A scuba dive boat captain has been jailed four years for criminal negligence over a fire that killed 34 people. Captain Jerry Boylan was also sentenced to three years supervised release by a federal judge in Los Angeles, California. The blaze on the vessel named Conception in September 2019 was the deadliest maritime disaster in
Block Inc logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, April 10, 2023. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Block reported first-quarter earnings after the bell that exceeded analysts’ estimates. The stock rose 10% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus from LSEG. Earnings per share: 85 cents adjusted vs. 72 cents
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, and Deirdre O’Brien, senior vice president of retail, open the doors during the grand opening of Shanghai’s new Apple retail store, March 21, 2024. Strstr | Afp | Getty Images Apple reports earnings for the second fiscal quarter on Thursday
Senior Tories are predicting they will lose the Blackpool South by-election as counting gets under way. Sources told Sky News’ political correspondent Tamara Cohen they did “not expect to hold” the seat – which they won with a 3,690 majority in 2019. And they said the “stars could not be more aligned against us” following
Take That say they are moving their shows in May from the new Co-op Live venue to another Manchester arena. The band wrote on X: “Given the ongoing technical issues around the opening of Co-op Live we have taken the difficult decision to move our May shows to the AO Arena. “This is not a
May 2, 2024, 10:41 AM Open Extended Reactions England will host world champions New Zealand on Sept. 14 ahead of this autumn’s WXV 1 tournament, the teams announced on Thursday. The Red Roses will also face France — who England beat in Bordeaux last weekend to secure their sixth consecutive Six Nations title — at
Booming orders of “hold the line” and “pass the helmets to the front” could have come from police commanders on the UCLA campus. But, instead, they were from the leaders of a pro-Palestinian student encampment as they tried to organise the troops. Barely any journalists have been permitted access to the tented camp, which has
President Joe Biden has spoken out for the first time following violence and arrests during demonstrations at multiple US universities, saying: “There is a right to protest but not a right to cause chaos.” Tension at universities across America have been building for days as demonstrators have refused to remove encampments and administrators have called
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Vote counting is under way after polls closed in local elections taking place across England and Wales. More than 2,600 council seats across 107 councils are up for grabs in England, alongside 11 mayoral elections, a parliamentary seat and police and crime commissioners throughout England and Wales. Polls opened at 7am and closed at 10pm.
A new type of electric bicycle battery is gaining traction in the industry, potentially ushering in unprecedented levels of safety and security for riders. Get ready, because we’re quickly approaching the age of the potted e-bike battery. There’s no doubt that fire safety is an important subject when it comes to e-bike batteries. Despite the
A young women’s rights activist from Afghanistan recently left the country and travelled to Iran. Women in both countries have few rights – but the activist told Sky News that when she arrived she saw a massive difference between the two places. That was until Iranian women revealed how they suffered under the Islamic Republic’s
In this article XOM CVX EQNR-NO SHEL-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock on February 17, 2024 in Somerset, England. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit, boosted by higher refining margins
A potential running mate for Donald Trump in the US election has continued to defend shooting dead her family’s puppy after saying the animal was “extremely dangerous”. South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has told Fox News the 14-month-old wirehair pointer, who was named Cricket, was a “working dog” and “not a puppy”. She said in
Goldman Sachs is removing a cap on bonuses for London-based staff, paving the way for it to resume making multimillion pound payouts to its best-performing traders and dealmakers. Sky News can exclusively reveal that the Wall Street banking giant notified its UK employees on Thursday that it had decided to abolish the existing pay ratio
John Swinney has announced his bid to take over from Humza Yousaf as SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister. The Perthshire North MSP has spent a year on the backbenches after he stepped down as deputy first minister when Nicola Sturgeon resigned in 2023. Announcing his intention to run for first minister during a visit
Russia has denied allegations of breaching the international chemical weapons ban by deploying chocking agents against Ukrainian troops. The Kremlin on Thursday responded to claims by the United States that it had used choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops – the same agent used by German forces against Allied troops during the First World War.
In this article UMGP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Taylor Swift attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Neilson Barnard | Getty Images Universal Music Group, the record label for top music artists including Taylor Swift, struck a new licensing agreement with TikTok, putting an
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin, who was killed during a sword attack in London. Marcus Aurelio Arduini Monzo, a Spanish-Brazilian national from Newham, east London, was also charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and possession of a bladed article,
Universal Music and TikTok have ended a dispute over royalties after the label pulled millions of songs from the social media platform. The new licensing agreement means songs by some of the biggest artists in the world, including Drake, Adele and Billie Eilish will return to the site for use within the next two weeks.