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It was a festive scene in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square on Sunday as the Catholic faithful gathered to celebrate the 70th birthday of Pope Leo XIV.  When Leo appeared for his traditional noon blessing, he was greeted with banners, balloons and signs in English, Italian and Spanish wishing him a happy birthday.  “My dears, it seems you know today I have turned 70,” Leo said to cheers. “I thank the Lord, my parents, and I am grateful to all those who remembered me in their prayers,” he went on

Authorities have identified the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, an Utah resident now in police custody. Officials confirmed Robinson’s arrest on Friday after a multi-day manhunt. Law enforcement credited both family members and community cooperation for helping bring the suspect in. According to reports, Robinson’s father recognized him in images circulated by investigators and urged his son to turn himself in. Shor

A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google. must pay $425 million for invading users' privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account. The verdict comes after a trial in the federal court in San Francisco over allegations that Google over an eight-year period accessed users' mobile devices to collect, save, and use their data, violating privacy assurances under its Web & App Activity setting. The us

President Donald Trump has cancelled Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris, which had been extended by Joe Biden before he left office, according to one of her advisers. As a former vice-president, Ms Harris was entitled under law to receive six months of security after leaving office in January, which was due to expire in July. Her protection had been quietly extended for another year by a directive signed by her former boss but was revoked by Trump in a memo dated on Thursday, accordin

President Donald Trump has demanded the removal of one of the governors of the US central bank, a move that escalates his long-running feud with the institution. Late on Monday, he posted on his Truth Social account a letter addressed to Lisa Cook, saying she was being removed from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors due to mortgage fraud allegations. The move has caused an outcry from Democrats who say it amounts to unprecedented political interference. Who is Lisa Cook and what does she

Rapper Lil Nas X was hospitalized early Thursday morning (Aug. 21) after being spotted roaming the streets of Los Angeles in the early hours, sparking concerns about a possible overdose. According to reports, the 25-year-old star was seen around 4 a.m. wandering near Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, dressed only in white underwear and cowboy boots. Witnesses say he appeared disoriented, at one point placing an orange traffic cone on his head and telling a passerby he was “headed to a party.”

Voters’ accusations that Elon Musk defrauded them during the 2024 election campaign will now be tested in court after a Texas judge allowed their lawsuit to proceed. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin said Jacqueline McAferty plausibly alleged in her proposed class action that Musk and his political action committee, America PAC, wrongly induced her to provide personal identifying information as part of the giveaway, Reuters reports. McAferty, an Arizona resident, said Musk and Americ

President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to the White House on Monday to meet US President Donald Trump for fresh talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Several European leaders also flew to Washington to attend the meeting, days after Trump met Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for a summit that failed to result in a ceasefire.  Despite optimistic words by Trump and some more lukewarm assessments from his European partners, by Monday evening there were no concrete commitments to sec

Jeff Bezos announced on social media the death of his mother, Jacklyn "Jackie" Bezos, who passed away at the age of 78 surrounded by family at her home in Miami. The billionaire remembers her as a person whose love and resilience accompanied him throughout his life, and also that she made the first investments in Amazon. As stated, Jackie died at home in Miami on Thursday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Dope (@newdopehq) "After a long battle with Lewy body dementia, L

Kelley Mack, who played the Hilltop Colony resident Addy on the ninth season of AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ in 2018-19, died Saturday in her birthplace of Cincinnati after a battle with glioma of the central nervous system. She was 33. Mack also appeared on episodes of Fox’s 9-1-1 in 2019 and NBC’s Chicago Med in 2022 and did lots of commercials, showing up in spots for Dr Pepper (in the fictional town of Fansville), Ross Stores, Budweiser, Eli Lilly, Dairy Queen, Chick-fil-A and, with her mom, Ra