77 minutes ago Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office

Politics

2 hours ago Giovanni Pernice wins Italian dance show final after Strictly abuse probe

The programme is the Italian equivalent of Dancing With The Stars.

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2 hours ago Here comes the Bezos bride: How Lauren Sanchez has been prepping her look for blockbuster Christmas wedding

Wedding bells may be ringing soon for Lauren Sanchez and her billionaire hubby-to-be, Jeff Bezos - and she's showing all the signs that she's ready to walk down the aisle.

Politics

2 hours ago Justin Baldoni accused of sucking on Blake Lively's lips during shoot in latest disturbing details from lawsuit

Disturbing new details have surfaced in Blake Lively's sexual harassment lawsuit against her former It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni.

Society

3 hours ago Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of 'improvised intimacy' and pressing about her sex life in lawsuit

Disturbing new details have surfaced in Blake Lively's sexual harassment lawsuit against her former It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni.

Society

3 hours ago Resurfaced photos show how Taylor Swift and Ryan Reynolds rallied behind Blake Lively at height of Justin Baldoni 'smear campaign'

Blake Lively has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni - four months after the film premiered in theaters.

Culture

3 hours ago Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez to marry this week as secret plans for $600M Christmas wedding revealed

The billionaire Amazon founder, 60, and his ex-TV news anchor fiancée, 55, are marrying in Aspen the weekend after Christmas, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.

Society

3 hours ago ROBERT HARDMAN: The market was strewn with gold paper. Not Christmas wrapping ... but foil to cover victims

This should have been the busiest day of the year in the Old Marketplace in Magdeburg, writes ROBERT HARDMAN, with squeals of excitement from the fairground rides. Instead, all stand empty.

Events

3 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv strikes Russia in major drone attack 1,000km from frontline

High-rise residential buildings hit in Russian city of Kazan but no casualties reported; Zelenskyy reveals meetings with CIA chief. What we know on day 1,033 See all our Ukraine war coverage Ukraine staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000km (620 miles) from the frontline, on Saturday, damaging residential buildings and temporarily shutting down the airport. A drone smashed into a high-rise apartment block and damaged a skyscraper in the city of more than 1.3 million but there were no casualties, local officials said. Videos posted on Russian social media networks showed drones hitting a high-rise building and setting off fireballs. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said two drones hit a 37-storey apartment block and that Ukraine had been targeting an unspecified industrial facility but that it suffered no damage.Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Saturday without specifically mentioning the strike on Kazan: “We will definitely contin...

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4 hours ago Christmas travel disruption set to continue with flights and ferries cancelled and motorways jammed

The Met Office said yellow warnings for wind, which came into force at 7am on Saturday, are expected to remain in place until 9pm on today.

Transport