When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the U.S. government spent an unprecedented amount of money to prop up the economy and aid Americans whose daily lives had come to a sudden halt. Between 2020 and 2021, President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden signed a combined six laws shelling out over $5 trillion – helping…
Jim Reed,Health reporterand Wesley Stephenson,BBC Verify Getty Images The NHS says it’s facing its “worst-case scenario” after the number of people in hospital with flu jumped by 55% in a week. NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has warned that between 5,000 and 8,000 hospital beds could be filled with flu patients by the…
Some 200 West African soldiers, mainly from Nigeria and Ivory Coast, are in Benin to support the government following Sunday’s failed coup, Benin’s foreign minister says. The attempt was foiled after Nigeria deployed fighter jets to drive the mutineers out of a military base and state TV headquarters, where they had declared a takeover. This…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The family of a Chicago Police officer fatally shot by her partner during a pursuit earlier this year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging the department ignored clear warning signs that the officer posed a threat to her. The lawsuit, filed by the mother of Officer…
Getty Images Matt Wright’s lawyers say he intends to appeal the verdicts Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright will spend five months in prison for tampering with evidence after a helicopter crash that killed his co-star and left the pilot a paraplegic. In August, the former Netflix star was found guilty of lying to police and…
By John O’Donnell and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Ireland’s planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, a minister told Reuters, offering the first clear signal on the scope of the contested legislation and rejecting accusations that the country is antisemitic. Ireland has been preparing a law…
The leader of a religious group in Hemet and another man were behind bars Thursday after they were arrested on suspicion of murder, according to jail records. One of the suspects, Darryl Martin, is the leader of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, a religious group possibly connected to the disappearance of two men and the…
SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday a rescue effort to keep open Australia’s largest aluminium smelter, the struggling Tomago facility majority-owned by Rio TintoAX>, after its current power contract expires in 2028. The news comes after the company warned in October that Tomago Aluminium, employer of more than 1,000…
Indiana Republicans have defied intense pressure from President Donald Trump by rejecting his demands that they pass a voting map meant to favour their party in next year’s midterm elections. In one of the most conservative states in the US, 21 Republicans in the Senate joined all 10 Democrats to torpedo the redistricting plan by…
Passengers from an international flight enter customs and immigration control at McCarran International Airport (now known as Harry Reid International Airport) in 2011. The Department of Homeland Security is proposing collecting social media information from tourists visiting the U.S. from countries that don’t require a visa. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julie Jacobson/AP The…