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The director of a leading German ballet company is being investigated by police and has been fired for smearing dog feces on a critic's face after taking offense to a review she wrote.

The unfavorable reviews greeting "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" have triggered inevitable speculation about Marvel losing its mojo, and whether the studio's 15-year run of box-office dominance might be, well, shrinking, if not entirely over. While the future's hard to see, the past points toward a pivotal moment: The exit of foundational characters that followed "Avengers: Endgame."

The latest inflation figures from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union are feeding hopes that the worst is over and some relief for struggling households could arrive soon.

Americans continued to add to their debt at the end of last year — and grew their credit card balances at record rates, according to data released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The British monarchy is entrenched in symbolism. Time and again we've seen instances where members of the Windsor clan use subtle messaging in what they say, do, use and wear. Sometimes it's an understated nod to an ancestor, while other times it's a hat-tip to royal tradition or a historic occasion.

Paris Hilton has been in the limelight so long that she and her husband, Carter Reum, decided to keep their son's birth by surrogate private.

Curbed Senior Writer Alissa Walker tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin why bigger and heavier EV trucks should be a concern for pedestrian safety. For more, watch the full Nightcap episode here.

The property market in China is so depressed that some banks are resorting to drastic measures, including allowing people to pay off mortgages until they are 95 years old.

New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose has early access to new features in Microsoft's search engine Bing that incorporates artificial intelligence. Roose says the new chatbot tried to get him to leave his wife.

Born with an undiagnosed medical condition, Renee Bruns, who has been using a wheelchair since she was seven, developed a love for travel after spending much of her younger years going from state to state to see medical specialists around the US with her mother.

The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air, damning messages contained in a court filing revealed. CNN's Oliver Darcy has more.

For many, 2022 was the year that the ever-clearer climate crisis spurred people to fly less. For Rick Turner and his husband Adam Longbottom, their decision to ditch airplanes for a three-month trip around Europe and across to South America was down to something else: 2022's notorious aviation chaos.

The Biden administration is deploying federal medical experts to help assess what dangers remain at an Ohio village where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed this month, it says -- a ramp-up of federal support at the governor's request as anxious residents increasingly point to signs of adverse effects.

• Amateur balloonist group from Illinois says small balloon last reported over Alaska 'missing in action'

It has been a year since a major formula manufacturing company recalled several products, which escalated a widespread shortage in the United States and evoked fear in parents and caregivers nationwide.

After the Michigan State University community was paralyzed by a horrific mass shooting that killed three students, injured five others and halted campus activity, the school will begin to resume athletic and academic life, as many are still struggling to make sense of the tragedy.

One of China's top investment bankers has become unreachable, according to his company.

A blast in the sky over South Texas was a meteorite strike, officials said, clearing up confusion over the sudden explosion that puzzled concerned residents.

Kevin Durant is raring to go in Phoenix.

China has declared a "major and decisive victory" in its handling of the coronavirus outbreak that swept the country in recent months following an abrupt relaxation of its "zero-Covid" policy late last year.