President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program.
The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon.
All five members of the Spice Girls have reunited, just perhaps not as you'd expect. On Saturday night, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner and Melanie Chisholm, better known as Posh, Scary, Baby, Ginger and Sporty Spice, came together to celebrate Victoria's 50th birthday in London. The bandmates partied like it was 1997, performing their classic song, Stop.
Tesla has cut its prices again in a number of major markets - including the US, China and Germany - as the electric car giant run by multi-billionaire Elon Musk faces falling sales. The move comes after it reported a sharp fall in its global vehicle deliveries in the first three months of this year. A price war has been intensifying between electric vehicle (EV) makers, with particularly fierce competition coming from Chinese firms. Tesla is due to report financial results for the first quarter of 2024 after the US market close on Tuesday.
Huw Edwards, news reader for the BBC has been fired. The newsreader, who joined the BBC as a trainee in 1984, had been suspended since July over allegations in The Sun that he paid a young person £35,000 and received explicit pictures.
Minnesota legislators have a novel take on banning books, they are pursuing a prohibition on all book banning across the state. If passed it will be the first of its kind in the nation.
Both the New York Knicks and the Denver nuggets won their second game in the NBA playoffs on Monday night with last minute heroics. They each take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven playoff.