Big Tech Makes Inroads With the Biden Campaign
While Joe Biden has criticized the largest tech companies, his campaign and transition teams have welcomed allies of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple onto its staff and policy groups. Read more...
Drug traffickers are using innocent workers from Airtasker and Australia Post to deliver MDMA
Courier companies including Airtasker and Zoom2U have been caught up in investigations from the AFP after large quantities of drugs were moved through Sydney and Melbourne. Read more...
Golf 'lends itself more to social distancing,' says PGA Tour commissioner
While sport around the globe has been canceled, the spread-out nature of the golf means that returning on the week of June 8 to 14 -- which has been proposed -- is a realistic option for Jay Monahan. Read more...
Gibraltar Chess Tournament Has Become a Major Draw
An annual tournament in Gibraltar has attracted some of the worlds best players, but a number of upsets in the early rounds of vaulted some unexpected players into the lead. Read more...
U.S.T.A. Plans to Move Forward With U.S. Open Amid Pandemic
The plan for a doubleheader of tournaments at the U.S.T.A. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center still needs formal government approval. And its unclear how many players will take part. Read more...
Translator's daughter, 6, reveals ordeal after she was seized from street in Afghanistan
Six year-old Wajia said she had a knife held to her face as she was told by her Taliban kidnappers 'I will kill you and your infidel father.' The terrified youngster was hit in the face when she cried. Read more...
What Time is the Lakers vs Clippers Game? Matchup Guide, Channel and More
Some of the leagues biggest stars LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and maybe Zion Williamson will be in action for the opening night of the resumed season. Read more...
Oversight Member Blasts the Feds Efforts to Rescue Main Street
The Federal Reserve president leading the Main Street lending program testified before a congressional commission, as one member labeled it a failure. Read more...
On the Shores of Cape Cod, Where the Oyster Is Their World
Pollution, development and overharvesting have greatly diminished Americas natural oyster habitat. Aquaculture and adaptable farmers have changed the game. Read more...
Wales opens children's SOFT PLAY centres from today
Facilities in the rest of the UK have still not been given a date to get back up and running. Read more...
Birmingham family are turned away by police from packed beach at Durdle Door after SIX-hour drive
Dorset Traffic Cops, the official Facebook page for Dorset Police Traffic Unit, had earlier posted there were road closures to restrict access to the packed beach. Read more...
Eddie Shack, Feisty Wing for Powerful Maple Leafs, Dies at 83
He helped Toronto win four Stanley Cups in the 60s, his pugnacity earning love in Toronto (and, no surprise, hatred in rival Montreal). Read more...
Car drivers face 200million electric scooter crash bill
The Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) has paid out more than 100 million so far, but it estimates that bill will balloon to between 200 million and 2 billion a year. Read more...
Why College Students May Qualify for Special Covid Pandemic Aid
While traditional unemployment insurance usually leaves out students, they may be eligible for federal pandemic aid. But some states dont make it easy to get. Read more...
Fears growing that Portugal may be taken off quarantine list too late
An announcement to take Portugal off the quarantine list is unlikely to be made this week and could even be delayed until the final week of August - only days before schools return. Read more...