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Old Trafford Faithful
10 months ago
Manchester United

Club interested in signing Eric Bailly from Man United - Old Trafford Faithful

Eric Bailly is attracting interest from Real Betis this summer.Changes are afoot at Manchester United; both on and off the field.Club ownership remains up in the air, while Erik ten Hag is doing his utmost to overhaul the dressing room into one that better fits his style of play.As a result, there were several players who were frozen out last term, while others left on loan.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Europe politics

Georgians dream of EU membership as their leaders move closer to Putin

Georgia is increasingly looking to join the European Union, as their leaders move closer to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.
The Georgian people are hoping that the EU will provide them with greater economic opportunities and political stability in the region.
The EU's expansion into the region could help to reduce Russia's influence in the Caucasus and contribute to a more peaceful and prosperous region. [ more ]
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Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Some South L.A. residents call for embattled City Councilman Curren Price to step down

(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)

With the fate of yet another Los Angeles City councilmember up in the air following criminal corruption charges, a group of his constituents said they are clear on the path forward: Curren Price should resign.In front of the gates of Price's district office in South Los Angeles, a small crowd of about a dozen rallied Saturday to demand the council veteran step down.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Column: Are charges against Curren Price just another blow for Black power in L.A.?

(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

"With the trust that you placed in me, I'm going to continue to do everything in my power to bring our city together.This is an honor I don't take lightly."Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price, standing in his usual spot behind the horseshoe at City Hall, delivered those words with supreme confidence last October.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

San Clemente beach areas will close earlier in wake of Memorial Day weekend brawl

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

San Clemente beaches - among the last in Orange County open until midnight - are closing two hours earlier at night after a recent brawl between a group of teens and three off-duty Marines.The San Clemente City Council voted Tuesday to close the city's beaches at 10 p.m. effective immediately, citing how "challenging" law enforcement has become at night.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

SCOTUS Has Dealt a New Blow to Unions - But the Right to Strike Still Stands

Cheech Manohar, a writer and actor, strikes with other members of the Writers Guild of America outside of NBC/Universal Studios in Universal City on May 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
This story was originally published by Labor Notes.The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local 174 is outrageous - valuing property over workers' rights.
Los Angeles Times
11 months ago
Los Angeles Rams

Hernandez: Here's the reason LeBron James won't retire, he'll return to the Lakers

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

While LeBron James was sidelined because of a torn tendon in his right foot, some of the medical experts he consulted doubted whether he would play again this season."It was a significant injury," Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka recalled Tuesday at the team's practice facility in El Segundo.
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Rush The Kop
10 months ago
Liverpool FC

A dive into the state of Liverpool's First Team Defense

Liverpool made a late season surge to briefly flirt with the Top 4 before ultimately settling for 5th and Europa League football.Throughout the up-and-down campaign, it was clear the vaunted Reds defense from years past was beginning to wobble.If it wasn't for the heroics of Alisson in goal, my player of the season, a 5th place finish would have been a pipe dream.
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Eater Chicago
10 months ago
Chicago

20 of Chicago's Most Beloved Closed Diners

Paying tribute to the diners that Chicago depended upon




As Eater concludes Diner Land, its week-long celebration of diners across the country, a few concerns continue to pop up.The biggest disagreement is a fundamental one: What defines a diner?What disqualifies a restaurant from being considered a diner?
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

A Trump-Appointed Judge Who Showed Him Favor Gets the Documents Case

Even as prosecutors publicly unveiled a deep and detailed array of evidence against former President Donald J. Trump in the documents investigation on Friday, they suffered a potential setback with the surprise assignment of the case to Judge Aileen M. Cannon.Judge Cannon, 42, a Trump appointee, shocked legal experts across ideological lines last year by intervening in the investigation and issuing rulings favorable to Mr. Trump, only to be rebuked by a conservative appeals court.
99% Invisible
11 months ago
Design

Train Set: Track Three - 99% Invisible

Happy National Train Day, everyone - for those of you who missed it: that was May 13th this year.A year ago, we started down this path with Train Set: Track One, which gave way to Track Two ...and now, here we are for the final part of our train-fecta.First Stop: Shining Time Station
In the cartoon world inhabited by Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, anthropomorphized trains chug chug chug along the picturesque countryside of this hilly, bright and colorful island.
www.aljazeera.com
11 months ago
Europe news

US President Joe Biden arrives in Japan for G7 summit

The talks will focus on Russia's war on Ukraine, nuclear disarmament, artificial intelligence, climate change and economic security.Hiroshima, Japan United States President Joe Biden has arrived for a Group of Seven summit set to be dominated by Russia's war on Ukraine and concerns about China's rising power and influence.
www.aljazeera.com
11 months ago
Europe news

G7 weighs new sanctions on Russia to end Ukraine war

Existing sanctions are some of the toughest ever imposed on a major economy, but there is still room to increase pressure.Hiroshima, Japan By some accounts, sanctions against Russia have left it more isolated than at any point since the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, when the allies of World War I put the country under a blockade.
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Black & White & Read All Over
10 months ago
Juventus

OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL: Juventus sign Dean Huijsen to contract extension

Around the time his 18th birthday arrived back in mid-April, the reports came down that Juventus Next Gen starlet Dean Huijsen was ready to sign a long-term contract extension.If things went right, it was the kind of deal that would see him rise to the senior level with plenty of time to spare before his next potential new contract.
Brooklyn
www.amny.com
10 months ago
Brooklyn

Adams drops 90-day rule for city housing vouchers, battle with council over voucher access still looms | amNewYork

Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Mayor Eric Adams signed an emergency rule on Friday to nix the mandate that people must spend 90 days in homeless shelters to access city housing vouchers, a month after the City Council passed a bill doing the same thing.
www.amny.com
10 months ago
Brooklyn

City lifting ban on e-bikes in parks starting June 20 for yearlong pilot | amNewYork

Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams The city is lifting its ban on e-bikes and scooters in parks and greenways as part of a yearlong pilot starting June 20, the Parks Department announced on Wednesday.The policy change, announced by the Adams administration in March, will permit the operators of most e-bikes and e-scooters to ride on park drives, such as the loops in Central and Prospect parks, as well as the city's greenways, such as those along the Hudson River, East River, Harlem River, and Jamaica Bay.
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Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
10 months ago
Design

What is Bauhaus Design Style: The Significance of Art United Under One Haus - Yanko Design

Staatliches Bauhaus originated as a German school of arts in the early 20th century and transformed into one of the most influential art schools in the history of the world.Bauhaus, meaning 'building a house in German,' was established six months after the First World War in 1919 and aimed to build a new society after the ravages and destruction of the war.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
10 months ago
Design

Modular DJ deck controller lets you decide how you want to mix your music - Yanko Design

Although it might seem like it, controllers for different devices and gadgets are actually designed to help make users' lives easier.The overwhelming number of buttons on a traditional TV or set-top box remote, for example, are there to give nearly instant access to functions without having to dig your way through menus.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
11 months ago
Design

5 Ways the Spacetop AR Laptop Makes Work Better and 5 Ways It Makes It Worse - Yanko Design

For people whose lives and livelihoods depend on computers, having more than one or even two monitors is both a necessity and a luxury.You can only have so many screens on your desk, and you won't be able to carry them around to bring your preferred workflow anywhere else.That's why there has been a sudden increase of "multi-monitor laptops" on crowdfunding platforms, most of which are just short-term fixes to a lingering problem.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
11 months ago
Design

This tiny wireless charger is a convenient alternative to the Apple MagSafe Charger - Yanko Design

Whether you're working from home, or in a corporate office, the one thing that's pretty much consistent in both these scenarios is a desk!A desk is probably one of the most important pieces of furniture in our modern lives, only because we spend the majority of our day on it.You may be typing away to glory, munching away on a snack, or simply fidgeting with a random object - you do end up spending hours on your desk.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson the liar: How ex-PM lied and lied again to Commons

Boris Johnson's disgrace has been sealed in a damning report that found he deliberately lied and lied again to parliament over Partygate.In a sensational verdict, a cross-party group of MPs said they'd have recommended a 90-day suspension had he not already quit the Commons to spite their sanction.The former prime minister should still suffer the humiliation of being stripped of his Commons pass, the privileges committee ruled.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Water warnings mapped: 19 places across the UK you should not swim

With temperatures hotting 30C this weekend, the UK has been issued with an extreme heat warning.The UK Health Security Agency has upgraded a yellow alert for the weekend to an amber heat-health alert, covering five regions - southeast England, the West Midlands, East Midlands, east of England and the southwest.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Footage shows crash caused by drunk woman driving wrong way on M5

Footage of a terrifying car crash caused when a drunk woman drove the wrong way on the M5 for more than two miles has been released.Gloucestershire Constabulary received numerous 999 calls from people reporting a Mini Cooper travelling north on the southbound carriageway of the motorway near Tewkesbury just after midnight on October 5 2022.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Chinese CCTV cameras that caught Hancock kiss to be banned

The Chinese CCTV cameras which caught Matt Hancock's kiss with an aide will be banned from government buildings after Rishi Sunak's government made concessions to rebel Tory MPs.The government is changing its procurement bill so companies subject to China's National Security Law will be stopped from winning public contracts in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Nurses begin new walkouts in Wales as pay row continues

Nurses in Wales have begun a fresh wave of strikes amid a bitter dispute over pay.The Royal College of Nursing said its members would walk out on June 6 and 7.But the union has agreed a number of exemptions, including cancer care, critical care and some children's services.And it said it will also staff a number of services on night duty levels, including emergency departments and community care.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

17 places across the UK you should not swim

The UK is finally enjoying a spate of warm weather this bank holiday weekend, with parts of the country seeing temperatures 20C and higher.As such you might find yourself tempted to go for a dip as Britain heats up.However, it's worth doing your research beforehand as the Environment Agency regularly provides updates on water quality across the country.
Harvard Business Review
10 months ago
Business

How Retailers Can Capitalize on the "Refund Effect"

Product returns pose a major challenge for retailers.In 2022, U.S. consumers returned 16.5% of merchandise purchases, costing retailers an estimated $816 billion in lost revenue.Typical strategies to reduce revenue lost to product returns include reducing the likelihood of returns by providing more information about products (e.g., reviews and FAQs) and increasing the financial and transaction costs to consumers who do return products (e.g., shipping costs and limited return windows).
Eater LA
10 months ago
LA food

One of LA's Buzziest Pop-Ups Is Opening an Izakaya in East Hollywood

Budonoki, the two-year-old izakaya pop-up originally founded by a trio of restaurant industry veterans, is permanently settling into Virgil Village this fall at 654 N. Virgil Avenue on the ground floor of the Cha Cha Cha condominiums.Previously, Budonoki popped up at Melody Wine Bar, Ototo, and Thunderbolt, among others.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

The Microsoft Theater is getting a new name in multiyear deal between AEG and Peacock

The Microsoft-branded theater in downtown Los Angeles will be no more: The L.A. Live venue owned by AEG will soon be named the Peacock Theater.How's that for spreading your feathers?The renaming officially happens July 11 and comes ahead of a pair of global sporting events kicking off in Los Angeles over the next few years: the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Krekorian says he'll move to suspend Price from City Council

(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian said Tuesday evening he will move to suspend Councilmember Curren Price, hours after Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest by the L.A. County district attorney's office.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Government amendments to legacy bill dismissed as tinkering round the edges'

Changes made to a controversial bill aimed at tackling the legacy of Northern Ireland's troubled past have been dismissed as merely tinkering around the edges.The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill proposes providing immunity for people accused of crimes during the Troubles, as long as they co-operate with a new truth recovery body known as the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR).
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Historian to become UK's first permanently endowed professor in LGBTQ+ History

Historian Matt Cook will become the UK's first permanently endowed professor in LGBTQ+ History.Professor Cook will take up his post as the Jonathan Cooper chairman of the history of sexualities at Mansfield College at Oxford University in October.The role has been named in memory of Jonathan Cooper, a human rights lawyer, advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and commentator on issues, such as trans rights and conversion therapy, who died in 2021.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
LA food

L.A. loves salad. We ranked the top chains from best to meh

If you, like me, have trouble running more than one errand per day, you understand the relative importance of the few things that you do get done.One of those things is usually lunch.And that lunch is sometimes a salad.We love our salads in Los Angeles.And the salad eaters of the city have a multitude of options to wade through.
Brownstoner
10 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Singer-Songwriter Tracy Bonham Brings Music to Preschool

Not many of Brooklyn's preschools have a familiar name from the 1990s music scene as a teaching artist for its young students.But the Brooklyn Preschool of Science has just that in Tracy Bonham, a two-time Grammy nominee best known for her angsty single, " Mother, Mother," off her 1996 debut album, "The Burdens of Being Upright."
Brooklyn Paper
10 months ago
Brooklyn

'An advocate for music education': Singer-songwriter Tracy Bonham works to teach, save music at Brooklyn preschool * Brooklyn Paper

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Not many of Brooklyn's preschools have a familiar name from the 1990s music scene as a teaching artist for its young students.But the Brooklyn Preschool of Science has just that in Tracy Bonham, a two-time Grammy nominee best known for her angsty single, "Mother, Mother," off her 1996 debut album, "The Burdens of Being Upright."
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Council probes traveller status of applicants in Martin Clunes planning row

A council considering plans submitted for a permanent travellers' site next to the home of actor Martin Clunes have delayed the decision again as it investigates whether the applicants can be considered as travellers.The Doc Martin star and other villagers in Beaminster, Dorset, are objecting to the plans by Theo Langton and Ruth McGill.
www.cbc.ca
11 months ago
Toronto

Farmers push back against Ontario bill that would put more homes on prime farmland | CBC News

Farmers in Ontario are rallying to fight a government bill that would loosen the rules around farmland protection in the province, a move farmers say would result in more homes being built on prime agricultural land and could also threaten the very fabric of rural life.Bill 97 or the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act is aimed at drastically reshaping development rules to address housing affordability and supply in the province.
Eater Atlanta
11 months ago
Food & drink

The First Chick-fil-A Restaurant Closes After Nearly 56 Years at Greenbriar Mall

It appears the very first Chick-fil-A restaurant is set to close Saturday, May 20, after nearly 56 years at Greenbriar Mall, according to multiple local news outlets and signs posted at the food court stall.Google and the restaurant's Facebook page list the location as "permanently closed."
english.elpais.com
11 months ago
Tech industry

Alexa will employ AI to get promoted to butler of the household

Voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and Bixby are good at playing music, answering simple questions, displaying digital photos, setting timers and alarms, and turning smart switches on and off.But smartphones can also do all these things, so voice assistants need to evolve if they want to survive.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Unabomber Victims Reflect on Kaczynski's Death

When a package containing a bomb arrived for Patrick C. Fischer at his office at Vanderbilt University in 1982, sent by Theodore Ted Kaczynski, the so-called Unabomber, it put Mr. Fischer's secretary in the hospital for three weeks with burns and lacerations.Mr. Fischer's brother and sister-in-law, who are also computer scientists, wondered if they could be next.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

How Angela Paxton Could Help Decide the Fate of Her Embattled Husband, Ken

Last September, a process server arrived at the home of Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, as part of a lawsuit filed by groups trying to help women get abortions out of state.Mr. Paxton's wife, State Senator Angela Paxton, greeted him at the door and told him her husband was on the phone.Later, Ms. Paxton was seen out in the driveway, firing up a pickup truck and swinging open a rear passenger door.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Takeaways From the Impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Ken Paxton, the firebrand Republican Texas attorney general, was temporarily thrown out of office on Saturday by House lawmakers many from his own party who voted to impeach him over a series of bribery and corruption allegations, including that he had given special treatment to a campaign donor who helped him remodel his house.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

A Message for Russia as NATO Members Stage Major Air Exercise

The largest military air exercises in Europe since the end of the Cold War began in Germany on Monday, as fighter jets, bombers and cargo planes took to the air in a pointed demonstration to Russia of how NATO would respond if attacked.The war games have been long in the works, but took on added urgency after the invasion of Ukraine, which alarmed NATO members that lie in the shadow of Russia and jolted the military alliance into reinventing itself after years of torpor.
time.com
10 months ago
US politics

Why Some 2024 Hopefuls Should Have a Talk With Jeb Bush

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.Both Mike Pence and Chris Christie are set to jump into the 2024 race next week, joining Ron DeSantis in vying for the role of leading Republican not named Donald Trump.It goes without saying that all three men are hoping to not end up the Jeb! of 2024.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Major League Baseball

Edward Stack, 88, Longtime President of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Dies

Edward Stack, who as the president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame conceived the eligibility rule that continues to prevent the election of Pete Rose, the prolific hitter who had been banned from Major League Baseball for gambling, died on Sunday in Port Washington, N.Y., on Long Island.He was 88.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
France news

Pierre Bonnard meets a colour supertaster': inside the National Gallery of Victoria's dazzling new show

The pleasures of Pierre Bonnard are so obvious that some mainly artists and critics treat them as something to be resisted, lest we enjoy him a little too much.All those French doors revealing cobalt skies, tablecloths laden with fruits and cakes, his beloved dachshunds, indolent nieces and plump cats scattered around verdant gardens.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
France news

Ex-Liverpool player witnessed France stabbing attack: I saw children on the ground'

Former Liverpool footballer Anthony Le Tallec has said he witnessed the horrific stabbing attack in a lakeside park in the town of Annecy on Thursday morning that left a number of people badly injured.Four young children and an adult were wounded in the incident, which began when a man armed with a knife entered their playground, according to police, with two of the youngsters and the adult left battling life-threatening injuries.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
France news

Macron to call for European strategic awakening' after Ukraine invasion

Emmanuel Macron is to make a diplomatic push to reassure central and eastern European countries that France understands that the continent's security environment has been permanently changed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Macron has often been viewed with suspicion across eastern Europe, especially in Poland, as someone who sees Russia as ultimately part of Europe's security architecture and wants to use the war in Ukraine to boost European defence autonomy in a way that loosens Europe's security ties to the US.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
France news

Keeping 1.5C alive bottom of desired outcomes for global businesses at Cop28'

Limiting global warming to 1.5C is bottom of the list for global businesses' desired outcomes at this year's Cop28, new research has shown.The findings suggest the business world has a lack of confidence in the Glasgow Climate Pact pledge to keep 1.5C alive from Cop26 and that some markets have already priced-in exceeding the target, according to researchers from advisory firm East & Partners and consultancy Impact & Influence.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Europe news

A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir.Water levels in the reservoir have been falling rapidly after a critical dam collapsed.Kateryna Klochko/AP Workers at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant are in a race to secure water for the plant's safe operation.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer, Is Dead at 70

Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer who was brought up in the world of male-dominated high modernism but who broke away to forge an identity of her own, becoming the first woman to have more than one work of hers staged by the Metropolitan Opera, died on Friday at her home in Paris.She was 70.She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2021, said her publisher, Chester Music, which confirmed the death.
EverOut Portland
10 months ago
Portland

This Week In Portland Food News: A New Cafe Arrives, Carlo Lamagna's New Lechoneria Opens, and Portlanders Triumph at the James Beard Awards - EverOut Portland

Good news abounds in Beaverton this week, as Magna Kusina chef Carlo Lamagna debuts his new lechonería Magna Kubo and Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai plans a location next door.Portland proper isn't doing too shabby either, as the local food scene celebrates receiving more James Beard Awards than any other city in this year's competition.
ESPN.com
10 months ago
Paris Saint-Germain

Garcia becomes Madrid's first summer signing

Real Madrid have brought back Fran Garcia to the club as their first signing of the summer, the LaLiga club announced on Friday.The Spanish full-back returns to Los Blancos after three seasons at Rayo Vallecano and has put pen to paper on a contract until June 2027.- When does the summer transfer window open and close?
ESPN.com
10 months ago
Paris Saint-Germain

Transfer Talk: Man Utd keen on Kim Min-jae as Napoli eye Scalvini

The summer transfer window might not be open yet in Europe, but teams are getting ready for it, and there's plenty of gossip swirling around.Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals!TOP STORY: Man Utd remain keen on Kim Min-jae
Manchester United are closing in on a move to sign Napoli centre-back , according to Calciomercato.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

North Sea oil and gas industry offered get-out' clause on windfall tax

Jeremy Hunt has handed the North Sea oil and gas industry a get-out clause from the windfall tax on fossil fuel profits if wholesale energy market prices fall back to normal levels.The Treasury set out the change before a meeting with oil companies including Equinor, BP, Shell and Total in Aberdeen on Friday afternoon, after months of warnings from the North Sea industry that the windfall tax would threaten investment and jobs.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

China has closed unofficial police stations' in Britain, UK minister says

The UK security minister, Tom Tugendhat, has said China has closed its reported police service stations at sites across Britain, and that an investigation did not reveal any illegal activity by the Chinese state at these sites.Britain has previously said reports of undeclared police stations in the country were extremely concerning and that any intimidation on British soil of foreign nationals by China or other states was unacceptable.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
UK politics

Pity the MPs who hate the London bubble and its elites but just can't leave them behind | Marina Hyde

Britain increasingly feels like a terribly old country.We keep hearing its pipework hasn't been properly overhauled since the Victorian age, so its own sewage laps at its shores and courses through its rivers.Earlier this month we crowned our oldest ever new monarch, a man who looked a picture of melancholy pretty much throughout, even if media sycophancy made it verboten to categorise the mood as anything other than joyous renewal.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: The Bears play hardball. Just leave taxpayers out of it.

Monsters of the Midway?Not lately.At least, not on the field after a 3-14 season that bestowed upon Chicago's beloved Bears the ignominious distinction of being the worst the NFL has to offer.Off the field, however, they're showing aggressiveness reminiscent of their yesteryear glory days.The Bears' bid to build a stadium-anchored megadevelopment in northwest suburban Arlington Heights recently got jolted by Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi's decision to assess the former Arlington International Racecourse site - now property of the Bears - at $197 million, roughly the price the team paid to buy the land from Churchill Downs and a far cry from the property's 2021 assessment of $33 million.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Florida gets more money than Illinois to replace lead pipes

When it came time to split up the first batch of $15 billion Congress set aside last year to replace toxic lead pipes, Illinois officials had plenty of reasons to expect they would get the biggest share.Utility groups have long estimated the state leads the nation in the number of lead service lines connecting homes and two-flats to municipal water systems, largely because Chicago's plumbing code required use of the brain-damaging metal until 1986, decades after most other major U.S. cities had banned it.
Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

Cook County Housing Authority names Jon Duncan interim director

Jon Duncan was appointed the temporary executive director of the Housing Authority of Cook County on Wednesday.Duncan currently serves as general counsel for the housing authority and will continue to perform those duties.He has been at the agency since 2011.His appointment comes as Richard Monocchio exited his role of 12 years as the executive director last week to become the Department of Housing and Urban Development's principal deputy assistant secretary for public and Indian housing Monday.
Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: Rahm reemerges, ruffles Japanese feathers, plays long political game

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel never was going to stay diplomatically quiet in Japan for long.The former Chicago mayor has reemerged in recent weeks, taping an encouraging video for Brandon Johnson (who may or may not have welcomed the gesture), rubbing elbows with "dear friend" Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the G7 summit in Hiroshima and celebrating the new 10-year, $100 million, quantum-centric supercomputing partnership between the University of Chicago, the University of Tokyo and IBM.
time.com
10 months ago
OMG science

Why Wildfire Smoke Turns the Sky Yellow

1. Wildfire smoke is one of the leading causes of air pollution in many parts of the world, leading to a yellow sky in some places.
2. Poor air quality associated with wildfire smoke can lead to serious health risks, including respiratory and cardiovascular problems.
3. Protective masks and air-filtering systems can help reduce the health risks associated with wildfire smoke, but avoiding exposure when possible is the best way to protect yourself. [ more ]
BBC Sport
10 months ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Will Inter's 'Influential' Dzeko stop Man City Treble?

Edin Dzeko's goals helped propel the Sky Blues to two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and an EFL Cup.If anyone can stop Pep Guardiola's all-conquering side, it might just be the "intelligent", "influential" forward out to seek revenge on his former club.'He is involved all the time'
After all the build-up, Inter needed just eight minutes to take the lead against AC Milan in their Champions League semi-final first leg.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
Berlin

Residents briefly allowed back into rockslide-threatened Swiss village

Residents of a Swiss village under threat from a massive rockslide were allowed back Wednesday for the first time since they were evacuated last month, but only for 90-minute visits.Local authorities allowed a maximum of 30 people into the village of Brienz at a time to let people retrieve essential items from their houses.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Law

Here are the major Supreme Court decisions we're still waiting for this term

The U.S. Supreme Court has about four weeks left to release opinions for more than two dozen cases it heard this term.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in 27 cases that it heard this term, and has about four weeks left to release them.Opinions usually are scheduled for Thursday, but with time running out, the court will likely add days in which it will release its decisions.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Amazon Fires Alabama Union Leader Who Helped Spark a National Wave of Organizing

Jennifer Bates stands for a portrait at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) office in Birmingham, Alabama on March 26, 2021.PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images Amazon on Friday fired Jennifer Bates, a warehouse worker and lead spokesperson of the unionization campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, without cause.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Debt Ceiling Deal Ends Freeze on Student Loan Payments for Millions

Advocates for student debt relief are raising the alarm over a controversial part of the bipartisan deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling that would end the freeze on student loan repayments by the end of August.The moratorium has been in place since 2020.Meanwhile, the fate of the Biden administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers is going to be decided by the Supreme Court, where it is likely to face skepticism from the conservative majority.
Truthout
11 months ago
Left-wing politics

GOP Tax Cut Plan Would Add $3.5T to Deficit, Congressional Budget Office Finds

If the GOP got its way, trillions would be transferred from the public straight into the pockets of the rich.Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy conducts a news conference with House and Senate Republicans on the "debt crisis," on the West terrace of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
Washington Post
10 months ago
Science

Scientists ran a health check on the Earth - and the results are worrying

Dry, cracked soil caused by falling water level is visible in the Sau reservoir north of Barcelona on April 18. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)Comment Gift Article A team of top scientists says that it has assessed the planet's health against eight key thresholds needed to protect life on Earth and that human activities have led to seven of the eight of the boundaries already being breached.
Eater
10 months ago
Food & drink

Fleur, the Las Vegas Strip Restaurant First Opened by Chef Hubert Keller, Is Closing

Fleur, the Mandalay Bay Restaurant initially opened by Hubert Keller, is closing permanently on June 30.A representative with the resort says that a new project will take over the space this winter.The celebrity chef who earned national acclaim for his San Francisco restaurant Fleur de Lys opened a location at Mandalay Bay 18 years ago.
Posting and Toasting
10 months ago
New York Knicks

Knicks 2022-23 review: Tom Thibodeau

To the outside world, meaning those NBA fans who watch the game, including teams outside of their own, the Knicks look legitimate.The team is finally out of the headlines for institutional ineptitude, terrible trades, and whiffed draft picks.Instead, the Knicks have reached the playoffs for the second time in three seasons under head coach Tom Thibodeau.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Democratic lawmakers press Newsom to spend millions from health insurance fines

(Hector Amezcua / Sacramento Bee)

When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office four years ago, the Democrat went after Republicans on the national stage as they sought to gut the Affordable Care Act.Key to his ambitious healthcare agenda: reinstating the fine on Californians who don't have health coverage, which had been eliminated at the federal level.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Toronto

System is broken says Ontario mom waiting 9 months to bring adopted Nigerian daughter home | CBC News

Nine months after receiving her daughter's official adoption papers from Lagos State in Nigeria, Andrea Eaton of Tillsonburg, Ont., is still waiting to bring her daughter, Maya, home.It's not an unfamiliar story Canada has a track record of delaying entry to adopted Nigerian children.It's a problem advocates say is inexcusable and contravenes Canada's international and domestic commitments to children.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

17 places across the UK you should not swim

The UK is finally enjoying a spate of warm weather this bank holiday weekend, with parts of the country seeing temperatures 20C and higher.As such you might find yourself tempted to go for a dip as Britain heats up.However, it's worth doing your research beforehand as the Environment Agency regularly provides updates on water quality across the country.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

17 places across the UK you should not swim due to sewage or water quality warnings

The UK is finally enjoying a spate of warm weather this bank holiday weekend, with parts of the country seeing temperatures 20C and higher.As such you might find yourself tempted to go for a dip as Britain heats up.However, it's worth doing your research beforehand as the Environment Agency regularly provides updates on water quality across the country.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Wellness

Maternity's Most Dangerous Time: After New Mothers Come Home

Sherri Willis-Prater's baby boy was 2 months old, and she was about to return to her job at a school cafeteria in Chicago.But as she walked up the short flight of stairs to her kitchen one evening, she nearly collapsed, gasping for breath.At the hospital, Ms. Willis-Prater, who was 42 at the time, was connected to a ventilator that pumped air into her lungs.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

17 places across the UK you should not swim due to sewage or water quality warnings

The UK is finally enjoying a spate of warm weather this bank holiday weekend, with parts of the country seeing temperatures 20C and higher.As such you might find yourself tempted to go for a dip as Britain heats up.However, it's worth doing your research beforehand as the Environment Agency regularly provides updates on water quality across the country.
ProFootballTalk
10 months ago
Dallas Cowboys

World Cup insistence on grass becomes key player point in turf debate - ProFootballTalk

Players want grass in all venues.Various NFL stadiums use artificial turf.The debate has not gotten much traction, yet.As the U.S.-hosted 2026 World Cup approaches and as more people realize that stadiums like AT&T in Dallas and SoFi in L.A. will convert to grass fields for the soccer competition, more will ask why, if that can be done for soccer, it can't be done for football?
McCovey Chronicles
10 months ago
San Francisco Giants

Giants trade for Jacob Nottingham

Happy Friday, San Francisco Giants fans.I hope you've all cued up Robin Hood and readied your Sheriff of Nottingham jokes, because the Giants made a trade on Wednesday, acquiring catcher Jacob Nottingham.If you've paid attention to the Giants at all over the last year, then you know exactly what team the Giants acquired Nottingham from: the Seattle Mariners, their near-daily dance partner.
South Side Sox
10 months ago
Chicago White Sox

White Sox Minor League Update: May 25, 2023

The Knights steadfastly refuse to be solidly good or bad, clawing their way back up to .500 with a five-game winning streak and some timely late-innings fireworks tonight.Daniel Ponce de Leon got the start and pitched his way no closer to a Chicago cameo, his ERA sitting at 9.99 after four hits and five walks in four innings combined for four runs (three earned).
AdExchanger
10 months ago
Marketing tech

Oracle To Shut Down AddThis - Completely This Time | AdExchanger

Oracle is subtracting social sharing widget AddThis from its marketing cloud.As of May 31, Oracle will permanently terminate all AddThis services globally, including in the US.The AddThis dashboard and support for all features will no longer be available.Oracle is asking anyone that uses the service to remove all related code and terminology from their websites.
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

Seriously, this really is Sony's hyped PS5 handheld design

The new PS5 handheld was finally revealed at the latest PlayStation Showcase, and fans aren't happy.For months speculation has mounted and last night Sony shared the design of its handheld, codenamed Project Q, and it was a little underwhelming.Sony has a long history of trying and failing to dominate the handheld sector as it does the home console market.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Government's controlled decision' behind high-level immigration, adviser says

High levels of immigration are caused by deliberate government policy, a senior Government adviser on immigration has claimed.This comes the day before the Office for National Statistics is set to publish figures that could show legal migration reached at least 700,000 in the 12 months to December 2022.
www.mercurynews.com
11 months ago
East Bay (California)

Nordstrom chops 300-plus jobs as San Francisco store closures loom

Nordstrom has decided to chop well over 300 jobs in San Francisco as the upscale retailer prepares store shutdowns in the wake of rising crime problems and worsening economic woes in that city.The job losses will hit two Nordstrom retail sites, both on Market Street in San Francisco, according to official filings with the state government.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

New York City Asks for Relief From Its Right-to-Shelter Mandate

Mayor Eric Adams asked a judge for permission on Tuesday to relieve New York City of its unique and longstanding obligation to provide shelter for anyone who asks, asserting that the overwhelming influx of asylum seekers has overwhelmed its ability to accommodate all those in need.Given that we're unable to provide care for an unlimited number of people and are already overextended, it is in the best interest of everyone, including those seeking to come to the United States, to be upfront that New York City cannot single-handedly provide care to everyone crossing our border, Mr. Adams said in a statement.
Azure DevOps Blog
11 months ago
DevOps

GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps public preview starts now! - Azure DevOps Blog

Aaron Hallberg
In October of last year we announced that GitHub Advanced Security was coming to Azure DevOps, starting with a private preview in November.Since then, we've been working hard on the product and incorporating feedback from our private preview customers.Today, we are excited to announce that GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps is available to everyone in a public preview!
Eater Atlanta
11 months ago
Atlanta

Dorian Gray Closes After Just Five Months in Buckhead

Dorian Gray, the Buckhead restaurant named for the hedonistic main character from Oscar Wilde's novel "A Picture of Dorian Gray", suddenly closed last week after just five months.Owned by Bo Kvrgic and Nem Filipovic, Dorian Gray took over the former Yebo Beach Haus space in December, transforming it into a see-and-be-seen vibe with food and drinks channeling the south of France and coastal European cities all soundtracked by house music.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Tech industry

Google's Photo App Still Can't Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple's.

Credit...Desiree Rios/The New York Times Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled by image analysis software and despite big advances in computer vision the tech giants still fear repeating the mistake.By Nico Grant and Kashmir HillMay 22, 2023 When Google released its stand-alone Photos app in May 2015, people were wowed by what it could do: analyze images to label the people, places and things in them, an astounding consumer offering at the time.
Ars Technica
11 months ago
Tech industry

Samsung backs down from its threat to switch its Android phones to Bing

Like most people that try to switch to Bing, Samsung is giving up on the idea after a few weeks.An earlier report from The New York Times said Samsung was considering dumping Google Search on its Android phones in favor of the ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine.A month later, a new report from The Wall Street Journal says that while Samsung "isn't permanently closing the door on Bing as a future option," it "won't be swapping out the default search engine on its smartphones from Google to Microsoft's Bing any time soon."
www.npr.org
11 months ago
Health

Once 'paradise,' parched Colorado valley grapples with arsenic in water

Farming in a 20-year drought is "hard for us," says John Mestas, at his cattle ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley.Rising levels of arsenic in the water supply are linked to the drought.Melissa Bailey/KFF Health News When John Mestas' ancestors moved to Colorado over 100 years ago to raise sheep in the San Luis Valley, they "hit paradise," he says.
www.npr.org
11 months ago
Arts

You're overthinking it how speculating can spoil a TV show

Some shows like The X-Files are high-concept, puzzle box series intentionally packed full of secrets and hidden connections for viewers to untangle.Meanwhile, other shows just ... aren't.Above, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) in The X-Files.Fox/Liaison/Getty Images Kids, gather 'round ol' Pappy Glen's knee, and he'll tell you a tale of television in the olden days of his far-off youth.
www.thelocal.no
11 months ago
Career

The work culture in Norway foreigners should be aware of

What hierarchy?The working culture in Norway can be characterised as a flat structure with many laws set in place to protect employees.It may be hard to spot who the boss is on your first days of work as he or she is likely dressed the same way as everyone else and is working in the same space.Employees are encouraged to ask questions, work together with their superiors to problem-solve and be involved in making decisions.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Books

Opinion | If You Care About Book Bans, You Should Be Following This Lawsuit

Lindsay Durtschi, a member of the P.T.A. in bright-red Escambia County, Fla., knows that coming out as a public face in the fight against book banning could make her life difficult, but she's made peace with it.I don't want my business to suffer, the optometrist and mother of elementary school-age girls told me.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

MoD confirms 320m contracts to service Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels

Two contracts to service the Royal Navy's domestic and international offshore patrol vessel fleets will cost 320 million, the Ministry of Defence has announced.An eight-year contract worth about 250 million has been awarded to UK Docks Marine Services, based in the north east of England, to support a fleet that patrols across the globe.
Theregister
11 months ago
Privacy professionals

Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data?

In case of any lingering doubt about whether abortion and location data is being collected - and used to track - people in post-Roe America, a lawsuit and two investigations should put those doubts to rest.On Thursday, the US Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Easy Healthcare, which makes fertility tracking app Premom.
Eater SF
11 months ago
SF food

Downtown San Francisco's Ambitious New Ikea-Centered Mall and Food Hall Is Delayed Again

Anyone encouraged by the news that both an 87,000-square-foot Ikea store and a food hall are set to open in San Francisco's mid-Market area may want to temper their expectations as the San Francisco Business Times reports the project is delayed again.The last time the business outlet reported on the timeline of the Livat mall and food hall on Market Street it seemed that at the very least, anchor tenant Ikea would open by this spring, but the mega-furniture retailer says that timeline has been pushed back.
Eater LA
11 months ago
LA food

Downtown LA's Iconic Nickel Diner to Close Permanently After 15 Years

Nickel Diner, Downtown's longtime restaurant and community hub, announced it will close permanently.Owners Kristen Trattner and Monica May made the announcement via Instagram that the 15-year-old restaurant's final day of service is May 28.Trattner and May cited rising costs, a crowded restaurant market, and changes throughout the Downtown neighborhood as the reasons behind the closure.
www.caughtoffside.com
11 months ago
Arsenal

Dean Jones thinks Joao Cancelo would raise Arsenal's level

Cancelo is currently plying his trade with Bayern Munich, making the move to Bavaria from Manchester City on January's deadline day, citing a lack of gametime at City as a reason for the move.The Portuguese international has made 19 appearances for the German champions since joining, scoring once and providing six assists in all competitions and according to 90Min, Arsenal will make a move for him this summer if Bayern decide against signing him permanently.
www.fourfourtwo.com
11 months ago
Arsenal

Arsenal report: Two stars are confirmed as leaving, with another 12 at risk in ruthless clearout

(Image credit: Dave Howarth - CameraSport via Getty Images) Arsenal could let go of 14 stars this summer, with two already confirmed for the Emirates Stadium exit door.The Gunners look set to finish seven points behind Manchester City this season, having lost to their title rivals twice after leading the Premier League for much of the season.
RT @firstdogonmoon: we did it everyone!
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Environment

World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn

The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have warned.The breaching of the crucial 1.5C threshold, which scientists have warned could have dire consequences, should be only temporary, according to research from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
www.mercurynews.com
11 months ago
Education

Demand has surged for California's free school meals. But with a drop in extra federal funding, can Bay Area kitchens keep up?

When the flood of students rushing into the cafeteria eased to a trickle, Maria Darnell the kitchen manager at Alameda's Lincoln Middle School texted her boss.524 lunches today!Darnell wrote, along with a smiling, but sweating, emoji.It had been nine months since California began providing free meals for its public school students, no matter families' income level.
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