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How the three-year cruise fell apart

In April 2023, George Fox was gearing up for the adventure of a lifetime: a three-year cruise taking him around the world. The departure was set for Life at Sea’s inaugural cruise, slated to leave Istanbul on November 1.

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They released a sex video to shame and silence her. She's one of many women in Myanmar doxxed and abused on Telegram by supporters of the military

In the summer of 2021, Chomden was abroad, thousands of miles away from her home in Myanmar, when a friend sent her an urgent message informing her that an intimate video of her was being shared online.

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Hatch is Back! All-New 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Wows at the 2018 New York International Auto Show

Talk about going big in the Big Apple! For the first time in North America, Toyota’s newest, stylish, and most technologically-advanced small car, the all-new 2019 Corolla Hatchback, makes its debut at the New York International Auto Show.

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In Paul Ryan's Backyard, Good Jobs Are Moving to Canada

Kenneth Olsen lives in House Speaker Paul Ryan's district in Wisconsin. He wishes Ryan had been there to see his wife of 42 years slump in her chair and cry when he told her the news: His GE factory job is being eliminated.

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Tony Award-Winning Actress Phylicia Rashad Joins Houston Symphony for New Semi-Staged Version of Beethoven's Fidelio

The Houston Symphony announced today that Tony Award winner and three-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad will join the cast of its new semi-staged, concert version of Beethoven’s Fidelio, the composer’s only opera, March 31 and April 2.

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Tillerson Says US Won't Set Preconditions for North Korea Talks

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US is ready to talk with North Korea without preconditions, in comments that appeared to signal a shift in State Department policy.

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Jurors hear Bill Cosby's side from 2005 deposition

Jurors in Bill Cosby's indecent assault trial on Tuesday heard the defendant's own account of what happened between him and accuser Andrea Constand, in the form of his 13 year-old testimony.

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America's addiction to absurdly fast shipping has a hidden cost

Search. Compare options. Click buy. Look out for a package on your doorstep the next day, or even that same day, without ever having to get in your car. The mail truck comes by and drops off your order with a bunch of others, probably on a route she would've been driving anyway, no extra trip needed. Totally green, right?

Trump vs. 'the Squad' makes watershed moment in racial politics

President Donald Trump emerged into the sweltering heat of a mid-July afternoon Monday not to apologize for his own racist instincts, but to justify them and enshrine them in his reelection campaign.

Britain's mixed-race GI babies want to know why they were given away

A wedding ring and a photograph are all Leon Lomax has left of his mother, a woman he has longed to know his whole life.

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Minnesota National Guard deployed after protests over the death of man following a police shooting during a traffic stop

Hundreds of people protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic stop.

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The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa

Kigali's streets thrum with traffic, motorbikes darting around buses, its roadside markets a hive of activity. Standing on the roadside, it's much like any other major city in the heart of Africa. But this is a city that stands apart from other metropolises on the continent.

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Kamala Harris dives into migration diplomacy as GOP aims to make her the face of the border crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris and her team are staring down attempts to make her the face of the Biden administration's response to the crisis at the border, a little more than a week after being assigned a role that positions her in the center of one of the administration's most divisive issues.

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Biden's 'core conviction' drives his push to tax corporations and the rich. It could cost him.

President Joe Biden's steadfast belief in taxing corporations and the rich has become a central plank in his legislative agenda, even as he's warned of political peril and red lines from Republicans.

Biden sends his most blunt signal yet after Electoral College affirms him as the winner of the election

President-elect Joe Biden's forcible attempt to turn the page from President Donald Trump's baseless attacks on the integrity of the election reflects a need to urgently cement his own right to rule in a presidency that will need every ounce of legitimacy and authority when he takes office in a storm of crises.

How travelers help to protect the Outer Islands of the Seychelles

There are few places in the world as beautiful, or as vulnerable as the Outer Islands of Seychelles.

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Life after Covid: The people who will re-enter society last

Danielle Seal likens going for a walk during the pandemic to an extreme sport.

They met on an airplane to Egypt then fell in love

If everything had gone according to plan, they would probably never have met. But Mafalda Feliciano's original British Airways flight from Brazil was overbooked, so she was bumped on to another -- and then fate played its hand.

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The benefits of owning a dog -- and the surprising science behind it

If you have a dog and tell them it's National Dog Day, I suspect they will reply: "I thought everyday was dog day! Now where's my treat?"

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Dog ownership is associated with good health. Mandatory Credit: Getty Images

If you have a dog and tell them it's National Dog Day, I suspect they will reply: "I thought everyday was dog day! Now where's my treat?"