Society / September 1, 2023 How Nebraska Became a Volleyball Paradise Covid-19 is back on the rise. We must take precautions, or we could again lose the type of joy that 92,003 fans experienced at Memorial Stadium this week. Dave Zirin Ad Policy Fans do the wave during a college volleyball match between Nebraska and…
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46 minutes ago About sharing Parisians in April voted to ban rental e-scooters but turnout was low By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris A ban on rental electric scooters has come into effect in Paris in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed in the French capital. Almost 90% of those…
28 minutes ago About sharing Hashim Ijazuddin (left) and Saqib Hussain, both from Banbury, died at the scene By Dan Martin BBC News The families of two young men murdered in a high-speed car chase have told a court their lives have been torn apart by their deaths. Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21,…
Ukraine’s military intelligence chief says two planes were damaged and two destroyed in Tuesday’s attack.
1 hour ago About sharing Crossflats Primary in Bradford is among the schools affected By Hazel Shearing Education correspondent Buildings at 52 schools in England were at risk of sudden collapse due to dangerous concrete, schools minister Nick Gibb has said. Safety measures have since been put in place at those schools, which were deemed…
38 minutes ago About sharing By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor A critically ill 19-year-old and her family are fighting the NHS in court over plans to stop more treatment and proceed instead with end-of-life care. The former A-level student wants to go to Canada for an experimental therapy which she believes might help her…
2 minutes ago About sharing With just days to go before the start of the new school year, more than 100 schools in England have been told to shut buildings made with a certain type of concrete unless they put in place safety measures. Here is what we know so far. Why are school buildings…
Politics / September 1, 2023 Progressives Need to Have Real Answers on Crime California shows that unless the left acknowledges the need to make communities safe while maintaining support for criminal justice reform, right-wing demagogues will latch onto the issue. Sasha Abramsky Ad Policy Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks during a press conference to…
Renee Saucedo speaks at a rally at the San Francisco Federal Building at the end of the migrant farmworkers’ three-day march from Petaluma. (David Bacon) / September 1, 2023 Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform Activists marched for three days straight, demanding that Congress finally change the immigration registry date. David Bacon…