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SYDNEY, Australia — Wall Street stock futures climbed and the dollar firmed against safe haven peers on Monday as signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks raised hopes that a global recession might be avoided, though specifics were still sorely lacking. Geopolitical tensions also looked to be easing as a fragile ceasefire held between India and Pakistan, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready …

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office. The office said in a statement Sunday that Perlmutter received an email from the White House a day earlier with the notification that “your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director …

Legal experts and Democrats expressed growing alarm over the weekend that Trump administration officials are openly discussing unilaterally suspending habeas corpus — a bedrock American legal right — without the approval of Congress. The writ of habeas corpus, which dates back centuries, grants anyone detained in the U.S. the right to see a judge, challenge the government’s evidence against them and present a …

Amber Heard is a now a mother of three. To mark Mother’s Day, the “Aquaman” actor announced Sunday on Instagram that she has welcomed twins, daughter Agnes and son Ocean. “This year I am elated beyond words to celebrate the completion of the family I’ve strived to build for years,” Heard captioned the post, in part. “Today I officially share the news …

Jordon Hudson, girlfriend of former NFL football coach Bill Belichick, placed second runner-up in the Miss Maine USA pageant over the weekend. With Belichick, 73, in the front row, Hudson, 24, competed in the two-day pageant — which was held in Portland, Maine, on Saturday and Sunday — for the second year in a row. In 2024, she placed first runner-p. Shelby Howell …

The bodies of two people were removed from the scattered debris after after neighbors say a New Jersey home exploded early Sunday. Two bodies were removed from the scene Sunday morning after fire crews responded to the intersection of Orion Way and Tranquility Court in Washington Township, in Gloucester County, after the blast. Officials said the bodies were those of …

People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50% more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the blockbuster medications. Clinical trial participants who took tirzepatide, the drug sold as Zepbound, lost an average of 50 pounds (22.8 kilograms) over 72 weeks, while those who took semaglutide, or Wegovy, lost about 33 pounds (15 kilograms). That’s …

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The White House on Sunday touted a “China trade deal” — without providing details — after two top U.S. officials alluded to a potential agreement with China following talks between the two countries in Switzerland over the weekend. “U.S. Announces China Trade Deal in Geneva,” read the White House’s headline for a transcript of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s …

WNBA all-stars Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley have apparently welcomed their first child together. Their daugher, Jana Christine Vandersloot Quigley, was born on April 8, according to People magazine. “We are over the moon to welcome our baby girl to the world,” Vandersloot and Quigly, told People in an exclusive interview. “We have been dreaming of this moment for a …