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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up its first case about a federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet by shielding Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their sites by others. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday about whether the family of an American college […]

Britney Spears gave herself a haircut shortly before a night out with friends this week. On Monday, the popstar took to Instagram to share that she decided to trim her blonde locks prior to a meal at a Nobu restaurant with pals. However, Britney revealed that the impromptu makeover didn’t go quite to plan. “Okay […]

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana’s wildlife officials say the country has lost half of its wild rhinoceroses to poaching and natural causes since 2018. Mabuse Pule, acting minister of the environment and tourism, told the National Assembly on Monday that 138 rhinoceroses had been poached and 76 died of natural causes in the last five years. He […]

d Sheeran has unveiled a range of hot sauces. On Tuesday, the Shape of You hitmaker announced the official launch of his condiment brand Tingly Ted’s. To begin, Ed is offering two products; a medium hot sauce called Tingly and a hotter version named Xtra Tingly. Each sauce is made with red jalapeño and capsicum […]

ATLANTA, GA. — The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in a black holster. The weapon was one of the 6,542 guns the Transportation Security Administration intercepted […]

U.S. President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit Monday to Ukraine, days ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, saying he was there to “show our support for the nation’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, Biden announced $500 million in new U.S. aid, […]

Kim, 42, was granted the restraining order against Jomoine Victor Zigler, 28, last month after he reportedly showed up at her home on numerous occasions, called her his wife and sent her a diamond ring. However, he breached security in her gated community in a bid to see her last week and was arrested by […]

Ukraine shot down at least six balloons over Kyiv on Wednesday, according to the British Defense Ministry’s daily intelligence update on Ukraine posted on Twitter. The report said the Ukrainian armed forces spotted the balloons with radar reflectors suspended from them over Kyiv. On Feb. 12, Ukraine’s air force said it spotted balloons over eastern […]

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea has confirmed that the intercontinental ballistic missile it fired Saturday was the Hwasong-15, which it said was part of a “surprise” exercise to test its war readiness with a “mobile and mighty counterattack.” According to a Sunday morning report by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, a mock “emergency firepower […]

Caribbean leaders attending an annual trade bloc meeting say they will not send a force to Haiti to help stop worsening gang violence in that country. The spiraling violence in Haiti has been a key topic at the 15-member CARICOM meeting in the Bahamas with Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry asking for an international military […]