Polly Davis Doig

3 weeks ago | newser.com | Polly Davis Doig

On the scale of "love at first sight" comes the tale of Mazyar Azarbonyad, who had a first date more along the lines of "high-speed cop chase ends very poorly." As the Guardian reports, the 20-year-old personal trainer was out on a first date on April 9, and was driving his date home when he was pulled over by cops in Newcastle, UK.

4 weeks ago | newser.com | Polly Davis Doig

For those tired of a barrage of stories about real estate booms, sellers' markets, multiple offers on a mediocre house in the first six seconds it was listed, and buyers having to all but leverage their firstborn to land themselves a house—well, we have good news. For those looking to sell their homes, however, look away, per CNN.

1 month ago | newser.com | Polly Davis Doig

Israel says that one of its top Hamas targets has been "eliminated," reports the Standard, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reading out the name of Mohammed Sinwar as among the Hamas leaders killed in an address to parliament on Wednesday. "We have killed tens of thousands of terrorists. We killed [Mohammed] Deif, [Ismail] Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar, and Mohammed Sinwar," he said, per the Washington Times, referencing a May 13 strike in Sinwar's hometown, Khan Younis. Who is Sinwar?

1 month ago | newser.com | Polly Davis Doig

Humans dressed as bears aren't a particularly creative Halloween costume, but humans dressed as bears are kind of a creative way to help a little bear cub find his way back to the wild. As NBC News reports, the humans at the San Diego Humane Society are putting on bear costumes to entertain a young ursine charge who came into their care in April. The bear in question is a 2-month-old male black bear, and he's apparently taking the bait.

1 month ago | newser.com | Polly Davis Doig

If you pay it, they will come. There are a number of Major League Baseball players pulling in eye-watering bucks, and USA Today runs down the list. Juan Soto takes the cake with a massive 15-year, $765 million deal, but there's a notable asterisk to the top 10 moneyballers: Shohei Ohtani, who signed a 10-year, $700 million deal in 2024, but deferred the bulk of his earnings until much later in his career. He thus comes in at No. 18 on the list of highest-paid baseball players in 2025.