A German shepherd in China has been forced by its owner to eat a bowl of red chillies during live-stream as a genre of animal binge-eating videos has emerged on Chinese social media. Appalling footage shows the hound chomping down the spicy dish in front of the camera with tears …...Read More

Former President Barack Obama’s long literary struggle is over. Well, half over. On Thursday, Crown Publishing announced that the first half of Mr. Obama’s long-anticipated presidential memoir — “The Promised Land” — would be released on Nov. 17, after the election and in time for the holidays. The first book, …...Read More

Police investigating the suspected murder of a 23-year-old man in 1992 have asked an anonymous letter writer to get in touch again. Steven Clark went to visit the toilet while on a family walk near Saltburn Pier in Cleveland in December 1992 but was never seen again. His elderly parents …...Read More

Firefighters were making progress against several significant wildfires on Thursday, the authorities in Oregon and California said, and residents of the Bay Area were able to enjoy smoke-free skies for the first time in weeks. A storm arriving Thursday night will help to improve air quality in western Oregon and …...Read More

[Track the biggest fires and air quality.] Whenever I’ve covered wildfires in the past, it always felt like there was a bit of a disconnect between the block-by-block reality of the damage and the kind of large-scale devastation you see on the maps. Is that different this year? How so? …...Read More

A thug was caught on camera smacking a man around the head with a pool cue before punching him to the floor in a vicious brawl. The violent attack was caught on CCTV at the pub on Tuesday evening as other drinkers obliviously carried on their conversations. The incident was …...Read More

Pfizer’s plan does not appear to estimate when its results could be available. Its chief executive has said repeatedly that the company hopes to have an answer as early as October. Moderna has said only that it could have a result before the end of the year. Moderna’s 135-page plan, …...Read More

A teenager has been gang-raped by at least 11 men and thrown to her death off a six-floor building in Somali capital Mogadishu. Student Hamdi Mohamed Farah, 19, was raped and thrown from a six-floor building to her death last Friday, according to local media reports. Police say 11 suspects …...Read More

Just weeks before Election Day, officials in both parties are preparing for an extraordinary flood of mail-in ballots — and increasingly toxic politics over voting. A private telephone conference scheduled today between dozens of secretaries of state from around the country and Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general, is expected to …...Read More

Readers of newspapers like The Miami Herald and The Kansas City Star will probably have to choose a presidential candidate in November without the help of their local editorial boards, according to a memo circulated by the company that owns the newspapers, McClatchy. McClatchy’s 30 papers will be permitted to …...Read More