Ya, ya, it’s true: fans turned up the sound on Christmas Day while Beyoncé took the stage during the halftime of the Houston Texans versus Baltimore Raven game. The show marked the first time the artist performed any of the music from her country album, “Cowboy Carter,” in front of a live audience. Beyoncé entered...
President-elect Donald Trump took aim at Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal in a series of Christmas Day social media posts that suggested the U.S. could take control of all three. Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump kicked off the lengthy posts by wishing a merry Christmas to all, “including to the wonderful soldiers...
Two of the top teams in the AFC will battle for playoff seeding in big Christmas matchup.
A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday, as civil unrest linked to October’s disputed election continues. A decision on Monday by Mozambique’s top court confirming long-ruling party Frelimo’s victory in the election has sparked fresh nationwide protests by...
A voluntary recall was issued for a line of raw and frozen pet food after a cat died of bird flu, a case that Oregon officials connected to the feline’s contaminated food. Northwest Naturals told consumers on Tuesday to toss their Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food if its sell-by date falls between May...
Bird flu ripped through a Washington state wildlife sanctuary, killing 20 big cats, the center said in a Facebook post, calling the deaths a “significant loss.” The first cat got sick around Thanksgiving, Mark Mathews, the director of the Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Shelton, told NBC affiliate KING-TV of Seattle. By early December, the...
A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won’t be tried until September 2025, a federal judge ruled this week. Ryan Routh’s trial will begin Sept. 8 instead of the previously scheduled Feb. 10, 2025 start date, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in an order released on Monday. Routh, 58, a...
Two of the best teams in the AFC will square off Christmas Day in Pittsburgh as the Steelers host the Kansas City Chiefs on Netflix. Both teams have already clinched postseason berths but seeding is on the line. If Kansas City wins, it will host the conference’s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field...
A body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui. The discovery was made on Tuesday after the Boeing 787-10 arrived at Kahului Airport, United said in a statement. The Christmas Eve flight took off from an airport in Chicago. The body was in the wheel well...
The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Wednesday over their failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides in past days. Hamas said that Israel had laid down further conditions, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the group of going back on understandings already reached. “The occupation...