White House Fights for Neera Tandens Confirmation
By Thursday, the battle to confirm the budget director pick had come down to whether one Republican would support her. Heres the latest in politics. Read more...
If Luka Looks Familiar, You Must Have Watched Larry Bird
Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks is often compared to Bird, the Boston Celtics great. When hes hitting game-winners, as he did on Tuesday, this can seem about right. Read more...
MAFS' Jules Robinson laments look for love during 14 years in the UK
As the blonde beauty, 40, fangirled over the pair, Jules, 38, revealed that she had searched for love during her 14 years in the UK Read more...
Johnson Johnsons Vaccine Works Well and May Curb Virus Spread
F.D.A. studies show the shot strongly protects against severe illness and may reduce spread of the virus. But the drugmaker has fallen short of initial production goals. Read more...
Netanyahu, long a supporter of LGBTQ rights, courts homophobes and racists in bid to cling to power
In the past, Benjamin Netanyahu has championed LGBTQ rights. His party's Knesset members have also walked out of the chamber when racist politicians on the extreme right have taken the floor. Not, it seems, anymore. Read more...
With 39;The Father,39; Florian Zeller Pivots From Stage to Screen
Florian Zeller has found success in the theater and as a novelist. Now, his first movie as a director is nominated for four Golden Globe Awards. Read more...
How much money do I need to save for my pension?
We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save? Read more...
Internet car dealer Cazoo eyes 5bn flotation
According to reports, the business could float with a valuation of around 5billion, making it one of the largest and fastest tech IPOs in recent years. The firm was launched 15 months ago. Read more...
A look at Mars and humanity as NASA's Perseverance prepares to land
NASA's Perseverance is some 1,000 miles from Mars and will land on the surface Thurs. Although the mission is years in the making, the planet has been part of our culture for thousands of years. Read more...
Homes for Sale in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx
This weeks properties are in the financial district, Crown Heights and Kingsbridge. Read more...
Vanessa Bryant calls out rapper Meek Mill for song referencing late husband Kobe Bryant
Vanessa Bryant was not amused by Meek Mill referencing the tragic death of her husband, Kobe Bryant, in his latest song. Read more...
The French Art Of Not Trying Too Hard review Thought-provoking and delightful book
A photographer I know shoots masterpieces, from Meissen to Monet, for museum catalogues. He explained that the trick to handling these priceless works was to ignore their importance. Read more...
Celtic captain Scott Brown insists Hoops' players should 'take responsibility' for Neil Lennon exit
Scott Brown has insisted Celtic's players must shoulder the blame for Neil Lennon's downfall as Celtic manager. Lennon finally departed Parkhead on Wednesday morning following a second spell. Read more...
How Italy changed Stanley Tucci
A year in Florence as a boy changed the actor's life and put him on the path he's still on today. Now, he's returned to the country of his origins to explore how the history of Italy is entwined with its food - and why what Americans think of as Italian food is far from the reality. Read more...
Football Practices Pose More Concussion Risk Than Games, Study Suggests
The report will fuel the longstanding debate about safety in college football, but changes do not appear to be imminent. Read more...
Caster Semenya takes battle against testosterone regulations to European Court of Human Rights
Under the rules introduced in 2018, Semenya and athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD) must take hormone-suppressing medication in order to compete between 400m and a mile. Read more...
How Investigative Journalism Flourished in Hostile Russia
A new wave of news outlets has used conventional, and unconventional, methods to pierce the veil of Putins power. Read more...
An Easier Death, and Less Costly, Too
Saving money isn't really the point of hospice care. Still, a new study found that cancer patients in hospice incurred lower costs in the last year of life than those not in hospice. Read more...
Women who work outdoors in the sunshine are 17% LESS likely to get breast cancer
Danish researchers believe high levels of vitamin D, which is made by the body when exposed to sunlight as well as after eating specific foods, may be behind the link. Read more...
Archaeology Pharaoh who ruled in Egypt more than 3,500 years ago was caught in battle and executed
Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao ruled over the southern, Theban region of Egypt from around1560-1555, during the so-called Seventeenth Dynasty. Read more...
Health Australia CEO resigns after elderly care residents given Covid vaccine overdose
A 94-year-old woman and an 88-year-old man were given too much of the Pfizer vaccineat Holy Spirit aged care home at Carseldine, Queensland. Read more...