US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘major incident’
Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the US Treasury Department’s systems earlier this month and were able to access employee workstations and some unclassified documents, American officials have said.The Treasury Department…
Stock market today: Wall Street indexes drift lower into the close of another record-breaking year
U.S. stock indexes are drifting lower in morning trading Tuesday as Wall Street closes out another milestone-shattering year of gains. The S&P 500 gave up an early gain and was…
Five people charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death, prosecutor says
Five people have been charged in connection with the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina, the country’s prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Monday. The…
‘Nosferatu’ star Bill Skarsgård embraced opera to get his vampire voice right
There is so much of vampire Count Orlok in “Nosferatu” that isn’t Bill Skarsgård: facial prosthetics, creepy undead makeup, eerily long fingers. The deep rumbling roar, though? All Skarsgård, all…
‘I give my highest respect’: Trump comments on death of former President Jimmy Carter
Former President Jimmy Carter’s death over the weekend elicited responses from several prominent figures, including two statements from President-elect Donald Trump. Trump commented on the passing of the country’s 39th…
Chlamydia could make koalas extinct. Can a vaccine save them in time?
On the table, unconscious and stretched out on a pillow, Joe Mangy looks deceptively peaceful. The koala’s watery, red-rimmed eyes are the only sign of the disease at war with…
Billionaire HBO creator Charles Dolan dies aged 98
At the time, he was selling special programming to hotels through his Teleguide service, while cable television was taking off in rural areas.In 1964 Dolan made a deal with New…
New elections could take up to four years, Syria rebel leader says
Sharaa said Syria needed to rebuild its legal system and would have to hold a comprehensive population census to run legitimate elections.Sharaa – previously known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani –…
Athletics President Dave Kaval Will Resign From Organization in the Coming Days
Athletics president Dave Kaval will resign from the organization after being the public face of the organization’s planned move from Oakland to Las Vegas. Kaval has been president of the…
Two-thirds of US adults tuning out political news, poll finds
After months of presidential election coverage, new poll highlights years-long trend of political fatigue in US. After a year dominated by a relentless and intense United States presidential election campaign,…