England’s mayors to get power to impose tourist tax
Hospitality leaders warn the uncapped levy would risk jobs and push prices up for families holidaying in England.
We spent £23,000 on fertility treatment – now our embryos will be destroyed
Nat and Nik Fraser-Edwards want a change in the law so once an embryo has been made, a donor can’t withdraw consent.
Drug use may have begun 25,000 years ago in Indonesia, research finds
Scientists have found evidence that early human foragers in Indonesia were using the betel nut as a drug.
Russian drone incursion delays Zelensky flight
The unmanned aircraft entered Moldovan airspace on Tuesday afternoon as the plane was on the runway.
Two friends who died on mountain ridge tried calling 999, inquest hears
A 999 call from the Eddie Hill and Jayden Long from Snowdon was not properly escalated.
Michigan won the game on a Hail Mary and got dropped out of the AP Top 25 anyway. Why?
Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood (19) talks with Chris Bracy (7) after an NCAA college football game against the Western Michigan Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in…
An unnamed donor responds to global aid cuts with a record gift for the nonprofit Americares
Neal Flanagan, right, a research scientist at Duke University, uses a tool to take a soil sample from a peatland as Curt Richardson, an ecology…
In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
Neal Flanagan, right, a research scientist at Duke University, uses a tool to take a soil sample from a peatland as Curt Richardson, an ecology…
Takeaways from AP story on a major effort to restore peatland in North Carolina
Curtis Richardson, an ecology professor at Duke University, holds peat soil Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Belhaven, N.C. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) 2026-09-09T13:07:17Z BELHAVEN, N.C.…
Why the versatile PB&J remains king of the lunchbox after 125 years
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is prepared in New York in August 2026. (Katie Workman via AP) 2026-09-09T12:28:51Z If there is a single sandwich…