Flaco the Owl’s Year of Freedom From the Central Park Zoo
It started with a brazen act in the heart of Manhattan. After dusk on a frosty evening at the Central Park Zoo, someone shredded the mesh on an enclosure that was home to a Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco. Before long, Flaco was spotted a few blocks away on Fifth Avenue. Nobody knew where this bird […]
10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy New Year
As a health reporter who’s been following nutrition news for decades, I’ve seen a lot of trends that made a splash — and then sank. Remember olestra, the Paleo diet and celery juice? Watch enough food fads come and go, and you realize that the most valuable nutrition guidance is built on decades of research, […]
Opinion | My Year of Being Very Online About Dogs
If you own a dog and have ever searched the internet for advice on that dog, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered Zak George. Mr. George, a 45-year-old with 3.69 million YouTube followers and the slightly goofy, hyper energy of a doodle mix, is the most popular dog trainer on the platform. He’s the most […]
The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate This Year
Each year as we travel the country to scout out candidates for our many best-restaurant lists — whether the big national listing in the early fall or the new “best of” city lists we’ve begun rolling out — our reporters and editors eat hundreds of meals in dozens of states. Inevitably we come across that […]
Sports Personality of the Year 2023: Fifteen regional winners in contention for Unsung Hero award
Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford Date: Tuesday, 19 December at 19:00 GMT Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Fifteen regional winners are in contention to be crowned the 2023 BBC Sports Personality Unsung Hero of the Year. The honour celebrates the best volunteers in sport, whose work is making […]
McCarthy Says He Will Leave Congress at the End of the Year
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, who made history as the first speaker to be ousted from the post, announced on Wednesday that he would leave the House at the end of the year but said he planned to remain engaged in Republican politics. Mr. McCarthy’s resignation, which he announced in an opinion essay […]
Lionel Messi: Argentina forward named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year
Lionel Messi won his record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or award after helping Argentina win the World Cup in Qatar last year Argentina and Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi has been named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year. Messi joined Miami in July and scored 11 goals in 14 games in all competitions to help them lift […]
Sports Personality of the Year: Voting open for BBC World Sport Star 2023 award
Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford Date: Tuesday, 19 December at 19:00 GMT Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Voting is now open for BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year 2023 award. Voting will stay open until 22:00 GMT on Tuesday, 12 December, and the award will […]
Professional Hiring Senior Advisor (1 year Fixed Term)
Job title: Professional Hiring Senior Advisor (1 year Fixed Term) Company: BP Energy Job description: Senior Advisor is a full cycle recruiter within our Talent Acquisition & Matching team who will collaborate with our various…, DE&I Puts the customer and business strategy at the heart of decision making Drives value-adding solutions – deeply integrated… Expected […]
Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan Over a Year Ago
Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out. The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” […]