RIYADH — A team of thirty-five talented Saudi students flew out of Riyadh on Wednesday to compete in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2024), taking place in Los Angeles, United States, from May 10 to 18. Representing (...)
Reigning Miss USA Noelia Voigt has resigned her title, citing mental health reasons.
Ms Voigt, who won the annual competition in September, said she believed in making decisions "that feel best for you and your mental health".
"Never compromise your (...)
US President Joe Biden has urged pro-Palestinian protesters on university campuses to uphold the rule of law.
"We are a civil society, and order must prevail," Biden said from the White House, in his first direct remarks about a wave of student (...)
A federal judge sentenced a former dive boat captain on Thursday to four years in prison on a negligence conviction known as "seaman's manslaughter" after 34 people were killed in a fire that broke out on his boat in 2019.
Jerry Nehl Boylan, who (...)
Hundreds of police officers in riot gear have cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Police moved in before dawn on Thursday after ordering more than 1,000 protesters to leave the area.
The officers (...)
Hundreds of police officers have raided Columbia University in New York City to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who earlier took over a building on campus.
Dramatic footage showed police climbing a ladder to enter Hamilton Hall and remove (...)
New York City's Columbia University has begun suspending students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest on campus after they defied a deadline to disperse.
College leaders earlier warned those who failed to disband from the two-week encampment by (...)
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters have clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as demonstrations over the war in Gaza continue across US campuses.
Nationwide rallies — during which there have been hundreds of arrests — (...)
A family in the US has been reunited with their pet cat after she was accidentally mailed hundreds of miles to California with a package return.
Galeana disappeared from her home in Utah earlier this month — prompting widespread searches for the (...)
A leading California university has canceled its graduation ceremony as protests over Gaza continue to spread on college campuses across the US.
The University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles cited "new safety measures" in disbanding the (...)
The leader of the US House of Representatives was heckled in a tense visit to Columbia University as protests against the war in Gaza continue to spread across US campuses.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Columbia officials had lost (...)
Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), has announced Riyadh Season's first international event in Los Angeles.
The event, set for August 3 at BMO Stadium, features a World Super-Welterweight title fight between (...)
The US Supreme Court confronted the nation's homelessness crisis on Monday, weighing whether a ban on sleeping in public is cruel and unusual punishment.
The case centers on the small town of Grants Pass, Oregon, but has broad implications for (...)
Fifteen people have been injured and taken to hospital after a tram crashed at Universal Studios Hollywood on Saturday night.
Los Angeles County Fire said on social media that its units were dispatched to the theme park shortly after 21:00 local (...)
TikTok said a potential ban on its app in the US would "trample the free speech" of 170 million Americans.
The US House of Representatives voted on Saturday to ban TikTok if the app's owner does not cut its ties with China.
The legislation was part (...)
Take your seat because Taylor Swift's "Tortured Poets Department" meeting has officially been called into session and, surprise, it's a 31-song mega double album.
The Grammy-winner first released her highly anticipated 11th studio album on Friday, (...)
US officials have charged baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani's long-time interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, with stealing millions from the sports star.
The lead prosecutor in California accused Mizhuara of impersonating Ohtani to banks and to place (...)
O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 acquittal in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family (...)
The floating piece of wood that kept Titanic's Rose alive has been sold for $718,750 (£569,739) at auction.
Ever since the release of the 1997 film, fans have wondered whether the panel was big enough to fit her love interest Jack as well, saving (...)
US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has unveiled Silicon Valley lawyer and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan as his running mate.
Shanahan, 38, the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has never before run for political office.
Kennedy, (...)
The longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been fired after being accused by Ohtani's attorneys of "massive theft" that the attorneys allege is tied to gambling, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Ohtani's (...)
David Seidler, best known for writing the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech, has died aged 86.
The London-born screenwriter, who had a stammer, brought the true story of how King George VI overcame his speech impediment to the big screen.
The (...)
The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.
It would give the social media giant's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app will be removed in the (...)
There was little mention of politics at Sunday's Oscars ceremony, but there were multiple calls for global peace.
Upon winning the Academy Award for best international feature for the Auschwitz-set drama "The Zone of Interest," filmmaker Jonathan (...)
More than two decades after winning his first Oscar, Japan's revered animator Hayao Miyazaki has done it again.
The Boy and the Heron beat Disney's Elemental and Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse to win the Best Animated Feature Film prize.
The (...)