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By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. He was 83. Herkul, a website which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account

Nearly three decades ago, a California man searching for aluminum cans made a horrific discovery when he came across the body of a lifeless newborn stuffed inside a shopping bag. The baby boy, believed to be about three days old, was wrapped in a pink and blue blanket inside a red shopping bag at what

With little more than two weeks left in the presidential election campaign, Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost is thoroughly baffled by Donald Trump’s closing message. Particularly, the “Weekend Update” co-anchor didn’t understand why Trump would say that former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was accused of sexual assault by over 80 women and sentenced to

Teresa Earnhardt, widow of the late NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, plans to transform 399 of her rural acres in east Mooresville into an industrial park, according to her rezoning application for the vast former farmland property. Mooresville Technology Park would sprout between Patterson Farm Road and Rustic Road near Cabarrus County. The park would be

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces have spent much of the past year destroying Hamas’ vast underground network in Gaza. They are now focused on dismantling tunnels and other hideouts belonging to Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Scarred by Hamas’ deadly raid into Israel last year that sparked the war in Gaza, Israel says

NEW YORK (AP) — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court, appeared for the first time Friday before the judge who is presiding over his case. Zambada, 76, appeared at a status conference in Brooklyn federal court before District Court Judge

DUBAI (Reuters) – Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister said on Friday he rejected Iranian interference in a Lebanese matter, after the speaker of Iran’s parliament said Tehran was ready to negotiate with France on implementing a U.N. resolution concerning southern Lebanon. U.N. Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, calls for the border area of southern Lebanon to

A competitive surfer counts his blessings after an encounter with a shark has left him temporarily unable to compete in the sport he loves. Sixteen-year-old Teddy Wittemann is a member of the USA Surfing Junior Team. The Floridana Beach teen was hanging out with a friend on Friday when he said they decided to hit

Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs on Wednesday, the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch, noting these changes were made to reallocate resources within the company. “Today, a few teams at Meta are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy,” said a Meta spokesperson

In January, as Donald Trump was beginning his glide path to the Republican nomination, House Democrats released a report claiming the leader of “America First” had received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments. Most of the money had come from China, a country Trump routinely promises “to go harder on.” Later that spring,

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is on the verge of something big. As of this writing, the company’s market cap is $3.3 trillion, only $150 billion behind the world’s largest company — Apple. Granted, Nvidia has already claimed the top spot before — this year, in fact. Yet, this time might be different. It’s possible that Nvidia

Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday said the owner of the abandoned dog now known as “Trooper,” who captured the hearts of Floridians during Hurricane Milton, was identified and will face prosecution for aggravated animal cruelty. The pooch was found by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, having been tied to a fence and up to his belly

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Starlink boss Elon Musk said a move by India to auction satellite broadband spectrum, and not allocate it, would be “unprecedented”, reacting to a Reuters story that rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani was lobbying for the auction route. In what is seen as a battle between the two billionaires, Starlink argues administrative

A massive meat recall prompted by listeria concerns is affecting products in some of the most popular grocery stores across the U.S., including Walmart, Public, Target, Aldi, Amazon, Trader Joe’s and more. Pre-cooked meat producer BrucePac has released more information about the products impacted by its nearly 10 million-pound recall first announced by the U.S. Department of

Three in five women (60%) say they are entirely self-taught when it comes to menopause knowledge, according to new research. A new survey of 2,000 American women found many feel they are overly targeted with information about pregnancy and childbirth but feel under-resourced when it comes to perimenopause and menopause. Additionally, three in four women