RARE PHOTOS: 5 - The Real Truth

NASCAR is heading back to Canada with first Truck CTMP race in seven years

A national division of NASCAR is going north of the border for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic

Motorsport · Aug 20

Your next oil change is becoming a bigger part of car dealers’ business as profits cool and service departments make up the difference

Dealers are chasing service revenue as pandemic-era profits from selling cars fall back to Earth.

Fortune · Aug 20

Top GCSE grades rise but key pass rate returns to pre-pandemic levels

Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland received GCSE grades and technical awards on Thursday morning.

Evening Standard · Aug 20

Andy Burnham calls on wider society to help end rough sleeping by Christmas

PM says public money alone won’t solve problem but ‘we did it in the pandemic, we can do it again’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19

Nearly 1 in 4 students are chronically absent from school – kids who feel happy and safe are less likely to miss class

Chronic absenteeism – referring to students who miss 10% or more days of the school year – has become one of the most urgent problems across American schools since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Before the pandemic, about 15% of students across the country missed that much…

The Conversation · Aug 19

The CDC has a new director – now comes the hard part

The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 5, 2026, is only the second CDC director to face Senate confirmation. Congress adopted the process for the agency after the COVID-19 pandemic to bring more scrutiny to one of…

The Conversation · Aug 19

Ex-Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Concealing COVID Research Records

Meta Description: David Morens, a former senior NIAID adviser, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. by concealing federal COVID-19 records.

Medical Daily · Aug 19

Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to hide Covid-19 origins research

Dr. David Morens worked under Dr. Fauci as a senior official during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Aug 19

Canberra airport deal with overseas counterparts clears runway for more direct flights

More international destinations than before the pandemic.

The Canberra Times · Aug 18

PM announces drive to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas

The move is reminiscent of the Everyone In scheme in the pandemic when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought in off the streets.

Evening Standard · Aug 18