With the 2026-27 season premiere of “60 Minutes” just two months away, CBS News leadership is getting closer to deciding who will fill the recent departures of longtime correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharon Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega and Anderson Cooper. Seth Doane, a longtime correspondent based in Italy who is often seen on “CBS Sunday Morning,” is … Read more
The Minions are back in the spotlight with “Minions & Monsters,” the seventh film in the “Despicable Me” franchise. This time, James, a creative Minion with aspirations of becoming a filmmaker, teams up with friends Henry and Ed to make a monster movie. And as always, the comical yellow capsule-sized henchmen do what they do … Read more
Introduction: Sky owner agrees to buy ITV’s broadcasting business in £1.6bn deal Happy Monday and good morning to those of you who had a late night celebrating England’s win in Mexico. And to kick off the week: ITV has agreed to sell its broadcasting and streaming business to Sky in a £1.6bn deal, in a … Read more
In New York, the Brooklyn Bridge went up in flames briefly during a fireworks display. In Washington D.C., stormy weather delayed a grievance-filled speech by President Trump. And here in Los Angeles? On Saturday night, tens of thousands of Angelenos joined voices peacefully at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum to sing along with Chris Stapleton as … Read more
The wedding between your English teacher and your gym teacher may actually be studied in an Ivy League college class. Stephanie Burt, an English professor at Harvard University in Massachusetts, has previously gone viral for her popular 200-person lecture class in which students analyzed Taylor Swift’s songwriting and art. With Swift’s recent wedding marking a … Read more
Google general counsel explains AI-powered phishing rise Halimah Delaine Prado, Google General Counsel, reveals the rise of AI-powered phishing scams originating from China’s ‘outsider enterprise.’ She explains how these criminals use artificial intelligence to create highly convincing fake websites, impersonating trusted brands like T-Mobile to defraud hundreds of thousands of Americans, causing millions in losses. … Read more
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence has arrived at a moment of some embarrassment for the Republic. The United States of America, established to overthrow a mad king, has elected, 250 years later, a mad king of its very own. America is setting itself on fire at its birthday party. It always had … Read more
NEW YORK — Manhattan was sweltering at 100 degrees and preparing to mark 250 years since the United States declared independence from Great Britain. But on Friday, the city seemed transfixed by what might be the closest the country gets to a royal wedding: The nuptials of pop superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end … Read more
The hottest ticket in Hollywood right now is an invite to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s top secret wedding. The highly anticipated nuptials, which Swifites have been theorizing about since the couple got engaged in August 2025, is rumored to be taking place during Independence Day weekend. Speculation has been growing as clues point to … Read more
The boss of Currys has warned that supplies of air conditioning and fans are “tight” ahead of an expected fresh UK heatwave next week, after a recent boom in sales left retailers scrambling to source new stock. Alex Baldock, chief executive of the electrical goods retailer, said cooling kit had been “flying off the shelves” … Read more