Comparing Biden and Trump39;s Cabinet Picks
President Biden has chosen policymakers, while President Donald J. Trump valued cabinet secretaries he saw as deal makers. Read more...
Consumer prices in Australia rose by just 0.9% in 2020
The Consumer Price Index rose by just 0.9 per cent in 2020. Headline inflation remains well below the Reserve Bank of Australia's two to three per cent inflation target, used to determine interest rates. Read more...
The Best Butterscotch Pudding Is Homemade
This unfussy, old-fashioned recipe is easy to stir together on top of the stove, and hard to mess up. Read more...
Man, 57, 'had sex with girl, 14, and gave her a cellphone so he could send her explicit texts'
Francisco Alcala, from Indianapolis, was arrested after the teen's father quizzed his daughter about the cell phone, which she said the man had given to her. Read more...
Republicans Rally Against Impeachment Trial, Signaling Likely Acquittal for Trump
All but five Republican senators voted to challenge the constitutionality of the trial, suggesting that Democrats were unlikely to find the 17 they would need to join them in convicting the former president. Read more...
New Covid-19 test that gets results in just 15 minutes
The test could help governments ease travel restrictions, allowing immunised Australians to travel internationally more easily - with the test given out at airport arrivals and departures. Read more...
Flood claims were up as much as 9,000% last year
More people seem to have been hit by storms over the past year as there was a 177% increase in storm claims and a 90% increase in flood claims in 2020, compared to 2019, data shows. Read more...
A Super Bowl Spread From Tom Colicchio
This game day will be different, but your pandemic pod can eat well with this mail-order meal from CraftNYC. Read more...
How Our Unemployment Benefits System Failed
A decline in funding and changes in the workplace and how long people are out of work have left a program unequal to the 21st-century economy. Read more...
YouTuber sparks chaos at Invasion Day rally by handing out free beer, which causes brawl
Luke Erwin, 26, has been slammed online for what he thought he was a good deed by handing out free cases of beer to indigenous Australians at an Invasion Day rally in Brisbane.. Read more...
Kate Hudson gets back to work with Octavia Spencer as production continues on Truth Be Told
Kate Hudson and Octavia Spencer got back to work on the set of Season 2 of Apple TV Plus' Truth Be Told. Read more...
0,000 Homes in Alabama, New Hampshire and Illinois
A Craftsman cottage in Montgomery, a converted church in Keene and a Greek Revival house in Quincy. Read more...
QAnon supporting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene liked Tweets about executing Pelosi and hanging Obama
Rep. Greene, who supports QAnon conspiracies, reportedly liked a comment in Jan. 2019 that said 'a bullet to the head would be quicker' to remove Pelosi from her role as House Speaker. Read more...
Daily Report The Mystery of Amazons Bookstores
How an offhand remark about Amazon opening new bookstores spawned a viral reaction and a backtracking. Read more...
Debajo, From a Former Ferris Chef, Opens in the Made Hotel
A pizzeria from Pino Luongo, Vietnamese on the Upper West Side, and more restaurant news. Read more...
The New Yorker Returns Award for Story on Japanese Rent-a-Family
A Theory of Relativity, a 2018 article by the staff writer Elif Batuman, was honored in the feature writing category. Read more...
We Keep The Dead Close review An extraordinary piece of crime writing
In 1969, a female archaeology student is bludgeoned to death in her apartment just off the Harvard campus. No one hears her scream, there is no sign of a break-in, and nothing is stolen. Read more...
DEBORAH ROSS Thrilled by The Sister? NO! Hooked on Hugh Grant? Not yet...
ITV's latest forgettable thriller, spread over four nights, was The Sister , which was so forgettable I'm forgetting it as I'm trying to remember it. Read more...