Polk Awards Honor Pandemic Reporters
The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat, took the public service award for a yearlong chronicle of the coronavirus and its effects. Read more...
Mother's nightmare as 'loving' husband turned out to be conman with another wife and FIVE fiancee's
Deception at the hands of a charming psychopath are common themes in TV dramas. But Mary Turner Thomson suffered a real-life ordeal that the most imaginative scriptwriters would find hard to invent. Read more...
Henry VIII castle collapses into sea as it is battered by storms a week before work was due to begin
The east wing of historic Hurst Castle near Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, built by Hendy VIII dramatically crumbled away after the sea weakened its foundations following a story on Friday. Read more...
Poldark and The Crown actor Richard Harrington became Deliveroo delivery rider during lockdown
Richard Harrington was among many actors left out of work as a result of the pandemic so the Poldark and The Crown actor decided to pick up a job delivering takeaways in London. Read more...
Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Spectacular sculptures spring up in China
The 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, which opened on Christmas Day, features work by some of the country's best ice sculptors and attracts thousands of visitors from around the world. Read more...
Baffled shoppers wonder if aliens behind car key fobs not working outside Tesco in Hertfordshire
Police say they received around 100 reports in three days from people using the Tesco supermarket car park in Royston, Hertfordshire. Read more...
Raymond Cauchetier, Whose Camera Caught the New Wave, Dies at 101
A self-taught photographer, he created indelible images on the sets of a French revolution in film, though he was not recognized for them for decades. Read more...
Japan's Naked Festival wasn't the same this year
This time a year ago, thousands gathered for Japan's annual Hadaka Matsuri -- also popularly known as the "Naked Festival"-- in Okayama prefecture in the southern part of Honshu island. Read more...
No visiting sick relatives in hospital until NEXT YEAR
Professor Andrew Goddard, president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), said hospitals will not revert to how they were pre-pandemic for a long time. Read more...
Billy Joe Saunders praying Canelo Alvarez wins to set up a super-middleweight unification fight
Canelo's fight in front of 15,000 fans at the Hard Rock Stadium is expected to be a formality, but Yildirim can take heart from recent defeats suffered by Josh Warrington and Josh Kelly. Read more...
Daily Report More Earnings, Earnings, Earnings
The tech earnings season is hitting peak news this week with big reveals from Alphabet and Yahoo. Read more...
A Perfect Match, Just Like Reeses Pieces and Popcorn
It wasnt long after their first date, on a rainy day in January, that Anessah Cabiness and Robert Williams were thinking about spending the rest of their lives together. Read more...
What Happens When a Publisher Becomes a Megapublisher?
The merger of Penguin Random House and Simon Schuster has the potential to touch every part of the industry, including how much authors get paid and how bookstores are run. 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...
The Unequal Inheritance It Can Work, or It Can Destroy Relationships
When youre planning to divide your estate unequally, explain the reasons to your heirs, and remember They might be hurt anyway. Read more...