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What we know about the deadly whooping cough outbreak
Five babies in England have died as whooping cough cases continue to rise.
'I took out a mortgage 17 years ago and owe £15,000 more than I borrowed'
Amanda Wilson is one of around 200,000 'mortgage prisoners' stuck on sky-high rates through no fault of her own.
Rail firm paying train drivers £54k salary 'with no experience needed'
The company is actively looking for all sorts of people, 'from veterans to stay-at-home parents'.
The most common causes of road rage and how to prevent it
With newly released footage showing a furious driver ramming a motorcyclist off a bridge, here are some tips on how to deal with road rage.
The most expensive Banksy artworks ever sold
With Banksy confirming his latest piece in north London, Yahoo News walks through the street artist's most expensive works to go under the hammer.
Sunak’s plan to scrap national insurance is ‘far fetched’, economists say
While it's theoretically possible to scrap national insurance at the expense of benefits, the IFS warns the impact could be 'very serious'.
Why Rishi Sunak’s planned new definition of ‘extremism’ is getting messy
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has said a new definition of extremism is nessecary, but campaigners fear it could mean errosion of the right to protest.
Kate Middleton rumours about Vogue front cover are 'absurd', says expert
Picture editors and disinformation experts reject suggestions Kate used a picture from a 2016 issue of Vogue for her controversial family photograph.
Welsh bungalow with 'monstrously bad' extension for sale for £285k
"It so monstrously bad I’m slightly impressed."
Martin Lewis 'reminds' Jeremy Hunt of four key issues to fix in Wednesday's budget
Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis has given a shopping list of issues to the chancellor ahead of his spring budget.
What we know about suspected chemical leak in Manchester
One person has been taken to hospital following a chemical leak in Trafford Park, Manchester that has since been contained.
The Empower 100 Future Leaders Role Models 2022
The 2022 EMpower Ethnic Minority Future Leaders ranking celebrates 100 people of color influencing the workplace of tomorrow.
Piers Morgan's new TalkTV show promoted with 'straight talking starts here' campaign
'Piers Morgan Uncensored' is set to be the flagship show of the new channel from Rupert Murdoch's News UK.
After being booted off Twitter, Trump is reluctant to do in-person briefings because he rarely knows the answers to questions, The New York Times reported
President Donald Trump was barred from Twitter after his supporters stormed the US Capitol, and The Times noted he his relative silence since then.
Forbes editor warns companies that might hire Trump press secretaries: Magazine will assume everything they say is a lie
The editor of Forbes magazine has urged companies not to hire Sean Spicer, Kayleigh McEnany, Stephanie Grisham, or Sarah Sanders.
Despite having intimate knowledge of the pain and death caused by the coronavirus, a surprising number of US healthcare workers are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine
A significant number of healthcare workers in US hospitals and nursing homes are turning down coronavirus vaccines due to unfounded side-effect fears.
A rioter seen in on the Senate floor in combat gear carrying zip-tie handcuffs has been identified as a decorated Air Force veteran
Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker identified Larry Rendall Brock Jr. as a former Lietenant Colonel in the US Air Force who claimed to have won medals.
First Lady Melania Trump focused on getting a photo shoot completed as a mob of Trump supporters ransacked the US Capitol, report says
"She just isn't in a place mentally or emotionally anymore where she wants to get involved," a White House source told CNN.
'I only had one I could give': Mother faced heartbreaking decision of whether to donate kidney to son or daughter, both suffering from the same genetic disorder
Noah, 20, and Ariel Bingham,16, were diagnosed with nephronophthisis, a condition that impairs kidney function through inflammation and scarring.
Some Trump officials are so horrified by the Capitol riot that they plan to refuse instructions that they think will put the US at risk, report says
Most of President Trump's top officials now view him as "unfit and unhinged," Axios wrote, after his supporters stormed the US Capitol.
One of the Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol was carrying 11 Molotov cocktails and an assault rifle, prosecutors say
In a briefing Thursday, the federal prosecutor Mike Sherwin said rioters had been arrested on charges of assault, trespassing, and weapons offenses.
Official describes the president as a 'total monster' who refused to act as Congress was stormed
As pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, the president told aides, "My people are peaceful. My people aren't thugs," per a Washington Post source.
Democratic victories in the Georgia runoffs ended Mitch McConnell's 6-year tenure as Senate Majority Leader and DC's most feared power broker
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoffs, Decision Desk HQ and Business Insider project, giving Democrats Senate control.
Ossoff and Warnock win Georgia runoffs, handing Democrats control of the US Senate
Democrats are set to control the White House and both chambers of Congress for the first time in a decade.
The death of a 22-year-old Chinese tech employee shows the industry's toxic '996' work culture, championed by top execs like Jack Ma
The woman, who worked for the e-commerce firm Pinduoduo, collapsed after leaving work at 1:30 a.m., and has become a symbol of the anti-996 movement.
A California hospital administered 600 coronavirus vaccine shots within 2 hours after discovering its freezer had broken
Moderna's vaccine, which was being stored in the faulty freezer, must be used within 12 hours if the solution reaches room temperature.