Plea deal for 9/11 mastermind resurrects specter of Guantanamo’s closing — will it ever happen?
The plea deal with the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks has rekindled questions about the future of Guantanamo Bay, the military prison where the United States has held hundreds of terrorism suspects for more than 22 years. Previous presidents, including Barack Obama and Joe Biden, have said they wanted to shut down the […]
Tom Cruise to appear in Olympics closing ceremony – report | Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is reportedly set to assist with the Olympic handover ceremony between Paris and 2028 host city Los Angeles. The closing ceremony will be enhanced by actors from Mission: Impossible, who filmed stunts in both cities as part of a taping scheduled for August 11. According to TMZ:. Details of the ceremony have not […]
Badcock, Conn’s Furniture Stores Closing Hundreds of Locations Due to Bankruptcy
Badcock Home Furniture & More, a 120-year-old retailer based in the southern US, is going out of business after announcing on Tuesday that it would close all of its roughly 400 stores. Badcock, which has more than 380 stores in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, is owned by Corne’s, […]
Slovakia Gov’t to Boycott ‘Degenerate’ Olympic Closing Ceremony
Slovakia’s left-wing populist government has announced that it will not take part in the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, citing what it said was an “insult” to Christianity and “decadent decadence” at the opening ceremony. Deputy Prime Minister Thomas Taraba Announced President Trump announced on social media on Monday that he was canceling a […]
Home goods retailer Conn’s files for bankruptcy, closing over 70 stores
Home goods and furniture retailer Conn’s Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday and announced plans to close several stores. The company announced it would close more than 70 HomePlus stores across 13 states. Corns filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. FOX Business has […]
Las Vegas authorities were alerted to possible ‘medical issue’ involving Biden, began closing roads
Members of President Joe Biden’s security detail and staff at nearby hospitals have all been put on high alert after the president appeared to have some sort of health scare during a recent visit to Las Vegas. Last Wednesday, Biden’s team was forced to cut short a trip to Sin City after the president fell […]
2025 Super Bowl odds, prediction: Jets closing in on Chiefs
Commercial Content 21+ As the calendar turns to August and the season gets ready to get fully underway, it’s training camp week in the NFL. FanDuel has the Chiefs and 49ers tied as favorites to win the Super Bowl in 2025, each with odds of +600. But with 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk officially requesting […]
Giancarlo Stanton closing in on Yankees injury return
Giancarlo Stanton is looming on a significant return to the Yankees, but a specific timeline for his return and whether he will require a rehab assignment are unclear. “I’m going to have a few more days to work on it and then come up with the best plan for next weekend,” he said in the […]
REPORT: Mexican President Says Trump Is ‘A Friend,’ Will Warn Against Closing Border
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday called former President Donald Trump a “friend” but reiterated his differences with Trump over his approach to immigration policy. While Lopez Obrador disagrees with Trump’s calls to close the border and his accusations that illegal immigrants are smuggling drugs such as fentanyl into the US, he reportedly […]
Espionage trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich in Russia reaches closing arguments
Closing arguments began Friday in the espionage trial of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned for more than a year on charges that he, his employers and the US government strongly deny. Gershkovich appeared in court for a second consecutive day as the trial accelerates in Russia’s highly politicized judicial system. In previous […]