President Donald Trump says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the US capital is probably going to be drained again. Chunks of blue paint are peeling off the bottom just two weeks after multi-million dollar renovations were completed. It has become a talking point around the world. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton explains how we got […]
Explore MoreVideo taken by a passenger shows the plane descending rapidly before hitting the ground and sliding across the valley floor.source
Explore MoreRumours continue to swirl about whether pop queen Taylor Swift will marry NFL star Travis Kelce at New York City’s Madison Square Garden over the 4 July Independence Day weekend, after city officials confirmed someone applied for a street closure permit nearby. Dora Pekec, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office, told the BBC a permit […]
Explore MoreThe World Cup is ramping up with six matches scheduled each day until the end of the group stage, which makes tuning in something of a full-time job. That is literally the case for Kevin Akoto and Austin Franklin, who are getting paid $50,000 (£37,800) each to watch all 104 World Cup matches. The BBC […]
Explore MoreAs of mid-April, at least 3,468 Iranians, including 499 women, had been killed since US and Israeli strikes began, according to official Iranian government figures. This is made up of 1,460 civilians and 2,008 military personnel, state news agency IRNA reported on 26 April. But the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said that […]
Explore MoreStanford has laid claim to innovations ranging from computer time-sharing to the synthesis of biologically active DNA. It’s home to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory where the first website in North America went online in 1991. Alums include Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google, which began as a research project while both […]
Explore MoreSavannah Guthrie spoke on NBC’s Today show on 23 June about a note sent to the media in February regarding her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, which claimed she had died. The longtime television presenter again begged people with information to come forward: “Somebody knows something,” she said. “We are in agony.” The note was one […]
Explore MoreIn the middle of Times Square, two men watch FIFA World Cup matches from inside a glass enclosed living room. They’re getting paid $50,000 (£37,800) to watch every single match and to create content for fans with the rest of their time. The two beat out thousands of others to score this promotional gig from […]
Explore MoreOn Capitol Hill on Wednesday for lunch with Senate Republicans – about an hour after he was originally scheduled to sign the bill – Trump ignored reporters’ questions about the legislation and instead spoke briefly about the voter ID law he has championed. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) requires Americans to provide ID […]
Explore MoreUS congressman Dan Goldman has been defeated in a New York primary election, capping a clean sweep for candidates backed by New York’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Goldman was beaten by progressive challenger Brad Lander in New York’s 10th congressional district in a contest that laid bare the party’s divisions over the Israel-Gaza war. […]
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