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Summer is the season for stone fruit, pool parties, cookouts and, increasingly for Americans, ticks.Ecologist Felicia Keesing had an uncanny sense for ticks for as long as she could remember.If one bit her, she could feel it and would quickly pluck it off with tweezers.But last year this superpower failed her when she didn't feel a tick latch on.

Frustration at a lack of change six years on from the Grenfell Tower fire is turning to anger within the community, a leading campaigner has said as locals prepare to mark the anniversary of the blaze.Exactly 72 months ago one month for each life lost the west London tower block became a scene of devastation as plumes of smoke rose into the capital's sky and pictures were beamed on news channels around the world.

For the next year, this is what Alexandra Mussar will call home: a cramped bedroom with water damage and dysfunctional sinks, in a house shared with six other students.For this, she's paying $840 every month.This isn't how she pictured her university housing experience, but after six long months hunting for somewhere to live, she says she felt she had to settle.

On last Sunday's BBC politics show, presenter Laura Kuenssberg spoke to the energy secretary, Grant Shapps.On this occasion Shapps manifested as himself, rather than as one of the many false identities he used to inhabit when promoting his internet business.I always find Shapps's appearances as himself uncomfortable, a bit like when Mike Yarwood used to say and this is me! at the end of his impressionist shows and then sing an old jazz standard in a weird American accent while squinting and waving his hands.

We did not need the verdict of the privileges committee to understand the flaws in Boris Johnson's character.It was clear long before he became prime minister how manifestly unsuited he was for any kind of public office, let alone running the country.But a cross-party group of MPs last week published a damning report that outlined how he deliberately misled parliament about the scale and nature of wrongdoing in Downing Street during the pandemic.

The parties are already campaigning and people in the constituency are telling us they just want the limbo to be over, but still we wait for Conservative MP Nadine Dorries to formally stand down from her safe seat in Mid Bedfordshire.She made the move at a similar time to two other Tory MPs stepping down - former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Uxbridge & South Ruislip in west London, and Nigel Adams in Selby & Ainsty in North Yorkshire.

There is no crisis at Westminster so serious that it cannot be made to look trivial by the inclusion of Boris Johnson.And there is no scandal involving Johnson that cannot be explained, partially or wholly, by his lies.Those are axioms of post-Brexit politics.The House of Commons committee of privileges is due to publish a report concluding that a former prime minister turned his back on truth and put himself in contempt of parliament.

The "potentially massive impact" of lockdowns was not considered, the lead lawyer for the Covid inquiry has said.As the probe into the government's handling of the pandemic began hearing evidence, Hugo Keith KC said the UK may not have been well prepared "at all".He added that bereaved families are entitled to know if better planning may have saved lives.

Jack McNally, who as a police detective in 1964 made the first arrest in the most audacious jewel theft in New York City history, and who then became a private investigator for famous defense lawyers like F. Lee Bailey and worked on behalf of clients like O.J. Simpson, died on May 28.He was 89.His death was announced on the website of the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home on Staten Island, which handled the funeral arrangements.

From the debt ceiling to their latest tax plan, the GOP has been taking pot shots at the climate movement at every turn.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, second from right, talks with an energy industry worker as Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy conducts a news conference after the House passed the Lower Energy Costs Act in the U.S. Capitol on March 30, 2023.

A west London community is in shock after a family of four, including two young children, were found dead at their home.Michal Wlodarczyk, 39, Monika Wlodarczyk, 35, Maja Wlodarczyk, 11, and Dawid Wlodarczyk, three, were discovered dead on Friday afternoon by police who forced their way into their Hounslow flat.

Four people have been found dead in a flat in west London including a three-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl.The Metropolitan Police were called at around 3pm on Friday to reports of concerns for those in a Hounslow home.Officers forced their way into the house on Staines Road, Bedfont a short time later and found the bodies of four people inside.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal stabbing in Camberwell on Friday.A 38-year-old man was found with stab wounds on Southampton Way, near to the junction with Coleman Way, just before 1.30am.Despite efforts from police officers and the London Ambulance Service he died at the scene, Metropolitan Police said.

Speaking to mark six months since the crowd crush in which Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, were fatally injured, the mayor said the music venue's future was a secondary issue, compared with the police investigation into what happened on the night.The Met has launched a corporate manslaughter probe.

S eventy-two people died at Grenfell.Today, 72 months after the inferno, survivors, the bereaved and campaigners say there is still no justice.But they are also crystal clear that time, delays, prevarication and even wilful obstruction will not break their inexorable quest for justice over the appalling failures at Grenfell, which brought so much horror, grief and shame to Britain on that night six years ago.

Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, was the first prominent candidate to announce a challenge to former President Donald J. Trump's bid for the Republican presidential nomination.Since entering the race in February, Ms. Haley has weighed in on social issues and tapped into her experience as a former United Nations ambassador under Mr. Trump to criticize current U.S. foreign policy.

In Europe's relentless battle against inflation, another culprit has apparently emerged: Beyonce.Last month, as the star kicked off her world tour in Stockholm, fans flocked from around the world to witness the shows, pushing up prices for hotel rooms.This could explain some of the reason Sweden's inflation rate was higher than expected in May.

Some years ago, a psychiatrist named Wendy Dean read an article about a physician who died by suicide.Such deaths were distressingly common, she discovered.The suicide rate among doctors appeared to be even higher than the rate among active military members, a notion that startled Dean, who was then working as an administrator at a U.S. Army medical research center in Maryland.

The State Department announced on Wednesday that Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken planned to leave on Friday for a visit to Beijing to stress to Chinese officials the importance of maintaining open lines of communication to responsibly manage the relationship between the two nations.Mr. Blinken also plans to raise bilateral issues of concern, global and regional matters, and potential cooperation on shared transnational challenges, the State Department said.

Former President Donald Trump made numerous false and misleading claims in a speech he delivered Tuesday night following his afternoon arraignment in Miami federal court to face charges of illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing the federal investigation into his conduct.Trump, who pleaded not guilty, has been persistently dishonest about matters related to the indictment.

Former President Donald Trump has responded to his federal indictment the way he has responded to various other crises with a blizzard of dishonesty.In posts on his social media platform and in Saturday speeches in Georgia and North Carolina, Trump made numerous false or misleading claims about his handling of classified documents, the FBI's conduct in the related investigation, the Presidential Records Act, his dealings with the federal government prior to the search of his Mar-a-Lago club and residence, and President Joe Biden's own handling of documents.

In the spring of 2020, a few months after we became parents, my wife asked what I wanted for Father's Day.Being a dad still had new-car smell, so I felt a little funny about celebrating what is already a contrived holiday.My instinct was that I wanted a bunch of Number One Dad gear: chintzy junk declaring its owner the top living father.

Five members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have been listed in the King's Birthday Honours.Three have been awarded a King's Police Medal (KPM), one a British Empire Medal (BEM) and one has been given the title of Member of the British Empire (MBE).Detective Superintendent Ewan Anderson who has nearly 30 years' service in the PSNI became an MBE.

Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old girl from Rothley, Leicestershire, was reported missing from the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz on the Algarve on 3 May 2007, a case still unsolved and still the subject of intense interest among the public and press.Her parents, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann, posted a statement on the Find Madeleine website on 3 May 2023 marking the latest anniversary of their daughter's disappearance, reiterating their hopes of being reunited with her one day and posting a poem, The Contradiction by Clare Pollard, to express their feelings.

The infant sons of a concertgoer who died following a crowd crush outside the O2 Academy Brixton six months ago are starting to realise their mother is not coming home, family members have said.Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, of Newham, east London, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, of Gravesend, Kent, who was on duty at the south London venue, died days after being hurt when ticketless fans tried to get into a show by Nigerian Afrobeats artist Asake in December.

Wearing a T-shirt that read Free Bird, an Arizona man who spent nearly 28 years on death row was freed on Thursday after a judge overturned his conviction on charges that he had sexually assaulted and murdered his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter.Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by the man, Barry Jones, for relief.

President Biden on Friday said that he planned to appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen, the former North Carolina health secretary, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a widely expected move that marks a major transition at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the nation's public health infrastructure.

Governors Ball 2023 had basically everything you'd want from a New York music festival: easy access from the subway, an Ice Spice set, Roberta's pizza, Kendrick Lamar headlining, and ample shade for my delicate British skin.I'd never been to Gov Ball before, but I heard from various people there that the festival's new location, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, levelled it up from previous years in part because of the abundance of trees and all the beautiful, dappled shade they provide.

Traditional wire braces were once an adolescent rite of passage.(The colorful rubber bands!The poking wires!The ill-fated flirtations with popcorn, apples, and chewing gum!)These days, kids have another option: clear aligners, removable plastic "trays" fitted to the teeth and swapped out every one to two weeks to advance treatment.

An experienced gardener has come forward to remind the British public of the dangers of giant hogweed after finally being burned by the UK's most dangerous plant having spent six years clearing it from riversides in protective clothing.We had been treating giant hogweed for the previous five or six weeks prior to being burnt, said Martyn Ferguson from Aberdeenshire in Scotland.

When a university vice president had an opening for a controller sitting just beneath her in the hierarchy, board members told her to seek an "older man" to complement her.Since she began the vice president role at age 37, board members routinely criticized her age, calling her diminishing pet names, like "kiddo" and "young lady."

In modern web development, Angular has emerged as a powerful and popular framework for building dynamic and responsive applications.One of the common challenges faced by Angular developers is managing duplicate HTTP requests triggered by multiple subscribers.These duplicate requests can result in inefficient network usage and unnecessary server load.

Pope Francis has fired the longtime aide to the late Pope Benedict XVI from his Vatican job and ordered him to return to his native Germany, the final chapter in a very public falling out that culminated with the aide's tell-all memoir that was highly critical of Francis.The Vatican confirmed that Archbishop Georg Gaenswein had officially ended his job as prefect of the papal household as of Feb. 28.

Antonio Brown's indoor football team, Albany Empire, just got booted out of the National Arena League.The ex-NFL player sure knows how to make an exit.It took Antonio Brown roughly three months to blow up his NFL career in the 2021 season.It also took him three months to blow up an indoor football team that, prior to Brown's arrival, were the two-time defending champions of the league.

Image Installed on the grounds of Waddesdon Manor in southeast England, Joana Vasconcelos's nearly 40-foot-high sculpture Wedding Cake (2023) walks the line between patisserie and architecture.Credit...A Rothschild House and Garden.Photo: Chris Lacey The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is known for her ambitious oversize sculptures that frequently elevate everyday objects.

I've been a workplace designer for the last 24 years, said the architect Arjun Kaicker.I've seen more change in the last 24 months than in the whole of my career.Mr. Kaicker co-runs Zaha Hadid Analytics + Insights, or ZHAI, a five-person team that uses data and artificial intelligence to design workplaces.

House Republicans took their most concrete and public step this week toward pursuing the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.But behind the scenes, supporters of the effort are still working to convince key holdouts to get on board with the potentially divisive plan.House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green on Wednesday outlined a five-phase investigation into Mayorkas and his handling of the border, accompanied by a preliminary report and a hearing focused on framing Mayorkas' dereliction of duty, which starts a roughly three-month countdown for House Republican leadership and their allies to get the House GOP conference in alignment.

Former United States national team forward Jozy Altidore has had his contract bought out by the New England Revolution a source confirmed to ESPN.New England had a glut of forwards, including Gustavo Bou, Giacomo Vrioni and Bobby Wood.Given Altidore's production of just one goal in 195 minutes of play this season, New England decided to part ways with veteran forward.

Jurors in a federal court in New Jersey awarded $25.6 million to a former regional Starbucks manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished by the coffee chain after the high-profile 2018 arrests of two Black men at one of the chain's Philadelphia locations.Gene J. Puskar/AP CAMDEN, N.J.

With deep brain stimulation, electrodes are implanted in the brain The experimental treatment is more commonly used to treat nervous system disorders Doctors are testing it out for depression and OCD Long Beach, California CNN It seems simple: Walk to the refrigerator and grab a drink.But Brett Larsen, 37, opens the door gingerly peeks in closes it, opens it, closes it and opens it again.

Sharon Gwinn holds a picture of her husband, who had Lewy body dementia toward the end of his life.Reckless financial behavior was one of the first signs of the disease."It's what attacked his brain first," Gwinn says.Katie Blackley/WESA Sharon Gwinn had been married almost 30 years when she cleared out the savings and checking accounts that she shared with her husband, and then transferred that money into accounts that were only in her name.

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A Prospect Heights man will spend nine years behind bars for driving recklessly and causing the collision that killed a three-month-old girl and injured her parents in Clinton Hill two years ago.Tyrik Mott, 27, was sentenced Wednesday by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chu, having previously pled guilty to assault, second-degree manslaughter, second-degree attempted robbery, reckless driving, aggravated driving without a license, and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting on March 22.
"This defendant's reckless driving took the life of a precious young child, seriously injured her mother and devastated both parents.

Most police officers and sheriff's deputies in San Francisco never end up in court.But a minority seem to crop up over and over again, costing the city millions and often keeping their jobs.Officers have been sued for using undue force, for shooting people, and for dishonesty in court.In some cases, the same officers who were successfully sued by members of the public later sue the police department themselves.

In our world of streaming, sonic logos are becoming more and more important for brands.From Netflix's opening 'dun-dun' to Apple's startup 'duuuhn' (okay, sonic logos are hard to describe in words), there are plenty you'll have heard before.And the world of sound-based branding is only getting louder.

Microsoft announced the public preview availability of Datamarts in May 2022.When authoring this chapter, Datamarts are still in preview, so using them in production environments is not recommended.The Datamarts capability opens endless possibilities for organizations to achieve their data analytics goals on the Power BI platform.

In a cavernous, Pentagon-sized facility nestled in an Appalachian valley, thousands upon thousands of empty holes line the bare concrete floor.A mere 16 of them house the spindly, 30-foot-tall centrifuges that enrich uranium, converting it into the key ingredient that fuels nuclear power plants.And for now, they are dormant.

Older people are being urged to check whether they are eligible for Pension Credit as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) joins forces with charities and broadcasters to raise awareness of a scheme worth as much as 3,500 a year per person.Nearly 1.4 million people in Britain of state pension age and on a low income already receive the state payout to help with their daily living costs but more than 800,000 more could be missing out, according to MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis, meaning that approximately 1.7bn in help is going unclaimed every year.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle scolded Rishi Sunak for bringing up Labour's Tom Watson during a fiery PMQs exchange about Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.The row between the prime minister and the Commons Speaker began after Sir Keir Starmer accused Mr Sunak of being too weak to block Mr Johnson's list.

D etectives investigating the Grenfell Tower disaster have interviewed more than 40 people under caution, many on multiple occasions.Officers are probing offences including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, fraud and health and safety offences.A Metropolitan Police spokesman said for the 180 dedicated investigators, working with international experts, it remains one of the largest and most complex cases ever undertaken by the force.

Burned out and fed up with working conditions they say are unfair, Ontario's coroners are pushing to be allowed to unionize despite their first raise in more than a decade and a law preventing them from doing so.The Ontario Coroners Association says coroners are frustrated with a new computer program that has increased workloads and lost data, and are concerned about growing reliance on nurses for investigations and a system that places all coroners on call.

A s each anniversary comes round, the reality of what happened and what's not changed as a result consumes my headspace.The night we lost our family, friends and neighbours.Eighteen children's lives cut short.The violence of the night will never be forgotten.Wednesday's anniversary feels significant, it marks 72 months since the fire.

Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old girl from Rothley, Leicestershire, was reported missing from the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz on the Algarve on 3 May 2007, a case still unsolved and still the subject of intense interest among the public and press.Her parents, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann, posted a statement on the Find Madeleine website on 3 May 2023 marking the latest anniversary of their daughter's disappearance, reiterating their hopes of being reunited with her one day and posting a poem, The Contradiction by Clare Pollard, to express their feelings.

George McPhee is finally a Stanley Cup champion.McPhee's Vegas Golden Knights blew out the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game Five on Tuesday.The win marks Vegas' first Stanley Cup since joining the league.They have twice appeared in the Final since their inaugural season, last playing for the Cup against the Washington Capitals in 2018.

Blue singer Lee Ryan has appealed his conviction for assaulting a police officer, saying he received bad advice.At a trial in January, Ryan, 39, was found guilty of several charges including racially aggravated common assault by beating in relation to an incident on a plane last July.He had pleaded guilty to biting a police officer following advice from his solicitor at the time.

Atlanta-based Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM) has decided to focus its investments on the wholesale channel amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades.This has resulted in the company closing branches and laying off loan officers on the retail side.Wholesale is growing.It's a shift that is happening in the market.

A hotel getaway should be a time to escape the stresses of everyday life but for Nicole Bent, life in a hotel has become her everyday.It's been demoralising, to be honest.That's the word I would use to describe this whole experience, she said of her ongoing three-month stay in a north London Travelodge.

Why are the politicians - Democrats and Republicans - so afraid of Donald Trump?What does he know about the swamp they do not want revealed?They have gone to great lengths to destroy Trump and his followers, and it seems, as William Shakespeare said, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

The government risks undermining faith in AI unless it becomes more open about its own use of the technology, campaigners have warned.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sought to position the UK as a leader in designing new AI rules at a global level.But privacy campaigners say its own use of AI-driven systems is too opaque and risks discrimination.