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Sports Direct’s Ashley attacks Burnham over ‘populist’ High Street revival plans
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has criticised Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s cost of living and retail policies as “populist reactions”....
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Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres
Zack Polanski has called for a freeze on the approval of new data centres in England because of concerns about...
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In 2005, carpenter Isaiah Robertson began covering his Niagara Falls home inside and out with brightly painted religious art; after his 2020 death, the house was preserved and is now open for guided tours
Carpenter Isaiah Robertson’s homePhoto: Discoverniagara.org In 2005, Isaiah Henry Robertson, a Jamaican-born carpenter and devout Christian living in Niagara Falls,...
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Yellowstone visitors once used Handkerchief Pool like a natural washing machine; after a log stopped its activity in 1926, a 1929 cleanup removed 1.5 bushels of debris, including 100-plus hairpins and a horseshoe
Handkerchief Pool was a visitor favourite for its ability to pull in handkerchiefs and return them washed and clean. (NPS...
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Meet Lennox French, the North Carolina student who designed a virtual-reality classroom idea; the state approved it and he will now become the first student to build a unit for SparkNC’s statewide platform
French’s journey started in the Spark Lab at Lexington Senior High School, where students are encouraged to explore emerging technologies...
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Massachusetts police officer resigns hours before termination hearing after allegedly using Flock and police databases to track former partner; town removed its last Flock camera
A police officer in the small Massachusetts town of Stow has resigned just hours before a scheduled termination hearing, after...
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‘Worst 24 hours of my life’: Indo-American doctor appeals for help after parents go missing in Nepal floods | World News
Ramesh Sharma, 65, and Neelam Sharma, 64/Image: X An Indo-American doctor has made an urgent appeal for information about her...
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Ankit Gupta: ‘It’s your sense of entitlement’: US officials slam Indian-origin entrepreneur Ankit Gupta over H-1B comments
Indian-origin serial entrepreneur Ankit Gupta, general partner of YC, is at the center of a major social media storm over...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s US event organiser AHEAD’s X account restored after brief suspension | World News
The X account of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s US event organiser, which was suspended, has now been restored. The X...
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More than 100 years ago, red mangroves were introduced to Hawaii; now crews are trying to eradicate them from nearly 2 miles of waterways to restore wetlands and protect endangered birds
Environmental crews and volunteers physically clear thickets of invasive red mangrove trees and tangled stilt roots from a coastal waterway...
