NASCAR team owner Richard Childress resigns from NRA, the sixth board member to exit since May

A prominent board member resigned from the National Rifle Association this week, the sixth to step down in recent months, deepening the upheaval at the longtime gun rights powerhouse.  The departure of Richard Childress, a well-known NASCAR team owner based …
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The best ad against Trump isn’t a campaign ad

This is a good ad against McConnells inertia, but when you think about, this is an outstanding ad against reelecting President Trump. It reminds us how disloyal to the United States and how unfit Trump is. He has refused to admit Russia interfered with our e…
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Trump accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘disloyalty’

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Jewish American groups have criticised the president over the remarks US President Donald Trump has said Jewish Americans who vote for the Democratic Party show "either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty"…
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Spider-Man: Sony ‘disappointed’ over Disney split

Image copyrightAlamy Sony says it's "disappointed" not to be working with Disney on future Spider-Man films. Film rights for the superhero are owned by Sony - and he was able to appear in movies like Avengers: Endgame because of a deal between Sony and Marv…
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‘Record number of fires’ in Brazilian rainforest

Media captionOne campaigner called the forest fires a "vicious cycle" Brazil's Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, new space agency data suggests. The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) said its satellite data showed an …
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Swedish man bitten by Fidel Castro’s crocodile

Image copyrightEPAImage caption The man was delivering a speech at an aquarium in Stockholm when he was bitten by the crocodile A man has been hospitalised after he was bitten by a crocodile that once belonged to Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The man, in hi…
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Jay-Z called ‘cold-blooded’ over NFL deal

Image copyrightGetty Images Jay-Z's decision to partner with the NFL has been described as "cold-blooded". Mark Geragos - the lawyer of American football player Colin Kaepernick - told ABC News that the deal "crosses the intellectual picket line". Last we…
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Sub dive reveals Titanic decay

Media captionThe wreck sits 3.8km (2.4 miles) down at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean The first people to dive down to the Titanic in nearly 15 years say some of the wreck is deteriorating rapidly. Over the course of five submersible dives, an internationa…
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Denmark defiant on Greenland after Trump snub

Media captionWatch: Greenland wouldn't be the first time the US bought territory Denmark's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, says she is "annoyed and surprised" after Donald Trump cancelled his visit over the future of Greenland. "Our preparations were we…
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