A string of explosions has rocked buses in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, in what police described as a “suspected terror attack”, with an official saying that there were no injuries. No injuries were reported in the blasts late on Thursday. Police said bomb disposal units were searching for any additional bombs in the…

A general view of the ESPN Monday Night Countdown booth prior to the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Cincinnati Bengals at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Dec. 4, 2023. Mike Carlson | Getty Images In an attempt to court younger audiences, Disney’s ESPN is planning to add some user-generated content to its…

Published Thu, Feb 20 20259:56 AM ESTUpdated 17 Min Ago Morgan Chittum@morgan_chittum Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 13, 2025.  Danielle DeVries | CNBC It’s been a wild ride for U.S. stocks since the CNBC Investing Club’s last Monthly Meeting as investors navigated the implications of DeepSeek, Trump…

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two pillars of the U.S. mortgage market, are currently controlled by the federal government. Some in Washington, D.C. expect President Trump to push for the end of their conservatorship. “We have a mortgage finance system that works really well on the upside, but is it prepared for a downturn?” said…

A two-year-old girl and her mother died on Saturday from injuries suffered in the car-ramming attack in Munich on Thursday that left 37 others injured, police said. “Unfortunately, we have to confirm the deaths today of the two-year-old child and her 37-year-old mother,” a police spokesperson told AFP. An Afghan man was arrested on suspicion…

Network Rail has been fined £3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to the death of two track workers in south Wales in 2019. The workers were killed when struck by a train after starting an “unnecessary maintenance activity” on the south Wales mainline while it was still being used, with no lookouts posted…

NatWest wants to increase its chief executive’s maximum pay by more than 40%, as the banking group prepares to return to full private ownership 17 years after it was bailed out by taxpayers during the 2008 financial crisis. The high street lender, previously known as Royal Bank of Scotland, paid its chief executive, Paul Thwaite,…

Thurning, Norfolk This rather special Georgian farmhouse was the home of the late Oscar-nominated actor Sir John Hurt, known for his roles in The Elephant Man, Midnight Express and Alien, and as Mr Ollivander in the Harry Potter movies. He spent his last years in the 623 sq m (6,700 sq ft) property and described…

One of the UK’s biggest providers of motor finance has warned it expects to set aside up to £165m in the first half of its financial year to cover possible legal and compensation costs as a result of the car loans commission scandal. Close Brothers said it had come up with the estimate after a…