Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lady Gaga with her best song Oscar for A Star Is Born’s Shallow Ratings for this year’s Academy Awards were up on last year’s record low, according to data released by US broadcaster ABC. The broadcast averaged 29.6 million viewers – an 11% increase on last year’s audience of […]
Image copyright Reuters The US financial regulator has asked a New York judge to hold Tesla boss Elon Musk in contempt for violating a settlement over social media comments. The move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comes after he tweeted about the car firm’s production. Last year, Mr Musk agreed that he would […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos talks to the media after his crew’s release US broadcaster Univision says its team was briefly detained in the Venezuelan presidential palace where they had been interviewing President Nicolás Maduro. The incident happened after award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos showed Mr Maduro images of Venezuelans eating from […]
Media captionKelly has faced, and denied, accusations about abuse for decade R&B star R Kelly has been released from a Chicago jail after posting his $100,000 (£76,000) bail, a Cook County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said. Earlier on Monday he pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four women, three of […]
Media captionOther presidents got money for a border barrier – why not Trump? Fifty-eight former US national security officials have rebuked President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a border wall. Their joint statement said “there is no factual basis” for an emergency at the US-Mexico border. Former officials from both parties have signed […]
Image copyright Nadia Forsa An American oil worker who was kidnapped by Houthi rebels in 2017 in Yemen has been released, US President Donald Trump has announced. Danny Burch “has been recovered and reunited” with his family, Mr Trump said on Twitter, thanking the United Arab Emirates for its assistance. Mr Burch works for the […]
Image copyright EPA The US financial regulator has asked a New York judge to hold Tesla boss Elon Musk in contempt for violating a settlement over social media comments. The move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comes after he tweeted about the car firm’s production. Last year, Mr Musk agreed that he would […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police say they have surveillance video of the alleged sex crimes taking place Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots football team, has been formally summoned to appear in court to face prostitution charges. Palm Beach County State’s Attorney Dave Aronberg in Florida said on Monday that […]
Media captionOther presidents got money for a border barrier – why not Trump? Fifty-eight former US national security officials have rebuked President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a border wall. Their joint statement said “there is no factual basis” for an emergency at the US-Mexico border. Former officials from both parties have signed […]
Media captionKelly has faced, and denied, accusations about abuse for decade R Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four females, three of whom were minors at the time. His lawyer entered the plea for the R&B star, who appeared in the Chicago court dressed in an orange […]
