September 2019

Education Department Hits Michigan State With Record Fine Over Nassar Scandal

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WASHINGTON — Michigan State University will pay a record $4.5 million fine for failing to protect students from sexual abuse following a sweeping investigation into the university’s response to allegations against a former team doctor and convicted sex criminal, Lawrence G. Nassar, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday. The fine is part of a settlement […]

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Amy Allan death: Significant failings in care by Great Ormond Street Hospital

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Image copyright Allan family Image caption Amy Allan died at Great Ormond Street Hospital last year The coroner looking into the death of Scottish teenager Amy Allan has found significant failings in her care by Great Ormond Street Hospital. Amy, from Dalry in North Ayrshire, was 14 when she died in September last year following

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Late Night Hosts Roast Donald Trump’s Sharpie-Altered Hurricane Map

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Late night hosts on Wednesday rained mockery on President Donald Trump for allegedly altering a Hurricane Dorian map with a Sharpie. After the president inaccurately tweeted that Alabama would likely be hit by the storm, he appeared to have doctored a map to reflect that the state would face Dorian’s wrath, thus making it appear

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Boris Johnson: ‘Jo and I haven’t seen eye-to-eye for a long time’ about EU

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reacted to the resignation of his brother Jo as a Tory MP and minister. The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg pushes the Conservative leader on the way forward with Brexit, given Parliament are refusing to let the UK leave the EU without a deal and also refusing to let him call a

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Phony Financial Experts Keep Popping Up All Over The Internet. Here’s How To Spot Them.

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The financial industry has a big problem: Some of its “experts” aren’t real. Last month, we reported that Patricia Russell, the owner of a personal finance website who claimed to be a certified financial planner and has been quoted across the internet, was a fake. Not only were her credentials fabricated, but so was her

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What was the UK’s song of the summer? This massive data dump reveals all

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ed Sheeran, Lil Nas X and Camila Cabello can all lay claim to the song of the summer Summer isn’t officially over until 23 September, but as the nights draw in and the temperature drops, it’s time to consider who had the season’s top song. Depending on who you

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