Small boat crossing arrivals to UK rose 25% in 2024, data shows

Baby born on crowded small boat crossing from Africa to Canary Islands

The boy and his mother as well as dozens of others were rescued off the coast of Lanzarote, Spain. A baby boy has been born on a small, crowded boat carrying 60 people on the deadly Atlantic ...

The Guardian - 24m

West Virginia's Javon Small leads the Big 12 in scoring to fuel West Virginia's return to the Top 25

Javon Small was the best player on mediocre teams during his first three college seasons

ABC News - 4h

Global VC investments rose 5.4% to $368.5B in 2024, but deals fell 17% | NVCA/Pitchbook

Global venture capital investments rose to $368.5 billion in 2024, up 5.4% from $349.4 billion a year earlier, the NVCA/Pitchbook said.

VentureBeat - 1d

2024-25 College Football Playoff odds, semifinals picks, best bets by expert: CFB parlay returns nearly 3-1

Thomas Casale has reviewed the College Football Playoff bracket and locked in his best bets for the 2025 CFP semifinals

CBS Sports - 3h

Piers Morgan quits Rupert Murdoch’s News UK in deal over YouTube show

Broadcaster and journalist to take control of Piers Morgan Uncensored media brand in joint venture. Piers Morgan is leaving Rupert Murdoch’s media empire to take control of his Uncensored YouTube ...

The Guardian - 5h

Dashcam footage shows 2024 Japan earthquake, not Tibet jolt

Yahoo News - 9h

Photo shows damage in Yemen's Sanaa airport in 2015, not 2024

Yahoo News - 9h

Clip shows turbulence during flight in September 2024, not from Jeju Air plane before deadly crash

Yahoo News - 12h

UK school budgets eroded by spiralling special needs costs, report shows

SEN spending and higher wages leave headteachers facing ‘very tight’ accounts in 2025, says IFS

Financial Times - 17h

How to bet on 2024-25 college football bowl season: Sportsbook promo codes, odds, and picks for upcoming games

Everything you need to know before betting on the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl

CBS Sports - 18h

2024-25 college football bowl schedule, scores, games, TV channels, dates, kickoff times, locations

The full schedule, scores for the 2024-25 college football bowl season

CBS Sports - 20h

Death toll of Haiti gang violence rose to 5,600 in 2024, UN says

UN Human Rights Office adds that 2,200 were injured and nearly 1,500 kidnapped as international mission struggles. More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year, the UN has said, ...

The Guardian - 1d

College Football Playoff schedule: Bracket, scores, teams, bowl games, 2024-25 CFP kickoff times

Breaking down the schedule for the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff bracket

CBS Sports - 1d

Online holiday spending rises nearly 9%, as deals and AI-powered chatbots fuel purchases, data shows

Online spending rose 8.7% during the holiday season from last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics, as deals and the use of AI-powered chatbots helped inspire purchases.

NBC News - 1d

Old video shows troops arriving in Mali in 2013, not French soldiers landing in Nigeria in 2025

Yahoo News - 1d

UK retail sales growth ‘minimal’ in final quarter of 2024, data shows

BRC survey suggests consumers stayed cautious during what is usually busiest time of year

Financial Times - 1d

How Congestion Pricing Will Affect Small Businesses

New York City’s controversial new toll could hurt small businesses by making deliveries more expensive—or help them by reducing traffic jams.

Inc. - 1d

Week 18 recap + Yahoo internal data reveals true league winners of 2024 | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

The NFL regular season is in the books after a messy Week 18. Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon to breakdown what you should actually care about from Week 18 for the 2025 fantasy season. In a jam ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Some January 6 rioters had prior criminal records, data shows

At least 159 of the Jan. 6, 2021, convicts who have been sentenced have prior criminal records, according to a CBS News investigation. Steve Reilly breaks down the data.

CBS News - 1d

Yahoo Fantasy Football Roundtable: Top lessons we learned in the 2024-25 season

The Yahoo Fantasy team shares the lessons they learned in the 2024 NFL season.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

College football coaching carousel tracker: Grades, analysis on coach changes, 2024-25 firings and hirings

A running list of every job, who's in and who's out and grades for each hire

CBS Sports - 2d

2024-25 MLB Free Agent Tracker: Top players, latest Hot Stove signings, biggest contracts, best available

Roki Sasaki, Alex Bregman, and Pete Alonso are among the big names left on the free agent market.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Small wonders: The brilliant, unique world of child prodigies

Math and physics are mere child's play to 12-year-old Suborno Bari, a child prodigy who began giving university lectures at age 7. Correspondent Susan Spencer talks with Suborno, who is currently ...

CBS News - 3d

Parts of UK disrupted as snow and freezing rain arrive – live

Police report road collisions and warn motorists only to travel if necessary while power cuts affect parts of England and Wales. National Highways warned a “spell of disruptive snow” would spread ...

The Guardian - 3d

In France, Drug Traffic Spreads to Small Towns

Even quaint corners of the country are seeing a rise in drug violence and crime. Just ask the mayor of Morlaix, which has a population of about 15,000.

The New York Times - 4d

Over 300,000 migrants crossed Latin America’s Darien Gap in 2024, down 42%

Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama’s migration ...

NBC News - 4d

UK electricity cleanest on record in 2024: study

Yahoo News - 5d

Number of migrants arriving in Canary Islands by sea set new record in 2024

Total of 46,843 people broke the 2023 record, with nationals from Mali, Senegal and Morocco the most common. A record 46,843 people reached the Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly ...

The Guardian - 5d

Only UK's fourth warmest year ever – but which weather records were broken in 2024?

Tomasz Schafernaker looks back at this year's UK weather - from record breaking heat to red warnings.

BBC News - 6d

Small Businesses Brace Themselves for TikTok Ban

If the Jan. 19 ban on the popular social video platform goes into effect, millions of entrepreneurs will lose a valuable marketing and outreach channel.

Inc. - 6d

China approved more than 90 per cent of overseas data transfers in 2024: top regulator

Yahoo News - 6d

House prices rose by 4.7% in 2024, says Nationwide

Housing market activity remained "remarkably resilient" despite affordability challenges, the lender says.

BBC News - 6d

Problems with UK economy data could be widespread, warns lawmaker

Meg Hillier highlights damaging consequences of under-investment in key forecasting systems

Financial Times - 6d

NBA power rankings 2024-25: New Year's resolutions for every team, starting with the Thunder at No. 1

Cleveland remains second but the Knicks are now in the top three.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats rises to 36,816

2024 was the deadliest year in the Channel, with 77 people known to have drowned trying to cross.

BBC News - Jan. 1