Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. Read more...
Bront Haskins' mental health and drug battle before suicide reveals flaws in system
Bront 'Poppy' Haskins died by suicide in the home of her ex-partner on February 18, 2018, after a rough week and multiple visits fromemergency services. Read more...
Ronnie O'Sullivan's estranged daughter hits out at him for never visiting his granddaughter
Taylor-Ann Magnus is snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan's daughter with Sally-Ann Magnus, who he had a year-long relationship with in the 1990s before his mother kicked Sally-Ann out. Read more...
Vodafone and HMRC
I suggested last week that Vodafone came to an arrangement with HMRC to avoid 6 billion in tax. In fact, Vodafone and HMRC settled on agreed terms, which included a 1.25 billion payment by Vodafone. My apologies. Read more...
Surfer relives watching his mate being mauled by a four-metre great white sharkat Bunker Bay
Miles Redfern was surfing withPhil Mummert at'The Farm' at Bunker Bay in Western Australiaabout 2.15pm on Friday when the predator attacked. Read more...
University of Texas Wont Drop Song With Racist History
The Eyes of Texas, once sung at minstrel shows, will remain a campus anthem at the University of Texas at Austin, the school announced on Monday. Read more...
UK scientists will get 4 million for Covid BAME study
New research will challenge the link between being BAME and dying from Covid. This graph shows death rates for different ethnic groups (men are in green and women in dark red). Read more...
Woman, 24, is charged with 'deliberately coughing in policeman's face'
Police said they were called to a home in Ashmont in western Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales on Sunday morning to reports of a domestic violence incident. Read more...
Celia gouged, slashed and razored my scalp to cries of 'Oops!', 'Oh dear' and 'Sorry!'
'Shall I cut your hair?' asked Celia, eyeing my increasingly overgrown lockdown locks. 'Have you ever done it before?' I replied nervously. 'No, but I've watched a YouTube tutorial,' she replied Read more...
FIFA give full backing to president Gianni Infantino after criminal proceedings are opened
FIFAhas said there 'was and is absolutely no reason to open any investigation' after criminal proceedings against president Gianni Infantino were launched in Switzerland. Read more...
On One Block in Brooklyn, the Citys Economic Turmoil Is on Full Display
In Sunset Park, a vibrant neighborhood of businesses run by immigrants and their families, some stores do not plan to reopen. Others worry about how long they can survive. Read more...
Donald Trump weighs in on Victoria's radical coronavirus lockdown
Donald Trump has weighed in on Melbourne's strict new lockdown measures in a rambling message on Twitterboasting about his own handling of the pandemic. Read more...
Prominent researcher of jihadi groups shot dead in Baghdad
A prominent Iraqi expert on jihadi groups in the Middle East, including ISIS, was shot dead by unknown gunmen late Monday in front of his home in central Baghdad, media director of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, Major General Saad Maan, told CNN. Read more...
Driving Across the Globe to Fight Child Trafficking
Rene Brinkerhoff has been on a quest, on almost every continent, to use racing as a platform to do something about a global scourge. Next stop, Antarctica. Read more...
U.S. Small Business Bailout Money Flowed to Chinese-Owned Companies
Millions of dollars of Paycheck Protection Program loans went to China-backed businesses in critical sectors, a study found. Read more...
Covid-19 Testing Is in Short Supply. Should You Still Get a Test?
Public health officials once suggested only people with symptoms should be tested. Now some say getting one is a civic duty. Read more...
From Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack A Florida Teens Troubled Online Path
The teenage mastermind of the recent Twitter breach, who had a difficult family life, poured his energy into video games and cryptocurrency. Read more...
From Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack A Florida Teens Troubled Online Path
The teenage mastermind of the recent Twitter breach, who had a difficult family life, poured his energy into video games and cryptocurrency. Read more...