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The against the odds story of the first Rugby League World Cup

When England kick off the 16th iteration of the tournament on Saturday, they would do well to remember the remarkable story of how the very first one came to be, writes Mick O’Hare

The Independent UK

Bandits are losing interest in robbing banks, as some crimes no longer pay

Bank robbery is a high-profile crime that fascinates many people.

The Conversation

White woman who triggered lynching of black child won't be charged 77 years on

Jurors heard more than seven hours of testimony after an unserved arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham was found last month - 77 years after Emmett Till's killing in the Mississippi Delta in the US

Daily Mirror

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Hack Wilson: the hard-living Chicago Cubs star whose epic 1930 endures

The mercurial Cubs outfielder was one of the most rambunctious hitters in MLB history and still holds of one of the sport’s most impregnable records

The Guardian - US

The freaky Nostradamus predictions that came true and the ones still to come in 2022 and beyond

Whether you're a believer or sceptic, you have to agree there are some uncanny similarities between his words and true events

Irish Mirror

D.B. Cooper, the changing nature of hijackings and the foundation for today's airport security

Though many Americans may associate airport security with 9/11, it was a wave of hijackings in the late 1960s and early 1970s that laid the foundation for today’s airport security protocols.

The Conversation

Inside the legend of Bigfoot: How hunt for Sasquatch began - from footsteps to sightings

Legends of Bigfoot have plagued our bedtime stories, Hollywood movies and basic curiosity for years, but the true origins of this ape-like mystery has humble beginnings

Daily Mirror

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Tucker Carlson pulls from an old playbook as he stokes anxiety about a masculinity crisis

Promotions for “The End of Men,” Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s forthcoming documentary, lament “The total collapse of testosterone levels in American men.”

The Conversation

Disney hasn't found itself in this much trouble since 1941

The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022.

The Conversation

A New Orleans community center rises from its ugly history as a segregated school

They were known as “the McDonogh Three,” and unlike many stories of the tumultuous civil rights era, this one has a hopeful ending.

The Conversation

Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the 'white man’s party'

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society.

The Conversation

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