The Senate passed a bill to end lawmakers’ special privileges to bypass airport security lines late Thursday night while security personnel continue to manage hours-long lines while working without pay through a partial government shutdown. The End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act was introduced by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and approved by…
Chin up, or you’ll age even faster MarGaam/Alamy I’m 56, going on 57, and am starting to feel some of the physical effects of my advancing years. I won’t bore you with the details, but suffice to say, none of them is a barrel of laughs. I’m also starting to subtly notice one of the…
The penultimate episode of “Love Story” opens in 1997 with the death of a shocking and beloved public figure: Princess Diana. Diana, fresh off her divorce from the current King Charles, was killed in a car accident that also took the lives of Dodi Fayed, her boyfriend at the time, and driver Henri Paul. She…
Wales captain Jac Morgan will make his first appearance since November when Ospreys take on Benetton in the United Rugby Championship (URC) on Saturday. The flanker has been out since dislocating his left shoulder when scoring a try against Argentina in the autumn series opener. Advertisement After missing the Six Nations, the 26-year-old British and…
George Strausman’s wife asks him in a video what his plans are for the day. Strausman, 101, says he’s going to the office. He then details the rest of his day: “Join my poetry class, write some poetry, then off to my pottery class, in time to make some pieces and pots. And then take…
People really refuse to allow Erika Kirk to mourn in peace. They are even breaking into her personal shopping accounts to prove some conspiracy. The latest claim is she went on a shopping spree in the hours after Charlie’s death. I posted this on Instagram yesterday. Posting here today…
Around 2,400 years ago, more than a dozen Celtic men — possibly warriors — were buried in unusual upright seated positions in what is now Dijon, France, according to a recent discovery of their graves next to a primary school. The grim find was made by experts with France’s National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research…
EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Kissous’ journey from French documentaries to British TV thrillers starring David Suchet and Joanna Scanlan isn’t a traditional one, but he insists his work has always had a throughline. Kissous’ production outfit Pernel Media is a rare breed in having its HQ outside of Britain but now being one of the trusted drama…
When Marcel Ruiz slumped into the grass of San Diego FC’s Snapdragon stadium late in the first half of Toluca’s Concacaf Champions Cup game last Wednesday, he seemed to already know. He covered his mouth with his left hand and clutched his right knee – first the back of it, then the front – with…
My friend and former colleague Christine McCartney, who has died aged 79, was a distinguished medical microbiologist and a tireless champion of public health microbiology. As executive director of the Health Protection Agency’s Regional Microbiology Network, Christine played a central role in strengthening the links between laboratory microbiology and epidemiology, recognising that effective public health…
