Storm Eleanor has smashed into Britain overnight, bringing hurricane-force winds and flooding. Forecasters have said there is « danger to life » as treacherous conditions are expected in many parts of the UK. Thousands are already without power in Northern Ireland, the Midlands, the South West and Wales. A number of roads are closed due to fallen…

Movies Dalene Rovenstine•@RealDaleneR Updated January 2, 2018 at 3:23pm EST This year, the Academy Awards is celebrating 90 years of film. Through the storied history of the awards show, there have been hundreds of winners from across all categories. On this monumental anniversary, EW wanted to pick the best of the best. Over the next…

Ron Yaschuk found the whale while walking his dog on Rainbow Haven Beach, about 15 kilometres east of Dartmouth. « We’re walking along and I could see something off in the distance, » Yaschuk told BuzzFeed Canada. « I approach it and I see it’s a whale. » It’s unclear how long the 2,000-kilogram pilot whale had been on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s legal pot economy was supposed to operate under the umbrella of a vast computerized system to track marijuana from seed to storefronts, ensuring that plants are followed throughout the supply chain and don’t drift into the black market. But recreational cannabis sales began this week without the computer system in…

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat dem nordkoreanischen Machthaber Kim Jong Un mit der Größe und Mächtigkeit seines Atomwaffenknopfs gedroht. « Wird jemand aus seinem verarmten und ausgehungertem Regime ihn bitte darüber informieren, dass auch ich einen atomaren Knopf habe », twitterte der US-Präsident. « Aber er ist viel größer und mächtiger als seiner, und mein Knopf funktioniert! » Kim hatte…

Koby Altman once traded a lucrative real estate career for long nights watching film and doing laundry in hopes of becoming an NBA GM. Now that he’s there, he’s tasked with one big job: Keep LeBron.

Bei einem Busunglück in Peru sind am Dienstag mindestens 25 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Der Bus kollidierte auf einer Küstenstraße nördlich der Hauptstadt Lima mit einem Lastwagen und stürzte von einer Klippe etwa hundert Meter in die Tiefe, wie die Polizei mitteilte. Es sei mit weiteren Toten an Bord des mit 53 Passagieren besetzten Busses…

Updated January 03, 2018 14:08:49 Video: Julio Ascui says he is feeling ‘really well’ despite being lost for days (ABC News) Related Story: Family of missing Grampians bushwalker use social media to retrace steps Melbourne man Julio Ascui, who set off on a hike in Victoria’s Grampians five days ago, has been found alive. The…

As if the deep freeze that’s sent temperatures plunging to all-time lows across the eastern half of the U.S. weren’t enough, the region may get hit with a snow bomb. Now that Boston has tied a 100-year-old record with seven days of highs below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, New York’s airports have registered new lows and…

Sergio Aguero has scored 10 goals in six games against WatfordRunaway leaders Manchester City showed no ill-effects from the end of their 18-game Premier League winning run by comfortably beating Watford. Playing two days after the 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, City took just just 38 seconds to open the scoring as Raheem Sterling slotted…