Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.

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Ordinary citizens have a range of legal tools to hold the rich and politically connected accountable.

In spite of glitches, the tech sector is certain that voice is the next frontier in AI

FTSE 250 company briefly hits £1bn valuation on signs of a surge in demand for its credit card-sized computers

But it has shocked Kevin Hassett to his very core

Kevin Hassett calls report showing US consumers and businesses are facing burden of levies ‘an embarrassment’

Kevin O'Leary calls CNN panelists "nuts" after heated argument over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Munich appearance, with defenders pushing back on criticism.

Model Alexandra Underwood was famously knocked off the runway by a pendulum in ANTM Season 14.

Sandwiched by Czechia's Radko Gudas and Martin Necas, the 38-year-old Crosby was slow to the bench and looked to be in pain while speaking with a trainer.

Dozens have been killed across Europe this ski season.

The actor was arrested Tuesday morning on two counts of battery but returned to partying for Mardi Gras as soon as he was released.

Asher Vann was accused of racially-motivated bullying after he was filmed duping his black middle school classmate into drinking his own urine at a birthday sleepover.

Participants taking the highest dose of the retatrutide drug lost an average of 28.7% of their body weight in a late-stage trial — but for some, it was too effective.

Campbell has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Love is certainly in the air at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

New EP Days of Ash features songs about Renee Good, Iranian protesters and other political topics, and precedes new ‘defiantly joyful’ album later in 2026

• Alexis Petridis on Days of Ash: six new tracks that reaffirm the band as a vital political voice

U2 have released their first collection of new music since 2017 – a politically charged EP entitled Days of Ash, which focuses on a series of high-profile global deaths including the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents.

Good, a mother of three children who was killed on 7 January while protesting against ICE activity in Minneapolis, is the subject of the opening song, American Obituary.

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© Photograph: Anton Corbijn

Russia is back in love with the Games and a return to athletes competing under their own flag at LA in two years’ time seems highly likely

First came the reverberating cheers. Then a deluge of soft toys lobbed from the stands. But across the face of the brilliant Russian skater Adeliia Petrosian there was only the faintest of smiles. For now.

So far at these Winter Olympics, a Russian is yet to win a medal. But there is a live possibility that could change on Thursday when the 18-year-old Petrosian, who sits in fifth after the short programme, steps on to the ice again shortly after 9pm.

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Brandon London covers Tony Clark’s resignation from his executive director of the MLB Players Association as MLB’s CBA is set to expire in December which is widely believed to lead to a lockout. READ: https://trib.al/rohpPi5

Find out when Abbott Elementary's hiatus ends.

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Some early scene-setting from Baku …

Qarabag: Kochalski, Matheus Silva, Mustafazade, Medina, Cafarquliyev, Pedro Bicalho, Jankovic, Andrade, Montiel, Zoubir, Duran. Subs: Ramazanov, Buntic, Mmaee, Addai, Daniel, Borges, Kashchuk, Qurbanly, Bayramov, Abbas Huseynov, Cabrayilzada, Badavi Huseynov.

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The Silicon Valley giant was flanked by an entourage of at least six.

“How the hell could you wear high heels in a shipyard?” one colleague said.

Who's that girl?