A surge of students with allergies and special diets is challenging meal services and changing the shape of the campus cafeteria. As a growing number of students have some kind of dietary restriction, dining halls have made accommodations, like the allergen-free station at Vanderbilt University, shown here.Credit…William DeShazer for The New York Times Supported by By Priya Krishna For the […]

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An elderly couple have been applauded for taking matters into their own hands when a ‘rude’ neighbour etched part of his driveway in their garden. The neighbour reportedly bought the house next door to the couple after the plot remained empty for many years. However, the couple were left shocked when they realised he had “carved out” his driveway on […]

Turkey: Meteor shower captured on camera Stunning footage has shown the eerie moment a meteor lights up the night sky over Turkey, turning it green as it passes overhead. The spectacular clip, in the eastern city of Erzurum, shows a child playing with a balloon in the foreground as the entire night sky is illuminated behind him. Another film shows […]

Aurora police officials announced Wednesday that six people have been charged with murder in a two-year, multi-jurisdictional investigation into organized crime. The Regional Anti-Violence Enforcement Network on Tuesday arrested seven of 12 suspects discovered in the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act investigation, with all but one suspect charged with violent crimes, according to an Aurora Police Department news release. Three […]

Five military aircraft – a Mig-29 and four Su-30 fighter jets, which cost about $20 million apiece – were destroyed during the attack last weekend on an airfield in Kursk, in western Russia, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said. Two Pantsir missile launchers and a S-300 air defence system’s radar are also believed to have been damaged in the strike. Incredibly, […]

Boffins are at war over whether beer goggles really exist. British behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings has blasted new US research which dismissed the idea folk become more attractive in drink. We previously revealed how brainboxes from Stanford University in California had tested the theory in laboratory conditions. READ MORE: 'Clairvoyants' are actually 'AI experts exploiting tech to explore space and […]

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Yevgeny Prigozhin: Crowd watches van allegedly carrying casket Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was laid to rest yesterday (Tuesday), a week after being killed in a plane crash. Vladimir Putin, widely suspected of ordering his former ally’s death, did not attend the private family funeral. But the president “sent his personal condolences” to the warlord’s family, the Kremlin said. Failed coup […]

Prince Harry had "no emotion" following the death of Princess Diana, he confessed in a new Netflix documentary. Heart of Invictus, the Duke of Sussex's latest offering on the streaming platform, saw the royal chat to war veterans competing in his Invictus Games about the trauma they had been through. Speaking to Canadian contestant Darrell Ling – who suffers from […]