Comedy legend Carol Burnett is seeking custody of her granddaughter, Dylan, over her daughter Erin Hamilton’s ongoing battle with drugs. “Because of addiction problems and other circumstances that my daughter Erin has difficulty influencing her immediate family dynamics, my husband has [Brian Miller] and I have filed a petition in …

At one time, Microsoft Internet Explorer had more than 90% of the web browser market. Now, the company said it will cut access to a critical piece of support in 2021. The tech giant made this announcement in a blog post this week. By the summer of 2002, Internet Explorer …

22 Aug 2020 SAN FRANCISCO Editor’s note: Some of our covid-19 coverage is free to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. See our hub for more stories and our pandemic tracker THE IPO is dead, live the IPO. When the pandemic hit in March, initial public offerings, particularly …

An ancient Egyptian “how-not” has been solved, according to researchers who used imaging techniques to look under the wraps of mummified animals. From birds to crocodiles, lions and beetles, the ancient Egyptians had a tendency to mummify animals. While some pets were buried with their owners, millions of animals were …

This summer, only 90 of the state prison’s 192 resident fire teams are available to help remove brushes and perform other important arson tasks, according to the California Department of State Forest Management and Fire Protection. While a number of internal firefighters are infected, other crews are under quarantine duties. …