Are Telegram and Signal the Next Misinformation Hot Spots?
Telegram and Signal, the encrypted services that keep conversations confidential, are increasingly popular. Our tech columnists discuss whether this could get ugly. Read more...
Summer Camps See Rebound in Interest
After resisting in 2020, many parents see an antidote to a school year when their children have been glued to a computer screen. Read more...
Mother smoked TEN cigarettes a day whilst pregnant
Gemma Tucker, 40, from Bath, Somerset, regrets smoking ten cigarettes a day whilst pregnant with her first two children after they were both born weighing less than 6lbs. Read more...
Vancouver Canucks Brought to a Standstill by the Pandemic
At least 16 players and a coach are on the N.H.L.s Covid-19 protocol list, and the team has postponed four games because of the virus. Read more...
Pedestrian is knocked off her feet by a powerful fire hose after firefighter loses control of it
CCTV captured in the southern Russian region of Tomsk Oblast shows the elderly woman knocked to the ground by a powerful fire hose following a sudden surge in water pressure. Read more...
Minnesota cop meant to draw taser in Daunte Wright killing
The female police officer who shot dead Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man,during a traffic stop in Minneapolis accidentally fired her gun instead of her taser, the police chief said. Read more...
Should Biden and Bolsonaro partner to protect the Amazon? Some Brazilian activists say no
When then-presidential candidate Joe Biden offered Brazil billion last year to protect the Amazon, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro rejected it with scorn. Now, Brazilian activists worry that the two leaders could actually end up striking a deal. Read more...
Katie Price's mum threatened to report surgeons who carry out cosmetic procedures on her daughter
Katie Price's mum, Amy, is not impressed by all her daughters cosmetic procedures and has threatened to report the surgeons who've carried them out. Read more...
US health officials monitor 27 people for Ebola amid fears they contracted it in West Africa
Twenty-seven people who returned from Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo are being monitored. Health officials say the risk any of them have contracted the virus is low. Read more...
Mother and her son, four, are declared murder victims nearly 20 years after they went missing
Barbara Krusen came forward with the new information on April 2 and told police she had not revealed it before because she feared for her life. Her husband, Clarence, was shot dead in 2012. Read more...
John Legend poses with kids Luna and Miles for Instagram snap on luxury tropical vacation
Legend, 42, shares hisfour-year-old daughter and two-year-old son with wife Chrissy Teigen. Read more...
Hearing Aids for the Masses
Relatively simple technology and a change in government policy could unleash more innovation for Americans who have difficulty hearing. Read more...
Woman, 82, dazzles by dressing up every Sunday for virtual church services
I really cant believe all the attention that I have received the past two weeks, Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly said. Read more...
Should Biden and Bolsonaro partner to protect the Amazon? Some Brazilian activists say no
When then-presidential candidate Joe Biden offered Brazil billion last year to protect the Amazon, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro rejected it with scorn. Now, Brazilian activists worry that the two leaders could actually end up striking a deal. Read more...
The Iran Nuclear Talks, Explained
Talks in Vienna to try to bring both the United States and Iran back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal were never going to be easy. They might have just gotten even harder. Read more...
N.F.L. Steps Out of the Basement for 2021 Draft
Rebounding from the 2020 version that saw Commissioner Roger Goodell announcing picks from his basement, the league announced plans for an in-person event in Cleveland. Read more...
Broadband prices rise Here's how to get a cheaper deal
Millions of households will begin paying more for their internet with all four major broadband providers hiking prices this month. Here's how to bag yourself a better deal. Read more...
LaMelo Ball Is Out Indefinitely With a Wrist Injury
Ball, a rookie guard for the Charlotte Hornets, had been considered the leading candidate for the Rookie of the Year Award. Read more...
Geology experts map 'hidden' continent near Australia that sank 23m years ago
The mostly-submerged continent - of which New Zealand and New Caledonia remain above the waves - was first identified by geologists back in 2014. Read more...
Hurricane Sandy Storm WAS more powerful than Hurricane Katrina
Researchers have found that Sandy's Integrated Kinetic Energy index, or IKE, which quantifies the power of a hurricane based on how far out tropical-storm force winds extend from the center, ranked second only to Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Read more...
Jay-Z wore a T-shirt depicting a famous mosque. Its clerics aren't happy
The designer of a T-shirt worn by Jay-Z, featuring a historic Kenyan mosque, has apologized to clerics who criticized the use of its image. Read more...