U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks after a meeting with Republicans in Congress at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 8, 2025.Jeenah Moon | ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in a phone interview Saturday that he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the U.S. after he takes office Monday.Trump said he hadn’t made a final decision but was considering a 90-day extension of the Sunday deadline for TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell to a non-Chinese-buyer or face a U.S. ban.”I think that would be, certainly, an option…
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People attend the “People’s March on Washington” ahead of the presidential inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 18, 2025Jon Cherry | ReutersThousands of people from around the United States were rallying in the nation’s capital Saturday for women’s reproductive rights and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming Trump administration, reprising the original Women’s March days before President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration.Eight years after the first historic Women’s March at the start of Trump’s first term, marchers said they were caught off guard by Trump’s victory and are determined now to show…
“I got this call from Aston Villa asking if I wanted to meet the future King of England at a train station Wetherspoon’s.”No, this is not a set-up line to a gag, nor a conversation with a large dollop of irony. It happened.William, Prince of Wales, the next in line to the throne, asked to meet a group of Villa supporters for a midweek pint. It was Steve Jones, the chairman of Chasetown Football Club — a team playing in the Northern Premier League Division One West league, the eighth tier of the English football league system — who was tasked…
Israel is due to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over the course of the 42-day initial cease-fire, according to the terms of the agreement, beginning with at least 90 on Sunday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.Israelis say that many of the prisoners are terrorists and murderers. Many Palestinians see the imprisoned militants as freedom fighters against Israeli rule, and they argue that others were jailed by an unfair Israeli military justice system.Here are several of the most prominent Palestinian prisoners set to be released under the cease-fire, according to the Israeli Justice Ministry.Zakaria…
The Solana logo on a phone screen and representation of cryptocurrencies are seen in this photo taken in Krakow, Poland, Aug. 21, 2021.Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesSolana’s SOL token rocketed after a memecoin linked to President-elect Donald Trump launched on the popular blockchain network.The price of SOL was up by more than 12% Saturday, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it surged nearly 23%. Ether, one of its main competitors, fell 7%.The moves began late Friday after the launch of a new memecoin announced on Trump’s social media accounts and issued on the Solana blockchain. “Official Trump” (TRUMP) has…
Minutes after Notre Dame beat Georgia to clinch a berth in the College Football Playoff semifinals against Penn State earlier this month, Tremaine Jackson’s phone buzzed.“Well, we’re guaranteed one,” the text message read.Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and Penn State coach James Franklin would be facing off in the Orange Bowl, assuring that a Black coach would advance to the national title game for the first time in history.Jackson, 41, who was hired as Prairie View A&M head coach in December, has found himself trading texts and phone calls with fellow Black coaches at the start of every season, wondering…
When Mary Braun met her husband Sébastien, they were both living in Chicago. But on their second date, Sébastien, a France native, told Braun he wasn’t planning on staying in the United States for much longer — he had been in America for 15 years and wanted to move back to Europe soon.”He actually almost moved back but then decided to stay just a little bit longer and met me, so it was very serendipitous in that way,” Braun tells CNBC Make It.At the end of 2020, the couple moved into a two-bedroom apartment together on the North Side of…
From the moment I set foot in the Netherlands at 17, I knew I wanted to move abroad. But my dream of living overseas always felt just out of reach.I made several attempts: studying Spanish in Spain at 21, teaching English there at 26, and even returning to pursue a master’s degree at 29. Each time, though, my story reached the same seemingly inevitable conclusion: I’d return to my home state of Texas to “get a real job.” There were practical obstacles, but the pressure to conform was just as limiting. Society, family, and my own internal expectations all pushed me…
Osaka, Japan.Jiale Tan | Moment | Getty ImagesThe new year has many travelers thinking ahead to 2025 vacation plans — and how much those trips may cost.About half — 51% — of Americans say flight cost will determine their destination choices this year, according to Skyscanner. And 50% said hotel costs are a factor.The average person has paid more for travel of late: Airline fares were up 8% in December, on an annual basis, and hotel costs had increased 2%, according to the consumer price index.But travelers can still find deals, experts said.They may find the best bargains by going…
One evening after the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff concluded with four blowout games staged on campus, ESPN host Scott Van Pelt and football analyst Tim Hasselbeck held a conversation that mirrored many like it taking place on social media and in barrooms.The host teams won by an average of 19.3 points, and the closest outcome was Notre Dame’s 10-point victory against Indiana. Two games — Penn State over SMU (28 points) and Ohio State over Tennessee (25) — were non-competitive. Texas’ 14-point win against ACC champion Clemson was decisive as well.“Are these the games you want?” Van Pelt asked…
