LOS ANGELES – A federal judge appeared inclined Tuesday to toss out a lawsuit against President Donald Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels that sought to tear up a hush-money settlement about their alleged affair. Trump and his former personal lawyer asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit after agreeing to rescind a nondisclosure agreement that included a $130,000 payment […]

Met Police is accused of belittling frontline officers after Instagram recruitment post promises new managers ‘won’t have to start at the bottom’ Scotland Yard has been accused of belittling rank-and-file officers  Force shared job advert promising new recruits will ‘not… start at the bottom’ Promoted a national police direct entry scheme run by the College of Policing Scotland Yard has […]

Criminals could go free thanks to nationwide meltdown of legal IT system with trials delayed and hundreds of courts including the Old Bailey affected The MoJ said the network had faced ‘major issues’ in the past week, with hundreds of courts reportedly not able to access the main computer system Judges and barristers have also not been able to access […]

Teachers should ignore emails from ‘pushy parents’ demanding immediate replies about their children when they leave school for the day, minister says Minister Damian Hinds said too many teachers were replying to emails at night Unions complain that pushy parents contact teachers at all hours of the day  In some cases, teachers have been bullied on social media by some […]

A three-year-old Cuban girl was able to part with her wheelchair and stand up for the first time after losing both her limbs to an illness just months after she was born. On Monday, the toddler was fitted for temporary prosthetics at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa, Fla. Her mother, Jaqueline Vidal, told WFLA News that it was […]

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and his wife, Emma Coronel, wore matching burgundy-colored velvet jackets in court on Tuesday. (Courtesy: Jane Rosenberg) A former Mexican legislator better known as a mistress of accused Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman retook the stand at his trial on Tuesday, but was upstaged by an apparent sartorial statement of solidarity between the alleged drug […]

Coffee is one of the world’s most beloved beverages. Long before it was made popular by the television show Friends, it stood as the drink that brought people together. Ironically, it’s also one of the most hotly debated subjects when it comes to health and taste. On this week’s episode of The Super Awesome Science Show, we examine one of […]

Sequins, feathers, jazz hands, tap dancing, lights and show tunes. Nothing less would be expected from Victoria School of the Arts’ newest musical theatre production hitting the stage this week. The show, starring students from the Edmonton junior high, brings young energy to an old production. Crazy for You is a classic musical opening Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Eva […]

It was a sight that was out of this world. A meteor struck the moon Monday for the first time ever during a lunar eclipse, according to a report. Astrophysicist Jose Maria Madiedo confirmed to New Scientist that the flash of light seen by livestream-watchers was a meteor impacting the moon’s surface. The impact occurred during the totality phase of the […]

A manager at a McDonald’s in Minnesota raped a 14-year-old co-worker inside the restaurant’s cooler, prosecutors claim. Andrew Joseph Otero-Albertorio, 24, of Maple Grove, is expected to make his initial court appearance Tuesday afternoon in Hennepin County District Court after being charged last week with five felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, the Star Tribune reports. Otero-Albertorio and the […]