Will US diplomats return to Cuba after mystery injuries?
The US Embassy has become "a ghost ship manned by a skeleton crew," following Trump's reversal of Obama's opening with Cuba and the unexplained incidents. Read more...
Jogger discovers man's torso with missing head, arms and leg that washed up from New York Bay
The running New Yorker discovered the grisly scene along Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Monday at around 12.45pm. Police are trying to determine the man's identity. Read more...
Palaeontology Young giant carnivorous dinosaurs made up a significant portion of the population
The young of giant carnivorous dinosaurs, or 'megatheropods', acted as their ownecological entity in both the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, US experts found. Read more...
Snoop Dogg stormed off of Twitch, but forgot to turn it off
Snoop Dogg rapped on the 2006 remix of the Pussycat Dolls hit song "Buttons" that "I see you wanna play with a player from the hood." Read more...
US cities are losing 36 million trees a year. Here's why it matters
If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, the nation's latest heat wave might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a recent study. Read more...
Simone Rocha on Being Part of Fashion Week in a Pandemic
The designer on the challenges of fully digital fashion weeks, as well as her new collaboration with HM. Read more...
Mom-of-five nurse, 45, is shot dead in her front yard in murder-suicide by her 46-year-old boyfriend
Kristen Slack, 45, who was a nurse from San Antonio, Texas was shot dead. Her boyfriend, Todd Danhof, 46, killed her on Saturday morning. Slack's body was found on the front lawn of a home in Shertz, Texas. Read more...
Dayton Moore Just Wants the Royals to Get Better
Im just going to do what we do in Kansas City, said General Manager Dayton Moore, who has no interest in tanking. Read more...
Woman killed herself after writing note apologising for 'pain' she caused her wife, inquest hears
Cindy Freeman-Jenkins, 31, was found dead with empty prescription medication packets in a disused graveyard in Blackley, Manchester, 18 days after she had disappeared from home. Read more...
EIGHT MILLION people in England live in neighbourhoods with close to ZERO Covid cases
MPs called on Boris Johnson to justify his national approach to easing restrictions, saying it was unfair to keep Devon residents 'cooped up' over Easter because of high cases elsewhere. Read more...
When Meteorites and Dinosaur Bones Are Art Materials
Monique Pans sculptures and fine jewelry designs are meditations on deep time and the origins of humanity. Read more...
WHO warn it is 'unrealistic' the Covid pandemic will end this year
Dr Michael Ryan, a senior World Health Organization official, warned on Tuesday that it is 'premature' and 'unrealistic' to think that the pandemic might be over by the end of the year. Read more...
50 Years Later, Gamble and Huffs Philly Sound Stirs the Soul
The songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huffs Black-owned label Philadelphia International Records turned a citys aesthetic into a movement that reverberated around the world. Read more...
Late Night Recaps CPAC and the Golden Globes
The conference was billed as the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world, Stephen Colbert said on Monday. Thats if you dont count their last gathering at the Capitol. Read more...
Khashoggi report spurs 9/11 families to push Biden to release documents on Saudi role in attack
The families of 9/11 victims are asking President Joe Biden's administration to release classified documents about the Saudi role in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Read more...
WHO says vaccine passports should NOT be used for foreign travel
The WHO said proof of a jab should not be required because there remain 'critical unknowns regarding the efficacy of vaccination in reducing transmission'. Read more...
How to Help Endangered and Impoverished Peoples
Sverine Autesseres The Frontlines of Peace is a biting account of the humanitarian aid industry by a worker who was on the ground. Read more...
Japanese yakuza crime boss complains that Covid-19 has affected his profits
A boss of one of Japan's yakuza organised crime groups has confessed that business has taken a hit during the pandemic due to a lack of footfall at the food stalls the network operates. Read more...
ALEX BRUMMER BT chairman's sudden departure is not a good look
It is normally the job of a new chairman to dispense with the services of the chief executive. That is what Jan du Plessis (pictured) did with Gavin Patterson after a short interregnum. Read more...
Polk Awards Honor Pandemic Reporters
The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat, took the public service award for a yearlong chronicle of the coronavirus and its effects. Read more...
Gibraltar Chess Tournament Has Become a Major Draw
An annual tournament in Gibraltar has attracted some of the worlds best players, but a number of upsets in the early rounds of vaulted some unexpected players into the lead. Read more...