Simon Kent

Septuagenarian rocker Bruce Springsteen hastily rescheduled a pair of Philadelphia concerts this week due to the onset of an unspecified illness.

The human toll in the cataclysmic wildfire that destroyed a Hawaiian town reached 106 on Tuesday as President Joe Biden said he will travel to the devastated area “soon” while offering “thoughts and prayers” alongside assistance for survivors.

The global diminution of the Disney brand continued Tuesday as it announced Lucasfilm’s visual effects and animation studio in Singapore is closing.

Open Society Foundations, the charity founded by billionaire George Soros, is ready to lessen its influence in Europe and pivot to a wider global presence.

Algeria has banned the movie Barbie from local cinemas, citing moral issues that affronted public sensibilities in the Muslim-majority North African country.

Actress Rachel Zegler, who plays a Latina Snow White in the “woke” Disney remake of the celebrated classic, trashed the original by saying the key love interest Prince Florian is a creepy stalker with all of that character’s scenes a possibility of ending up on the cutting room floor.

Clarence Avant, a man dubbed the “Godfather of black entertainment” has died, his family confirmed Monday. He was 92.

French President Emmanuel Macron has assured England it’s “nothing personal” but he is siding with Australia when the two countries meet Wednesday in the Women’s World Cup soccer semi-finals.

Steer clear of Iranian territorial waters. That was the simple message to international shipping companies Saturday as U.S./Iran tensions over the strategic Strait of Hormuz continue to escalate.

The death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 93 late Saturday night as Hawaii authorities warn the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages and the public should brace for more losses.

Court papers revealed Friday the president’s son Hunter Biden’s tax and gun crimes case will now likely go to trial, with negotiations over a new sweetheart plea deal appearing to collapse.

Virginia folk singer Oliver Anthony’s smoldering delivery of a defiant protest song has resonated with ordinary Americans crushed by the indifference of the elites who run their world.

Half of Americans said they have tried marijuana, a poll reveals; Democrat men were the single most likely group to smoke the drug.

Former President Donald Trump wasted no time Thursday responding to special counsel Jack Smith’s proposal for him to stand trial on Jan. 2, 2024, on charges related to the January 6 riot in Washington, DC.

The death toll from the wildfires that have ravaged vast parts of the west coast of Hawaii’s Maui island over the past 48-hours stood at 53 late Thursday night. Authorities have warned the count is expected to rise.

The death toll in the wildfires ravaging Hawaii climbed to 36 late Wednesday evening, Maui County officials said.

Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the legendary singer-songwriter happy to be known only by his surname who rose to international fame in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 81.

Australia’s left-wing Labor government on Tuesday declared Israel’s presence on the West Bank as “illegal settlements in the occupied territories” in a reversal of support for the Jewish state.

A disgraced former senior FBI agent involved in the agency’s investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign based on phony allegations of collusion with Russia is expected to plead guilty to illegally working for a sanctioned oligarch when his case is heard next week, a Manhattan federal court filing outlines.

Vegan food maker Beyond Meat has seen its sales crash by almost a third as consumers reject its hyper-processed, plant-based products despite substantial price cuts and claims its customers can “positively affect the planet.”

U.S. gas prices are soaring again, posing another challenge to an inflation problem the Federal Reserve has battled over the past year and President Joe Biden claimed is all under control thanks to the much-touted “Bideonomics.”

Upwards of 3,000 U.S. sailors and Marines sailed into the Red Sea on Monday after transiting the Suez Canal in a pre-announced deployment, the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet said in a statement.

The international career of Megan Rapinoe ended in a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Sweden on Sunday with her failed kick at goal helping to send the U.S.A. team crashing out of the World Cup underway in New Zealand and Australia.

Former President Donald Trump has turned on Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and declared she is a “wicked witch” who is destined one day to “live in hell.”

Former President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday to declare he believes he has no prospect of receiving a fair trial in Washington, DC.

Broadway actor Clifton Oliver who appeared in productions including The Lion King, Wicked and In the Heights, has died. He was 47. The performer’s  death was announced by his sister Roxy Hall via a Facebook post. He was reportedly battling an undisclosed illness. She wrote Wednesday in

The United States might offer armed sailors and Marines to commercial ships transiting the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, in an attempt to foil any plans by Iran to stop, board, and seize ships in international waters as they pass through the key seaway.

Donald Trump’s campaigning strength alongside an energized GOP should not be underestimated, former President Barack Obama is reported to have privately warned President Joe Biden.

Allegations of a hostile work environment coupled with sexual harassment claims made against pop star and Joe Biden campaigner Lizzo drew a sharp declaration of innocence Thursday from the performer.

Anheuser-Busch InBev on Thursday reported a big drop in profit for the second quarter, coming on the back of poor Bud Light sales and the backlash over a shared campaign with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) confirmed Wednesday that U.S. federal law enforcement agents last month executed a search warrant and served a subpoena to executive chairman Vince McMahon.

Foreign aid funding shortfalls for Ukraine are seriously damaging its prospects of survival as Russia continues to age war on its neighbor, a United Nations humanitarian coordinator asserted Monday.

A former Australian childcare worker is facing more than 1,600 police charges after allegedly sexually abusing 91 children, filming it, then sharing the content online.

A vegan influencer who lived entirely on a diet of exotic fruit, juices, and sunflower seeds while living in Malaysia has reportedly “died of starvation and exhaustion.”

Expect to see – and hear – plenty more from Vice President Kamala Harris this week as President Joe Biden takes ten days to put his feet up on a beachfront summer vacation.

Calm down, everyone. The new head of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jim Skea, warned it’s not helpful to imply a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius is an existential threat to humanity, declaring apocalyptic messaging merely “paralyses” the public and fails to motivate them to protect the planet.