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'I learned to play guitar with one arm after a stroke'

A man has been able to resume his music career after a stroke - by teaching himself to play the guitar one-handed.

BBC News - 5d

Syrians accuse rulers of imposing Islamist agenda in new curriculum

Critics fear rebel-backed government is pushing religious vision on to what has long been a secular country

Financial Times - 5d

'No-one deserves this': Victims' families seek answers in New Orleans attack

The family of one 25-year-old victim says they have had "zero information" about how he was killed.

BBC News - 6d

Thursday Night Football averages 14.23 million viewers for the season

The pivot to streaming has happened.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Corbin Burnes’ six-year, $210 million deal with Diamondbacks includes $64 million deferred through 2036

Corbin Burnes, the 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner and a four-time All-Star, has the right to opt out after the 2026 season.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Apple agrees to pay $95 million to settle Siri eavesdropping claims

Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record user conversations through iPhones and other devices, court finds.

CBS News - 6d

Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices

ABC News - 6d

GTA 6 Could Sell 40 Million Copies And Make $3 Billion In First Year Alone

According to a research company, Grand Theft Auto VI could bring in more than $3 billion in total revenues during the first 12 months after launch. A report from Financial Times cites data from ...

GameSpot - 6d

Apple Agrees to Pay $95 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Recordings Tied to Siri

The class-action lawsuit alleged the company obtained private communications and shared them with third parties without consent through Siri.

The Wall Street Journal - 6d

One New Year’s Resolution for Every N.B.A. Team

For some franchises, spicing up the trade deadline is the primary objective, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

The New York Times - 6d

Syrian delegation makes first official visit to Saudi Arabia

Yahoo News - 6d

New Syrian government's school curriculum changes spark concern

The curriculum will take on a more Islamic slant, with evolution and Big Bang theory dropped from science.

BBC News - 6d

'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years

ABC News - 6d

Bill Ackman is making good on one threat to exit Amsterdam. Here’s the other.

The Euronext Amsterdam approved the plan of the closed-end Pershing Square Holdings

MarketWatch - 6d

Live ones go in paper bags, dead ones in the freezer: the volunteers saving birds that fly into windows

Across Toronto, a team sets out at dawn to rescue migrating birds that have collided with buildings, and keep a record of the thousands each year that don’t make it. Every morning at dawn, a dozen ...

The Guardian - 6d

Syrian delegation visits Saudi Arabia in first foreign trip since Assad ousting

Foreign and defence ministers arrive in Riyadh as Gulf states move to embrace new rulers

Financial Times - 6d

5 million impacted by winter alerts as the weather makes a frigid start to 2025

Lake effect snow and high winds will bring frigid conditions to millions south of the Great Lakes. NBC News meteorologist Angie Lassman has the forecast on Early Today.

NBC News - 6d

Russia just lost one of its weirdest wartime income streams

Yahoo News - 6d

Seahawks-Bears TNF stinker still drew 11.04 million

After each Thursday night game of the year, Amazon usually sends out an email with the audience numbers.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 2

'No-one can replace Saka' - but Nwaneri, 17, gives Arsenal hope

With Bukayo Saka out until March, 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri shows glimpses against Brentford to give Arsenal hope.

BBC News - Jan. 1

Sugar Bowl postponed one day following deadly New Orleans attack

The Sugar Bowl will be postponed until Thursday in the wake of the attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, where the college football game will take place.

CNBC - Jan. 1

$1.9 million reward offered after "brazen" heist of jewelry

Some of the property reportedly belongs to art collector Shafira Huang, said to be a multi-millionaire Instagram influencer.

CBS News - Jan. 1

FBI seizes one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives in its history

Investigators seized over 150 pipe bombs and other devices when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge. Federal agents in the US found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade ...

The Guardian - Jan. 1

More than 1 million still without power in Puerto Rico

Many in Puerto Rico started 2025 without electricity as the local power company said it could take another day to turn the power back on after a blackout impacted most of the island.

CBS News - Jan. 1

One hundred million fans cannot make you famous

Mass, cross-generational audiences have disappeared and even MrBeast can’t find them

Financial Times - Jan. 1

Here’s who snapped up Robert Redford’s charming coastal California cottage in just 3 weeks for $4.65 million

Robert Redford sold the Tiburon home for a half-million above his asking price.

MarketWatch - Jan. 1

One dead after driver allegedly runs down two New Zealand police officers

Vehicle allegedly drove into two officers ‘at speed’ in Nelson, in a country where the killing of police officers on duty is rare. . A driver allegedly ran down two New Zealand police officers down ...