Peers opposed to assisted dying say they see “massive problems” in a bill to legalise it in England and Wales, as the proposed legislation returns to Parliament later. The House of Lords is due to begin a two-day debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Supporters have urged peers to “respect” the…

(left) Misty Combs performs CPR on a raccoon (right) Crystal Bakaluk cradles the raccoon she saved from drowning – credits, retrieved from social media. Yes, you’ve read the headline correctly. When a nurse in Kentucky’s Letcher County scooped a dead-drunk raccoon out of a dumpster, she was desperate to save its life. It had been…

The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, has said it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest “if the participation of Israel goes ahead”. In a statement, RTÉ said that Ireland’s participation in the event “would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza”. Ireland has won the contest seven times…

credit – Heights Pizza Man via Facebook A Minnesota pizzeria owner is making headlines for the kindness he’s shown to dumpster divers behind his restaurant. “I can’t sit in a building full of food and watch somebody starve in my parking lot,” he told national news, determined to take action. Pretty much as soon as…

Getty Images Charlie Kirk was a darling of the Maga movement and is credited with boosting young voter turnout Charlie Kirk, an influential conservative activist and close ally of US President Donald Trump, was shot dead while speaking at an event at a university in Utah. There’s still a lot that is unclear about the…

– credit, the Borneo Orangutan Rescue Alliance, supplied A conservation project just announced the successful release of Popi, a female orangutan rescued as an infant, into the Busang Ecosystem of East Borneo. After nearly nine years of intensive rehabilitation, Popi has now returned to her natural rainforest home thanks to a collaboration led by the…

Mark SavageMusic correspondent Getty Images Pulp and Wolf Alice are both former winners of the Mercury Prize British band Wolf Alice have broken a Mercury Prize record by becoming the only act in the award’s 34-year history to be nominated for all of their first four albums. The quartet, who won in 2018 for second…

Tuskegee’s Kembriah Parker during a flight lesson – credit, Tuskegee University Having once trained the first Black military pilots for deployment in World War II, Tuskegee University is now training another Black generation for another national challenge. Hoping to address the nation’s pilot shortage, the aviation science program at Tuskegee University in Alabama is currently…

US President Donald Trump has called on the European Union to hit China and India with tariffs of up to 100% as part of his efforts to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, a source familiar with the discussions has told the BBC. He made the demand, first reported by…

Kayakers on the Chicago River – credit Jrrugg94, CC 3.0. BY-SA One day, a book will be written about the 21st century, and the topic will be how the denizens in the world’s largest cities cleaned up the rivers which flow through them. Whether that’s the Yangtze, the Seine, the Mersey, or the Chicago River,…