A U.S. appeals court let Donald Trump retain control on Thursday of California’s National Guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the Republican president’s use of the troops to quell protests in Los Angeles.

Israel and Iran’s air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after U.S. President Donald Trump said any decision on potential U.S. involvement would be made within two weeks.

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The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders say they’re getting a 400 per cent pay raise, shedding light on just how little NFL cheerleaders, and female athletes in general, get paid.

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Medics said at least 51 people were killed by Israeli gunfire and military strikes Thursday, including 12 people who tried to approach a site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the central Gaza Strip.

It appears that Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was the first U.S. state legislator specifically targeted and killed in over 25 years, a partisan attack targeting the members of the opposite political party.

If the U.S. decides to support Israel more directly in its attack on Iran, one option would be to provide the “bunker buster” bombs believed necessary to significantly damage the Fordo nuclear fuel enrichment plant built deep into a mountain.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, was not at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, with a royal source citing her need for balance as she returns to public engagements after being treated for cancer last year.

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again Wednesday after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancellations, including to and from the resort island of Bali.