Beloved woman set alight by serial criminal on Chicago subway train speaks out as she is discharged after three months in hospital

By JOE HUTCHISON, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 19:22 GMT, 6 February 2026 | Updated: 19:43 GMT, 6 February 2026 A woman who was set ablaze on a Chicago subway train by a man branded a danger to society has been discharged from hospital three months on. Bethany MaGee, 26, has…

Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony LIVE: Mariah Carey stuns on stage as Taylor Swift sends good luck message to athletes 

Princess Anne in attendance Spectators are asked to stand for the national anthem. Laura Pausini, a Grammy winner, performs it. Loud applause. Didn’t understand a word of it. Lots of violins now. A bit of poetry, maybe? It is poetry, but, again, no idea what he’s saying. Princess Anne is…

Bitcoin’s brutal crash just became a nightmare for the plan to put crypto in Americans’ retirement

Bitcoin’s 50% plunge from its October peak has done more than just erase $2 trillion in market value — it has reignited a fierce debate over the fiduciary math of the American retirement system. As investors scramble to parse the drivers of the latest crash, industry observers are asking if…

How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that “tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,” the question isn’t whether a personal conglomerate can be built, but rather…

4 upper-stage issues in 19 months: When will SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket return to flight?

SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket hit a bit of a snag this week. On Monday (Feb. 2), a Falcon 9 successfully launched 25 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) from California. But the upper stage failed to perform its deorbit burn as planned and ended up crashing…

Bad Bunny Wore a Grey Bottega Veneta Spring/Summer 2026 Look to the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Press Conference

Bad Bunny is prepping us for one of the most fashionable Super Bowl performances this Sunday at the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show and we’re ready for it. The multi-Grammy-winning artist touched down in San Francisco for the Super Bowl LX press conference in a light grey Bottega…

Kanye West Cheated on Kim Kardashian With Me!

Reading Time: 3 minutes Anyone who saw Bianca Censori show up nude to the Grammys last year knows that she’s not exactly shy. But the model and architect — who’s best known for her tumultuous relationship with Kanye West — rarely grants interviews. In fact, she rarely posts on social…

Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel: Headed for Divorce?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Marital troubles could really ruin the tour. Are Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel in danger of splitting up? Multiple reports now say that they are. Reports of relationship issues have followed them since the singer’s infamous DUI arrest. But there may be other issues at play,…

I asked ChatGPT if it’s better to generate passive income from UK shares in an ISA or SIPP and it said…

Image source: Getty Images Passive income is the ultimate goal for many investors, and investing via a tax wrapper can accelerate the journey. Britain has two great options, the Stocks and Shares ISA and Self-Invested Personal Pension, better known as a SIPP. Both shelter dividends from tax, but in slightly…

This Game Boy-inspired controller took my iPhone back to 1993

When people ask where my interest in tech came from, I always point to the same moment in my life. The year was 1993, and I was starting first grade in a new city. I was nervous, but to help me with my big feelings, my grandmother bought me a…