The case, which was reported by ProPublica, immediately drew condemnation. The release came more than a week after an Oakland County Circuit Court judge ruled that the teenager, who violated the terms of her probation by skipping coursework when her school switched to remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic, …...Read More

Whenever I’m doing a routine physical examination and check a patient’s height, I’m always bemused by how interested they are in the result. No one seems to care what their blood pressure or pulse rate is, but everyone wants to know their exact height (which they must have a pretty …...Read More

Before the coronavirus ripped through the country, upending President Trump’s family business and the broader hospitality industry, the company last year showed modest gains, according to Mr. Trump’s annual financial disclosure report released late Friday. The disclosure report, which offers the only official public detailing of the president’s personal finances, …...Read More

There are probably more jokes about economists than there are economists themselves. The oldest is that if you bring ten economists together you will get eleven opinions. Which makes what is happening in this Covid-stricken world so remarkable. Economists actually agree with each other — up to a point. They …...Read More

This is the astonishing moment a group of surfers in the Dominican Republic took on towering waves as Tropical Storm Isaias barreled through the Caribbean island before strengthening into a hurricane. Local news outlets captured the moment at least 20 daredevil surfers maneuvered the waves at Güibia Beach in Santo …...Read More

Captain Sir Tom Moore has been awarded the freedom of his home town of Keighley after raising almost £33 million for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 100-year-old war veteran, who became a national hero after walking 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire to fundraise for …...Read More

Prince William reassured England football manager Gareth Southgate that it's 'not a weakness' to speak about mental health when the pair met at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk earlier this month. In a video released today by the Heads Up campaign, Gareth, 49, speaks candidly to the Duke of Cambridge, …...Read More

Advertisement Idris Elba led the winners at the TV BAFTAs 2020 on Friday night as viewers noted 'more diversity' across the socially distanced ceremony after the BAFTA film awards were criticised earlier this year. The actor, 47, thanked the Academy for 'finally recognising' him as he was virtually reunited with …...Read More

Were it not for coronavirus, the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia would be teeming with humanity. Every year, around two million Muslims gather there to mark the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that began this week, with millions more joining in prayers from around the world. But this year, …...Read More

Kodak’s CEO, Jim Continenza (above), was awarded stock options that could net him a profit of more than $30million this week just a day before the Trump administration announced a $765million loan to develop generic pharmaceuticals Kodak’s CEO was awarded 1.75 million stock options just one day before the Trump …...Read More