The Global Update

A retired wallpaper designer has turned a 19th-century train carriage into a luxury Airbnb stay at a former railway station. Nigel Brooke, 68, lives in an old train station in England where he’s restored a Great Western Railway carriage from 1895. Although trains stopped running through the area in the 1950s, guests today can book…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions on a Brazilian judge after the country’s Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders against former President Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, his unspecified allies on the court and his immediate family members will face visa revocations, according to Rubio, who…

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has identified the three deputies killed in Friday’s training facility explosion at an East Los Angeles County training site. The devastating explosion has been considered one of the agency’s deadliest internal tragedies in years. The blast happened just after 7:30 a.m., claiming the lives of Deputies Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor…

A Russian lawmaker who regulates the country’s IT said Friday that WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, warning that the messaging app would likely be put on a list of restricted software. Anton Gorelkin, deputy head of the lower house of parliament’s information technology committee, said in a statement that MAX, a state-backed…

Earlier this month, the Milwaukee Bucks waived star guard Damian Lillard.  On Thursday, ESPN reported the nine-time All-Star and the Portland Trail Blazers were finalizing a three-year contract to reunite Lillard with the only other NBA franchise he’d played for. Lillard was drafted by the Trail Blazers and spent his first 11 seasons with Portland. …

Ticket prices for the WNBA All-Star Game steeply dropped after it was announced Caitlin Clark would miss the game with a groin injury.  Clark was slated to be an All-Star team captain in just her second season and would lead Team Clark on her home floor at Gainbridge Field House in Indianapolis.  The cheapest ticket…

At Attorney General Pam Bondi’s direction, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday formally moved to unseal long-secret grand jury transcripts from the Jeffrey Epstein case, citing what it called intense public interest in the notorious sex trafficking investigation. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche submitted the motion in Manhattan federal court, urging a judge to…

A protester opposing Israel’s involvement in the Tour de France was swiftly apprehended after attempting to disrupt the prestigious cycling race.  The man jumped a barricade near the finish line and ran toward the racers, reportedly shouting objections to Israel’s participation and carrying unidentified items. Security personnel acted swiftly with one guard intercepting the protester…

Radio host Charlamagne tha God ranted on Friday about CBS canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” arguing it was part of President Donald Trump’s authoritarian playbook. Colbert announced to his audience Thursday that CBS is axing his show in spring 2026. The host’s announcement was met with boos in the studio, as well as…