Mimi Parker, best known as the drummer and vocalist of the indie rock band Low, has died following a battle with ovarian cancer. She was 55. According to a tweet shared by the band Sunday, Parker died Saturday night. The band’s representative Bekah Flynn confirmed Parker’s death to USA TODAY Monday. “Friends, it’s hard to put the universe into language […]

This holiday shopping season is shaping up to be longer, pricier and in some ways more chaotic than in previous years, which makes it easy to overspend. But there are also opportunities for significant savings if you know where and how to search for them. “There are supply chain issues, inflation, major retailers reducing inventory — when you put all […]

Twitter employees brace to find out if Elon Musk will fire them TODAY: Staff in the UK ‘were asleep’ when their laptops were ‘remotely wiped’ and office access revoked ahead of emails telling them they no longer have a job Social media giant, which Musk recently bought for $44billion (£38bn) has offices in London and Manchester Company said all employees […]

‘There were 40 bodies all around me’: South Korean stampede survivor describes horrific scenes as authorities are blamed for crush that killed 154 on first Covid-restriction-free Halloween Authorities have been blamed for poor crowd control after 154 were killed Up to 100,000 people partied without masks or group limits on Seoul streets Survivors have described the horror of seeing bodies […]

There will be many reasons to praise Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander at the end of his career, but his performance in the World Series will not be one of them. The two-time Cy Young Award winner and nine-time All-Star took the mound in Game 1 of the 2022 World Series on Friday and once again fell flat in the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If a president's most precious commodity is time, there is no place more valuable politically for the White House this midterm year than Pennsylvania. An energized President Joe Biden returned Friday to the Keystone State, his 15th visit since he took office, this time to attend a fundraiser with Vice President Kamala Harris and other leaders to […]

A LATAM Paraguay flight flew through an intense thunderstorm Wednesday night and sustained damage before making an emergency landing in Asunción, Paraguay. Flight 1325 was scheduled to travel from Santiago, Chile, to Asunción but had to divert to Foz do Iguaçu due to weather. According to the airline, the weather eventually cleared enough for the flight to resume, but conditions […]

More men than women are now reporting having intimate videos and photographs used against them online due to a sharp rise in “sextortion”, a form of blackmail in which crime gangs threaten to post explicit images unless a victim pays them. E-Safety Commission figures show a 55 per cent rise in so-called image-based abuse in the last financial year, which […]

A 14-year-old school girl has been killed in a horror smash after her and another teen were hit by a car. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Leicester shortly after 11am today after reports that a black Vauxhaull left the road. The teenager was tragically pronounced dead at the scene while a second girl, also 14, was treated for […]

Four new Catholic primary schools, a new school campus, and upgrades to 13 Catholic and low-fee independent schools have been promised by Premier Daniel Andrews in an election funding pledge valued at $717 million over four years. The announcement focuses on Victoria’s growth areas, particularly in the west and north-east of Melbourne, with two new schools and an upgrade promised […]