Danny Lawson/PA Media The judge told Neil Speakman he had to “face up to the responsibility” A farmer who killed his three-year-old son when he reversed a defective vehicle into him has been jailed. Albie Speakman suffered catastrophic injuries when he was struck by a telehandler driven by Neil Speakman on their family farm in […]
After nearly a decade of trying, Apple finally gave up its effort to produce an electric car last year, canceling a project that soaked up $10 billion. But last year in China, the electronics maker Xiaomi launched its first electric car after just three years of development and delivered 135,000 vehicles. It has vowed to […]
Every day, as Dr. Wendell Parkey enters his clinic in Seminole, a small city on the rural western edge of Texas, he announces his arrival to the staff with an anthem pumping loudly through speakers. As the song reaches a climax, he throws up an arm and strikes a pose in cowboy boots. “Y’all ready […]
Did March sneak up on anyone else? We have been enjoying the regular season so much that we kind of forgot it’s almost over. But the reality is, the first conference tournament bracket — thanks, Atlantic Sun — is already out. League titles are being clinched. The bubble is bubbling. All of the things! But […]
The stock market’s shine in the wake of President Trump’s election wore off in late February, with the new administration’s early economic policy priorities and weak consumer sentiment making investors uneasy. Stocks climbed to new highs in the immediate aftermath of Mr. Trump’s win, as traders geared up for lighter regulation and tax cuts — […]
Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Reporting fromRIver Otter, Devon These are some of the first beavers that will be released Beavers will be released into the wild in England after the government approved their reintroduction. The decision follows years of trials and will see beavers make an officially approved return to waterways. Hunted to extinction […]
Skype, the video calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said. It was once one of the world’s most popular websites and allowed people to make voice calls via their computers to friends and family all over the globe for free. Skype was not the […]
The Ebola outbreak in Uganda, which had seemed to be in retreat, has claimed a new victim: a 4-year-old boy who died on Monday, according to a State Department cable viewed by The New York Times. News of the child’s death comes even as the Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five […]
Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP KYIV — President Trump is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House today to sign a preliminary deal to give the […]
The Premier League spent two years testing a number of artificial intelligence-based semiautomated offside technology (SAOT) providers, and now it’s ready to be rolled out. UEFA was first to introduce SAOT in the Champions League from the start of the 2022-23 season group stage, quickly followed by FIFA for the World Cup in Qatar. SAOT […]