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...
Mariah Carey to become an Airbnb host for New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square
The singer, who has performed in Times Square in previous years on December 31, will be greeting (virtually) guests who will be calling the spot home for a night in a transparent dome. Read more...
Sarah Jessica Parker keeps it casual in sweater and baggy pants as she spends time at her shoe store
The actress, 55, was seen waiting on customers at the store as she continues to take a hands on approach to her business during the ongoing pandemic. Read more...
Kylie Jenner looks sultry as she strips down to just boxers and a bra in sexy new Instagram snaps
The youngest of the Kardashian/Jenner sisters oozed sex appeal as she spilled out of a tiny bra top wore with just a pair of boxers below. Read more...
Joe Biden, Watch Geek in Chief
Recent presidents not named Trump have tended to wear Everyman timepieces such as Timex and Shinola. Read more...
New-York Historical Society Plans Summer of Hamilton
Over the July 4 weekend the New-York Historical Society will kick off its "Summer of Hamilton." Read more...