China submits new emissions pledge to UN with modest increase in commitments
China, the world’s biggest polluter, has made only a small improvement in its emission-cutting plan formally submitted to the UN on Thursday, just days before...
Fintechs are the new corner bank, but big financial firms are fighting back
Fintech giants Square and PayPal are taking Main Street by storm. More consumers, especially younger ones, are using services like Square’s Cash App and PayPal’s...
Pelosi warns Democrats not to ’embarrass’ Biden as leaders push for infrastructure vote
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats on Thursday “don’t embarrass” President Joe Biden by voting down a $1 trillion infrastructure bill ahead of Biden’s trip...
Vampires have thrilled us for centuries. These are the most fearsome, fascinating and funny bloodsuckers ever seen on screen
From Bela Lugosi’s definitive Dracula to the Staten Island-dwelling nitwits of the FX series “What We Do in the Shadows,” these are the most influential,...
Families of Charleston church massacre victims reach an $88M settlement with the Justice Department
The families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reached an $88 million settlement with...
UK travel: Remaining red list countries set to be removed
The UK is set to remove the seven countries remaining on its restricted travel list. Read details here on which arriving passengers will still need...
France detains UK boat as spat over fishing rights escalates
France has detained a British fishing vessel and announced it will close nearly all of its ports to trawlers from the UK, a major escalation...
A White hospital executive says he was fired and replaced by 2 women as part of a diversity push. He sued and was just awarded $10 million
A White man has been awarded a $10 million payout in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against his former employer, which he said fired him...
12 GOP ‘Young Guns’ embrace Trump’s election falsehoods
At least a dozen of the House GOP’s most prized recruits for the midterms have sown doubts about the 2020 elections, embracing former president Donald...
A woman in Mississippi died after strong winds blew her car off the road, official says
One person is dead as a result of extreme weather in Jackson County, Mississippi, Wednesday night....