Activism / October 26, 2023 The Fictional Terrorist Conspiracy Being Tried in France Seven are accused of belonging to a far-left cell, despite the paucity of evidence. Ad Policy The interior of Paris’s Renzo Piano–designed courthouse, where the defendants are being tried. (Alain Jocard / Getty) A 220-kilogram blend of industrial-strength ammonium nitrate, sugar, and…
Books & the Arts Today 5:00 am The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black Poet Camille T. Dungy’s Soil is a personal and wide-ranging history of the garden and the environment in African American life. Edna Bonhomme October 26, 2023 African American women employed as gardeners…
Activism Today 5:00 am A Weekend at Abortion Camp Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Abortion Access A Weekend at Abortion Camp Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Abortion Access In the year after Dobbs, the movement has been operating in triage mode, and Abortion Camp was conceived as a conclave where activists…
6 hours ago About sharing Bolton-born presenter and DJ Vernon Kay replaced Ken Bruce in May By Paul Glynn & Ian Youngs Entertainment reporter Vernon Kay’s BBC Radio 2 show has 6.9 million listeners, according to new audience figures – 1.3 million fewer than predecessor Ken Bruce pulled in before he left the mid-morning slot….
Jason Breen was dragged underwater by the young mammal until his leash broke, allowing him to surface.
When Avichai Brodutch began a solo vigil outside the Ministry of Defense, others began to join him.
22 minutes ago About sharing The EU has struggled to present a united front on the war, and there has been criticism of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) By Sofia Bettiza BBC News, Brussels EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday for a summit overshadowed by Hamas’s war with Israel and the EU’s…
1 hour ago About sharing David Shrigley’s celebrity fans include the tennis player Andrew Murray and US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel By Colin Paterson Entertainment correspondent, in Swansea The Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley has pulped 6,000 copies of Dan Brown’s best-seller The Da Vinci Code and republished them as George Orwell’s novel 1984….
46 minutes ago About sharing Thousands of health workers employed by independent organisations will not receive the bonus that NHS staff will By Hugh Pym Health editor The government could face a judicial review after excluding some health workers from a one-off bonus. The sum was part of a pay deal for more than a…
5 minutes ago About sharing Lewiston Police released an image of a vehicle as part of the manhunt Police in the US city of Lewiston, Maine have warned a gunman is on the loose, with reports that at least 16 people have been killed. Residents of the city, the second-largest in the state, have been…