The city has cemented its partnership of more than three decades with Animal Care Centers of New York, despite intense concern from advocates. The $1.4 billion contract with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will allow the nonprofit ACC to run the city’s animal shelters until Aug. 31, 2052. Records show the contract was registered by the Comptroller’s Office […]

Bezos, 54 — the world’s richest man — and wife MacKenzie, 48,  revealed their 25-year marriage was over in a joint statement. The couple, wed the year before he founded Amazon, are not thought to have signed a pre-nuptial agreement, according to reports. Divorce laws in their home state Washington say wealth made during a marriage must be split 50-50. […]

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a Polish national involved in cyber business on allegations of spying, Polish media reported on Friday, deepening the controversy over Western criticism of the Chinese telecoms equipment maker. Polish public TV channel TVP said security services had also searched the local offices of Huawei Technologies Cos Ltd [HWT.UL], […]

Could a Fitbit-style gadget REALLY replace The Pill? Makers of £249 ‘Ava’ fertility tracking bracelets say a new setting will warn women against sex when they’re most likely to conceive Fertility tracker bracelet Ava can warn women when they are most fertile  Thousands of women in the UK are already using the £249 device Ava can ‘detect an average of […]

This latest partial government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for federal employees. Since the shutdown was triggered at midnight on December 22, 800,000 employees have been forced to work without immediate pay, or to go on furlough. Just last week, President Donald Trump threatened that he is prepared to allow the shutdown to continue for months — or even years […]

Colin O’Brady, a Yale Graduate from Portland, Oregon, spent Christmas Day traversing Antarctica. While many people spend time in this remote location, O’Brady was about to complete a very special journey. On December 26, he became the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. The trek took 54 days in total and he recorded his journey via his Instagram […]

Three reputed MS-13 gang members have been busted in a bat-and-knife attack on a group of teens outside a Long Island burger joint, authorities announced Thursday. Ramon Aravelo-Lopez, 19, Oscar Canales-Molina, 17, and Nobel Montes-Zuniga, 20, are accused of jumping the Huntington Station teens in the parking lot of a Burger King as they were walking out on Wednesday, said […]

Loyalty DOESN’T pay: Signing up for combined broadband and TV deals costs £690 more a year, Which? finds Research by Which? found two in five have been staying with the same provider Households signed up to Sky for at least ten years were found to be paying more  But Sky hit back at Which? saying charity offers a range of […]

Plastic-free flushable wet wipe that breaks down quickly and doesn’t cause blockages will soon go on sale in the UK Industry trade body Water UK has launched a scheme to identify wipes that will break down without causing any harm  And the first product to meet the new regulations are Natracare’s ‘Safe to Flush’ moist tissues  The wipes will also […]

Critics of an expensive doggy day care center say the owners are, well, barking up the wrong tree. (iStock, File) A California doggy day care center is coming under fire over its steep pup prices, which some critics say strike a discordant note in a state grappling with long-running housing and homelessness crises. Doggy Style, a private, members-only San Francisco canine club, […]