Crackdown on NYC's illegal fireworks is FINALLY on the cards
In June, complaints about illegal fireworks popping off throughout the five boroughs has soared almost 13 times to 13,315 compared to last year. The trend is also happening in cities across the country. Read more...
Japan's boom in weird wearable tech
What do Discman, Tamagotchi, and Game Boy have in common? Read more...
Bulldozers crush camp at CHOP, Seattle's cop-free zone
The clean up operation began at Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone on Wednesday. It came after officers in riot gear issued a dispersal order at 5am. Read more...
The Statues Were Toppled. What Happens to Them Now?
What city leaders, museum officials and historians decide will have implications for how we remember the history the statues were designed to represent, as well as our current moment. Read more...
China Announces New Retaliation Against U.S. News Outlets
Beijing demanded that four organizations submit information about their operations in China, adding to tensions with the U.S. over the treatment of journalists. Read more...
Retiring From Ballet at 26? Dancing Can Get You Only So Far
Silas Farley, of New York City Ballet, takes his next steps. His goal? To become a leader in a really substantive way in the art form. Read more...
'Gentle giant' Scientists announce new species of ancient Aussie marsupial
Scientists have revealed details of a wombat-like marsupial as big as a bear that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago. Read more...
Facebook to Introduce an App for Gaming
Video games are surging in popularity in the pandemic. So Facebook is rolling out an app designed for creating and watching live gameplay. Read more...
Is the UK risking a second wave? 26% of Britons admit being less strict about social distancing
More than a quarter the public (26 per cent) agreed they were now paying less attention to social distancing rules and other guidelines than they were at the beginning of the crisis. Read more...
Meghan Markle names the five friends behind People article
Meghan Markle is suing MailOnline's owner over an article in The Mail On Sunday which reproduced parts of a handwritten note she had sent to her father Thomas Markle in August 2018. Read more...
How Covid-19 has upended the South African alcohol industry
With sales growing 50% year to year, South Africa's gin industry was booming before the country instated a strict ban on the production, sale, and export of alcohol. CNN's Eleni Giokos takes a look at the ways major players in the industry pivoted to stay in business and reports on their road to recovery as production resumes. Read more...
Lewis Hamilton unveils new Mercedes race suit to promote Black Lives Matter movement
Mercedes drivers will have a new look heading into the 2020 F1 season as Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas unveiled their new all-black race suits. Read more...
Monuments Removed at Stadiums in Washington and Minneapolis
A memorial at R.F.K. Stadium and a statue outside Target Field honored former team owners. We cannot remain silent, the Twins said. Read more...
Sundance 2021 Will Be Held in at Least 20 Cities
In response to the pandemic as well as a desire for more racial and socioeconomic diversity, the Utah event will simultaneously take place in cinemas around North America. Read more...
Craig Brown's new colourful biography of The Beatles
Think you know all about the Beatles? Wait till you read this mesmerising biography of Britain's greatest band - by Britain's greatest critic... Read more...
How to make your children's savings grow while they do
Young savers are losing out because of a failure to invest for their future, it is warned today. Experts are calling on the regulator and the industry to act now to ensure children get the most out of their savings. Read more...
Mexico ready to retaliate by hurting US farmers
Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter told CNN that he plans to introduce a bill this week that would stop Mexican purchases of American corn. Read more...
Melbourne's goes back into lockdown with checkpoints across the city to fight second wave
More than 300,000 residents living across Melbourne 's 10 COVID-19 hotspot postcodes woke to police checkpoints as they were plunged back into lockdown today for another four weeks. Read more...