A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to transporting millions of dollars worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items, including one of Arnold Palmer’s green jackets. Richard Globensky, of Georgia, entered the plea during his initial appearance in federal court in Chicago. skip past newsletter…
A former headteacher has been found guilty of sexual offences against four girls, with a judge expressing concern that warnings about him were ignored. Neil Foden, 66, who worked in schools in north Wales, was convicted of 19 offences and told he faces a lengthy jail term when he is sentenced in July. The jury…
Labour has kicked off candidate selection to run in Jeremy Corbyn’s seat of Islington North, with the contender for the seat expected to be confirmed by 1 June. Corbyn, who is still suspended for comments he made in the aftermath of the equalities watchdog report into antisemitism in Labour, has been barred from standing again…
The husband of Stormy Daniels said there is a “good chance” that the couple will leave the US if Donald Trump is acquitted in his criminal trial over paying hush-money payments to the adult film star. “I think if it’s not guilty, we got to decide what to do. Good chance we’ll probably vacate this…
Representatives for some of the Lenape people have called for an apology and reparations for the 17th-century Dutch “settling” of New Amsterdam, the place that is now New York. Precisely four centuries after the Dutch established a colony at the mouth of the Hudson River, some descendants of Indigenous Americans believe it is time for…
Trump accepts invitations for two debates with Biden In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said he had accepted invitations for two debates with Joe Biden. The first, hosted by CNN, is scheduled for 27 June in Atlanta, and the second, hosted by ABC, is set for 10 September at a location that has…
The governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, is no longer allowed to step foot on large swaths of her state after another Native American tribe banished her from its reservation after comments she made about tribal leaders benefiting from drug cartels. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe on Tuesday confirmed that the tribe had voted to…
The first trailer for the much-anticipated TV prequel to the recent Dune movies promises a female-fronted look at life 10,000 years before. Dune: Prophecy will follow the roots of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood led by the Harkonnen siblings, played by Emily Watson and Olivia Williams. Later members of the sect are played by Rebecca Ferguson…
A barrister who wrote a book on sleepwalking and who fell asleep during a coroner’s inquest has been cleared of all professional misconduct charges. Ramya Nagesh, a member of commercial chambers in Gray’s Inn Square in London, was accused by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) of harming the public’s trust in the profession after falling…
OpenAI’s co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, is leaving the startup at the center of today’s artificial intelligence boom. “After almost a decade, I have made the decision to leave OpenAI,” Sutskever said in a post on X. Sutskever played a key role in the dramatic firing and rehiring in November last year of OpenAI’s…
