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US singer was taken to hospital after performing in Peter Pan in Birmingham last week The US pop singer Jimmy Osmond has suffered a stroke and will take time away from the stage, a spokesperson has said. Osmond completed...

The tennis coach had always found conferences intimidating - until a workshop on women in sport inspired her to step outside her comfort zone During the 2012 Olympics in London, I went along to a female coaching workshop...

I realise now that #MeToo and Time's Up were a wake-up call for the men who simply didn't have empathy for women At the start of the #MeToo movement, many men expressed surprise at the number of women who had been the vi...

In 1998, Congress extended the terms of copyright for works published before 1978 from 75 years to 95 years. In practical terms, this meant that works of art first published in the United States in 1923--which would othe...

Wildlife Trusts report comeback of rare seahorse breed and nudibranch slugs but plastic pollution still poses grave risk A rare kind of seahorse and a rainbow-coloured sea slug with a titillating name are among the creat...

California is going to ban anyone under 21 from buying rifles, shotguns and semiautomatic weapons.

The world in 2019: The vexed politics of our times has obscured the view ahead. Over the holidays we are examining some big issues on the horizon. Today we look at tensions between the leading global powers Many of those...

Did you bet on NFL win totals this season? Check your status here. The 2018 NFL regular season has officially come to a close, which means we can officially wrap up annual win total prop bets. Each year, oddsmakers posts...

A veteran sheriff's deputy in Illinois was charged with sexually assaulting two children, including his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter, authorities said. Luke Hatzipetros, 43, inappropriately touched the girl with h...

Over the past few years, Future Tense has occasionally published short science fiction, including a story from The Windup Girl author Paolo Bacigalupi on a murderous robot and one from Emily St. John Mandel, of Station E...

All tourists will soon have to pay to visit the historic city centre of Venice to help the local government cover substantial upkeep and security costs.

A man in a pickup truck pulled up next to a car and started shooting

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Russia's FSB state security service said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow and had opened a criminal case against him.

Eighteen people are still missing, authorities say, as thousands are forced from their homes by the bad weather.

The Patriots clinched a first-round bye with their win over the Jets Sunday.

It's nearly two years until Election Day 2020, but Elizabeth Warren is forming her exploratory committee right on schedule, if recent history is any guide.

From President Donald Trump's New Year's plans (or lack thereof) to a 400-pound PEEP, here's what to know Monday.        

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has claimed he molested a maid while in high school -- comments his spokesman later said were "made up."

An annual roundup of the technology that will affect your life in the year ahead: Mobile 5G will finally making its U.S. debut, there will be more reasons than ever to cut the cord, and of course Harry Potter, who will u...

Oil prices ended with full-year losses for the first time since 2015, after a desultory fourth quarter that saw buyers flee the market over growing worries about a supply glut and mixed signals related to renewed U.S. sa...

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives will introduce legislation later this week to fund the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 8 that includes $1.3 billion for border security, a senior Democratic aid...