PARIS — “And now, what do we do?” blared the front page headline of Le Parisien, a daily newspaper, as the shock of Sunday’s election results began to sink in. None of the Polls Predicted the Result The day after a historic election, France awoke to final results that none...
John Cena Announces His Retirement From Professional Wrestling After 2025 Season
John Cena announced Saturday night that he will retire from professional wrestling next year after two decades in the ring. The wrestler-turned-actor delivered a heartfelt speech to a stadium of World Wrestling Entertainment fans in Toronto, who booed in disappointment as Cena said the 2025 season would be his last....
Paramount and Skydance Merge, Signaling End of a Family Reign in Hollywood
NEW YORK — The entertainment giant Paramount will merge with Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape. It also signals rise of a new power player,...
Bo Naylor’s Pinch-Hit, 3-Run Homer Sends AL Central-Leading Guardians to Win Over Giants
CLEVELAND — Bo Naylor connected for a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the sixth inning to give the Cleveland Guardians a 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday and another home series win for the AL Central leaders. Stepping in for Austin Hedges, Naylor connected with two outs off...
Masoud Pezeshkian: From Heart Surgeon to Iran’s President
Following the death of the country's president in May, voters in Iran elected their new leader Friday. And the educated, centrist leader has a background of tragedy. Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's new president, is a former heart surgeon and health minister known for his integrity and humility, as reported in a...
Scammers are Swiping Billions from Americans Every Year. Worse, Most Crooks are Getting Away with It
The scammers are winning. Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to perpetrate fraud and get away with it. Internet and telephone...
Is College Worth It? Poll Finds Only 36% of Americans Have Confidence in Higher Education
Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the "wrong direction," according to a new poll. Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in...
Searing Heat Wave Grips Large Parts of the US and Causes Deaths in the West
DEATH VALLEY — After causing deaths and shattering records in the West over the weekend, a long-running heat wave will again grip the U.S. on Monday, with hot temperatures also predicted for large parts of the East Coast and the South. The dangerous temperatures caused the death of a motorcyclist...
Dozens are Killed as Russia Bombards Ukraine. Among the Buildings Hit was a Kyiv Children’s Hospital
KYIV, Ukraine — A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine on Monday killed at least 31 people and injured 154, officials said, with one striking a large children's hospital in the capital of Kyiv, where emergency crews searched the rubble for victims. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian cities with...
Texas Residents Told to Expect Power Outages, Flooding as Beryl Moves Closer to Landfall
MATAGORDA, Texas — Beryl began lashing coastal Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl remained a tropical storm...