High-speed rail is coming to the Central Valley. Residents see a new life in the fast lane
FRESNO, Calif. — The piling rig was in position, ready to drive a concrete pillar 40 feet into the ground. Just beyond the rig on this…
Laird Hunt’s ‘Float Up, Sing Down’ resists sentimentality
Book Review Float Up, Sing Down By Laird HuntBloomsbury Publishing: 224 pages, $27 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
Top 20 ways Brits want to adopt a more 'Italian' approach to life
Two-thirds of UK adults admire Italy's 'La Dolce Vita' philosophy - and are keen to emulate their passion for food, and slower pace of life…
Is there life on Mars? Congressional gridlock is getting in the way of an answer.
Nelson noted that an independent review board is examining the future of the sample return program, which aims to bring rocks and dust collected by…
CPP deferral, life expectancy and more retirement math to know
Breadcrumb Trail LinksRetirementPersonal FinanceJason Heath: Go beyond how much you need to save with this surprising mathPublished Feb 05, 2024 • 6 minute read Rules…
‘Her own life story is the story of the truth of Australia’: Prominent Australians pay tribute to Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue
In short: Eminent Australians have today united in sympathy to pay their respects to Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue.The celebrated Indigenous leader died over the weekend at the age of…
I was fighting for my life after being punched at Grand National stag do – I feel robbed after my attacker was sentenced – The Sun
A GROOM-to-be who was punched in a near-fatal attack on his stag has told how he feels “robbed” after his attacker walked free from court.…
‘Brushstroke’ review: Art, espionage and Cold War history converge
History, as we’re learning hourly from the example of Donald Trump, can really stretch credulity. If you had pitched his unlikely political story to a…
Wendy Williams Lifetime documentary debuts over two nights
Wendy Williams is returning to screens this month in a Lifetime documentary chronicling the last two years, for which she has largely been out of…
The teenagers who murdered Brianna Ghey have been sentenced to life in prison
The two teenagers who were found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Brianna Ghey have been named and sentenced to life in prison. Content warning: This story…
‘Love of my life’: Shot dead, waiting for her husband in the West Bank | Occupied West Bank
Bahaa Masalmeh was planning to shower his young wife with gifts on her upcoming 21st birthday, which he had been planning for several weeks. But…
‘Tótem’ is intimate but director Lila Avilés is a big deal
Built from intuitive hunches — she calls them “corazonadas” — the work of Mexican writer-director Lila Avilés plays like an invitation into her characters’ most…
Dodgers legend, Senate candidate Steve Garvey’s child alleges ‘abandonment’
The nickname “Mr. Clean” has lingered since the height of Steve Garvey’s fame as a sweet-swinging first baseman for the Dodgers and Padres, as much…
'P&O cancelled my Caribbean cruise and banned me for life after I raised safety fears'
Retired holidaymaker Steve Kidd, 66, was due to fly via Maleth Aero to Antigua for a P&O cruise later this month with wife Elaine, 62…
HoloTile Floor, the latest invention by Disney’s Lanny Smoot
Many of Lanny Smoot’s best-known inventions are, at least to nonengineers, more like magic tricks. Floating disembodied heads, a lightsaber that actually expands, retracts and…
Chita Rivera dies: Broadway icon was 91
NEW YORK — Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a…
‘Life is hell’: Zimbabwe flood survivors lament loss of land, livelihoods | Features
Harare, Zimbabwe – Every day for the past 10 years, Trymore Wadyachitsve has regretted living in Chingwizi, a community 500km (310 miles) south of Harare,…
Britney Spears ‘in love’ with Justin Timberlake’s ‘Selfish’
Britney Spears has a message for her ex Justin Timberlake: I’m sorry. Also, your new song is really good, despite fans pitting it against my…
I’m a 44-year-old mom – my skincare secret is cheap but deeply frowned upon, I’ve done it my whole life
HER methods might be unconventional, but a 44-year-old mother loves her skincare secret. People look down upon her trick these days, but she says it…
‘Ferrari,’ ‘The Woman in the Wall’ and more to watch now
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who’s been sleeping on “Ferrari.” As staff writer Mark Olsen explains in this week’s Catch Up, Michael…