The charity sex abuse scandal spread to Britain’s aid department last night, after it admitted it had investigated a large number of complaints involving its staff. As part of a scandal that has dragged in the likes of Oxfam and Save The Children, the Department for International Development said 26 …...Read More

MONTREAL — A Canadian court has ruled that a treaty with the United States that allows Canada to turn away asylum-seekers coming from the United States if they originally entered there from a third country violates Canada’s constitution. Human-rights advocates have long criticized the pact, saying it tacitly encourages asylum-seekers …...Read More

Days after three friends who went for a nighttime fishing trip were found shot to death in rural Florida, the authorities said on Wednesday that they had arrested and charged three people responsible for the “massacre.” Grady Judd, the sheriff of Polk County, Fla., said that Tony Wiggins, 26, shot …...Read More

Once upon a time, she was better known as one of the nation’s most famous red heads. But Sarah Ferguson became Goldilocks yesterday for the latest instalment of her online story-telling series. The Duchess of York donned a blonde, plaited wig and was joined by a friend dressed as a …...Read More

Last year’s drink of the summer was the cocktail in a can. Made for picnic baskets, these posh tinnies are now so ubiquitous that the Office for National Statistics added gin-in-a-tin to this year’s ‘Nation’s Shopping Basket’. This summer, however, drinks makers have gone one better — at least for …...Read More

Why do you think Governor DeSantis is so resistant to taking those steps? What he has told me is that all the urban cities have [measures in place]. He’s also told me that he doesn’t want to give a false sense of security because, in his perspective, distancing is more …...Read More

Bernie Ecclestone has told Lewis Hamilton that Formula One is not racist. The 89-year-old creator of modern grand prix racing has hit back at the six-time world champion after his crusading for Black Lives Matter, including encouraging his fellow drivers to take a knee and striking a 'Black Power' salute …...Read More

Also targeted for removal are the statues of John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, the former vice president who led the pro-slavery faction in the Senate; John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, a former vice president who served as the Confederate secretary of war and was expelled from the Senate for …...Read More

WASHINGTON — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez forcefully rejected a Republican colleague’s words of contrition on Wednesday after he declined to apologize for referring to her with a vulgar and sexist expletive, denying he had uttered the words. Representative Ted Yoho, Republican of Florida, appeared on the House floor on Wednesday to …...Read More

1978 The Gang of 19 and ADAPT On July 5, 1978, a group of 19 people gathered at one of the busiest intersections in Denver, at Colfax Avenue and Broadway, got out of their wheelchairs and lay down to stop traffic. Their goal was to protest the inaccessibility of the …...Read More