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A woman has been accused of trying to auction off Elvis Presley’s former home Graceland and defraud the singer’s family out of millions of dollars. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, was arrested and charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to a criminal complaint. If convicted of the mail fraud charge, she could face

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is “closer than we’ve ever been”, according to Joe Biden. However, speaking at the White House, the US president cautioned an agreement was “not there yet”. Following two days of talks in Doha, Qatar, senior officials made positive noises about the direction of negotiations. Negotiators are due to

The Butler farm showground doesn’t necessarily feel like a place where history was made.  When I visited, dog walkers and morning exercisers shuffled through the morning dew, making use of the silence and emptiness of their community space, no longer a crime scene. It’s currently between marquee events, having just de-rigged the 76th Farm Show

One of the doctors accused over the ketamine-related death of troubled Friends star Matthew Perry wrote in a text: “I wonder how much this moron will pay”. The text was written by Salvador Plasencia, a medical doctor known as “Dr. P”, who is one of five defendants charged in relation to the actor’s death. Others

NASA has said it has still not decided how to bring home two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) after their spacecraft developed faults on their outward voyage. In a news conference on Wednesday, the space agency said Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who arrived at the ISS in June expecting to be there

“That’s the ‘Roach’s Inn’,” Richie said, as we drove past a dilapidated motel. The Coaches’ Inn – it was the kind you see in the movies. “Dead bodies found in that place,” he said. I was in the car with Richie Armstrong and he was giving me a tour of his town. A boarded-up business

The FBI has told Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign it was the target of a “foreign actor influence operation”. In a statement, shared with Sky News’s US partner network NBC News, Ms Harris’s campaign said: “In July, the campaign legal and security teams were notified by the FBI that we were targeted by a foreign actor

Starbucks has suddenly replaced its chief executive after the company suffered a bigger-than-expected drop in sales. The coffee chain’s board announced on Tuesday that Laxman Narasimhan had departed the firm “effective immediately”. They said Brian Niccol – the boss of burrito chain Chipotle – would soon take his place. It comes following mounting pressure and

Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk on the billionaire entrepreneur’s social media platform X was delayed by technical issues. The site showed that the page was “not available” shortly after the scheduled start time of 8pm Eastern Time (1am UK time) for some users, though more than 115,000 people appeared to have joined successfully. Musk

Elon Musk is set to interview Donald Trump on the social media platform X. Mr Musk teased the “live conversation” with Mr Trump, saying it would be “unscripted” and therefore “highly entertaining”. The former US president – whose account on X (when it was known as Twitter) was suspended in 2021 after his supporters stormed

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has begun military drills amid the expectation it will retaliate against Israel over the killing of a senior Hamas member. The drills, which started on Friday, are ongoing in the western province of Kermanshah close to the border with Iraq to“enhance combat readiness and vigilance,” an armed forces official told Iran’s official

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has claimed it was hacked by Iran in June. This was close to the time when the Republican presidential candidate was selecting his vice president pick for the upcoming US election. News website Politico said it had received emails in July from an anonymous source offering authentic documents from inside Mr

Celine Dion’s team has urged Donald Trump to think twice before using her Titanic film classic My Heart Will Go On again. The Oscar-winning song from the 1997 film was played during a presidential campaign rally in Montana. Dion’s management team released a statement on behalf of her and her record label saying the use

New bodycam footage has shown tensions between police and Secret Service agents after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life. One clip shows local officers getting angry with the Secret Service for not being on the roof in the first place. “I f***ing told them they needed to post the guys f***ing over here. I

An Olympic skateboarder has criticised the quality of the Paris 2024 medals after his has started to visibly deteriorate. US athlete Nyjah Huston revealed that a week after placing third in the men’s street skateboarding final on 29 July, his bronze medal has appeared to chip and lose its colour. “These Olympic medals look great

Halfway through Donald Trump’s news conference, one of his aides posted on X a montage of TV screens broadcasting it live. “Wall to wall. Kamala Harris can’t do this,” he wrote. Once, it was a boast that Team Trump didn’t have to make, but the visibility contest has changed. As the new Democratic ticket enjoys

A CrossFit Games competitor has died while taking part in a swimming event. Lazar Dukic was competing at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday morning when he disappeared beneath the water. Emergency services were called at around 8am local time to reports there “was a participant in the water that was down

Two NASA astronauts stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than two months could be forced to stay until February 2025 because of concerns over the safety of the spacecraft that brought them into orbit. Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams arrived at the ISS in June as the first

Taylor Swift appears to have dropped a hint at who she’s backing for US president – and it looks like it could be Kamala Harris. Speculation began after the pop megastar posted a collection of pictures on her Instagram page on Tuesday from her three performances on consecutive nights in Warsaw during her Eras tour.

On the rally stage in Philadelphia, he cut the figure of a man destined for the highest office. No one worked the crowd better and a barnstorming performance went down a storm inside the Temple University arena. Which begs the question: why wasn’t Josh Shapiro picked? Kamala Harris’s choice of liberal-leaning Tim Walz has pleased