No-frills airline EasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US firm Apollo after a rival bidder dropped out. The takeover was agreed after US investment firm Castlelake, which had made a series of offers for the carrier, said it was withdrawing from the bid battle. Apollo said it wants to … Read more
Relationships are not always easy, and when it’s celebrity relationships, it gets even harder. You’re basically dealing with difficult schedules, messy feelings, and tricky life situations under the microscope of the media. So when something goes wrong, everyone knows about it. That’s probably the reason not a lot of celebrity relationships last forever, and when … Read more
FIFA said Wednesday it had apologized for errors made over Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and that senior staff in attendance at a crisis meeting in Morocco “reaffirmed their full support” for his presidency. World soccer’s governing body attempted to present a unified front amid the turbulence caused by … Read more
Facebook owner Meta says an issue during an evaluation by an independent testing company allowed one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models to connect to the internet and hack another organisation’s system. The announcement follows recent incidents across the AI industry, including breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models, that have raised cyber-security concerns. A Meta … Read more
Die-hard pop music fans are always at the forefront of discovering the next big thing on the scene before it explodes into the mainstream. But many of them are just as committed to learning absolutely everything about the artists they love and tracking every detail of their lives, in and out of the recording studios—including … Read more
The home of the Kansas City Chiefs will once again be known simply as Arrowhead Stadium. The team announced Wednesday that one of the NFL’s iconic venues had shed its official name — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium — after the Government Employees Health Association agreed to using the classic, simplified name of the facility … Read more
Federal prosecutors in California accused a man of possessing an illegal firearm after he posed as a security guard at one of President Trump’s golf courses in Los Angeles, days before the commander in chief was scheduled to visit the property. Officials said they charged Jeanine John Taele, 38, with possession of an unregistered short-barreled … Read more
German police are investigating an object suspected of carrying an explosive device, which was found near a runway near Ukrainian planes at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Wednesday night. Flights to the airport were temporarily disrupted overnight. The police said that shortly before midnight, “an unidentified flying object” was sighted. As a result several planes, including a … Read more
In 1993, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was propelled into the limelight when she and John F. Kennedy Jr. were seen watching the New York Marathon together. The paparazzi wouldn’t leave Carolyn alone at the time, though they still hadn’t established her identity. However, those who knew Carolyn soon started seeing her plastered all over newspapers and magazines, … Read more
Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell ended socialist former Rep. Cori Bush’s comeback bid in a rare rebuke of the party’s rising left wing. On Tuesday, Mr. Bell easily defeated Ms. Bush in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, which encompasses St. Louis. With 99% of the vote counted, the incumbent led by 59% to … Read more