Nobody can validate the existence of ghosts, but this year, the internet’s creepiest sightings have defied reason.
The White House on Monday said it was reviewing a response by the Islamist Hamas militant group to a ceasefire and hostage release proposal, as it continued to press Israel to halt plans for a ground invasion of Rafah. Hamas earlier said in a brief statement that its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, had informed Qatari and Egyptian mediators that the group accepted their proposal for a ceasefire. CIA Director Williams Burns was in the region having discussions on the proposal, White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
British students set up pro-Palestinian protest encampments on Oxford and Cambridge universities' historic campuses on a cloudy spring Monday, in a show of solidarity with their American peers. By early morning, students had erected dozens of brightly coloured tents on the lawns outside the relatively dull, yellow, 19th-century neo-Gothic Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Standing in front of the camps, some of which bore the black, white and green Palestinian flag, the students said they were joining 100 universities across the world to protest Israel's war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,700 Palestinians so far.
New rules from the Treasury Department will make it harder for vehicles to qualify for the federal EV tax credit, though the automakers were also granted a reprieve.
Chrissy Teigen and KFC partner for a limited-time Mother's Day menu. Here's what's on the menu, and what her kids think of the food.
A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed because auditors can’t find former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday. Fitzpatrick said in a news release that auditors have tried for several months to contact Gardner, including trying to serve her with a subpoena. “This is a pattern of behavior with Kim Gardner, who hasn’t shown a willingness to be transparent or accountable,” Fitzpatrick, a Republican, said in a news release.
Polish prosecutors Monday said they had opened an espionage probe after a judge fled to neighbouring Belarus and reportedly asked for asylum over spying allegations that he dismissed as "fabricated".Prosecutors wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that they were "conducting an investigation in connection with the information that a judge... has asked for political asylum in Belarus".
A person fell from the stands at Ohio Stadium and died May 5 during Ohio State University's commencement ceremony, school officials said.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for not imposing "provisional" customs duties on French cognac amid an ongoing probe, and presented him with bottles of the expensive drink."I would also like to thank the president for his openness regarding the provisional measures on French cognac and his wish not to see them applied", Macron told reporters alongside Xi following talks in Paris.
Thomas Weeks, a Deputy U.S. Marshal killed in Charlotte last week — Kelly Weeks asked instead how she could help the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a Monday memorial for the officer. “My husband’s tragedy cannot be just another death," Kelly Weeks said during the memorial. Hundreds gathered at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte to memorialize Weeks — who, along with three other law enforcement officers, died in a Charlotte neighborhood shootout on April 29.
How do you smooth over trade tensions with the all-powerful leader of economic powerhouse China? Charm him with a bottle of Cognac, or two. China recently opened an anti-dumping investigation into European brandy — which mainly means French Cognac.
The United States is studying Hamas's response to a ceasefire proposal and will discuss it with allies in the Middle East in the coming hours, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Monday. An Israeli official said no ceasefire agreement had been reached despite the Palestinian militant group Hamas saying on Monday it had accepted a proposal from Egyptian and Qatari mediators after weeks of stop-start talks on a deal for a temporary pause in fighting and the release of hostages to Israel.
Hamas says it has accepted a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar which seeks to halt the seven-month war with Israel in Gaza.
Boeing is finally set to attempt a launch of its new Starliner spacecraft, crewed by two NASA astronauts. The inaugural test flight aims to lift off Monday evening.
Crowds danced, cheered, and fired in the air in the streets of the southern Gaza city of Rafah Monday after Hamas said it approved a ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar."I felt joy and kneeled before God in gratitude after the ceasefire announcement," Nour al-Fara, 56, told AFP. She said she was particularly relieved because her family was "in a state of anxiety since this morning, packing our belongings in preparation to leave", after Israeli forces ordered inhabitants in parts of
The Biden administration said it was still reviewing Hamas' cease-fire agreement and would be discussing it with partners before making a judgement.
Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized “for expanding voting rights and standing up for free and fair elections despite party opposition and death threats from election deniers.” Adams — whose signature policy goal is to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat — was at the forefront of a bipartisan effort with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear that led to the enactment of 2021 legislation allowing for three days of no-excuse, early in-person voting — including on a Saturday — before Election Day.
Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California's Pacific coast. What happened to end their lives may have been as random as a passing pickup truck full of people with ill intent. Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson from Australia and American Jack Carter Rhoad had apparently stopped to surf the breaks at Punta San José, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Ensenada.
Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known, according to a new study that paints a clearer picture of a gene long known to be linked to the common form of dementia.
In a number of stories and novels, lost limbs represent both physical and metaphorical loss.
Columbia canceled its main commencement ceremony, the University of Mississippi launched a student conduct investigation and Princeton students announced a hunger strike.
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