Serial burglar is jailed for two years after squawking parrot wakes homeowner during house raid
Jake Fletcher, 24, fromNewport, South Wales,who was jailed for three house burglaries on the same street last year, was met by the squawking parrot as he entered the final house. Read more...
Fall Is Now Jam-Packed for Book Publishers. That Could Be a Problem.
Books scheduled for release this spring and summer are now on track for fall, when authors will be fighting for attention in the midst of a presidential election and an ongoing crisis. Read more...
Primark to reopen all its English stores on 15 June
Primark said its buying team has done a review of its spring-summer stock and has earmarked 'certain products' to be held in storage to be sold next summer. Read more...
Andrs Iniesta Plots a Return to Barcelona, Where the Beauty Is Gone
Iniesta turned from aspiring schoolboy to soccer icon on a Barcelona team that captivated the world. Now in Japan, he hopes for a return to a club plagued by infighting. Read more...
United CEO testifies before House committee
The chief executive of United Airlines sat down before a House panel on Tuesday to testify about the forced removal on April 9 of a passenger from a Chicago flight, an incident that drew international condemnation. Read more...
Jackie 'O' Henderson reveals neighbourhood war with Irish 'lollipop ladies' in Bondi
Radio host Jackie 'O' Henderson has had a series of run-ins with female traffic controllers working outside her multi-million dollar Bondi Beach apartment. Read more...
A Surreal, if Simple, Wedding (and Just the Day She Needed)
Magdalena Owczarska and Brett Day faced uncertainty and job loss, but their elopement brightened everything. Read more...
Tua Tagovailoa, Alabamas Star Quarterback, Will Enter the N.F.L. Draft
Tagovailoa, who started the 2019 season as a top candidate for the Heisman Trophy but was injured in November, could have played for the Crimson Tide next season. Read more...
Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84
He sought to shock the country into dealing with AIDS as a public-health emergency and foresaw that it could kill millions regardless of sexual orientation. Read more...
Fall Is Now Jam-Packed for Book Publishers. That Could Be a Problem.
Books scheduled for release this spring and summer are now on track for fall, when authors will be fighting for attention in the midst of a presidential election and an ongoing crisis. Read more...
Protesters in LA, NY, and Washington DC stop looters from raiding stores
Video and photos have emerged of peaceful protesters in New York, Washington DC and LA stopping looters from raiding stores during George Floyd protests over the weekend. Read more...
Airbnb to open 200 luxury suites inside New York's famous Rockefeller Plaza
The US-based rental website has announced it is taking over 10 floors of 75 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City and creating 200 luxury suites. They will all be 'individually curated'. Read more...
Images of Turkish Official Kicking Protester Fuel Anger Online
The behavior of senior officials in Turkey remained under the social media microscope on Thursday, as an aide to the prime minister acknowledged that he did kick a protester the day before. Read more...
Older Italians Warily Eye Young Crowds, Fearing 2nd Coronavirus Wave
As the country cautiously emerges from lockdown, anxieties have centered on public gatherings of teenagers and young adults unfairly, some experts say. Read more...
Hundreds of protesters rally in London, Berlin over U.S. death
Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis. Read more...