A friend loves meeting new people, but hates standard-issue small-talk. The usual ice-breaker question — “So what do you do for work?” — he finds terribly reductive, as if our jobs should define our ...

Welcome to the Money blog as the Bank of England announces a cut in the base rate from 4.75% to 4.5%. That's all from our live Q&A and the Money blog today - scroll down to read expert answers on what ...

Almost two in five people have failed to scan at least one item when using self-checkouts, a survey has revealed. Also in Money today: Donald Trump's tariffs have wiped £200bn from the crypto markets ...

Black infants in our state are nearly three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white infants.

Remember hearing about the father who drowned his infant daughter in a bathtub at a motel in Milford in the summer of 2024? My heart was moved — how could any parent be so desperate? Rather than take ...

Watching the film, “A Complete Unknown,” about Bob Dylan and his early days starting out on his road to fame, helped me realize how much this musician was such an ...