diddy

Diddy apologizes for attacking ex-girlfriend Cassie in 2016 video: ‘I take full responsibility’

<p>Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi meets with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, after which his helicopter was involved in an accident near Jolfa</p>

LiveMiddle East

Iran president Ebrahim Raisi’s ‘helicopter found in heavy fog’ by search teams

<p>Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift celebrate Kansas City Chiefs winning 2024 Super Bowl </p>

Travis Kelce reveals his favourite song off Taylor Swift’s ‘TTPD’

<p>Marco Rubio appears on Meet the Press on Sunday 19 May</p>

politics

Trump VP hopeful refuses to commit to accepting 2024 election results

<p>President Joe Biden speaks at the Morehouse College Commencement on May 19, 2024 in Atlanta</p>

politics

Biden tells pro-Gaza student protesters their ‘voices should be heard’ during Morehouse commencement speech

Watch: Biden delivers address at Morehouse College graduation

<p>Representative Jasmine Crockett, pictured at the House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, called Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘bleach blond bad-built butch body’ </p>

politics

Crockett launches ‘Clapback Collection’ merch including ‘blond bad built butch body’ shirt after clash with Marjorie Taylor Greene

Royals

Queen thought Meghan Markle’s wedding dress was ‘too white’

<p>Alice Stewart (center) with Ed Goeas (left) and Bob Heckman (right) in the spin room after The New Hampshire Republican debate in 2012 when she served as Michele Bachmann’s press secretary </p>

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CNN political commentator Alice Stewart dies at 58

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The unlikely California exodus: Idaho becomes a hotspot for Republicans looking to flee the golden state

California’s population crisis has become a political football, but in Idaho, the impact of the Golden State’s changing population is everywhere, reports Josh Marcus

<p>Former Californians, including Russell Petti, are moving to Idaho</p>

<p>A Blue Origin rocket takes off on 19 May with six passengers inside, including Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut</p>

SPACE

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully sends six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause

First Black man who trained as astronaut finally going to space at 90

<p>Monica Greig in her trusty 2015 Toyota Corolla, dubbed Hank, as they made their way West from Albuquerque to their new home in LA. Little did she know that after three months, Hank would fall victim to a new type of criminal: the ‘cat’ burglar </p>

Feature

Rise of the ‘cat’ burglar: A black market that left me stranded in LA

<p>A MAGA Cruise around New York harbor is being offered the evening before Trump holds a rally in the South Bronx</p>

‘BYOB’ MAGA cruise announced ahead of Trump’s New York rally

<p>Rudy Giuliani (right), on Friday singing ‘New York, New York’ at his 80th birthday party, was subsequently served an indictment accusing him of 2020 election interference</p>

Rudy Giuliani belts out ‘New York, New York’ at 80th birthday party and then is served with indictment

Rudy Giuliani launches coffee venture as he’s crippled by $148m debt

<p>Kyle Walker lifts the Premier League trophy for Manchester City</p>

soccer

Guardiola’s City cement their place as one of England’s greatest teams

<p>Colin Jost and wife Scarlett Johnsson at the WHCA </p>

Colin Jost cracks joke about wife Scarlett Johansson in Weekend Update

<p>The suspect was taken into custody after ploughing into oncoming traffic in Los Angeles, 17 May 2024, in her van </p>

LA police car chase ends with bloodied, screaming suspect in handcuffs

Livetrump

Trump claims ‘low IQ’ Biden only has to stay upright to be declared winner of debates in NRA speech

<p>Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech during the annual National Rifle Association meeting in Dallas on 18 May</p>

Fury vs Usyk LIVE: Fight result and reaction after split decision

<p>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, standing right with Melania Trump and her father, Viktor Knavs, attends a graduation ceremony for his son Barron at Oxbridge Academy Friday, May 17, 2024</p>

Trump and Melania attend Barron’s graduation together

<p>Lauren Boebert claimed Donald Trump was praying and not sleeping during his criminal trial</p>

Politics

Lauren Boebert says Trump looks ‘pretty’ when he sleeps

<p>US Israel Palestinians</p>

Israeli minister to quit if government doesn’t make post-war Gaza plan

Israeli minister to quit if government doesn’t make post-war Gaza plan

<p>US Israel Palestinians</p>

<p>Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene clashes with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during House Oversight Committee hearing</p>

Welcome to Silly Season in Washington

<p>Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is under fire after reports of a ‘stop the steal’ symbol displayed at his Virginia home </p>

Supreme Court

Biden stays out of ‘stop the steal’ flag controversy as Democrats call on SCOTUS judge to recuse himself

<p>Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York on 14 May 2024</p>

Trump on Trial

New ad taunts Trump to take stand in hush-money trial- or admit he’s a coward

Anna Delvey uses the courtroom as advertising for fashion brand

Anna Delvey uses the courtroom as advertising for fashion brand

<p>Aurora Masters died from her injuries after being strangled by a swing set in Fort Collins, Colorado</p>

News

Five-year-old girl dies in horror accident after being strangled by swing set

<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks ar Trump rally in Ohio in March. The governor has come under fire for claiming tribal leaders have ties to drug cartels </p>

politics

Kristi Noem digs in on claims of links between drug cartels and Native American tribes

<p>Ashley Madison’s homepage pictured in 2013. The website, aimed at people seeking affairs, experienced a massive data breach in 2015</p>

news

Affairs, data breach and suicides: The Ashley Madison scandal

The Ashley Madison data breach, which exposed the data of millions looking to cheat on their partners, may even be linked to some deaths by suicide, Katie Hawkinson reports.

<p>Miss Teen USA 2023, UmaSofia Srivastava and Miss USA 2023, Noelia Voigt recently resigned their crowns amid accusations of mistreament and mismanagement by the Miss USA Organization </p>

Feature

Security fears and mental abuse: The implosion of Miss USA Org

<p>Donald Trump glares at the evidence against him in a courtroom sketch from his New York hush money trial </p>

politics

The best courtroom sketches from Trump’s New York hush money trial

Jennifer Garner sparks hilarious reactions to eating 22 shrimp

Politics

‘Oh baby girl, don’t even play’: AOC and MTG get into fiery exchange after dig over ‘fake eyelashes’

Jerry Springer’ trending after vicious Congress debate

<p>Marjorie <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-covid-vaccine-slovakia-b2546523.html"><u>Taylor Greene</u></a> and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a heated exchange during a house committee meeting on Thursday</p>

<p>Harrison Butker, who plays with the Kansas City Chiefs, made remarks that were called out for being misogynistic and homophobic</p>

News

Harrison Butker NFL jersey sales skyrocket after controversial speech

<p>Surveillance footage of Leo Brent Bozell IV from inside the Us Capitol on 6 January 2021</p>

Politics

Conservative scion sentenced to 45 months for role in January 6 riot

<p>Jan Leike, who ran OpenAI’s ‘Super Alignment’ team, announced his resignation this week, as did a company co-founder (stock image) </p>

Ex-Open AI leader rips company over safety concerns after resignation

<p>SWAT teams pull what appears to be a suspect from his vehicle after a deadly shooting earlier that day </p>

Crime

UPS driver gunned down while parked along an Orange County street

United States Gaza Aid

US military says first aid shipment has been driven across a newly built US pier into the Gaza Strip

<p>Jessica Biel explains why her marriage to Justin Timberlake is ‘a work in progress’</p>

Jessica Biel opens up about marriage to Justin Timberlake

<p>The United Auto Workers union will see if a Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama will enter the organization on Friday </p>

News

BMW plant workers in Alabama reject unionization and deal blow to UAW’s expansion hopes

<p>Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker is facing backlash after remarks he made at a Catholic university earlier this month </p>

NFL

Missouri AG accuses entire city of doxxing controversial Chiefs kicker

<p>Robert Downey Jr, Jenna Ortega, and Matthew Perry are among the actors to have put their foot down when it came to a particular scene or storyline </p>

17 movie lines actors refused to say: ‘It’s literally unsayable’

From Jensen Ackles discovering his red line on ‘The Boys’ to Robert Redford declining to say anything that might suggest he’s mediocre in bed, Annabel Nugent counts down 17 times actors didn’t stick to the script

<p>Vladimir Putin has been shuffling his inner circle </p>

Putin’s inner circle is shifting. And a man is rising in the shadows

<p>Pilgrims walk around a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary near the church of St James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina</p>

World

Vatican radically reforms rules on supernatural events such as weeping statues to combat hoaxes

<p>New York City police officers take people into custody near the Columbia University campus in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024</p>

Politics

Financiers held Zoom urging Eric Adams to arrest Columbia activists

<p>RFK Jr’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan speaks to attendees during a campaign rally in Austin, Texas</p>

Politics

RFK Jr’s VP Nicole Shanahan just boosted campaign with $8m donation

Ex-wife of Google co-founder has given a total of $10m to Kennedy’s effort

<p>New Jersey senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Menendez, pictured in September 2023 </p>

bob menendez

The bribery case against Bob Menendez explained

<p>Cleotha Abston walks from the witness stand to his seat in a courtroom during his sentencing hearing for an April rape conviction on Friday, 17 May, 2024, in Memphis, Tennessee </p>

Man gets 80 years for raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing

<p>Jared Kushner, CEO & Founder, Affinity Partners, speaks on stage during an event in New York City on September 2022 </p>

Politics

Jared Kushner gets green light on $500m Serbia hotel project

Lifestyle

Health & Families

Inside the world of influencer baby names

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck divorce rumours explained

Chloe Fineman addresses critics of her Cannes red carpet appearance

<p>Jessica Biel explains why her marriage to Justin Timberlake is ‘a work in progress’</p>

Jessica Biel opens up about marriage to Justin Timberlake

Culture

Travel

<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk (L) walks with Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (C) during his arrival at Ngurah Rai International airport in Denpasar</p>

Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia

<p>Jab & Go? Guidebooks took a hit during the Covid crisis </p>

Revealed: Our changing travel tastes, by guidebook sales

<p>There’s more to The Mandrake than meets the eye... </p>

‘Kink tourism’ is on the rise – but does it live up to the hype?

<p>The Eden Project in Cornwall is running its Festival of Imagination over half-term, with music, art, literature and games </p>

10 best things to do in the UK this May half term

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