A STEPMOTHER has been accused of killing her three-year-old stepdaughter by luring her to death with her toys. Isabelly de Oliveira Assumpção from Brazil died by drowning in a top-loading ...

Sarandon may be best known in some circles for providing the speaking voice for Jack Skellington in the Tim Burton classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Just think, Jack Skellington once roamed ...

USAngling is hosting the 2025 XXI World Ice Fishing Championship (WIFC) Feb. 11-16 on the 330-acre Tamarack Lake in Lakeview, northwest of Grand Rapids. It’s the first time the event will take place ...

Google says it's now hardening defenses against a sophisticated account takeover scam documented by a programmer last week. Zach Latta, founder of Hack Club, told of how close he was to succumbing to ...

PHOENIX — Yonder, an imprint of Restless Books for Young Readers, is the winner of the 2025 Mildred L. Batchelder Award for “John the Skeleton.” The award was announced today by the Association for ...

Substack, a newsletter platform widely known for housing independent writers, journalists, and even up-and-coming individuals seeking to enter the media landscape, just launched a $20 million ...

Picture this: A child with his field journal, a strand of light illuminating the campsite where his family is staying. He’s learning how to fish with his dad, venturing out on a paddleboard. Flash ...

[HO CHI MINH CITY] Armed with a bold new Investment Support Fund, Vietnam is stepping up its game to court tech giants, offset the impact of the global minimum tax (GMT) and tackle its high-tech ...

Pirate Fest: The fest will take place along the Riverwalk in downtown Tampa with live music on two stages before and after the parade in Curtis Hixon Park and MacDill Park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. After ...

Jack Crawford made the most prestigious annual Alpine skiing race his first career World Cup victory, becoming the first Canadian in 42 years to win the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria.

Jack De Mave, who portrayed a U.S. forest ranger on Lassie and an unconventional date for Valerie Harper’s Rhoda Morgenstern on the second episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died. He was ...

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