LONDON -- Britain's Royal Mint has released a commemorative coin featuring supposedly lifelike portraits of Prince William and his bride-to-be. But critics say Kate Middleton has a right to be horrified. Images of the couple on the memento bear little resemblance to either the prince or his 28-year-old betrothed. Middleton appears plump in the face and lips and has bags under her eyes. Some critics claim William looks like Al Gore.
Three Nevada university presidents joined a nationwide coalition of academic leaders in a joint letter opposing President Donald Trump’s broad efforts to reshape academia through the “coercive use of public research funding.”
Prosecutors and defense attorneys have moved to release Alexander Smirnov, who admitted he lied to the FBI about a bribery scheme involving the Bidens, pending an appeal.
A federal judge paused a parental notification law that was set to take effect April 30.
President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October.
A section of Viking Road leading to Rio could be renamed in honor of Penn & Teller, putting the duo into the pantheon of Las Vegas entertainers immortalized on the area’s street grid.
Israeli jets struck Beirut’s southern suburbs after issuing a warning about an hour earlier, marking the third Israeli strike on the area since a ceasefire took effect in late November.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president.
Hamas said Saturday that it had sent a high-level delegation to Cairo to try and get a ceasefire with Israel back on track.
World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday in Vatican City.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican to pay their final respects and witness the funeral mass for the leader of the Catholic Church on Saturday.
