3/23/2023

Haiti soccer sexual abuse scandal: Impending defamation lawsuit could cost journalist $64,700 if he loses. He says he'll 'never give up'

An investigative journalist who detailed allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against the former Haitian Football Federation (FHF) president is now facing a defamation lawsuit designed to gag him, his lawyer tells CNN Sport.
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3/22/2023

Engineers just made a cheesecake with a 3D printer

After some trial and error, researchers at Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab figured out how to 3D print a creamy, gooey cheesecake. Postdoctoral researcher Jonathan Blutinger explains the process and the technology that's just starting to emerge in the world of cooking.

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The banking meltdown may have done the Fed's work for it

Federal Reserve officials have a difficult path ahead of them. They still have work to do to bring inflation down, but their efforts have been complicated by the events of the past few weeks.
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Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka found it tough to face 'hate' in locker room

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka said she struggled to understand the "hate" she encountered in the locker room amid strained relations between some players following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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UK inflation unexpectedly rises to 10.4% in February

Consumer prices in the United Kingdom jumped by 10.4% in February compared with a year ago, as food inflation hit its highest level in more than 45 years and restaurants charged more for alcohol, official data showed Wednesday.

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Ai Weiwei recreates Monet's water lilies using 650,000 Lego pieces

When the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei opens his new show in April, visitors will encounter a familiar scene at London's Design Museum: Claude Monet's famed water lilies. But rather than being composed of the French painter's Impressionist brushstrokes, the monumental recreation is made from the studs of Lego bricks — a whopping 650,000 of them in 22 different colors.

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Gwyneth Paltrow in court as trial over 2016 ski collision begins

The trial over a 2016 skiing accident involving Gwyneth Paltrow began on Tuesday.
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