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Pop megastar Lizzo has had enough of snide daily comments about her body size and shape. So much so that the committed Joe Biden campaigner took to social media on Wednesday to challenge what she calls the “fatphobic comments” she faces on a daily basis.

Father’s day has come early for Al Pacino, 82, after his representative confirmed the veteran Hollywood star and girlfriend Noor Alfallah are expecting their first child together.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) plans to announce his candidacy in the 2024 presidential race on Tuesday, a report claimed.

NASA’s dedicated task force charged with looking into UFO sightings over the United States will meet the public on Wednesday in an exercise that will also see it taking questions.

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is due to report to a women’s prison camp located in Bryan, Texas, on Tuesday after being sentenced to spend 11 years behind bars for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that rocked Silicon Valley.

LGBTQ activists called for new campaigns Monday to warn corporate leaders not to heed opposing voices while chastening those who relent in the face of public pressure.

Roger Waters took center stage at his concert in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sunday and was soon met by Jewish protesters waving the Israeli flag and singing Am Israel Chai (the people of Israel live).

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday applauded the debt limit deal forged by House Republicans and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) with President Joe Biden.

Hollywood actress Sarah Paulson has ensured the film Monica will be free in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday after buying out all the available tickets.

A former contestant on the long-running television game show “Family Feud” is on trial charged with first-degree murder and home invasion in the slaying of his estranged wife in western Illinois.

Italy is leading the revolt against European Union plans to tighten emission limits and push drivers into electric vehicles (EVs) with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowing to defend automotive industry jobs.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) should not resign from office despite her health travails. So says twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who has cautioned her to stay on in the face of Republicans who would seek to block Democrats from filling a vacancy on the Judiciary Committee and stall President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees.

American guitarist, singer and songwriter Sheldon Reynolds, who made his name in the 1970s and 80s with a host of chart-topping bands that helped define the era, has died. He was 63.

Chas Newby, a guitarist who briefly stepped in to play bass with the Beatles for a few dates early in their career, has died. He was 81.

Ford announced Tuesday it has reversed plans to cut AM radios from most of its new vehicles starting in 2024, with car, truck and SUV owners all benefitting from the decision. The manufacturer will also restore AM on two electric vehicles from 2023.

The driver of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night has been identified by police as 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula. Fox News reports Kandula faces multiple charges including assault with a dangerous

The threat of another deadly pathogen emerging with even more catastrophic potential than the Chinese coronavirus cannot be ruled out in the future, the head of the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) warned Tuesday.

Dozens of homeless families currently sheltering in a London hotel face eviction at the end of this month when the Beyoncé Renaissance world tour lands in the capital. The Guardian newspaper reports up to 30 families will be removed from a Travelodge in Enfield and placed in an alternative, temporary accommodation as their rooms have been booked by other people during Beyoncé’s stay in London. The report comes just days after the Grammy-winner made headlines on the news that she purchased a $177 million Malibu mega-mansion.

Is Joe Biden too old to seek a return to high office in 2024? Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has conceded his age does pose a challenge but urged voters to look beyond the president’s advancing years to embrace his record instead.

The French government published a decree Tuesday that banned domestic commercial airline flights for journeys possible in less than two-and-a-half hours by train.

Disney’s new live-action version of The Little Mermaid is struggling in the sought-after China market with ticket pre-sales before Friday’s opening showing dismal returns on the back of little to no interest.

President Joe Biden is facing sagging public approval numbers across a host of critical sectors as he prepares to launch his 2024 reelection campaign.

An alleged affair between Bill Gates and a Russian bridge player sparked an attempt by Jeffrey Epstein to threaten one of the world’s richest men, a report Sunday claims.

President Joe Biden lied Sunday when he said he was responsible for establishing the Quad alliance: a diplomatic association that links the United States, Australia, India, and Japan in common political cause across the Indo-Pacific and South China Sea.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Russian troops weren’t occupying Bakhmut even though they may have “razed it” to the ground and it is no longer in full possession of Kyiv’s forces.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky huddled in one-on-one meetings with world leaders gathered in Hiroshima for the G7 summit to seek further boosts in contributions to his country’s fight against Russia.

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist for influential British rock band The Smiths, has died. The band made the announcement on Friday. He was 59. Guitarist Johnny Marr confirmed “with deep sadness” that Rourke died after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.

Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies will be joined at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Japan on Sunday by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The future USS Canberra (LCS 30) will join the U.S. Navy active fleet on July 22 with the service’s first international commissioning ceremony destined to be held Down Under on the waters of Sydney Harbor.

What’s a lazy couple of billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars when there’s a war in Eastern Europe to fight? That question was answered Thursday when the Defense Department revealed it can send more weapons to Ukraine without Congress spending approval after the Pentagon overestimated the value of the arms it has already sent Kyiv by some $3 billion.

“Openly genderfluid” Sam Brinton, the MIT grad who served Joe Biden’s administration in a key nuclear role before being fired, was reportedly arrested Wednesday as a “fugitive of justice.”

President Joe Biden’s reelection team for the 2024 contest will plead with American voters to let him “finish the job” while casting “extreme” Republicans personified by President Donald Trump and supporters of his “Make America Great Again” movement as threats to very core of American political values.

CNN is to receive a formal letter of complaint from Israel after host Christiane Amanpour claimed murdered members of the holidaying Dee family were “killed in a shootout.”

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, declared her life’s purpose is to defend the downtrodden and speak for the voiceless as she accepted the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Award on Tuesday night at a gala dinner in New York.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told reporters Tuesday she hasn’t been absent from Washington while spending two months recovering from illness, despite her being hospitalized in California and not being in D.C. during that time.

Disgraced Theranos founder and convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes looks bound for prison time after an appeals court Tuesday rejected her bid to remain free while she tries to overturn her conviction in a blood-testing scam. The former Silicon Valley star has