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Published: 16:10 EDT, 19 March 2024 | Updated: 16:59 EDT, 19 March 2024 The son of Microsoft billionaire Steve Ballmer has lifted a lid on what it was really like to grow up rich - from what they got for Christmas to why he was ashamed by his wealth.Pete Ballmer, who is currently living in San Francisco, sat down wi...

Published: 12:07 EDT, 2 April 2024 | Updated: 12:52 EDT, 2 April 2024 A piece of metal came crashing through a home in Florida that is believed to be from a 5,800-pound battery pallet discarded by the International Space Station (ISS).Naples homeowner Alejandro Otero was on vacation when he received a call from his ...

Published: 10:03 EDT, 19 March 2024 | Updated: 11:38 EDT, 19 March 2024 Eerie new drone footage has for the first time revealed the extent of the damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant 13 years on from its meltdown. The plant's operators, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, or TEPCO, released 12 photos from ...

Published: 20:01 EDT, 11 March 2024 | Updated: 04:34 EDT, 12 March 2024 Getting inactive people to walk just 5,000 steps three times a week could save the NHS £15billion, new research suggests.Replacing lazy lifestyles with moderate levels of activity would make a significant difference to the nation's overall healt...

Published: 14:47 EST, 26 February 2024 | Updated: 14:47 EST, 26 February 2024 Nearly half of all young voters are not willing to pay more than $10 a month to fight climate change, despite Joe Biden claiming it's an 'existential threat' and making it the center of his re-election campaign. Less than half (45%) of the...

Published: 07:28 EST, 3 March 2024 | Updated: 07:28 EST, 3 March 2024 Workers at Elon Musk's languishing Las Vegas tunnel project have spoken out about unbearable conditions at the underground site dubbed 'The Plantation' - as an investigation reveals some have been left permanently scarred.The 1.7 mile tunnel syste...

Published: 07:28 EST, 3 March 2024 | Updated: 07:49 EST, 3 March 2024 Chinese gangs have set up thousands of illicit weed farms across the US as they begin to challenge Mexican cartels for supremacy as America's cannabis kingpins.Authorities in Oklahoma, Oregon, California, New Mexico and Maine have all been battlin...

Published: 12:26 EST, 26 February 2024 | Updated: 15:08 EST, 26 February 2024 A California man is on the cusp of being declared cured of HIV and blood cancer.Paul Edmonds, 68, who made international headlines last year when he shared his story, still has no traces of either condition five years after being given a t...

Published: 13:47 EST, 22 February 2024 | Updated: 16:49 EST, 22 February 2024 Federal agencies are 'urgently investigating' whether the massive cellular outage that plagued Americans on Thursday was a cyberattack.The Federal Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are on the h...

Updated: 10:01 EST, 18 January 2024 The rise of remote working after the pandemic has made working from a more exotic or cheaper state a reality for many Americans. But the 'work from anywhere' or 'digital nomad' culture - which has boomed in recent years - may have unexpected and grim implications as tax season app...