Geary was one half of TV's most iconic couples: Luke and Laura. Their TV wedding in 1981 drew 30 million viewers to become the highest-rated soap episode in American TV history.

Mr. el Ahmed’s bravery in disarming one of the gunmen was praised by Australian officials and a video of his actions went viral worldwide. He is recovering in a hospital.

After a shooter opened fire, students scrambled for safety in dark rooms and barricaded doors.

The university told students and faculty members to lock doors and hide after reports of a shooting at the engineering building on the Rhode Island campus. A suspect was not in custody.

Artificial intelligence could make income inequality even worse and create a new underclass. Governments and society must take action

When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.

The magazine is recognizing how artificial intelligence is influencing our lives, for better or for worse.

One way to measure the scale of the damage: If the debris were spread over Manhattan, there would be 215 pounds on every square foot.

The European Commission said Meta, which owns both platforms, is giving users the option of sharing less data in exchange for less personalized ads.

Wave as high as 3 metres could hit north-east of country after powerful tremor 50 miles off coast A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake has shaken Japan, prompting tsunami warnings and orders for residents to evacuate. A tsunami as high as 3 metres (10ft) could hit the country’s north-eastern coast after the earthquake occurred offshore at 11.15pm local time (2.15pm GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. Continue reading...

In a move reminiscent of legal battles against large tobacco companies in the 1990s, one city is suing household brands for their ultra-processed food products.

WASHINGTON—Describing the practice as a “fun little side project” rather than an occupation, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Monday that nursing would be reclassified as a hobby under new ...

A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88. One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...

When Netflix was trying to establish itself as a place for original TV shows, "Stranger Things" was a key program that pierced the cultural zeitgeist.

Home perched in Hollywood Hills, constructed for $37,500 and made famous by Julius Shulman photo, listed for $25m

Spokesperson for US army secretary says discussions with officials from Kyiv and Moscow are going well * Europe live – latest updates Discussions involving US, Russian and Ukrainian officials are taking place in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the latest step in the Trump administration’s attempts to push through a peace deal to end the conflict in Ukraine. The US army secretary, Dan Driscoll, met a Russian delegation on Monday night in the Gulf emirate, and talks continued into Tuesday. “The talks are going well and we remain optimistic. Secretary Driscoll is closely synchronised with the White House ... as these talks progress,” his spokesperson told Reuters. Continue reading...

Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.