Undercover Women the Story of How Victorian Female Police Cracked Crime

Scientists: "Toxic" semen could kill female mosquitoes, curb disease spread

Female mosquitoes are targeted because only they bite and drink blood, thereby spreading diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

CBS News - 6d

Chuck Todd: Which party cracks up first in 2025?

If there is one certainty in politics these days, it’s that the status quo rarely holds. And when one party has the White House, the House and the Senate, history tells us that new status quo has a ...

NBC News - 6d

Shoplifters, scams and supersoft toys: how the Jellycat craze inspired a crime wave

With the booming resale market for Jellycat rarities, retailers across the UK are reporting a surge in ‘stealing to sell’ shoplifting, with some going to extreme lengths to protect their ‘Jellies’. ...

The Guardian - Jan. 8

Watkins, Bueckers headline women's Wooden list

USC's JuJu Watkins, UConn's Paige Bueckers, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo and UCLA's Lauren Betts headline the Wooden Award midseason top 25.

ESPN - Jan. 7

New League Of Legends Cinematic From Arcane Studio Continues Show's Story

A new League of Legends cinematic from Arcane animation studio Fortiche sets up the story to come in the game's first season of 2025, and serves in many ways as a continuation of some of the plot ...

GameSpot - Jan. 7

Until Dawn Movie Gets A Key Update About Its Story

Until Dawn, a video game inspired by horror movies, is becoming a horror movie, and now we've learned a key piece of information about it. The film, which releases this April, is not a direct ...

GameSpot - Jan. 7

A war story taken from family lore, 'Vermiglio' involves an entire village

The director's dream about her father as a child inspired her to collect memories and shape them into a film.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 7

Male mosquitoes to be genetically engineered to poison females with semen in Australian research

Approach could be used to limit outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, which sees 390m cases annually worldwide. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

Demi, Jodie and Nicole: is Hollywood finally ready to recognise complex female characters over 40? | Natasha Ginnivan

At the Golden Globes, the spotlight was on women playing multilayered, courageous and middle-aged lead roles. There’s something spectacular happening in movies and television at the moment and it’s ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

New York Crime Rate Falls, but Number of Felony Assaults Rises Again

Killings and shootings have dropped, but headlines have been dominated by terrifying crimes, like the killing of a woman who was burned to death on the F train.

The New York Times - Jan. 6

Ghost story? Sam Darnold showed the Vikings what still haunts him

Minnesota was starting to believe that Darnold could exorcise the franchise's playoff demons. Then he had his own terrifying blast from the past.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 6

How to Tell Stories Like Steve Jobs

A professor came up with four principles that anyone can use to make messaging more memorable.

Inc. - Jan. 6

Incredible But True Rangers Stories

Here a look back at some Rangers history from The Maven.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 5

The Guardian view on film and feminism in China: women feel Her Story is their story | Editorial

The hit comedy has struck a chord by celebrating female friendship and pushing back against misogyny. Just over a year ago, Xi Jinping told China’s national women’s congress that the Communist ...

The Guardian - Jan. 5

The unlikely life story of Jimmy Carter

Elected in 1976 in the aftermath of Watergate, Jimmy Carter, the little-known governor of Georgia, believed he had a responsibility to restore Americans' faith in the integrity of their government. ...

CBS News - Jan. 5

Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story.

President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain unconvinced.

The New York Times - Jan. 5

Faith and fashion: Iranian women revamp hijab rules

Defiance of headscarves accompanied by growing demand for stylish options among those following Islamic republic’s dress code

Financial Times - Jan. 5

Historian shares stories about Jimmy Carter's nonstop determination

A funeral procession for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Saturday at age 100, began Saturday in Plains, Georgia. Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley shared stories of some of the time ...

CBS News - Jan. 4

Which teams, players and stories will dominate 2025 in the NBA? Our experts debate

From coaches on the hot seat to breakout players, our NBA insiders answer some of the biggest questions heading into 2025.

ESPN - Jan. 4

As police search for the body of shark victim Lance Appleby, just how fearful should Australians be?

Experts say long-term trend towards more shark attacks is partly because of population growth, and that the risk remains low. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast ...

The Guardian - Jan. 4

Violent crime in DC at 30-year low

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for DC announced a 35 percent reduction in violent crime on Friday, touting the success of violence interruption programs and interventions from law enforcement. “The ...

The Hill - Jan. 4

The Crime Series Drawing Young Men Into Bookstores

C.J. Box makes the rounds on fishing, hunting and rodeo podcasts and media to reach readers for the Joe Pickett books.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 3

Two more family members sentenced in Ohio crime of ‘boundless depravity’

Eight members of a family were killed in a 2016 shooting and another two members received lengthy sentences. Two more family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory'

Delaware’s Sarah McBride, Washington’s Emily Randall and Texas’ Julie Johnson made LGBTQ history when they were sworn in to the 119th Congress on Friday.

NBC News - Jan. 3

Justin Baldoni's attorney blasts New York Times story about Blake Lively 'smear campaign' story

An attorney for actor Justin Baldoni denied that there was a coordinated “smear campaign” against his client’s “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively, telling NBC that The New York Times’ article ...

NBC News - Jan. 3

Vivek Ramaswamy Leaves Something Out of His Story of South Asian Success

It’s a culture not of success but of survival.

The New York Times - Jan. 3

How can police prevent attacks like the one in New Orleans?

Fourteen died and dozens more were injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Streets.

The Hill - Jan. 3

Germany’s biggest companies top 25 per cent female leadership for first time

Mandatory quota law passed in 2020 has improved equality but country remains behind western peers

Financial Times - Jan. 3

The nexus of organized crime and foreign meddling threatens Latin America

The growing power of organized crime and its destabilizing effects on Latin American democracies present new vulnerabilities for foreign powers to exploit.

The Hill - Jan. 2

Biggest financial stories of 2024 and what to expect this year

From the stock market to inflation, CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady looks back on some of the big financial stories of 2024 and what to expect in 2025.

CBS News - Jan. 2

Aleksey Bugaev: Russian footballer’s spiralling story ends with death in Ukraine

Once one of the most talented defenders in Russia, Bugaev opted to fight in war rather than serve long prison sentence. Faced with a severe shortage of soldiers for the war in Ukraine, Vladimir ...

The Guardian - Jan. 2