britain’s place on world stage’ Charles Allen, the chair of the British Horseracing Authority, paid tribute on Wednesday to “everyone who has played their part across the sport” after the budget announcement by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves,...
World Cup winner Abby Dow quits rugby in shock move to focus on career
England player opts to prioritise engineering over sport John Mitchell salutes ‘best right winger in world rugby’ The Rugby World Cup winner Abby Dow has announced her shock retirement from professional rugby, with the Red Roses head coach, John Mitchell, bemoaning the fact that England have lost “the best right...