NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, once accused the state’s police of profiling in a campaign speech.”We have a system of policing that seems to want to police on top of people rather than police with people,” El-Sayed said during a gubernatorial bid in 2018 in an address before Harvard.”The probability of closing a murder in Detroit is extremely low. And yet the cops will pick on you because you look a particular kind of way.”El-Sayed’s comments persist despite efforts to scrub his social media of posts championing…

Qantas plans to launch what it says will be the world’s longest nonstop commercial flight in October 2027, connecting Sydney and London with a journey expected to last up to 22 hours. The Australian airline announced Wednesday that nonstop flights between the two cities will begin operating as part of its long-awaited Project Sunrise initiative, which aims to connect Australia’s east coast directly with major global destinations.Qantas unveiled the first of its specially configured Airbus A350-1000ULR aircraft at Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France. The aircraft has been modified for ultra-long-haul travel and includes an additional 20,000-liter fuel tank that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Cleveland Browns entered last season with one of the NFL’s more crowded quarterback rooms.Shedeur Sanders took over as starting quarterback in Week 12 last season, and after two more starts, he was named the starter for the remainder of the season. Sanders’ stunning slide to the fifth round of the 2025 draft set the stage for him becoming one of the most scrutinized rookies in recent memory.Few know Shedeur’s game better than Deion Sanders, his father and former college coach. On Wednesday, the two-time Super Bowl champion reflected on his son’s…

When Bailey Bouwman’s first child was born, he was a heavy wetter, and getting the perfect diaper fit to prevent leakage was impossible. There’s little as demoralizing as being the parent with the wet baby in public.  Bouwman also lives in Prince George, British Columbia, so it’s cold. If she didn’t change her son immediately every time he was wet, he’d inevitably get uncomfortable, fast. But wool diaper covers changed the game. Overnight, leaks became a nonissue. The soft wool covers were absorbent and kept her baby dry with no odor. Plus, they weren’t so finicky with fit to simply…

A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest is believed to have died after it didn’t sprout leaves this spring, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said Thursday. Visitors over the past two centuries who viewed the tree’s gnarled limbs and sprawling canopy in Nottingham compressed the soil, making it difficult for rain to reach its roots, the conservation group said, despite the immediate area around the massive oak being fenced off.The forest has been under threat for years and the…

Published on 18/06/2026 – 11:42 GMT+2 Residents are heading to the polls in the Greater Manchester constituency of Makerfield in the UK today in a key by-election to determine their next MP – and quite possibly Britain’s next prime minister. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Polls in Makerfield are open from 7 am to 10 pm on Thursday, with the count set to take place after voting closes. The by-election was triggered after the former Makerfield MP Josh Simons stepped down to pave the way for Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, to be able to mount a challenge to British Prime Minister…

By&nbspMike Starling&nbsp&&nbspAP Published on 18/06/2026 – 12:28 GMT+2 Qantas has confirmed Sydney to London as the first route for its long-awaited “Project Sunrise”, with the world’s longest non-stop passenger flight set to launch in October 2027. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Covering more than 16,000 kilometres, the service will connect the two cities without a stop for the first time. The Australian airline has also unveiled the first of its specially modified Airbus A350-1000ULR aircraft that will operate the route. Flight times between Sydney and London are expected to range between 19 and 22 hours. Project Sunrise will eventually connect Australia’s east coast…

Bunnie Xo shared another provocative social media post in the wake of her split from Jelly Roll. On Wednesday, June 17, the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” host, 46, posted an Instagram video where she lip-synced to estranged husband Jelly Roll’s 2018 track “No Limit (Freestyle).” The song choice is bound to raise some eyebrows since Jelly Roll (real name Jason Bradley DeFord), 41, raps about Bunnie (real name Alisa DeFord) in the song. Bunnie Xo specifically sang along to a section of “No Limit (Freestyle)” where he calls her “super bad” and brags that she “looks like a human Barbie.” “I’ve…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two high-stakes Supreme Court battles over President Donald Trump’s authority to remove federal officials could reshape the balance of power in Washington, but legal experts say the justices may draw a sharp line between the cases.At the center of the debate are Slaughter v. Trump, involving the firing of Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and Trump v. Cook, involving Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. While both cases touch on presidential removal power, legal scholars say the disputes present fundamentally different legal questions.In Slaughter, the administration is directly challenging statutory restrictions…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There’s been a lot of chatter around New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart and changing his playing style to avoid getting injured in a game.But it’s been less so for running back Cam Skattebo, who is entering his second season in the NFL after having his rookie year cut short when he suffered a gruesome ankle injury. Skattebo said Wednesday he has no plans to change his playing style either.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! “It ain’t gonna change who I am,” he…

While the Knicks are on parade, Sebastian Crosa will be working to get the grade.  Rather than lining the streets of lower Manhattan Thursday — whooping for the 2026 NBA Champions, led by Jalen Brunson, Karl Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and his favorite player, Josh Hart — the middle schooler, 12, will be one of the thousands of devastated kids and teachers stuck inside classrooms due to the statewide Regents exams.  The ticker-tape spectacle begins at 10 a.m., with tip-off near Battery Park before moving up Broadway through the Canyon of Heroes to City Hall, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani will present…

LOS ANGELES () — A former official of the Los Angeles firefighters union and chairman of the organization’s nonprofit foundation has been arrested and charged after allegedly transferring nearly $83,000 from the foundation to his personal account, prosecutors said Wednesday.Adam Walker, former secretary of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, is charged with one felony count each of grand theft by an employee or agent and forgery related to items exceeding $950 in value, according to a criminal complaint.A joint task force from the California Department of Justice and the L.A. County district attorney’s office discovered last June that Walker…

Published on 18/06/2026 – 12:07 GMT+2•Updated 12:12 “If Putin does not want to end this war and wishes to continue it — we will not sit quietly, we will respond,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his comments on Ukraine’s strike on Moscow’s oil refinery on Thursday morning. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If Ukraine burns, so will Moscow,” Zelenskyy said. Ukraine’s president said Kyiv’s drone strike on the Moscow oil refinery is Kyiv’s response to Russia’s attack against the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the most important historic and religious symbols of Ukraine. “We were at the Lavra, and I said we will…

A momentous occasion – and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the US after months of needless war certainly is that – calls for a grand location steeped in history. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Fitting then, that Donald Trump signed the document at Versailles. It hits the mark on both counts: There’s enough gold to rival the US president’s own interior design choices at the White House, and it’s the very same spot where Germany agreed to pay reparations to the winning side following defeat in WWI in 1919. Make of that parallel what you will… The agreement…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 18, 2026 and it’s time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours:  But first… Saturday, June 20 West End Live 2026 Saturday, June 21 The Balusters opens on Broadway Chess closes on Broadway       Photos: Harry Styles Performs with Jules Buckley Orchestra for Meltdown 2026 by Josh Sharpe On June 16, Harry Styles delivered a one-night-only performance at the Southbank Centre, collaborating with the Jules Buckley Orchestra and House Gospel Choir for a special concert created exclusively for his curation…