Joe Biden has described mass shootings as a “national embarrassment” that has to end. A day after eight people were killed in an attack at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, the US president said more must be done to reduce gun violence – and urged Congress to ban military-style assault weapons. “Too many Americans are
Felix Silla, who famously played the mysterious and hairy Cousin Itt on “The Addams Family,” is dead after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Felix died Friday afternoon in Las Vegas … according to Gil Gerard, Felix’s co-star on the old NBC series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.” Gil says he’s sad to see his
In this article AMZN People protest in support of the unionizing efforts of the Alabama Amazon workers, in Los Angeles, California, March 22, 2021. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Amazon last week soundly defeated a union drive at one of its Alabama warehouses, a major win for the e-commerce giant which has long fought unionization attempts
The foreign secretary is set to reveal which UK projects around the world will be axed or reduced following a decision to slash foreign aid spending by almost a third, Sky News understands. A statement to parliament was scheduled for this week but had to be postponed because of the death of the Duke of
Poundland’s owner is snubbing London to pursue a €4.5bn (£3.9bn) listing in Warsaw after months of deliberations about a flotation that would have further bolstered the ranks of listed retailers on the London stock market. Sky News has learnt that Pepco Group, which trades from more than 3,000 stores across 15 European markets, has decided
Raul Castro, Fidel’s brother, is resigning his leadership of Cuba’s Communist party. The 89-year-old made the announcement at the opening of the eighth congress of the party. Mr Castro said he was retiring with a sense of having “fulfilled his mission and confident in the future of the fatherland”. Image: Raul Castro, left, with Fidel
Bodycam footage of a police officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy last month appears to show the teenager holding his hands up before he is shot. Adam Toledo can be seen running away from police down an alley in Chicago as the officer shouts for him to stop and show his hands. The boy stops
April 16, 2021 | 5:10pm ET Editor’s Note: Rage Against the Machine’s Evil Empire came out 25 years ago this week. Contributing writer Robert Dean looks back at how the album not only stirred his social conscience as a teenager but also how the music’s messages and, dare we say, rage feel as powerful and
Outlander fans, rejoice! Our long international wait is about to be over. Diana Gabaldon has announced that the ninth novel in her beloved Outlander series, Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone, will be published on November 23, 2021. Gabaldon has done a very diligent job of keeping fans up to date with her
Kygo shares his first new release of 2021 with “Gone Are The Days” featuring James Gillespie. The deep cut production lingers in a reflective space about missing the signs of a love that’s right in front of you. There’s no happy ending here — but the subject finds strength to move forward as Gillespie sings
Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite
In this article DOGE.CM= A visual representation of dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Dogecoin started out as a joke. Now it’s a top-10 digital currency worth $34 billion. The cryptocurrency is based on the “Doge” meme, which rose to popularity in late 2013. The meme portrays a Shiba Inu dog alongside
Whitehall’s spending watchdog has launched an investigation into Greensill Capital’s involvement in government-backed COVID support schemes prior to the firm’s collapse. The National Audit Office (NAO) on Friday announced the latest Westminster inquiry into Greensill, which is at the centre of a lobbying row involving former prime minister David Cameron. In June last year, the
The FTSE 100 has climbed above the 7,000 mark for the first time since the early days of the coronavirus crisis. London’s leading share index rose as industrial, banking and mining stocks made gains on growing optimism about economies reopening and recovering across the world. The FTSE 100 was last above the 7,000 mark in
Billionaire Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned over his role in pro-democracy protests. Mr Lai, founder of opposition newspaper Apple Daily, was one of several activists who appeared in court on Friday who had been earlier found guilty of taking part in “unauthorised assemblies” during mass pro-democracy protests in 2019. He was
Eight people have been killed in a shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. At least four people are in hospital – one with critical injuries – while two others were treated at the scene and released following the incident late on Thursday. Police earlier said multiple people were injured and had been transported to