The author behind an offensive novel depicting toddler role-play has been convicted but spared jail for penning child abuse material. Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, a 34-year-old former marketing executive for a Christian charity, wrote Daddy’s Little Toy under the pen name Tori Woods and published it through an online pre-release in March 2025. The book –…
Jimmy Kimmel pushed back on the backlash against his “expectant widow” joke, declining to apologize for the joke itself and instead mocking the Trumps’ calls to cancel his show. During his Monday night monologue, the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host took the stage in a pitch-black suit and told ABC viewers, “You know how sometimes you…
Felix, the most decorated woman in Olympic athletics history with 11 medals, plans a comeback at age 40 at the Olympics. Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026 Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field athlete of all time, plans to come out of retirement in a bid to compete at the 2028…
Prosecutors say the man, 21-year-old Beran A, received training from members of jihadist group Islamic State on how to handle explosives.
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival has tapped revered actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai to head the jury for its main competition Golden Goblet Awards. The festival opens June 12 and runs through June 21. Leung has been a fixture of Chinese-language cinema for more than four decades, amassing upward of 100 screen credits and working…
Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics is knowing how to count, meaning that ultimately what matters is being able to win a vote. But sometimes in politics…
This summer’s World Cup will be a “bonanza of sportswashing” according to human rights organisations, who claim the Trump administration is using sport as a political tool to “cover up abuses”. With supporter groups warning they have “absolutely no clue” what will happen to fans if they do “stupid stuff” in the US during the…
28 April 2026 Jimmy Kimmel has defended his “very light roast” after joking Melania Trump had a “glow like an expectant widow”. Jimmy Kimmel has defended his comments as an ‘obvious’ joke The 58-year-old late night host made the quip on Jimmy Kimmel Live! days before an alleged assassination attempt on her husband Donald Trump,…
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on May 30, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Katie Foley writing to you from London. I spend my mornings leading the London TV teams as we prepare to take Europe Early Edition and Squawk Box Europe to air. Over the last two…
Trump team reviews Iran peace plan to reopen Hormuz with nuclear talks potentially delayed to a later stage. Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026 United States President Donald Trump’s national security team is reviewing an Iranian peace proposal aimed at halting the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The plan comes as Washington…
