Familiar Names and One Unknown Among Leaders at Gibraltar Chess Tournament
Vassily Ivanchuk, the top seed, continues to lead the tournament, followed by a host of grandmasters. But there is one player among the leaders who is unranked and unknown. Read more...
Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its ambitious internet balloon venture
A futuristic project by Google's parent company Alphabet to provide internet from high flying balloons has burst. Read more...
Covid White House has NO IDEA how many vaccines are in the US
Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked at the daily briefing if the new team at least had a ball park idea of how many doses there were in the country that have not yet been given out. Read more...
Lydia Callis New York Mayor Bloomberg's sign language interpreter becomes breakout star of Superstorm Sandy
Lydia Callis's larger-than-life facial expressions and dramatic gestures have provided a rare moment of pleasure during the unfolding natural disaster. Read more...
Biden Seeks to Define His Presidency by an Early Emphasis on Equity
Only two presidents before him have used their first weeks in office to push for equality with the same force, according to one historian. Read more...
Elias Rahbani, Lebanese Composer Who Sought New Sounds, Dies at 82
He was one of Lebanons most prolific composers, writing music for divas, TV ads, movies and underground bands. He died of Covid-19. Read more...
Amigo Loans plots new scheme to pay off customers
The controversial lender, (founded by James Benamor, pictured) whose loans carry interest rates of up to 49.9 per cent, has launched a 'scheme of arrangement' to deal with the problem. Read more...
Elias Rahbani, Lebanese Composer Who Sought New Sounds, Dies at 82
He was one of Lebanons most prolific composers, writing music for divas, TV ads, movies and underground bands. He died of Covid-19. Read more...
Kathleen Kingsbury Is Named New York Times Opinion Editor
She spent seven months as the sections interim head after replacing James Bennet, who resigned under pressure. Now she officially takes a job that has been a steppingstone to the top editor position at The Times. Read more...
Son Tipped Off F.B.I. About His Father, Who Is Charged in Capitol Riot
I put my emotions behind me to do what I thought was right, said Jackson Reffitt, who weeks before the siege alerted the F.B.I. that his father was planning something big. Read more...
Ticket Brokers Agree to Pay Millions in Scalping Settlements
The settlements are the first enforcement actions brought under the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, which was designed to prevent brokers from buying large numbers of tickets. Read more...
Dissidents First A Foreign Policy Doctrine for the Biden Administration
A dissident is to a dictatorship what a bald fact is to an edifice of lies, the revelation of which causes the whole thing to crumble. Read more...
Biden Launches Climate Change Efforts
The president will announce a suite of executive actions on Wednesday to combat climate change, two people familiar with his plans said, and will ask federal agencies to determine the extent of a drilling ban. Read more...
Protective pussycat stops toddler from climbing onto the railings of his tower block balcony
Adorable footage shows the moment a concerned cat warns a one-year-old boy not to climb the sky-high balcony of their home in Bucaramanga, Columbia, by placing his paws on the boy's hands. Read more...
Incoming Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel can ESCAPE quarantine to attend matches and take training
Thomas Tuchel is flying to London today and will be able to avoid quarantine so he can take Chelsea training this afternoon and attend matches thanks to a special exemption in Covid rules governing elite sport. Read more...
He flaunted private jets and luxury cars on Instagram. Feds allege he left a trail of cyber crime
Ramon Abbas openly flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets, designer clothes and luxury cars. Read more...
Was the Constitution a Pro-Slavery Document?
In The Crooked Path to Abolition, James Oakes shows how Abraham Lincoln relied on Americas founding texts to chart a path to abolition. Read more...
CRAIG BROWN This is not the Patricia Highsmith that I remember...
Terrible people can write wonderful books, and wonderful people can write terrible books. Yes, it may be unfair, but it is nevertheless a fact of life. Read more...