Property owners’ £2.3tn windfall ‘has created huge inequality gap’

A £2.3tn windfall for those lucky enough to own their own homes during the property boom of the 1990s and early 2000s has opened up a deep and widening inequality gap between the generations, a thinktank has warned. Rising house prices that have enriched older...

Fatal Police Shooting of Seattle Woman Raises Mental Health Questions

Officers killed Charleena Lyles, a 30-year-old with a history of mental illness who was clutching a knife, the authorities said. Her family said there was no reason to shoot.