Norris wins home British Grand Prix

It’s finally happened: the big question has been asked, someone’s got a ring on their finger, and wedding bells are on the horizon. Congratulations! Enjoy that engagement bliss while you can because now comes the hard part: actually organizing the thing. I got engaged on Christmas Day 2023 and we’re… Read Details ⇢

“Senju Town with Storage Tanks” (1930), by Koizumi Kishio. EDO-TOKYO MUSEUM COLLECTION On September 1, 1923, during the Taisho era (1912-1926), an earthquake shook the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people. Almost half the city’s homes, businesses, factories, and infrastructure were destroyed. The city that would emerge after… Read Details ⇢

NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre expressed confusion and skepticism about the details related to the deadly New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas. In an X post Friday, Favre asked followers “what’s going on” with the terror attack in New Orleans that killed 14 and the… Read Details ⇢

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Khadiza Khatun’s life took a devastating turn in September when doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital informed her that her 37-year-old husband, Mohammad Nuri Alam, urgently needed a liver transplant – a procedure unavailable in Bangladesh. After careful research, they decided to go to India’s Asian Institute… Read Details ⇢

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues. What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands… Read Details ⇢

During a rally against the impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, near his official residence, in Seoul, South Korea, on January 3, 2025. KIM HONG-JI / REUTERS South Korea’s political leadership was in uncharted territory Saturday, January 4, after the sitting president resisted arrest over a failed martial law… Read Details ⇢

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman met Friday with the family of Lyle and Erik Menendez as the new top cop weighs resentencing the brothers. The meeting and subsequent press conference came after the Menendez family called for a new sentence that “reflects Erik and Lyle’s abuse, trauma, and… Read Details ⇢

United States President-elect Donald Trump is set to face a sentencing hearing for his criminal conviction in New York, mere days before he will be sworn in for a second term in the White House. On Friday, Judge Juan Merchan issued an 18-page written decision calling for Trump to appear,… Read Details ⇢

Google CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged at the company’s year-end strategy meeting that the AI models powering Google Gemini are behind OpenAI and ChatGPT but promised a real push in 2025 to get Gemini to outpace its rivals, as reported by CNBC. Pichai’s directive comes off as more serious than the… Read Details ⇢