Minella Times, who Rachael Blackmore rode to a ground-breaking Grand National win, was retired on Tuesday, with the Irish jockey saying the 10-year-old is a “special horse”. Blackmore in 2021 became the first female jockey to win the famous jumps race. Minella Times, trained by Henry De Bromhead, was being trained to run at the…

The New York Times Co.’s acquisition of Wordle has created uproar on social media, with fans expressing fears that the popular online word game, which is currently free to play, might be put behind a paywall. Announcing on Monday that it had bought Wordle for an undisclosed price in the low seven figures, the Times…

The Federal Reserve could supersize an interest rate increase to half a percentage point if inflation remains stubbornly high, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic told the Financial Times in an interview. Bostic stuck to his call for three quarter-point interest rate increases in 2022, with the first in March, but a more aggressive approach was…

This year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration will be held on Dec. 31, 2021, amid COVID-19 restrictions. The event marks 115 years of the ball lowering, a now universal symbol of welcoming the New Year. An annual tradition since Dec. 31, 1907, the event was curtailed last year, with only so-called essential workers and…

This year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration will be held on Dec. 31, 2021, amid COVID-19 restrictions. The event marks 118 years of celebrations that have been watched worldwide with enthusiasm and become not only a national but also a universal tradition to greet the New Year with dazzling lights and the bustling energy…