Trump fires US Copyright Office chief Perlmutter, Politico says
President Donald Trump fired the top official at the U.S. Copyright Office on Saturday, Politico reported.
The termination of Shira Perlmutter on Saturday came two days after Trump fired the head of the Library of ...Read more
Inside Villanova in the 1970s, when the future Pope Leo XIV arrived on campus
PHILADELPHIA — In the summer of 1973, the war was still raging in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal was unfolding in Washington, and protests roiled college campuses nationwide. But at leafy Villanova University just ...Read more
Keir Starmer's Trump win fails to calm Labour Party's worries about Farage
Keir Starmer’s double victory in securing trade deals with India and the U.S. this week still isn’t enough to pacify restive lawmakers in the U.K.’s governing Labour Party.
Last week, the British premier faced a ...Read more
Trump hails progress after first day of US-China trade talks
Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators spent hours behind closed doors in Switzerland on Saturday as they held high-stakes talks that offer the clearest opportunity yet for the two countries to de-escalate their trade war, ...Read more
Putin offers talks with Ukraine on May 15 but skirts truce
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to hold direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, saying he didn’t rule out reaching an agreement on a ceasefire in the war.
“We’re in the mood for serious talks with ...Read more
Trump vs. Massachusetts: Brazilian child rapist in home day care ICE flashpoint
BOSTON — The governor is being called out for the “appalling” case of an illegal immigrant child rapist found at a Cape Cod home day care.
It’s a startling arrest, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration argued ...Read more
DHS calls for death penalty in Del Mar smuggling case -- a steep escalation from previous sentences
SAN DIEGO — On the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving in 2022, a panga piloted by two cousins from Baja California capsized as it approached the shoreline off Imperial Beach. The cousins and five of the undocumented ...Read more
Forensic testing links skull remains to Northern California woman missing since 1987
LOS ANGELES — A man was walking along a rocky, picturesque shoreline of Trinidad Head, located about 25 miles north of Eureka, when he spotted something unusual and unnerving.
The unidentified man's discovery in ...Read more
Trump executive order envisions housing homeless veterans at VA center in West LA
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a center for homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus.
The order set a goal of housing...Read more
Bill shielding Florida elected officials' addresses from public headed to governor
ORLANDO, Fla. — New legislation meant to protect elected officials and their families from harassment worries government watchdogs who say it would also prevent voters from knowing if their lawmakers live in their ...Read more
Heartbreak and acceptance for Philly's Catholic Filipinos over pope
PHILADELPHIA — As Philadelphians and Catholics rejoiced at the announcement of the new pope, with his ties to Villanova University, among local Filipinos, there was some disappointment.
The election of Pope Leo XIV ...Read more
'We Did It, Bolinas!!!' Remote Northern California town gets its post office back
LOS ANGELES — For more than two years, a big wooden sign in west Marin County has displayed a set of hand-painted numbers, dutifully changed each morning.
"Days Without a Bolinas Post Office," the sign reads. The number...Read more
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex enjoys 'date night' with Prince Harry at Beyonce show
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex enjoyed a "very fun date night" with her husband Prince Harry at a Beyonce concert.
The 43-year-old royal attended the pop superstar's Cowboy Carter Tour gig in Los Angeles on Friday (09.05.25) ...Read more
'He's younger than me': Melanie Hamrick dismisses 44-year age gap to her fiance Sir Mick Jagger
Melanie Hamrick has defended the 44-year age gap between her and fiance Sir Mick Jagger.
The former ballerina, 37, quipped that the Rolling Stones frontman, 81, is "younger" than she is as she discussed their relationship...Read more
Allison Janney keeps her Oscar in different rooms around her house
Allison Janney moves her Oscar around the house.
The 65-year-old star won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2017 movie 'I, Tonya' and explained that she puts the gong in various places in ...Read more
Michigan pauses program to lethally gas nuisance geese at Belle Isle, other sites
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has paused a pilot program that allowed for the collection and lethal gassing of nuisance Canada geese, according to a Friday letter from M. Scott Bowen, the ...Read more
US to probe reports of swabs on its citizens arriving in China
The U.S. embassy in China said it received reports that American citizens are being subjected to “invasive medical testing” upon arrival in the country.
“We are looking into these reports,” the embassy in Beijing ...Read more
4.1 magnitude earthquake rattles Carolinas, including Charlotte area, USGS says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 4.1 magnitude earthquake near the Tennessee-North Carolina border on Saturday was felt as far east as Charlotte, government seismologists confirmed.
The quake struck at 9:04 a.m. and was centered ...Read more
What's next on Russia sanctions if Putin balks at ceasefire call
With European leaders calling for a 30-day ceasefire in the war in Ukraine starting Monday and claiming President Donald Trump’s support for the ultimatum, the possibility of additional sanctions on Russia is moving into...Read more
Review: Elton John scored big at his San Diego Curebound Concert For Cures in Petco Park
SAN DIEGO — Elton John did not perform “Swing For The Fences,” a standout number from his new album with Brandi Carlile, during his fog-shrouded Friday night Curebound Concert For Cures at Petco Park, the home of the...Read more
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