A new air traffic controller hiring campaign from the Department of Transportation (DOT) is targeting gamers to address a longtime staffing shortage. The DOT's new ad shows clips of video games and tells potential applicants: \\\"You've been train...
BOSTON -- A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat. Those researchers were...
When a California resident began to question the price of his electricity bill every month, he realized an up to 18-year-old mistake was costing him well over his personal usage. Ken Wilson, a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customer who has liv...
Penny Mordaunt has said she took a couple of painkillers to help her get through her role of carrying ceremonial swords during the King's Coronation. The Tory minister won praise for her stamina, carrying the 17th Century Sword of State a...
Sewage leaks are causing hospitals a host of problems as the backlog in repairs and maintenance grows. Hospitals in England reported patients slipping on sewage, staff becoming ill, and leaks in A&E departments, cancer wards and mater...
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Watch some of the best moments from the figure skating pairs short program at the 2022 Winter Olympics....
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Scientists in the US have developed a paint significantly "whiter than the whitest paint currently available". Tests carried out by researchers at Purdue University on their "ultra-white" paint showed it refle...
The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she had a miscarriage in July, writing in an article of feeling "an almost unbearable grief". "I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second," Meghan ...
Trump challenges the vote and takes legal action President Donald Trump, who created confusion by claiming victory before all votes had been counted, is now challenging the lengthy ballot counting process. With ballots still being counted...
Eating disorder charities have issued a warning about a "harmful" diet app that had been promoted on the Apple App Store to over-12s. Carrot Fit aims "to transform your flabby carcass into a Grade A specimen of the...
Spain has declared a national state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew in an effort to help control a new spike in Covid-19 infections. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the curfew, between the hours of 23:00 and...
Donald Trump paid just $750 (£587) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ran for the US presidency, and in his first year in the White House, The New York Times says. The newspaper - which says it obtained tax records f...
A painting discovered on the wall of an Indonesian cave has been found to be 44,000 years old. The art appears to show a buffalo being hunted by part-human, part-animal creatures holding spears and possibly ropes. Some researchers think the...
An information campaign urging the public to "get ready for Brexit" has been launched by the government. The campaign began on Sunday with the launch of a website, gov.uk/brexit. Billboards and social media adverts will appea...
Dwayne Johnson was the highest-paid actor of the last year, according to the latest annual rankings from Forbes. He climbed from his number two placing last year - despite his $89.4m (£73.6m) earnings actually being less than the $119m...
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An Airbnb host has admitted killing a guest at his home near Melbourne, Australia, who could not afford to pay. Jason Colton, 42, denies murder, but has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Ramis Jonuzi in October 2017. A court heard two h...