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Pandemic highlights for the week

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Have you ever counted all of the items you physically touch in a day? Everything from the soap you lather on your hands, the shoes you lace up on the...

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: We’re highlighting some of the best movies of 2020 so far that we didn’t review.

The other day, I randomly came across a post I wrote way back at the beginning of April when we were just 2-3 weeks into the pandemic. It was titled, “If You’re Struggling to Parent Right Now, You’re Not Alone,” and it reads now like a time capsule of grief. It brought me instantly back to how long, stressful, and …

WITH less meetings but longer cards here to stay, what does it mean for those in the saddle? Restrictions have been brought in meaning jockeys can only ride at one meeting a day since the sport resumed. It’s a change for those used to hairing up and down motorways for rides across the country, but […]

ON-COURSE bookies have been the forgotten species amongst those desperate to get back racing. Most have been left with no income since mid-March when racing was suspended. And even now, nearly six months on, most are still in the dark as to when they might be able to get back up and running. Adam Crowne, […]

NICK Rust admits that without getting punters back on course, racing’s new ‘Recovery Plan’ will struggle to get off the ground. A nine point proposition released in the week was led by the need to ‘secure a full resumption of race-day activity and the maximum attendance possible.’ And the BHA Chief has said the sport’s […]

EXCLUSIVE Former EastEnders actor Tom Watt - who played Lofty Holloway on the show - believes that there are too many episodes a week and it is leading to lower ratings

EXCLUSIVE: The drug lord's son Sebastian Marroquin says he is used to ‘crazy guys’ claiming to be his brother. Brit Phillip Whitcomb claims he was adopted after being rescued by an MI6 agent

Democrats are counting on a strong voter turnout among African Americans to help them defeat Donald Trump. But the US President has other ideas.

We come from a country in which 14 is still a child, where kids can't go swimming unless we watched. Here, we would send them off in the dinghy to catch dinner.

On Aug. 1, 1981, a cable network called MTV started appearing on television sets...well, not everywhere, because households weren't as digitally plugged in as they are now. But...

What do Chrissy Teigen, Taylor Swift and Jason Derulo have in common--aside from being beloved celebs? They are all included in our weekly roundup of Feel Good Friday stories, which are...

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What is the Navy signaling to Beijing? How will China respond? 

Just a day after the Chinese military conducted a missile test in the South China Sea, the United States Navy's guided-missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) past the disputed Paracel Islands, which are claimed by China as well as Vietnam and Taiwan. The USS Mustin (DDG-89) operated past the islands, the U.S. Seventh Fleet announced on Thursday.

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Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana, President Trump accepts nomination, and how much is online grocery shopping really costing you.

In a recent drill, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) took a page from the US Navy’s book and tested its ability to use the deck of a large semi-submersible cargo ship as a temporary helicopter landing pad.

Officials with the Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) recently launched an internal investigation after Ruby Jones, a 74-year-old grandmother, claimed she was pushed and had her right arm broken by two officers who entered her home.

Although Hurricane Laura brought nothing but destruction to the US Gulf Coast, a pair of dogs recently managed to make the most of it by using their home’s flooded front yard as a playground.

Final bids for control of the Mets are due Monday. Soon afterwards, the team could have the most famous owners in sports. Alex Rodriguez could become the only former player to be a principal owner of a major league team. His fiancee, Jennifer Lopez, could become the only woman to hold such a position in...

His visit comes in the backdrop of NC’s Gupkar Declaration

The former Transport Secretary was tipped to head the influential group of MPs, but was ousted in a surprising coup by independent MP and current committee chair Julian Lewis in July

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has given a speech on the occasion of the ninth night of Muharram.

BJP's 'political epidemic' to be defeated in 2021 polls: Mamata

The Arab Coalition said on Friday it intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis in the direction of Najran, according to a statement.“The spokesman for

In the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the Cowboys did not cancel practice. Coach Mike McCarthy has said the team has talked as a group and with him and others individually and that players wanted to practice. Jerry Jones was not involved in any of those talks, according to McCarthy, who said [more]