A Black Broadway actor shared his immense pride on Instagram this week after buying an historic house built by slaves in the 1800s. Robert Hartwell, an actor and dancer who has appeared in Hello, Dolly! and Motown the Musical, posted a photo of his new home on Thursday, showing himself …...Read More

George R. R. Martin revealed this week that he has made significant progress on his upcoming Game Of Thrones novel, The Winds Of Winter. The 71-year-old fantasy writer shared in a post on his blog that he had been writing multiple chapters of the long-awaited novel while stuck at home. …...Read More

Four people have been arrested in Portland after anti-police demonstrations turned destructive and violent. Officials say Portland Police Bureau's North Precinct was set on fire early Friday morning following violent clashes between cops and protesters in the city overnight. One right-wing commentator described the area as looking like something from …...Read More

Sky News has been accused of shutting down a former Scotland Yard chief for claiming Black Lives Matter is deliberately stirring up a false anti-police narrative. Ex-chief superintendent Kevin Hurley claimed senior figures in the movement were waging a 'misinformation' campaign to 'destabilise and disrupt' society. He also suggested the …...Read More

A young woman with Tourette's syndrome has embraced her condition by sharing a video showing the challenges she faces while baking with her family. Jade O'Connell, 19, from New Zealand, started to develop the condition, which causes repetitive movements, sounds, or tics that can't easily be controlled, at the age …...Read More

Pictured: Connor Preece who was 19 years old when he threatened a Somali man with an imitation gun A teenager has been jailed after threatening a man at gunpoint with an imitation firearm after the man resisted another assailant going through his pockets. Everything was filmed on CCTV after police …...Read More

University students whose parents also have a degree suffer from more stress when they start their course than others due to a fear of 'letting down their family'. A new study by the University of Bochum, Germany, looked at levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the hair of women …...Read More

Simon Olver, pictured above, 42, started defrauding Credit Industriel et Commercial Bank just under a year into his job A finance boss has been jailed for more than four years after stealing nearly £3million from his bank before splashing the cash on sports cars, designer watches and lavish holidays. Simon …...Read More

This is the moment a former policeman is confronted on his front doorstep by investigators who caught him targeting young girls online. Phillip Thompson, 63, sent explicit images to paedophile hunters posing as a 13-year-old child, asked whether she was 'good girl' and arranged to meet near a Morrisons supermarket. …...Read More

A Chinese state newspaper has been banned from posting on one of its social media accounts due to its coverage on Beijing's new coronavirus outbreak. Officials have censored The Beijing News on Chinese twitter-like Weibo since Thursday after some of its COVID-19 reports were deemed 'misleading and taken out of …...Read More