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U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum to impose tariffs on countries that levy digital service taxes on U.S. technology companies, a White House official said. Another official, providing details of the order, said Trump was directing his administration to consider responsive actions like tariffs “to combat the digital service taxes (DSTs), fines, practices, … Read more
A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. A jury also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was on stage with Rushdie at the time. The verdicts were delivered after less than … Read more
Elon Musk’s ex Grimes has made a public plea to the billionaire, urging him to respond to her about a “medical crisis” involving one of their children. In a series of now-deleted posts on X on Thursday, Grimes, Musk’s ex-girlfriend with whom he shares three children, wrote, “Plz respond about our child’s medical crisis. I … Read more
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won’t run for re-election next year, signalling the end of one of the most consequential Republican political careers in modern history. The long-serving Kentucky senator made the announcement in a speech from the Senate floor Thursday, which was also his 83rd birthday. “Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me … Read more
The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game Thursday night changed a lyric in “O Canada” as a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated remarks about making the country the 51st state. Publicist Adam Gonshor in an email to The Associated Press confirmed Chantal Kreviazuk changed … Read more
Residents in southwest Detroit have been forced from their homes and sent to hotels after a water pipeline burst, flooding neighbourhoods before a flash freeze that damaged nearly 400 homes and left snow-covered vehicles frozen and inoperable. Crews had to use inflatable boats to get through the knee-deep water while rescuing around 200 people and … Read more
Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested Tuesday night after he took to the podium during a Huntington Beach City Council meeting and laid into U.S. President Donald Trump, his supporters and a plaque that’s set to be installed at a local library. The plaque in question, a piece approved by city council, features … Read more
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is flying away from Kentucky, moving from its ancestral home state and heading to Texas. The shake-up was announced Tuesday by KFC’s parent company Yum! Brands, which is relocating the chain’s U.S. corporate office to Plano, Texas. About 100 KFC corporate employees will be relocated in the next six months, according … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to congestion pricing tolls in New York City, which thin traffic and fund mass transit by making people pay to drive into some parts of Manhattan. Launched on Jan. 5, the city’s system uses license plate readers to impose a $9 toll on most vehicles … Read more
A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane had two people aboard when they collided near Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. One plane landed uneventfully and the other hit the ground near a runway and caught fire, … Read more