8 minutes ago By Rosie Mercer, BBC News Getty Images The actor Michael Sheen described what he discovered as “extraordinary” Michael Sheen was relaxing at his Los Angeles home when something caught his eye on Wikipedia. It was a single line about a man named Douglas Gowan, who had discovered dangerously high levels of a toxic chemical […]
US Justice Department has until July 7 to prosecute aircraft giant over breaches of settlement related to fatal crashes. Prosecutors in the United States are recommending that criminal charges be brought against Boeing after finding the plane maker violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters […]
LOS ANGELES — Without even noticing, Debbie Skaggs, the mother of the late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, slips into the present tense. For three short sentences, her voice elevates, her face lights up. “He doesn’t big league anyone,” she said. “He’s funny too, he’s a funny guy. And he’s a total music guy.” For a […]
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder following a death at a holiday park. Dorset Police said it received a report just after midnight raising concern for the welfare of a man believed to be in Heron Lake at Warmwell Holiday Park in Crossways. The man, aged in his 70s […]
36 minutes ago By Fergus Walsh, Medical editor BBC Oran (R) lives with his mum, brother and sister A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures. The neurostimulator, which sends electrical signals deep into his brain, has reduced Oran Knowlson’s […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. The UK’s General Election is getting closer, with only a few weeks left. However, candidates continue to run their campaigns in an attempt to attract as many votes as possible. The country’s Labour […]
3 hours ago By Ewan Gawne, BBC News • Simon Browning, Transport reporter Passenger footage shows people stranded in a dark terminal at Manchester Airport Flights at Manchester Airport have resumed after a power cut caused a day of chaos. Up to 90,000 passengers were effected as flights were cancelled and scheduled arrivals diverted. Check-in and departures at Terminal 1 […]
A family is seeking compensation from NASA after a piece of metal trash from the International Space Station tore through the roof of their home in Naples, Fla. in March. No one was hurt, but a legal representative for the Otero family described it as a “near miss” that “could have been catastrophic,” in a […]
HUDSON, Wis. — Ask voters here in far western Wisconsin what they think of their two main presidential choices in November — the same two choices they had four years ago — and the answers, even tinged with Midwest nice, come out hard and blunt. “Three hundred-and-some-odd-million people and that’s all we can get?” “Both […]
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJun 22, 2024, 09:09 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. When the U.S. men’s national team bowed out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the round of 16, there was disappointment, but also excitement about what could lie ahead. The roster […]