Unseen Beatles photos taken by Paul McCartney show band before fame
A new photo exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in London shows the Beatles on the brink of superstardom, thanks to Paul McCartney looking through his attic. Haley Ott explains.
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Irish missionary among the eight released after Haiti orphanage kidnapping | Crime News
Ransoms have surged as Haiti struggles with widespread gang violence, particularly around its capital Port-au-Prince. Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025 Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, have been released following a kidnapping at an orphanage in Haiti. The announcement on Friday ended nearly a month of captivity for the…
Judge mulls Trump firing of Federal Reserve governor
A court hearing on Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook‘s request that President Donald Trump be temporarily barred from firing her while her lawsuit against the president plays out ended Friday without a judge issuing a ruling. Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, at that hearing blasted the Department of Justice’s argument that Trump had legal cause…
Trump’s CDC fight is about stamping out dissent
For many Americans, the Trump administration’s firing of the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is about the clash between establishment science and the anti-vaccination movement fronted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But for President Donald Trump, who has embraced the vaccine skepticism of his MAGA base while touting the…
How the 'Hobbit' human species was discovered
Witness History looks back at the 2003 discovery of the Homo floresiensis on the Indonesian island of Flores.
Japanese man beats his own record as oldest person to summit Mount Fuji, at 102, after heart failure
A 102-year-old man has become the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji, according to Guinness World Records. Kokichi Akuzawa climbed his country’s tallest peak, reaching the summit at 12,388 feet, on Aug. 5. In doing so he surpassed the previous record, which he set himself when he summited Mount Fuji at the age of 96….
Indonesians angry over politicians’ “crazy” wage increase
Social platform co-founder Abigail Limuria talks about the anger in Indonesia, where politicians are getting a wage hike
India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani to list Jio in biggest-ever IPO
Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd., is speaking at an event in Mumbai, India, on March 30, 2024. Indranil Aditya | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, on Friday announced plans to list the country’s largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, by the first half of 2026. Speaking…
Parents recall rushing to Annunciation Catholic School after hearing gunfire
A Minneapolis couple who live a block from Annunciation Catholic School and the church where two children were killed and 18 other people were wounded Wednesday recalled the moments after they heard the gunfire from their home. Carla and Pedro Maldonado were in their kitchen when they heard the shots and realized after the second…
White House names RFK Jr deputy Jim O’Neill as replacement CDC director
The White House has named a replacement for the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a day after its previous leader was forced out of the job. Jim O’Neill currently serves as the deputy to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and will replace Susan Monarez after she was in…