Like many British children, Zoe Andrews and her sister Hannah loved “The Secret Garden,” the 1911 classic novel by Frances Hodgson…
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She wears a wide smile, perhaps mid-laugh, as she sits on a couch next to a smiling boy. Their hands clutch remote controls to a video game. Their…
Continue Reading Two 17-year-old boys are accused of directing the n-word at a group of younger African-American girls — one of whom was also urinated on…
Continue Reading British police will travel to the US to interview Anne Sacoolas, the woman who was involved in the crash that killed teenager Harry Dunn, it was…
Continue Reading An armed man who stole an ambulance and hit several people was arrested Tuesday in Oslo, Norway, local police said. Officers fired shots to stop the…
Continue Reading The King of Thailand has stripped his royal consort of her titles, status, and military ranks for being “disloyal,” only three months…
Continue Reading California is the latest state to allow people to take home and eat animals they accidentally hit on the road, including deer, elk, pronghorn…
Continue Reading Two brothers have been charged in what police are calling a road rage incident that saw a father shot as his four children watched from just feet…
Continue Reading The Michelin Man could send you to college if you can prove you’re a responsible driver. All it takes is a penny. The tire manufacturer is…
Continue Reading Consumers in African countries are paying some of the highest rates in the world for internet access as a proportion of income, according to a new…
Continue Reading Four parents who initially fought charges in the college admissions scam have agreed to plead guilty over the past few days, according to the US…
Continue Reading A Chinese court has sentenced six men over their part in a botched attempt to “outsource” a contract killing through an elaborate chain…
Continue Reading Queen Latifah will be awarded the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal by Harvard University for her contributions to black history and culture on Tuesday. Latifah…
Continue Reading Outside a former elementary school, a hurricane fence swings open and an unmarked white Immigration and Customs Enforcement van pulls up. Moments…
Continue Reading Monkeys in Malaysia have been found to eat rats in such great quantities they could replace chemical pest control on palm oil plantations. Pig-tailed…
Continue Reading Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has officially proclaimed his enthronement, in a ritual-bound, centuries-old ceremony attended by more than a hundred…
Continue Reading After days of tense protests in Lebanon over a crumbling economy, a minutes-long reprieve came in the form of a beloved children’s song. Eliane…
Continue Reading Four attorneys general announced a proposed framework for a global settlement that could resolve lawsuits against five companies involved in the…
Continue Reading Joanna Schroeder has a warning for parents of teen and tween white boys: If you don’t pay attention to their online lives, the white…
Continue Reading Ocean acidification caused a mass extinction of marine life 66 million years ago, research into tiny shell fossils has shown. This could have…
Continue Reading The Florida Senate Rules Committee voted Monday to support the governor’s removal of Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel over his…
Continue Reading The Los Angeles Fire Department lifted its mandatory evacuation orders after a fire ripped across the hillside of the affluent Pacific Palisades area…
Continue Reading Authorities went door to door in parts of northern Dallas Monday after a powerful weekend tornado knocked out power and caused severe damage. A line…
Continue Reading Chicago public schools students will miss classes for a fourth day on Tuesday as a teachers’ strike drags on. The Chicago Teachers Union and…
Continue Reading An African American security guard in Wisconsin who was fired for asking a student not to call him the n-word is celebrating his reinstatement.…
Continue Reading Nasty. It is not a word associated much with Canada — except perhaps with the winters here. But during this election campaign, nastiness has…
Continue Reading Less than two weeks after California’s largest utility shut off power to hundreds of thousands of customers to help prevent a wildfire, it says…
Continue Reading The Chinese government and state-run media have accused Western countries of hypocrisy in their attitude to violent protests in Spain, Chile and Hong…
Continue Reading A team of deep-sea explorers and historians have discovered a Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the historic Battle of Midway in World War…
Continue Reading Two New Jersey teenagers face multiple charges after someone was urinated on and racial slurs were used at a high school football game, police said.…
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