New York (AFP) – Manhattan’s district attorney on Tuesday charged three people with conspiring to illegally possess and sell some 100 pages of handwritten notes and lyrics for the Eagles album “Hotel California.” Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edwa…
US gun regulation agency fills empty director post after seven years
Washington (AFP) – The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the federal agency overseeing gun regulations, which had lacked a permanent director for over seven years. Steve Dettelbach, 56, will now become the director of…
Trump January 6 rally tweet was a ‘call to arms’: committee
Washington (AFP) – Members of right-wing militia groups and other supporters of Donald Trump staged the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol after a tweet from the former president seen as a “call to arms,” lawmakers said Tuesday. Representative L…
Emmy nominations: five takeaways
Los Angeles (AFP) – “Succession” led the way in Tuesday’s Emmy nominations, which saw the Television Academy’s 20,000 voters sift through record submissions as production ramped back up from the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are five takeawa…
Migration tops agenda in Biden talks with Mexican president
Washington (AFP) – A month after he snubbed Joe Biden’s Americas summit, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sat down with his US counterpart Tuesday at the White House, amid rising tensions over migration. Biden underscored the need to addre…
‘Succession’ tops Emmy nominations with 25 as ‘Squid Game’ makes history
Los Angeles (AFP) – HBO’s “Succession” topped this year’s Emmy nominations, earning 25 nods on Tuesday, as “Squid Game” became the first non-English-language drama series shortlisted for glory for television’s equivalent of the Oscars. “Succession,” wh…
US drone strike kills Islamic State Syria chief: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) – A man who US officials called the leader of the Islamic State militant group in Syria was killed Tuesday in a drone strike while riding a motorcycle in the northern part of the country, the Pentagon and local organizations said. Mah…
Ukraine, Russia to hold grain talks as war sends food prices soaring
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian and Ukrainian officials were to hold talks in Istanbul on Wednesday over stalled grain deliveries that have pushed global food prices skywards, while Kyiv said it had destroyed a Russian arms depot as the war rages on. Uk…
Emmy nominees in key categories
Los Angeles (AFP) – Here is a list of the nominees in key categories for the 74th Emmy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on September 12. HBO’s “Succession” topped the nominations list with 25, followed by “Ted Lasso” and “The White Lotus…
Cosmic cliffs and dancing galaxies: Webb begins new era of astronomy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) (United States) (AFP) – The cosmic cliffs of a stellar nursery, a quintet of galaxies bound in a celestial dance: the James Webb Space Telescope released its next wave of images Tuesday, heralding a new era of as…