WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon. The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid …
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement Friday that their ongoing investigation found that a doctor had made “inappropriate changes” in a database …
Shannen Doherty has opened up about “downsizing” amid her battle with stage 4 breast cancer. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum, 52, began the March 31 episode of her “Let’s Be Clear” podcast by reflecting on recently letting a property in Tennessee go despite her having “hopes” for it. “I was packing up one of the …
Joey Graziadei’s journey to find love on “The Bachelor” came to a close during Monday night’s dramatic finale. Graziadei proposed to Kelsey Anderson, a junior project manager from New Orleans, Louisiana, during the season 28 finale of “The Bachelor.” The episode also saw the 28-year-old tennis pro saying goodbye to Daisy Kent, an account executive …
The Akron Zips men’s basketball team concluded the 2023-24 season with a 77-60 loss to Creighton on Thursday afternoon in a Midwest Region first-round game in Pittsburgh. Akron, the No. 14 seed in the tournament, made its sixth appearance in March Madness. No. 3 seed Creighton (24-9) entered the tournament ranked 11th by the coaches. …
Israel’s expected military invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza was the focus of President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call on Monday — their first in more than a month — with the White House saying Biden still has “deep concerns” Israel will not do enough to prevent civilian casualties as it …
SYDNEY — Tropical Cyclone Megan has made landfall along the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory bringing wind gusts of up to 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph), heavy rain and storm surges in the sparsely populated region. The cyclone crossed on to Australia’s mainland late Monday near the remote town of Borroloola on the southwestern …
No charges are being filed against the 32-year-old man who fired a gun on a New York City subway, critically injuring one person, prosecutors said, citing “self-defense.” “Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting,” Oren Yaniv, a spokesperson for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, said in a statement Friday. “The …
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed international media group Bloomberg’s appeal against a lower court order directing it to take down an allegedly defamatory news article against Zee Entertainment. Justice Shalinder Kaur said there was no ground to interfere with the ex-parte interim order passed by the Additional District Judge (ADJ) on the lawsuit …
Government officials in Malaysia said on Sunday they’d be open to resuming the search for Malaysian Airlines MH370 after a private company approached them about potential new evidence pointing to the location of the Boeing 777. “The Malaysian Government’s position is consistent,” officials said in a statement. “We will commission a further search operation when …