J. Michael Lane, a General in the Rout of Smallpox, Dies at 84
At the C.D.C., he waged a 13-year campaign to vanquish a deadly infectious disease that had ravaged the world for centuries. Victory came in 1977. Read more...
Roddy Doyle, Alice Hoffman and Ngugi wa Thiong'o This week's best new fiction
No one does boozy male regret better than Doyle, and he's on typically fluent form in this slow-burn tale of two old friends who hook up for a nostalgia-soaked crawl around the haunts of their youth. Read more...
University Challenge viewers mock Jeremy Paxman's lockdown hair
In last night's episode of the BBC Two student quiz show, Paxman, who usually sports a closely cropped style with short back and sides, had swept his longer lockdown locks into a side-parting. Read more...
How a Power 5 Conference University Is Struggling to Have Sports in a Pandemic
At the University of California, Berkeley, athletes, coaches and administrators face the most complicated puzzle in sports the return of college athletics. They are allowing The Times an inside look at their journeys ups and downs. Read more...
How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy Business
Renewable energy developers have struggled to finish projects as the pandemic disrupts construction and global supply chains. Read more...
Cute cat video 'Stubborn' cat is filmed running the wrong way down an escalator in a viral video
The moggy, spotted in the Chinese city of Suzhou, spent a few minutes trying to descend the moving stairway which was heading up, according to the eyewitness who filmed the footage. Read more...
AC Milan confirm five members have tested positive for coronavirus
Milan received the results from the latest round of testing on Sunday evening. As a precaution, the whole group were tested again and no new positive results surfaced. Read more...
Just 4% of England has antibodies now, government study finds
The REACT-2 project found 4.4 per cent of people in England had Covid-19 antibodies,proteins in the blood trained to fight off the disease, in September. Read more...
ROBERT HARDMAN writes about the billionaire crown prince of partying
ROBERT HARDMAN This week, it was announced that the Prince had passed away, unmarried, at the age of 38 after what was reported as a long illness. Read more...
Win or Lose, Its Donald Trumps Republican Party
The G.O.P.s politicians, activists and voters are still figuring out what that means. Read more...
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson hails Mohamed Salah's scoring record
Salah was prolific in his first season at Anfield following his 39million move from Roma in the summer of 2017 scoring a staggering 44 goals in 52 appearances. Read more...
Ex-paratrooper throws himself 131 feet from helicopter into the sea WITHOUT a parachute
John 'The Flying Fish' Bream, 34, set a world record for highest freefall into water from an aircraft after leaping 131ft from a helicopter into the sea off Hayling Island, near Portsmouth, on Monday. Read more...
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers hails 'wonderful talent' Jamie Vardy as Arsenal nemesis strikes again
The forward notched the winner at the Emirates to move the Foxes to within a point of the Premier League summit - then was lauded again by his boss and admitted that his cameo had been planned. Read more...
Moment the Moon photobombs NASA observation satellite's view of the Sun during lunar transit
Astronomers observing Earth's sun caught the moon photobombing their footage.The moon passed between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the giant ball of gas during its lunar transit. Read more...
How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy Business
Renewable energy developers have struggled to finish projects as the pandemic disrupts construction and global supply chains. Read more...
Firass Dirani is made to get into freezing cold water after he mouths off on SAS Australia
Firass Dirani was called out for bad behaviour once again during Tuesday's episode of SAS Australia. Read more...
Jules Kounde flattered by Manchester City transfer interest but happy to stay at Sevilla
Kounde was one of several centre-backs shortlisted by Guardiola, before Manchester City eventually swooped in on defenders Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias over the summer. Read more...
Man, 33, allegedly slit 10-year-old boy's throat, stabbed two adults and ran over a young girl
Carlos Vinodchandra Racitalal allegedly carried out the knife assaults in Belgrave, Leicester, by approaching from behind - similar to 'commando-type killings' seen in the movies, a court heard. Read more...