Wisconsin Waitress Gets $1,000 Tip from Christmas Customer

A Wisconsin waitress got a Christmas morning surprise from a customer – a $1,000 tip. Callie Blue, 29, was waiting tables at Gus’s Diner in Sun Prairie, just outside Madison, at 6 a.m. Sunday when she started chatting with one of the few customers in the restaurant at that…

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘very sick’, says Pope Francis

Read More Pope Francis has said his retired predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is “very sick” and asked for God to comfort him until “the end”. The pontiff did not reveal the nature of the illness affecting Benedict, but towards the end of his audience on Wednesday said: “I would like to ask for a […]

Travel Chaos Continues as Southwest Scrubs 2,500 Wednesday Flights

Southwest Airlines scrubbed thousands of flights again Wednesday in the aftermath of the massive winter storm that wrecked Christmas travel plans across the U.S., and the federal government said it would investigate why the company lagged so far behind other carriers.

Cody Fisher: two men arrested on suspicion of murder

Read More Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a footballer who was stabbed to death in a nightclub on Boxing Day. Cody Fisher, 23, was fatally attacked in the Crane nightclub in Digbeth just before midnight on Monday. Detectives investigating the murder arrested a 22-year-old in Birmingham city centre and a 21-year-old […]

US Digs Out From Monster Storm as Death Toll Passes 50

The monster storm that killed dozens in the United States over the Christmas weekend continued to inflict misery on New York state and air travelers nationwide Tuesday, as stories emerged of families trapped for days during the “blizzard of the century.” The number of deaths…

Four in 10 junior doctors plan to quit NHS as soon as they can, survey finds

Read More Four in 10 junior doctors are actively planning to quit the NHS as soon as they can find another job, according to a survey by the British Medical Association. The survey, released as part of the BMA chair of council Prof Philip Banfield’s new year message, found poor pay and working conditions were […]