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Protesters filled the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.Nearly a year later, 61% of respondents to a new Gallup poll said overturning Roe was a "bad thing."Jacquelyn Martin/AP A growing majority of Americans support legal abortion in at least the early months of pregnancy, but the public has become more politically divided on the issue, according to a new Gallup poll.

A housing estate in Warwickshire completed its brilliant and amazing 80-metre Pride March which is thought to be the shortest in the world on Saturday, and has plans to become a new Guinness World Record next year.The annual event, run by residents of Batts Close in Rugby, hopes to mark its fifth year anniversary in 2024 by becoming the new world record holder for the shortest Pride march.

YouTube sensations The Sidemen are set to open their first standalone high street restaurant this year as part of plans to expand their Sides fried chicken brand.The YouTube collective consists of Olajide JJ' Olatunji (KSI), Harry Lewis (Wroetoshaw), Simon Minter (Miniminter), Vik Barn (Vikkstar123), Josh Bradley (Zerkaa), Ethan Payne (Behzinga) and Tobi Brown (TBJZL), and has 18.5 million subscribers.

Many of Thursday's papers feature news from the US of an alleged car chase of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by numerous photographers which lasted two hours and described as near catastrophic.The i and Metro lead with reports Harry and Meghan were subjected to a relentless pursuit after an awards ceremony in New York at 10pm on Tuesday.

A Ukrainian DJ who will be part of a simultaneous rave in both Liverpool and Kyiv hopes that the party with a purpose will allow Ukrainians to feel the great support from the UK through music.Nastia Haman, who is more commonly known by her artistic name Mingulitka, is to perform in Liverpool on May 7 as part of Rave UKraine, which will see simultaneous raves taking place at Liverpool music venue Content and at HVLV Bar feat Hangout in the Ukrainian capital, with each event being live-streamed to the other.

Layne Pollard, of Gurnee, has a trifecta of milestones hitting around the same time.His doggy day care and grooming business, Central Bark, celebrated its 10-year anniversary this month, and he'll be turning 60 on June 16, just two days before celebrating Father's Day with his family stateside after having hiked Mount Kilimanjaro's 19,341 feet in Tanzania.

Tropical Smokehouse, the West Palm Beach-based restaurant synonymous with authentic Florida craft barbecue, is gearing up to bring even more flavor to the city as it announces the upcoming opening of its second location, Tropical BBQ Market, scheduled for summer 2023.The new fast-casual concept helmed by owners Jason Lakow and pitmaster/chef Rick Mace consists of a 1,900-square-foot space located at 206 Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL (the former space of Aioli), which also includes an added 600 square feet of bar area and available seating indoors (30 seats) and outdoors (20 seats).

Politics "The Supreme Court is obviously going in the wrong direction when it comes to our gun laws."In a new segment on GBH Tuesday, Attorney General Andrea Campbell addressed issues that matter to Massachusetts, including local and national current events.While Campell's first-ever appearance on "Boston Public Radio" fell on Valentine's Day, she acknowledged a deeper significance for Feb. 14 - the aftermath of the deadly Michigan State University shooting, as well as the five-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting.

The Washington Capitals hosted the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in an incredibly important game when it comes to figuring out the Eastern Conference playoff picture.The winner of the game would situate themselves in a much better position for the second Wild Card spot.Gustav Forsling snapped the Panthers into a lead halfway through the first.

Foreign film lovers can head to the Brooklyn Academy of Music starting on Feb. 24 for the Kino Polska film series, which will feature over a dozen Polish films created over the last two years.This year's festival marks the return of the beloved event for the first time in four years, which began dazzling the big screen with boundary-pushing artwork about a decade ago.

John Carlson and his wife Gina have welcomed their fourth child.On Friday, the Carlsons announced the arrival of Isabella Raine Carlson, the couple's first daughter.The couple already have three sons: seven-year-old Lucca, five-year-old Rudy, and two-year-old Sawyer.Gina posted several photos of new baby Bella on Instagram.

As unbelievable as it may seem, we have now reached the moment: the five-year anniversary of the Capitals' Stanley Cup win, the greatest moment in franchise history.Hopefully you've enjoyed this journey back in time to that magical run - reliving every game, five years to the day from when it was first played, all leading up to this night.

As unbelievable as it may seem, we are fast approaching the five-year anniversary of the Capitals' Stanley Cup win.To celebrate, over the next two months we're going to be taking you on a journey back in time to that magical run - reliving every game, five years to the day from when it was first played.

Bidstack, the technology company pioneering intrinsic in-game advertising, celebrates the one-year anniversary of its partnership with publisher Fingersoft and announces new partnerships with leading driving and racing mobile game studios The Tiny Digital Factory and Fat Cigar Productions Ltd.Bidstack's technology has become increasingly popular among mobile titles of all genres due to its ability to increase revenue through authentic and immersive in-game ads - without impacting gameplay or the player experience.

On the main drag in Roseland, Santa Rosa's predominantly Latinx neighborhood, sits a vast parking lot that for years was dominated by a Dollar Tree.The lot served as a gathering place for the annual May Day march, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and other political rallies.Then in 2013, after 13-year-old Andy Lopez was killed by a police officer, a corner of the lot became a devotional to him that remains to this day.

If your idea of a great night out is an evening that ends with something sweet and something bubbly, then here's a new East Bay spot to add to your list: Edith's Pie opens at 412 22nd Street on Saturday, April 29 in Uptown Oakland.On Friday and Saturday nights, customers will be able to wander in until 10 p.m. for a slice of chocolate chess or banana cream pie with a cup of hot coffee or a glass of sparkling wine from the East Bay's own Hammerling Wines.

Promotion: as part of Salone del Mobile 2023, Italian furniture brand Pedrali has released a number of products in collaboration with Italian and international designers for both residential and contract environments.The new products include seating and tables that are suitable for either indoors or outdoors and are made from a range of materials, including ash, teak and aluminium.

T he mayor of London has remembered the victims of the London Bridge terror attack on its six-year anniversary.Sadiq Khan said he is proud of how Londoners continue to stand united against hate and vowed to ensure no stone is left unturned in building a safer London for everyone.Eight people were killed and 48 injured on June 3 2017 when terrorists ploughed into pedestrians in a hired van then ran amok with 12-inch knives.

Kyiv's ambassador has urged more people in the UK to host refugees fleeing Russia's invasion, on the one-year anniversary of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.Thanking Britons for standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, ambassador Vadym Prystaiko said in a video message that 160,000 Ukrainian women and children had now arrived under the scheme since Vladimir Putin's invasion last February but warned that some still need your help.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday announced it has awarded $54 million to 182 fair housing organizations across 42 states under its Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP).The goal is to provide support to organizations that address Fair Housing Act violations and funding Private Enforcement Initiative grantees to continue fair housing enforcement efforts.

Chicago social worker Anjanette Young is endorsing Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson to unseat Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Young announced Tuesday.Young made her choice for mayor public on the four-year anniversary of a wrongful police raid on her home that erupted into a scandal after Lightfoot officials attempted to keep disturbing video footage of the raid from the public.

As the one year anniversary of the war in Ukraine approaches, a group of Brighton Beach volunteers continue serving as the first stop for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war zone in need of relief aid.Leading up to the war, Shorefront Jewish Community Council, a sister organization of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island , began seeing a small trickle of Russian immigrants seeking political asylum, and looking to avoid participating in the coming conflict.

Scott Israel, Broward's former sheriff who most recently accepted a job as chief in Opa-locka, said he'll keep his options open after resigning from that agency.Israel took the Opa-locka police chief position in May 2022 and his resignation, announced this week, is effective in July.His current salary is $125,000 a year.

A school district in Dallas has drawn backlash from parents after giving elementary school students a Winnie the Pooh-themed book that teaches children how to run, hide, fight in dangerous situations like a mass shooting.Cindy Campos, whose two children attend an elementary school in the Dallas Independent School District, said that she wasn't sure what to do when her youngest son, who is in prekindergarten, came home from school last week with the book, titled Stay Safe.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina The passengers drifted away until only the pregnant women remained at passport control.Among them was Maria Konovalova, who was pulled aside and asked about her pregnancy.She was 26 weeks pregnant, she said she told the immigration officials last month at Buenos Aires' international airport.

Happy weekend, everyone!Celebrate St. Patrick's Day all weekend-long around town, or snap Instagram-worthy photos at the area's latest sweet-tooth experience.Best Things to Do This Weekend


Candytopia.It's time to make your sweet escape to Candytopia.The immersive family-friendly sweets-inspired wonderland takes visitors on a sensory journey through 14 different interactive environments, including a candy art gallery, a marshmallow pit, and a room with confetti-farting pigs.

The Yankees were tasked with taking care of business against a not-terrible-but-also-not-very-good Reds team over the weekend, and much like they did when the A's came to the Bronx earlier in May, they swept the inferior opponent away.I don't mean to hammer this point into the ground, but completely handling teams like this is exactly how the Rays built their strong start (and also what the Yankees did early in 2022).

I've been trying to wrap my head around the Marlins' 23-21 record all morning because I feel very strongly that the San Francisco Giants should at least win this series.The Marlins do not score a lot (155 runs scored - 28th in MLB).They do not prevent runs (207 runs allowed - 18th in MLB).They do not field very well.

On the one-year anniversary of the ground-breaking ceremony, the Chargers hosted a media tour Thursday of their new headquarters and practice facility being built in El Segundo.The team hopes to host an event here during the 2024 draft and have all operations relocated in time for training camp three months later.

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When Feng Feng Lee saw a strange man with closely cropped white hair at her church, she didn't think much of it.Hours later, the man opened fire at a luncheon, wounding five parishioners and killing a 52-year-old man who had accompanied his mother to church.

The call came at 7 a.m., before I had enough coffee in me to process it: A recorded message from the principal of my daughter's high school, informing us of a credible threat.There wasn't too much detail, just that the police had contacted her about a Facebook post that named the school.Classes would go on as usual, with extra security.

In 1972, Ms. magazine published a campaign and petition that thrust the movement for abortion rights into the national spotlight.Fifty-three prominent American women including the writer Nora Ephron, the tennis champion Billie Jean King and the artist Nancy Grossman declared on the magazine's pages, We have had abortions.

Rajan Menon Daniel R DePetris Xi Jinping's phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskiy was a long time coming, but it should not have come as a surprise.Beijing is on everyone's shortlist when it comes to prospective peacemakers in Ukraine.The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is no exception.I know I can count on you to bring back Russia to reason and everyone back to the negotiating table, Macron told the Chinese leader during their meeting in Beijing this month.

Prince William showed his support for war-torn Ukraine on Wednesday with an unannounced trip to neighboring Poland, where he met with members of the British and Polish militaries.William visited the capital city of Warsaw, as well as Rzeszow, a city near the Ukraine border that has accommodated Ukrainian refugees and helped ship aid packages into the country.

Russian forces claimed some battlefield success on Wednesday, as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine laboured to gain momentum almost a year after it began.he Russian Defence Ministry said its troops broke through two Ukrainian defensive lines in the eastern Luhansk region and pushed back Ukrainian troops some three kilometres (two miles), forcing them to leave behind equipment and the bodies of those killed.

In 1999, Monique Siu - the pastry chef and co-owner of the now-closed, thoroughly Portland Zefiro - opened her own restaurant on Southeast Hawthorne, Castagna.Chef Kevin Gibson, now of Davenport, served elegant dishes like grilled quail and butter lettuce salads alongside French and Italian wines.Over time, the restaurant headed in a more modernist direction, thanks to the presence of chefs like Mugaritz expat Matthew Lightner and WD-50 alumnus Justin Woodward.

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Participate in Mission Lotería and support local businesses.Shop.Play.Win! Fill up your game board (tabla) and redeem for raffle tickets.Collect stickers for your tabla from participating businesses and enter to win cash, gift cards and other merchandise at this event!

Calle 24 Latino Cultural District is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Calle Limpia, Corazón Contento (Clean Streets, Happy Heart).They are partnering with local businesses, vendors, organizations, community members, and their sister Cultural District for the third Calle Limpia, Corazón Contento program.

Baz Luhrmann is living in the future, and we're all getting left behind.Following nearly a year on the awards-season trail for Elvis, the 60-year-old Australian director already has a new project, one that pushes the boundaries of technology and traditional artistic methods.No, we're not talking about getting JAY-Z and Beyonce to collaborate on The Great Gatsby soundtrack, or having Elvis sing in a mashup with a Britney Spears track.

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Raptors need to turn around their clutch offence to thrive late in season - The Athletic
As you might have guessed, the Raptors are one of those teams with a higher turnover percentage in the clutch compared to their overall numbers.

Local The city will observe One Boston Day with two remembrance events, acts of kindness, and community service.The city of Boston and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) will host two remembrance events - and more than a dozen volunteer activities will take place citywide - to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, the city announced Monday.

COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, which means it's been over three years since the world shut down indefinitely.As you probably recall, there was a whole lot of nothing going on in March 2020, so it wasn't hard to spend hours on end scrolling through the FYP on TikTok - an app a lot of people had just downloaded for the first time due to boredom, desperation, or some combination of the two.

Thursday, March 23 marks the one-year anniversary since the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) released its action plan to curb instances of bias in the housing appraisal process.Led by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, the PAVE task force revealed its action plan one year ago and claims that its efforts have amounted to "critical progress" in its efforts to make the homebuying process more equitable for people of color.

On Saturday, despite a possible indictment looming, former President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Waco, Texas.The Trump 2024 presidential campaign told TIME they chose the city because of its central location and Texas' role in the primary, but Waco has an infamous, violent history: it was the site of a deadly standoff between an anti-government cult and federal law enforcement thirty years ago.

(CNN)President Joe Biden will visit Poland this month to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, returning to the region as the war enters a volatile new phase without a clear path to peace.The president is planning to visit Poland from February 20-22.The White House said he would meet Polish President Andrzej Duda and other leaders from the region.

It's officially spring, music nerds!This month is shaping up to be pretty nice in terms of weather and the local music climate.There's some quality stuff here, from an empowering new single and video from Joseph, an unofficial Latin music night, and a one-year anniversary for the Get Down.Let's get into it.

PUP's guitarist Steve Sladkowski is in a hotel room in Medford, OR trying to plan his honeymoon.His wedding is in three weeks and he has limited time to make arrangements.He's at the tail end of a months-long tour and has just enough time off to get hitched and enjoy a small honeymoon before heading back out on the road for PUP's next European tour.

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It's disorienting: Again and again these past few weeks, I've been walking through New York and thinking I'm somewhere else.I'll be strolling through Central Park, but the sounds I hear come from a park nine time zones away.In line at my local Whole Foods I'll hear the cash registers of an Eastern European grocery store.

Foot Locker is planning to shut 400 stores by 2026 as it strives to become more relevant to younger shoppers by relaunching its retail brands, introducing experiential new store concepts and simplifying its operations by closing underperforming mall-based stores.The stores slotted for closing across North America account for nearly 10% of Foot Locker's total sales, said Anthony Aversa, Foot Locker senior vice president of store development.

The US economy added 311,000 jobs in February, according to the latest monthly employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.That's a pullback from the blockbuster January jobs report, when a revised 504,000 positions were added, but shows the labor market is still emitting plenty of heat.

Spotting terrorists who could attack Britain is like finding a needle in a haystack, Britain's most senior police officer has warned.Sir Mark Rowley said tens of thousands of people had come onto the security services' radar and may just need a spark to act.In an interview featured in an upcoming book by The Independent's home affairs editor Lizzie Dearden, he added: The ones who are going to go from passive supporters [of terrorism], doing nothing illegal, through to acting on it is a small number.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A Ukrainian photographer has contributed to a website which allows people to immersively walk the war-torn streets of his country and compare them before and after the Russian invasion, in the hope it will highlight the terrible reality of the destruction caused.

Premier League players will take a knee before their matches for the next two weekends as part of the "No Room for Racism" campaign, it was announced Thursday.Club captains across the league voted in August to limit taking a knee to "select significant moments."Players took a knee as part of the anti-racism campaign for two weeks in October, and will again display their unity against discrimination from Feb. 11-19.

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Ukrainian New Yorkers gathered in Brooklyn's Asser Levy Park Thursday afternoon in anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Sovereign Eastern European nation.Assembling around the park's bandshell draped in the embattled county's colors and brandishing signs condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, the predominantly Ukrainian area of the borough looked to stand in defiance of the ongoing onslaught on the eve of the war's anniversary.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday made his first visits to Britain and France since the Russian invasion almost one year ago, pressing his allies for more weaponry and in particular fighter jets.Making just his second venture abroad since the invasion, Zelensky enjoyed a ceremony-filled day in London where he met King Charles III and addressed parliament.

Despite frigid temperatures, hundreds of Ukrainian-Americans, Ukrainian refugees and their allies gathered for a peace rally in Times Square on Friday evening marking the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The crowd demanded that Russia end its unjustified war against Ukraine and the bloody destruction that has claimed the lives of thousands, including children.

By Susie Blann | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine Russia used strategic bombers, cruise missiles and killer drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine early Friday, while Moscow's military push that Kyiv says has been brewing for days appeared to pick up pace in eastern areas ahead of the one-year anniversary of its invasion.