How Our Unemployment Benefits System Failed
A decline in funding and changes in the workplace and how long people are out of work have left a program unequal to the 21st-century economy. Read more...
College Financial Aid Applications Drop in 2020
The pandemic has already led to one lost class of freshmen. The low rate of completing the financial aid form may signal another. Read more...
Christina Ricci granted domestic violence restraining order against husbandJames Heerdegen
The actress, 40, told the court that Heerdegen has assaulted her on multiple occasions, leaving her in fear for her safety and that of their six-year-old son, Freddie. Read more...
Why we MUST keep teaching children about money, says KickStart
KickStart Money, formed by a consortium of savings and investment firms, funds free financial education to primary school children. Read more...
The Essential Octavia Butler
She created vivid new worlds to reveal truths about our own. Heres where to start with her books. Read more...
Rash of Coronavirus Cases Poses Early Challenge for the Australian Open
With several positive tests among people arriving from abroad, and a strict quarantine, the Australian Open is not going the way organizers expected it would. Read more...
A Portrait of 19th-Century Creole Culture
In an unfinished painting, the artist Andrew LaMar Hopkins depicts an interracial couple in 1830s Alabama. Read more...
Conor McGregor vows to fight personal injury lawsuit after two women sue him for millions in Dublin
McGregor, 32, has denied all wrongdoing after High Court proceedings were initiated in Dublin yesterday by two women, believed to be a mother and daughter. Read more...
Biden and first lady watch fireworks display from White House
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were seen on the Blue Room balcony above the White House South Lawn watching the fireworks that closed out the Inauguration Day events. Read more...
Stunning footage reveals how much the moon 'wobbles' in the night sky during each 27-day orbit
California-based lunar photographer Andrew McCarthy spent spent hours over 22 consecutive nights, taking thousands of photos of the moon as it waxed and then waned through nearly a full orbit. Read more...
Pixacao is native to Brazil and similar in method to tagging. It's characterised by distinctive large letters painted in a cryptic style
The first thing I notice wandering through Sao Paulo is the lack of advertising. There are no billboards, outdoor video screens or ads on buses. Instead I fi... Read more...
Auto Safety Agency Faces Calls for Overhaul as Biden Presidency Begins
The new administration can restart the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which should be leading the world when it comes to vehicle safety, the head of an advocacy group said. Read more...
Doctor tried to leave Army to avoid move from Scotland to England
Lt Col Chris Baird-Clarke, 46, who earned a six figure salary, was moved from his job in Scotland to a role in Wiltshire assisting new recruits but was unhappy with the posting. Read more...
Awkward moment Boris Johnson squirms as he is asked if Joe Biden is 'woke'
The Prime Minister was visibly uncomfortable and dodged the question about America's left-wing successor to Donald Trump hours after his inauguration in Washington yesterday. Read more...
Cricket Australia drops the words 'Australia Day' from Big Bash clashes
The words 'Australia Day' have been dropped from next Tuesday's Big Bash games, which will instead be referred to as 'January 26'. Read more...
Tiger King's Carole Baskin STILL fears for her safety after Joe Exotic failed to get Trump pardon
Joe Exotic, 57, has served roughly two years of a 22-year sentence after he was convicted on 17 federal charges in 2019 for animal abuse and an attempted murder-for-hire plot on Carole Baskin, 59. Read more...
Florida Monkey Whisperer Is Charged With Illegal Animal Sales
Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, who runs an exotic animal ranch, illegally sold rare monkeys, prosecutors said. Read more...
Why Leicester have every chance of repeating 2016 and winning the Premier League title
Leicester moved top of the Premier League table by beating Chelsea on Tuesday night and they have only one point less than they did at the same stage in their 2015-16 title-winning season. Read more...
Top 15 best places to live in England Wales now
Bath in Somerset, Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire,Ilfracombe in Devon and Canterbury in Kent made up the top five of the most sought-after locations. Read more...
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine likely prevents infection for 'a couple of YEARS,' CEO says
Moderna Inc CEO Stphane Bancel said on Thursday that this is because new research suggests levels of antibodies against COVID-19 in humans decreases very slowly. Read more...
Aston Villa left incensed after Manchester City's controversial first goal stood
Bernardo Silva broke the deadlock late on at the Etihad but profited from Rodri, who had burst back into play despite being clearly beyond the backline, interfering and teeing up the strike. Read more...