Tanks move into place for Trump’s July 4th celebration
Those in Washington, D.C. to celebrate Independence Day offered mixed reactions about military tanks that are on display for President Donald Trump’s planned July Fourth...
Gaultier walks on the wild side at Haute Couture show
Models stormed the runway in animal prints, neon dresses and designs that played with optical illusions at Jean Paul Gaultier’s Haute Couture collection on Wednesday,...
‘Laugh-In’ star Arte Johnson dies at age 90
Arte Johnson, a lurking presence on U.S. television’s “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” as a lecherous geriatric and a comic German soldier who found things on...
Flight crew restrains ‘God’ aboard Delta flight, returns to Puerto Rico
Delta Air Lines flight attendants restrained a passenger on a flight from Puerto Rico to New York after he shouted “I am God!” and claimed...
Pay dispute resurfaces as U.S. women prepare for World Cup final
With the United States preparing to play in the women’s World Cup final the team’s fight for pay equity resurfaced on Wednesday with the Democratic...
Biblical bad guys the ancient Philistines came from Europe, DNA shows
The ancient Philistines, the Biblical villains whose origins have puzzled scholars for decades, came to the Middle East from southern Europe more than 3,000 years...
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky arrested in Sweden after brawl: prosecutor
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky was arrested early on Wednesday on suspicion of serious assault after a brawl in Sweden’s capital, prosecutors said....
McConnell waves the flag for controversial Nike shoe
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said he hoped Nike would reverse its decision to recall its Betsy Ross flag shoe after former NFL...
Reinsurance hedge fund Tangency Capital raises further $165 million
Hedge fund Tangency Capital has raised a further $165 million to invest in the property reinsurance market, bringing its size to $265 million as the...
Breakingviews TV: Busy Broadcom
The $113 bln chipmaker may buy cybersecurity firm Symantec. If successful, it’ll be CEO Hock Tan’s second stab at diversifying the business since failing to...