Prominent journalists in the United Kingdom have dismissed claims by one of their own industry bodies that the British press does not have a problem with racism. The objections, including a rebuke from the Guardian newspaper, come after the Society of Editors rejected allegations made by Prince Harry that racism had played a role in
Continue ReadingThree small earthquakes shook the Wichita, Kansas, area early Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS measured a 3.4 magnitude quake at 7:29 a.m. ET, with a 3.5 magnitude quake following at 7:31 a.m. A third quake measured at 3.0 was reported at 8:02 a.m., according to USGS.
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Duke University officials issued a stay-in-place order for all undergraduate students through next Sunday as the school tries to combat a rapidly escalating number of Covid-19 cases. In a letter sent to students on Saturday, officials at the Durham, North Carolina, university said that more than 180 students have tested positive for Covid-19 and are
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The day before the anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death, her boyfriend Kenneth Walker III filed a federal lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and the officers involved in last year’s fatal raid that seeks damages for violations of his constitutional rights, according to a lawsuit filed Friday and obtained by CNN. The lawsuit
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The head of a UK media industry body has resigned after the group claimed that racism played no part in coverage of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, prompting a rebuke from more than 160 journalists of color. Ian Murray, executive director of the Society of Editors, on Wednesday said he would step down so the organization
Continue ReadingElvis Presley fans will have a chance to claim a bit of musical history when a guitar used during an iconic performance by the king of rock ‘n’ roll goes up for grabs later this month. Kruse GWS Auctions is putting Presley’s flaming red Hagstrom Viking II guitar on the block. The instrument was used
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview Sunday morning that women should be believed but stopped short of calling for New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s resignation amid sexual harassment allegations against him. “The governor should look inside his heart, he loves New York, to see if he can govern effectively,” Pelosi said on
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Tottenham’s Erik Lamela produced an outrageous piece of skill to score a rabona goal but was later sent off in the North London Derby, as Arsenal beat its rivals 2-1 on Sunday in the Premier League. The Argentina international squirmed the ball through the legs of an opponent and into the bottom corner to give
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old suspect was arrested after a 6-year-old girl was found deceased Friday night in Indiana. The girl was reported missing from the area of Chapman St. in New Carlisle, Indiana, around 6:30 p.m. and was found deceased about two hours later, according to a press release from St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit Assistant
Continue ReadingDisturbing video clips show students kidnapped from a college in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state being held at gunpoint and beaten with a whip by their abductors emerged on Saturday. In the footage, which has been widely shared on Facebook, some of the students appeared visibly distressed. In one video, an abducted student calls on the
Continue ReadingTesla has expanded its “full self-driving” software to roughly 2,000 Tesla owners, but some drivers were revoked access for not paying close enough attention to the road, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “FSD Beta has now been expanded … we’ve also revoked beta where drivers did not pay sufficient attention to the road, Musk
Continue ReadingISIS militants were behind Thursday’s brutal killings north of Baghdad where they shot dead eight people in three separate attacks, including six family members, according to an Iraqi military statement released Friday. The attack took place in Albu-Dour’s predominantly Sunni village in Salah al-Din province, about 84 miles north of the Iraqi capital. The area
Continue ReadingWhat was nice about the Before Times was that, for most people, social interactions and outings could be carefree. We miss them, and that’s a big reason why we long for the pandemic to end. But when life stabilizes in the new, new normal, how will we really feel about resuming activities we used to
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — Men with vital exhaustion are more likely to suffer a heart attack, according to a new European study. Vital exhaustion refers to excessive fatigue, feelings of demoralization and increased irritability. “It is thought to be a response to intractable problems in people’s lives,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Honolulu Fire Department officials say a house fire Saturday in Nanakuli was intentionally set. Investigators found two points of origin: a fire started in the rear bedroom and one started in the front living room. HFD responded to the two-alarm fire at 89-1137 Naniahiahi
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OGEMAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A local community is supporting a family after a fire claimed the lives of two young children. The parents remain hospitalized with injuries along with their surviving children. “There was an accident, a house fire. I think they lost everything,” Levi Accord said.
Continue ReadingTwo people were killed and 13 others were wounded in a mass shooting at a party on Chicago’s South Side early Sunday morning, police said. Several of those injured in the shooting are still in surgery, said Police Superintendent David Brown. He said four guns were seized at the building, a makeshift setup converted for
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A group of 100 demonstrators took a short march through Portland’s Pearl District Friday night. The Portland Police Bureau said some people in that group were violent, carried a number of weapons, and smashed windows in the Pearl District before all of them were
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARRISONVILLE, Missouri (KCTV) — The Missouri Highway Patrol said that someone ‘suspiciously fell’ from a vehicle on I-49 just north of Harrisonville, MO on Friday morning. The Missouri Highway Patrol tweeted out some details of the incident on Saturday. Authorities said it happened at 11:20 a.m. on Friday
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A school district in Northumberland County came up with a unique way to mark the last time their stadium will be used. Warrior Run is getting a new athletic stadium so organizers put together a cow pie event on Saturday. Cows were released
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