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Irish girl who died in Majorca hotel fall described as ‘talented athlete’
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoMr Porter said there were many phone calls made in the small community of Rathdrum in the wake of...
Anger, confusion swirl after twin boys die of suspected fentanyl exposure
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days ago“My sister's not a bad person, but for her to take two little souls from us — two little lives...," she said, her voice trailing off. "I feel like she needs help more than anything." Allen said ...
James C. Scott, Iconoclastic Social Scientist, Dies at 87
New York Times· 15 hours agoIn influential books, he questioned top-down government programs and extolled the power of the...
Misinformation floods social media in wake of breakneck news cycle
The Hill via Yahoo Canada News· 18 hours agoA weeks-long, breakneck news cycle has set off a parallel explosion of misinformation online, which...
Edna O'Brien, Ireland's daring chronicler of women's lives, dies at 93
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 17 hours agoBorn in the western county of Clare in 1930, O'Brien grew up in a well-to-do Catholic family that had fallen on hard times. Educated at a convent, she fled her parents' guilt-inducing ...
Thousands in Ukraine honour soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed
The Globe and Mail· 15 hours agoUkrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing...
In the right-field stands, an Oakland A's die-hard faces an empty future
New York Times· 4 days agoAs outfielder Lawrence Butler took his perch in right field for the Oakland A’s, he turned towards...
Remembering the Firebrand Irish Novelist Edna O’Brien
New York Times· 14 hours agoDecades before Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, the Irish writer Edna O’Brien — who died at 93 on...
“Greatest hurdler of all-time” Istabraq dies at the age of 32
Irish Mirror· 4 days agoLegendary three-time Champion Hurdle winner and one of racing’s greatest ever horses, Istabraq, has...
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ opening weekend surpasses $200 million, biggest R-rated debut
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance Canada· 16 hours ago“Deadpool & Wolverine” barreled through the $200 million benchmark, cementing the blockbuster as the...