A lottery customer who bought a Powerball ticket in a little town in California has become the second biggest winner ever. The mystery winner with… Read More »Lottery customer in tiny mountain town wins whopping $1.7bn to become second biggest ever winner
A “gutsy” brown bear described as “thicker than a bowl of oatmeal” has been crowned the champion of Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week competition. Bear… Read More »Dominant mother wins Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week contest
Founding member of The Isley Brothers, Rudolph Isley, has died at the age of 84, his family has announced. The group is best known for… Read More »Rudolph Isley, founding member of The Isley Brothers, dies
The Hollywood actors’ union has accused studios of “bullying tactics” as talks to end the three-month strike broke down on Wednesday. Studios, streaming services and… Read More »Hollywood actors’ unions accuses studios of ‘bullying tactics’ as talks break down
California will build the first group of 1,200 tiny homes at an abandoned office park in a bid to help curb the state’s burgeoning homelessness… Read More »California to start building tiny homes to combat homelessness
Microsoft owes the US Treasury $28.9 billion (£23bn) in back taxes, plus penalties and interest according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The figure, which… Read More »Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes says US government
A star witness has given evidence at the trial of fallen crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried – telling the court he directed her to commit fraud.… Read More »Fallen crypto king wanted to be US president, trial hears
Remaining debris from the Titan submersible has been recovered – including “presumed human remains”, the US Coast Guard has said. Marine safety engineers say fresh… Read More »‘Presumed human remains’ found in search for debris from Titan sub
A children’s book was mistakenly put on a list of potentially “sexually explicit” books to be moved from the children’s section of a group of… Read More »Children’s book written by author named ‘Gay’ nearly banned due to it being ‘sexually explicit’
Almost 1,000 songbirds have died in a single night after smashing into the windows of a glass-fronted exhibition centre in Chicago. Experts have described this… Read More »1,000 birds killed after smashing into conference hall windows