What you need to know about impeachment
The overall impeachment process laid out in the Constitution is relatively simple President commits "high Crime or Misdemeanor," House votes to impeach, Senate conducts a trial. Read more...
Richard Osman, Marilynne Robinson, William Boyd and Dolly Alderton This week's best new fiction
Pointless has made Richard Osman an unlikely TV star and his first thriller has been much hyped. Does it deliver? Mostly yes. Read more...
Watch Rafael Nadal's classy message for Australian Open stars moaning about quarantine
Novak Djokovic had issued a list of demands calling for the hard quarantine to be eased, but Nadal said players should be grateful Australia had let them into the country at all. Read more...
3 dead, several injured in Madrid as explosion rocks Spanish capital
At least three people were killed and several injured Wednesday in an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak in the heart of the Spanish capital, Madrid, according to the city's mayor. Read more...
Social media triggers a sharp decline in teenagers' self-esteem, study finds
A study of 5,000 young people born around the year 2000 has found mental health and wellbeing drops among children at around 14, with social media playing a role in the decline. Read more...
George Carruthers, Whose Telescopes Explored Space, Dies at 81
At a time when there were few other Black astrophysicists, he developed a telescopic device that went to the moon on Apollo 16. Read more...
A Podcast Answers a Fast-Food Question That Nobody Is Asking
Intentionally inane, Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonalds? satirizes the business of podcasting. Read more...
Was the Constitution a Pro-Slavery Document?
In The Crooked Path to Abolition, James Oakes shows how Abraham Lincoln relied on Americas founding texts to chart a path to abolition. Read more...
How to keep homeschool costs down Our guide to the best digital deals
Lockdown now demands that millions of parents have to juggle work and their children's schooling from home. Yet despite this, a third of families do not have the computers they need. Read more...
Bitter battle breaks out over plans for Treasury North
Rishi Sunak has proposed moving officials to the hub, with locations thought to include Leeds, Teesside and Newcastle. Mandarins have been accused of trying to engineer the selection of Newcastle. Read more...
My daughter killed herself with 36,000 gambling debts
Kay Wadsworth told MPs that her 32-year-old daughter Kimberley, who died in 2018, started betting in 2015 following the death of her father and problems with her marriage. Read more...
Internet stunned by clever scale found on Aussie packaging which reveals percentage of local produce
A clever scale used to measure the amount of Australian ingredients in consumer products has been applauded by online commentators, sparking calls for other countries to replicate the standard Read more...
How Beijing Turned Chinas Covid-19 Tragedy to Its Advantage
The Communist Partys success in reclaiming the narrative has proved to the world its ability to rally the people to its side, no matter how stumbling its actions might be. Read more...
MyPillow C.E.O.s Trump Conspiracy Theories Put Company on the Spot
Retailers have stopped carrying its products, though Mike Lindell, the founder and face of MyPillow, blamed cancel culture and said he didnt think it would last. Read more...
Pep Guardiola calls for calm as Man City make it 11 wins on the bounce after West Brom rout
City are the ninth team to top the table this season but, after an 11th straight in win all competitions, Guardiola is keeping his cool as he acknowledges that there's still plenty of the season left to play. Read more...
IAN LADYMAN For his own good, Frank Lampard could slide down the ladder for his next job
IAN LADYMAN So Lampard leaves Stamford Bridge feeling a little let down but not surprised. The question facing him now is what he decides to do next. Read more...
N.B.A. Players, Coaches and Executives React on Social Media to Sterlings Ban
N.B.A. players, coaches and executives took to Twitter and Facebook to support the ban of Donald Sterling by Commissioner Adam Silver. Read more...
Mahwah, N.J. Plenty of Open Space and Easy Access to Manhattan
As one resident said of this Bergen County township, The magic is the parkland, and how close it is to the city. Also, theres a ski slope. Read more...
'Do you change his diaper too?' Woman is slammed for packing her tradie boyfriend's lunch every day
An Australian woman has been slammed for 'making her boyfriend's lunch' after her TikTok video showing off the meal went viral. The woman, Kiara Wood-Lowe, proudly posted a video of her making the meal. Read more...
Clarence Williams Teacher 'duct tapes 11-year-old student's mouth shut for more than a half hour'
Clarence Williams, of Palo Alto Middle School in Killeen, Texas, has been placed on paid leave for a week while the local school district reviews a report of the incident. School officials did not provide details on what prompted the teacher to allegedly tape the boy's mouth shut on October 23. Read more...
Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent shows off her baby bump while in black lingerie
The 30-year-old blonde beauty, who is expecting her first child with fianc Randall Emmett, took to Instagram on Tuesday with a brief video clip. Read more...