Month: October 2019

At Notre-Dame de Paris in France, the threats to a world-famous cathedral come from the damage caused during a fire. At Bears Ears National Monument in the United States, supporters say threats come from a federal government plan that reduced the size of the protected lands sacred to Native American people. The construction of a

President Donald Trump has revived one of his most significant false claims from the 2016 presidential election: his inaccurate insistence that he opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The claim was definitively debunked in 2016 by Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott of CNN’s KFILE team, who were then reporting for BuzzFeed. But Trump has started

Many travelers get creative with packing, whether it’s sitting on your suitcase to try and get it to shut, or arriving at the airport wearing three coats. But travel journalist Rebecca Andrews took packing hacks to a whole other level when she created a fake pregnancy bump out of the clothes and laptop charger that

Rugby player Ben Curry is rushing to Japan after a late call-up for the Rugby World Cup final — but he won’t be packing his boots. Curry, of English Premiership side Sale Sharks, will be in the stands in Yokohama Saturday to watch his twin brother Tom play for England against South Africa following a

US teens spend an average of more than seven hours per day on screen media for entertainment, and tweens spend nearly five hours, a new report finds — and that doesn’t include time spent using screens for school and homework. Among teens, the amount of time dedicated to several individual screen activities inched up by

Google has been accused of misleading Australian consumers over how it collected and used their personal location data, adding to growing regulatory pressure on the company around the world. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed a lawsuit against Google on Tuesday, alleging that the company “engaged in misleading conduct and made false or

An eventful season for Naomi Osaka came to an unfortunate end Tuesday when the Japanese megastar pulled out of the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China with a right shoulder injury. Osaka withdrew hours before her second match at the year-end championships against fellow grand slam winner Ashleigh Barty and will be replaced by alternate Kiki

The ghosts and firemen, princesses and zombies are off to trick-or-treat and super eager to collect as much candy as possible. How can you ensure they’ll get a good haul? And how can you make your house a popular stop? Some proper Halloween etiquette could help. For trick-or-treaters… 1. Be polite. Remember, the law doesn’t

A Chinese hospital has disciplined its staff after a social media post surfaced alleging medical instruments used by a celebrity were offered for sale online. JJ Lin, a well-known Singaporean singer-songwriter who is hugely popular in China, was receiving treatment at a hospital in eastern Jiangsu province on Saturday, when a post surfaced on the

Let’s start with a bit of good news: A woman who was missing for days in a California National Park was found alive and safe after she spelled out S.O.S. with rocks. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You

A potentially fatal infection spread by ticks has been detected for the first time in the UK, according to health authorities. Experts described the risk of infection as “very low,” but called on members of the public to be aware of ticks, small parasitic arachnids that are related to spiders and mites. Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)