WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) scored a ninth-round TKO of fringe contender Josh Padley (15-1, 4 KOs) on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Padley was down three times in the ninth round from body shots before his corner threw in the towel. It…
Mali’s military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers “coldly executed” at least 24 civilians in the north of the country on Monday. That claim was made by a separatist Tuareg rebel alliance, called Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), which is battling the Malian government in the same region. The FLA accuse Malian forces and…
Kevin Lamarque – Pool/Getty Images Author Ashley St. Clair is reportedly suing billionaire Elon Musk for sole custody of their alleged child. St. Claire, best known for her children’s book Elephants Are Not Birds, filed a petition with the New York Supreme Court for custody of the child on Friday, February 21, according to SCOOP,…
Martin Bakole reportedly weighed in at 310 lbs for his fight tonight against WBO interim heavyweight champion Joseph Parker at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The weight will obviously make him a little slower than the 284 lbs he came into his previous fight against Jared Anderson last August, but it won’t affect…
A French convict who went on the run after escaping a police van in a deadly ambush has been arrested in Romania, French authorities have said. Two prison officers were killed and three others injured when a vehicle carrying Mohamed Amra was attacked by men using military-grade assault weapons in May 2024. Amra, known as…
Sebastian Roché is no stranger to playing villains, but one brutal moment in 1923 made him change his approach. In an interview with Us Weekly, the actor, 60, reflected on preparing to film his character, Father Renaud, killing Leenah Robinson’s Baapuxti — a student at the North Dakota Boarding School for Native Americans — in…
WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz (23-0, 21 KOs) overcame a slow start to rally in the second half to defeat Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Turki Alalshikh’s card on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Credit: Mark Robinson) Madrimov outboxed Vergil Jr. in…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has asked the US federal government for $40 billion (£31.6b) in funds to help rebuild areas of Los Angeles devastated by January fires. Newsom sent the request to congressional leaders in a letter on Friday. He said the funds would help both immediate and long-term recovery work. “I’m asking Congress to…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is US Treasury secretary While much has been reported about the economic partnership that President Donald Trump has proposed to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, there is a great deal about…
Drew Barrymore has had her ups and downs — and they’ve all played out in the public eye. The former child star overcame a rough past and is now a Hollywood vet with more than 70 credits under her belt. The California native launched onto the entertainment scene with the 1982 sci-fi E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,…
