Trump Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent once worked with George Soros, placing trades that bet against the pound, profiting more than $1 billion when the pound fell in value.

On Jan. 9, 1959, NASA selected the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to develop the Mercury spacecraft, which would later carry ...

The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at ...

Choosing an air conditioner can be tricky; fortunately, consumer reviews exist. Based on feedback from customers, one can see ...

The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.

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Mark Twain's classic story of the penniless American who is given a million pound bank note in a wager and succeeds ... settings providing a fascinating background, the yarn suffers from the ...

LONDON (AP) — Police in London are searching for a burglar who broke into an occupied mansion and stole more than 10.5 million pounds ... have offered a 500,000 pound ($628,000) reward for ...

(CNN) — The offensive juggernaut that is the Detroit Lions kept rolling along with a 40-34 win against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday in a rematch of the 2023 NFC Championship game.

Over a million pounds in rewards is being offered to track down a burglar who made off with after a £10.4m jewellery haul during a daring pre-Christmas raid on a luxury home in one of London’s ...

SUNRISE, Fla. – It’s the final puck drop before the ball drop. Closing the book on an unforgettable 2024, the Florida Panthers (22-13-2) will host the New York Rangers (16-18-1) at Amerant ...

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday. The 0.9% ...