Officials say a cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against his will for several weeks in an upscale Manhattan town house
For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death
In the Houston housing project where he grew up, George Floyd was respected as a man who spoke from hard, but hardly extraordinary, experience
302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by boat gets oversized CT scan, with a surprise
A massive loggerhead sea turtle that was hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital in need of medical care
Cities tied to George Floyd mark the 5th anniversary of his death
Religious services, concerts and vigils are scheduled to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a police officer in the cities where Floyd grew up and where he died
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 12-18-28-48-52, Powerball: 5
Meet the border collies fending off wildlife at West Virginia’s busiest airport
Two border collies have a full-time job keeping birds and other wildlife off the runway at West Virginia's busiest airport
Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’
A leading European winemaker has warned it may have to abandon its ancestral lands in Catalonia in 30 years’ time because climate change could make traditional growing areas too dry and hot. Familia Torres is already installing irrigation at its vineyards in Spain and California and is planting vines on land at...
Novak Djokovic beats Hubert Hurkacz at Geneva Open for 100th title
Djokovic beats Polish sixth seed 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) Only Connors (109) and Federer (103) have more men’s titles Novak Djokovic claimed his long-awaited 100th title after producing a spectacular comeback to defeat Hubert Hurkacz 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) in a three-hour, five-minute battle at the Geneva Open...
Kasper Asgreen goes solo after peloton crash to claim stage 14 of Giro d’Italia
Danish rider breaks away in the final kilometres Isaac del Toro extends his hold on the pink jersey Denmark’s Kasper Asgreen took advantage of a crash in the chasing peloton and went alone to win stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia, while the Mexican Isaac del Toro extended his overall...
‘I lived my passion’: how Christine Beckers and a group of intrepid female drivers blazed a trail in 1970s Monaco
New book shines a light on the women who stole headlines on an F1 support bill 50 years ago, with Beckers going on to star at Le Mans and hold the Guinness World Record Monaco’s place in Formula One history has long since been established but two little-known races from...