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First Amendment advocates warn against sectarian social media posts

My son, who is almost four, has recently become obsessed with the universe. He can recite the planets of the solar system and tell anyone who will listen that Pluto – his favourite – was once a planet but was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” in 2006. Now that he has a sense of scale and size, he has developed a habit of comparing everything: an ant is smaller than a leaf, the Earth is smaller than the sun, the sun is just a dot in the galaxy, and the galaxy is a tiny part of the universe. “And...

The actor says starting ADHD medication has allowed him to put on a one-man show about his life.

The actor says starting ADHD medication has allowed him to put on a one-man show about his life.

C.J. Stroud threw two early touchdown passes and the Houston Texans advanced to the NFL playoffs with a 20-16 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday.

Winter storm brings travel chaos to East Coast

One month after the Wang Fuk Court fire, Hong Kong’s construction industry grapples with a scaffold net safety regime halting repairs on over 200 buildings. In the third part of a series, Edith Lin and Vivian Au report on calls for certified suppliers, expedited testing and a broader accountability overhaul. Here’s part one and two. Hong Kong’s construction industry has been thrown into uncertainty under a new scaffold net inspection regime introduced after the deadly fire in Tai Po, prompting...

A 22-year-old Japanese man who died from a tumour has continued to move many people online with an optimistic post he scheduled for publication after his death. On October 12, Kanaru Nakayama died peacefully after battling a tumour on his back, a rare aggressive soft tissue cancer, for two years. Two days later, Nakayama’s social media account @nkym7856 posted a short lighthearted message which read: “I am dead.” The post has attracted one million likes and 86,000 reposts. It was reportedly...

These are some of the biggest trends you can expect to see hitting stores in the new year.

These are some of the biggest trends you can expect to see hitting stores in the new year.

These are some of the biggest trends you can expect to see hitting stores in the new year.

These are some of the biggest trends you can expect to see hitting stores in the new year.