CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin reacts after Steve Bannon, who once served as former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, threatened Attorney General Merrick Garland in response to the January 6 committee hearings. #CNN #News
The main suspect in the killings of a British journalist and indigenous expert has confessed – and taken officers to the site where their bodies were buried, police have said. Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing on 5 June on a remote stretch of the Itaquai River in Brazil. Police investigator, officer Eduardo Alexandre
In this article WWE Vince McMahon attends a press conference at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Michael N. Todaro | Getty Images World Wrestling Entertainment‘s board is investigating a $3 million hush-money settlement that CEO Vince McMahon paid a woman over an alleged affair, The Wall Street Journal reported
The captain of a £38m superyacht detained in London has said it is the victim of a “PR stunt” and that the government has “got the wrong guy”. Sky News was given exclusive access on board the 58m (190ft) long Phi, which has been unable to leave Canary Wharf since March. The vessel is being
A dozen children were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care summer programme at a school in Alaska. Several students complained that their mouths and throats were burning shortly after being served breakfast on Tuesday, and at least one child was taken to hospital for treatment. Police in the Alaskan state capital
A Republican state representative who describes himself as a death penalty supporter has said he believes that death row inmate Richard Glossip is innocent. Kevin McDugle, from Oklahoma, was responding to a report by a Houston law firm into Glossip’s case. He said: “We’ve got an individual sitting on death row that has been there
The man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan has been fully released 41 years after the shooting. John Hinckley Jr, now 67, seriously wounded the US president during an attack in 1981. He spent decades in a Washington mental health unit having been acquitted by reason of insanity at a trial in 1982. Now he
The US central bank has raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points for the second time in a row in an attempt to curb soaring inflation. The US Federal Reserve said it expects that “ongoing increases” will be needed despite evidence of a slowing economy and concerns that aggressive hikes could lead to a recession.
Lil Wayne will no longer appear at a music festival this weekend after he was banned from entering the UK. The American rapper’s visa was denied by the Home Office in a “last-minute decision”, according to the Strawberries and Creem Festival, where he had been due to headline on Saturday. The A Milli singer was
Lord Geidt has resigned as the prime minister’s adviser on ministerial interests. He tendered his resignation to Boris Johnson, according to a brief statement on the government’s website on Wednesday evening. “With regret, I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post as Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests,” the statement reads.
The US central bank has increased interest rates by 0.75% to combat inflation – the sharpest hike in 28 years. The Federal Reserve signalled more rate rises to come and projected a slowing economy in the months ahead, along with rising unemployment. The bank raised its benchmark rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%,
Los Angeles-based electric boat company Arc announced this morning that sales have opened for its flagship Arc One electric speedboat, which the company boasts is the “most powerful electric watercraft commercially available.” The Arc One earns that power title handily, mostly due to two factors. First, it’s loaded to the teeth with a giant motor
In this article BP.-GB A BP logo photographed in London on May 12, 2021. The International Energy Agency recently reported that 2021 saw energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rise to their highest level in history. Glyn Kirk | Afp | Getty Images Oil and gas supermajor BP has agreed to take a 40.5% equity stake in
5:34 PM ET A longtime Phoenix Suns employee resigned from the team last month, alleging she became the target of bullying and retaliation by superiors after raising concerns about gender equity and misconduct within the organization, documents obtained by ESPN show. Melissa Fender Panagiotakopoulos, who began working for the Suns in August 2007, sent a
7:38 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. meet on Saturday to unify three of the four major light heavyweight titles in the main event of a Top Rank card at the Hulu Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:30
More than two million households face increased mortgage payments following the latest Bank of England interest rate rise, which experts say could create more “mortgage prisoners”. The Bank rate rose from 1% to 1.25% in a bid to tackle rising inflation. Borrowers who have variable mortgage rates – those that move in line with the
Plants too can make “secret decisions.” Surprised to hear that? Well, researchers have found in a new study that plants have an unforeseen set of processes that they use to regulate the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere during photosynthesis. The discovery was made while studying a classic plant model organism called thale
Best-selling US author James Patterson has apologised for saying white male writers having trouble finding work is a form of racism. The 75-year-old used social media to post an apology after his comments appeared in The Sunday Times. Patterson is known for his thrillers, romance and non-fiction novels. He has two books currently on the
Astronomers and researchers have been in constant search for finding life on other celestial bodies. A team of scientists earlier pointed at the possibility of the existence of life in the clouds of Venus. In 2020, scientists revealed that they had found phosphine gas in the cloud of Venus, sparking speculation about the possibility of
Ivanka Trump told the January 6 Select Committee that she accepted former Attorney General Bill Barr’s assessment that there was no evidence to back then-President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud. #CNN #january6 #ivankatrump
Bill Gates Gerard Miller | CNBC Bill Gates is not a fan of cryptocurrencies or non-fungible tokens. Speaking at a TechCrunch talk on climate change Tuesday, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder described the phenomenon as something that’s “100% based on greater fool theory,” referring to the idea that overvalued assets will go up in price when
Priti Patel has said the government’s Rwanda migrant policy has not been ruled unlawful after a last-minute intervention by a European court blocked the first deportation flight. The home secretary told MPs that the injunctions was not an “absolute bar” on the removal of the asylum seekers due to have been on the flight –
Amber Heard has said she realises she is not a “likeable” or “perfect victim” – and that she still has love for ex-husband Johnny Depp and has “no bad feelings or ill will towards him”. The actress made the comments in the second half of an interview with NBC in the US, her first since
Rumours constantly circulate about Vladimir Putin’s health – but is there anything to back up the claims? During a live session of questions and answers on Sky News with defence and security analyst, Professor Michael Clarke, one viewer asked: Is Putin really ill or is it just wishful thinking? Mr Clarke said speculation about Mr
Network Rail has warned that the three-day train strike next week will cause six days of disruption to services. More than 40,000 staff at Network Rail and 13 train operators are expected to walk out next week on Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 June in a dispute over pay and redundancies. Network Rail
The boss of Royal Mail has told Sky News it is keeping prices “under review” as costs surge across the business and that unions threatening strikes must understand the “changes that are required so we can compete in the market”. Simon Thompson was speaking as the company faces challenges to its modernisation plans across its
Following its initial debut at CES 2022, the BLUETTI EB3A solar generator has officially gone on sale starting today. This lightweight power station is ultra portable, while still delivering 268 Wh of stored energy and the ability to recharge at “turbo” speeds. All while delivering an output of 600 watts. Get yours from BLUETTI today!
Yvette Johnson, 54, sits next to a fan outside of her families home on June 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Power demand recently hit a record high in Texas amid a severe heat wave and will likely break more records this week as homes and businesses blast air conditioners across
Soldiers in southern Ukraine are struggling with a lack of ammunition despite taking Russian territory. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog #Ukraine #Russia #war For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram:
John Dean, who was former President Nixon’s White House counsel and testified against Nixon about the Watergate scandal, discusses the Jan. 6 hearings and if there’s a potential key witness that could turn against former President Trump. #CNN #News
1:51 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson reiterated Tuesday that he is innocent of the numerous allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct during massage sessions that have been made against him. Yet while the Cleveland Browns quarterback said once again that he has no regrets about any of his actions, he admitted that he does
In this article MSTR Michael Saylor, chairman and chief executive officer of MicroStrategy, first got into bitcoin in 2020, when he decided to start adding the cryptocurrency to MicroStrategy’s balance sheet as part of an unorthodox treasury management strategy. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Having once lost $6 billion at the height
The first deportation flight due to take asylum seekers to Rwanda will not be taking off tonight following a series of last-minute legal appeals, the Home Office has confirmed. A Home Office source said the plane, which was stood ready on a Ministry of Defence runway at Boscombe Down in Amesbury, would not be departing