What One District Did to Prevent Students From Failing
Academic performance rose when a tiny Texas district required all students to attend class in person. But so did coronavirus infections. Read more...
Review Painting With John Teaches the Art of Living
John Luries eccentric HBO series is no Bob Ross how-to. Its lessons are stranger and deeper. Read more...
Why Argo Blockchain is the most popular stock in 2021 so far
Blockchain mining company Argo Blockchain is the most bought stock on DIY investing platform Interactive Investor so far this year. What is it, who is buying it and why is it so popular? Read more...
American trust in the media hits an all-time low
Trust in the media is at an all-time low, with less than half of all Americans and just 18 percent of Republicans saying they trust traditional media outlets. Read more...
Cheshire adoption
Our story on October 22 about a woman who abused the children she had adopted wrongly suggested that Cheshire East Safeguarding Childrens Board was responsible for overseeing the childrens adoption. We are happy to correct the error. Read more...
Big Banks39; Earnings Reflect the U.S. Economy Joe Biden Is Inheriting
Big banks are sending mixed signals. Read more...
Boy, 16, arrested for 'raping two women in brutal attack that rattled small Arizona community'
A teenager from Scottsdale, Arizona has been arrested for allegedly raping two women, including a neighbor who lives in his apartment building. DNA evidence linked the 16-year-old boy to the assaults, which happened one week apart on Oct. 18 and Oct. 24, police said. Read more...
Health 'Tantalising' new method of treating cancer by dietary changes uncovered in mouse study
UK researchers have shown that, in mice containing a graft of human bowel cancer cells, tumour growth is slowed by low-serine diets and the drugPH755. Read more...
Make a Maze With Newspaper
With some thoughtful folding and a little tape, you can make your own hand-held game. Read more...
A Wedding Postponed Gets a Smaller Ceremony and a Silver Lining
After Linda Zang and Tricia Reville decided to postpone their wedding in favor of a Covid-safe gathering, they realized that Ms. Zangs family overseas would be able to participate remotely in a way they hadnt envisioned. Read more...
Louise Linton, Wife of Steven Mnuchin, On Her New Movie 39;Me You Madness39;
Scoffed at for conspicuous consumption, the wife of the departing Treasury secretary sends herself up in a camp-tastic dark comedy, Me You Madness. Read more...
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom review The right film at the right time
For reasons we can all appreciate, the major film awards next year have already been significantly postponed, with both the Baftas and the Oscars now taking place in April. Read more...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to at least 16,000 extra US heart disease deaths
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found that for every person killed by heart disease in the US in 2019, about 1.25 died amid the spring peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Fossils prove 6ft-long dire wolves 'split' from species 6m years ago
The remains of more than 4,000 now extinct dire wolves have been excavated from La Brea Tar Pits in California and examined by experts from Durham University. Read more...
Gumdrop is the 1st pit bull adopted in Denver since repeal of 30-year ban
The pittie, now renamed Odin, offers hope to pit bull lovers near and far. Read more...
From Diego Maradona to The Best Of An Audience With 1980-2013 The best on demand TV to watch
The extraordinary, chaotic life of the late, truly great Argentinian is detailed in microcosm in Asif Kapadia's compelling account of Maradona's seven-year spell at Napoli. Read more...
US Women39;s Open A Lim Kim Wins American Debut
The South Korean golfer scanned anxious texts from home while waiting for challengers to finish the rain-delayed final round of the major championship. Read more...
Superstorm Sandy Over 120 people trapped on remote New York island
Twelve oceanfront houses were swept away and officials said there was damage to 80 per cent of the remaining homes on Fire Island, off the south shore of Long Island. Read more...
Korea tensions over claims that warship was sunk by torpedo
The 1,500-tonne vessel went down near Baengnyeong island, several of the 104 crew were killed and others were missing last night. Read more...
Traveling With a Purpose For Some, Its a 2021 Resolution
The crises of 2020, particularly the pandemic and violence against Black Americans, have caused many travelers to rethink how and where to travel. Read more...