Senator Tammy Duckworth, like the man she might serve as vice president, prizes loyalty in her ranks and occasional mischief in her workplace. So when a top communications aide prepared to defect last year to the presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg, Ms. Duckworth recognized an opportunity. She recorded a faux …...Read More

This geography is as fundamental to how the place operates as the invention of the microchip. Every day, throngs of clerks, landscapers and elder-care workers wake up on the eastern parts and travel to homes on the western parts or to the corporate campuses of tech companies to do subcontracting …...Read More

Today, according to Vanderbilt, more than 35 percent of the nearly 7,000 undergraduates there belong to a Greek life organization, which are housed in 25 on-campus buildings. But there is a historical precedent for students walking out of their fraternities and sororities. During the civil rights movement in the 1960s, …...Read More

WASHINGTON — Lazelle Maxwell, 48, is nearly 12 years into a 30-year sentence for a nonviolent crack cocaine charge, a penalty exacerbated by previous run-ins with law enforcement that led to his designation as a career offender. Three years into remission after a diagnosis of prostate cancer, Mr. Maxwell has …...Read More

Many people worry about bats as a source of viruses, including the one that has caused a worldwide pandemic. But another question is surfacing: Could humans pass the novel coronavirus to wildlife, specifically North American bats? It may seem like the last pandemic worry right now, far down the line …...Read More

This time the site remained down for nearly a week. “We’re taking an abundance of caution because we don’t want to end up in the same situation again,” Mr. Williams said. Mr. Williams said he had hired an outside security team and contacted the F.B.I. to see if the agency …...Read More

If last week was billed by White House officials as a new direction for Mr. Trump — an attempt to stabilize his sinking approval rating by appearing to take the coronavirus crisis more seriously — this week is the one we all knew would inevitably follow, when his id took …...Read More

Cats are well-known for being a source of endless fun - and sometimes trouble - for their owners. But these pictures, posted in Reddit group WhatsWrongWithYourCat, prove that some felines are just fond of being a little off the wall. Many were snapped interacting with various objects, including hanging lights, …...Read More

A woman who was disappointed with the gift she received from her friends on her 40th birthday has divided opinions over whether she is being 'ungrateful'. Posting anonymously on Mumsnet, the woman explained how she had received a gift box from British multi-level marketing company Tropic Skincare at a socially …...Read More

TikTok stars are bidding farewell to the popular video-sharing app after President Trump announced he was banning the Chinese-owned platform on Saturday, amid national security concerns. The social media outlet, where users can create 15 or 60 second videos, has grown wildly popular among young people over the last year …...Read More