Kate Middleton marks quiet return to work following cancer treatment – National

Kate Middleton marks quiet return to work following cancer treatment – National

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s back to work she goes! Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, made a quiet return to work this week, almost six months after she revealed to the world she had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy treatment. The princess met with her Centre for Early Childhood staff and employees of Kensington … Read more

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: Feds share details of ‘freak offs,’ AR-15s, baby oil – National

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: Feds share details of ‘freak offs,’ AR-15s, baby oil – National

NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday night and indicted on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges that accuse him of hitting and abusing women for over a decade and presiding over an empire of sexual crimes. In a federal indictment … Read more

A day after trail-blazing ballerina dies at 29, her mother dies too – National

A day after trail-blazing ballerina dies at 29, her mother dies too – National

The family of trailblazing ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince is mourning two tragedies after the Boston Ballet soloist and her adoptive mother died just one day apart. DePrince was born in Sierra Leone, and was adopted by her U.S. mother Elaine in 1999 after she lost both her parents at age three in the country’s civil … Read more

A final, tragic text from doomed Titan sub revealed at Coast Guard hearing – National

A final, tragic text from doomed Titan sub revealed at Coast Guard hearing – National

Some of the last words from the crew aboard the doomed Titan submersible were revealed in a hearing Monday, presented by the U.S. Coast Guard alongside a re-creation of the journey aboard the fated experimental vessel. The hearing, expected to last two weeks, will examine the causes of the June 2023 implosion that instantly killed … Read more

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after 1st private spacewalk – National

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after 1st private spacewalk – National

A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air … Read more

VMAs 2024: Taylor Swift ties with Beyoncé as most-decorated artist – National

VMAs 2024: Taylor Swift ties with Beyoncé as most-decorated artist – National

Taylor Swift ‘s dominance continued at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she took home seven awards — including the night’s biggest, the trophy for video of the year. In her speech Wednesday night, Swift thanked her “boyfriend, Travis” for being on set of the Fortnight music video and cheering her on. Fans rewarded the … Read more

Ugandan Olympic athlete who died from burns gets military funeral – National

Ugandan Olympic athlete who died from burns gets military funeral – National

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the Kenyan border. Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral because Cheptegei held the rank of sergeant in … Read more

Passenger must pay over $7K in fuel costs after bad behaviour diverts flight – National

Passenger must pay over K in fuel costs after bad behaviour diverts flight – National

An Australian man is on the hook for thousands of dollars after his poor behaviour on a plane required a domestic flight to dump fuel and return to its starting point. In what Australian officials hope will serve as a warning to other potentially unruly travellers, the unnamed man has been ordered to pay more … Read more

Pope slams Harris and Trump, tells U.S. Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’ – National

Pope slams Harris and Trump, tells U.S. Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’ – National

Pope Francis said that American voters face the choice between “the lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, taking aim at both Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump, and emphasizing that he believes both are running for president on anti-life policies. “Both are against life, be it the one who kicks … Read more

Francis Ford Coppola sues Variety for $15M over ‘Megalopolis’ story – National

Francis Ford Coppola sues Variety for M over ‘Megalopolis’ story – National

Francis Ford Coppola has filed a whopping libel lawsuit against Variety magazine and two of the publication’s executive editors, after a story ran in July alleging that the director behaved inappropriately on the set of Megalopolis, his latest film set to hit theatres. In scathing court documents, filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday … Read more