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California dreamin': scenes of Black joy and leisure in the Jim Crow era - in pictures
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 15:00
As California became the "frontier of leisure" in the early 1900s, Black Americans established recreational sites along the oceanfront, building thriving communities that helped shape the culture of the Golden State. His...
'We're gripped by graphomania': why writing became an online contagion and how we can contain it
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 12:00
Conspiracy theories, provocations, baseless accusations... long before our clickbait era, women in pre-revolutionary France were the subject of salacious attacks. Their response offers hope for us all Perhaps it was once...
Now you sea me: maritime art made of beach rubbish - in pictures
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 18:00
For his project DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash , Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley collected discarded plastic objects from New York beaches and transformed them into artefacts for an imaginary 19th-century maritime...
Kyiv's drone strikes on Moscow mean Kremlin's war can't be ignored by Russians
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 07:00
Attacks keep up pressure on Vladimir Putin, although have become 'not a big deal' for many unmoved Russians A new campaign of drone strikes has targeted the Russian capital in recent days as Kyiv has demonstrated its abi...
The Scary Math Behind the World's Safest Assets
Wall Street Journal - 12 Aug 2023 11:30
Washington has laid the seeds of a crisis that Wall Street can no longer ignore.
Bibby Stockholm evacuation shows 'startling incompetence'
BBC - 12 Aug 2023 11:35
MP David Davis criticises the Home Office after concerns about Legionella on the Bibby Stockholm.
'Harsh' post-Covid grade markdown set to hit 60,000 A-level students
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 13:51
Rush to push results back to pre-pandemic levels will hit England's school leavers hard this year, say education experts This year's school leavers could be among the most disadvantaged by the pandemic, according to educ...
'It feels like a bomb has been dropped': Residents return after Hawaii wildfires
Sky News - 12 Aug 2023 10:43
It was the first time the people of Lahaina had been allowed to return since wildfires laid ruin to their town three days ago.
Ecuador murder: Fernando Villavicencio's running-mate steps in to contest election
BBC - 12 Aug 2023 23:21
Andrea Gonzalez replaces anti-corruption crusader shot in the head by suspected Colombian hitmen.
1 dead, others hospitalized and unaccounted for after explosion in Plum, Pa. destroys multiple homes
NY Daily News - 12 Aug 2023 22:55
Officials says it appears as if one house exploded, two more were engulfed in fire, and multiple others had their windows blown out.
2023 Women's World Cup: Australia gripped by penalty drama on historic night
BBC - 12 Aug 2023 15:27
In a country where soccer has struggled to make a major impact on mainstream consciousness, Australia's victory over France in the Women's World Cup feels like a watershed moment.
Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 06:00
Water scarcity threatening agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 desertification president The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the presi...
Bodybuilder livestreams execution of ex-wife before going on shooting rampage: 'Are you watching?'
New York Post - 12 Aug 2023 05:17
"Here, watch the murder live now, nice and easy ... Are you watching?" Nermin Sulejmanovic said in the livestream.
Maui's emergency sirens didn't go off as wildfires tore through island, officials confirm as residents return to destroyed homes
New York Post - 12 Aug 2023 03:24
Maui's warning sirens failed to activate as the apocalyptic wildfires swept through the island this week, officials confirmed Friday as residents returned to what was left of their homes.
Prospectors hit the gas in the hunt for 'white hydrogen'
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 17:00
The zero-emission fuel may exist in abundant reserves below ground. Now large sums are being invested to look for it For more than a decade, the village of Bourakébougou in western Mali has been powered by a clean energ...
Why Would Trump Leave Office After A Second Term If Prison Awaits? Experts Fear He Won't.
The Huffington Post - 12 Aug 2023 14:00
Trump attempted a coup to hang on to power at the end of his first term, and that was before he faced multiple prosecutions that could bring decades behind bars.
Yemen: UN removes 1m barrels of oil from ageing tanker to avert environmental catastrophe
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 06:24
Tanker contained four times as much oil as was spilled in 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska The transfer of more than 1 million barrels of oil from an ageing tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been com...
Microplastics found in human hearts for first time, alarming new study finds
New York Post - 12 Aug 2023 06:15
Microplastics, which are less than 5 millimeters wide -- or about the size of a pencil eraser --can enter the human body through the mouth, nose and other body cavities.
'Fast-paced search' for woman who admitted manslaughter after she escapes secure hospital
Sky News - 12 Aug 2023 05:50
A woman who admitted manslaughter and was detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act has gone missing after threatening staff with a weapon.
Woman's severed head found in London canal days after body parts discovered: report
New York Post - 12 Aug 2023 03:27
A woman's severed head found in a canal was the same area where dismembered body parts were found in a suitcase earlier in the week, a British court heard Friday.
Parade of severe storms to bring flood threat to Northeast this weekend
New York Post - 12 Aug 2023 03:22
Enough wind shear will be in place for damaging winds, large hail and potentially a tornado or two from the Ohio Valley to New England.
Three-year-old asylum seeker dies after being bussed from Texas to Chicago
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 03:08
From Venezuela, the child died at a local Illinois hospital on Thursday evening after showing signs of illness A three-year-old girl from Venezuela being transported to Chicago from Texas by bus with other migrants died ...