Miranda Hart reveals details about husband after shock wedding announcement
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India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang claims responsibility for Baba Siddique's assassination
India’s former minister and member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP Baba Siddique. — Facebook/Baba Siddique/File NEW DELHI: India’s notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the assassination of former minister and member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, Baba Siddique, it emerged on Sunday. Baba, 66, was gunned down […]
World No. 1 Iga Świątek breezes past Kaja Juvan in less than 50 minutes to reach fourth round | CNN
CNN — World No. 1 Iga Świątek was utterly dominant in her straight sets victory against Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan, winning 6-0 6-1 in a mere 49 minutes to reach the fourth round of the US Open. In what was surely one of the most one-sided grand slam encounters in recent history, Juvan won just 15 […]
How "Tommy John surgery" changed our national pastime
With a fastball clocked at 95 mph, Quincy Bright was on a track for the major leagues. He was just 13 when he was recruited by Mississippi State University. But at 17, the Connecticut high school star pitcher learned he had a torn ligament in his elbow. “I broke down in tears; I cried like […]
Al Pacino on becoming Al Pacino
On a bright day overlooking Beverly Hills, Al Pacino recalls a warning from years ago, from his therapist: “He said, ‘Don’t go to L.A., Al!’” But here is, and even now, at 84, he’s still adjusting to that Hollywood life. “You have to learn how famous you are,” he said. Has he? “What, now? I’m […]
Mortgage costs 'unlikely' to return to low levels
Getty Images The cost of borrowing money to buy a home is “unlikely” to return to the low levels seen over the past decade, the boss of the UK’s largest mortgage lender has said. Charlie Nunn, chief executive of Lloyds bank, said the bank expected mortgage rates to come down, but not to the near-zero […]
Shirley MacLaine on a life in pictures
At 90 years old, veteran actor and Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine was in a spicy mood. Looking through photographs from her long career, captured mostly in black and white, she remarked, “Where are the nude ones?” Of one picture of her seated on the hood of a Cadillac on the Paramount lot, she said, “Here, I’m […]
Jack Antonoff on the
For the last 18 months, Taylor Swift’s “Eras” Tour conquered the pop music world, and in a show full of great moments, one stood out: “Cruel Summer,” a song produced by Swift and her friend, Jack Antonoff: Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer (Live from Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour) by Taylor Swift on YouTube […]