When it was announced that Francesca Amewudah-Rivers would be making her London West-End debut starring as Juliet alongside Hollywood actor Tom Holland as Romeo, it should have been a celebratory moment. Instead, the young actor — who has already starred in productions of Othello, Macbeth as well as a BBC drama — was faced with a heartbreaking, but all too familiar, sequence of events in which she received thousands of racist and misogynistic comments online. The social media harassment got...
Humanity is at war with its very existence. Nothing has come from this war in Gaza except to expose the naked aggression, violence and lunacy of governments. It’s a world where arms are sent by the U.S. to one group to kill, and to another embroiled in that same conflict — aid and monies for rescue from the very bombs of mass destruction sent earlier.
By JM McNab Published: April 23rd, 2024
Trump’s posts on Truth Social and polling elsewhere suggest young voters may well respond strongly to a TikTok sale or ban. Meanwhile, former Trump administration treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has expressed interest in purchasing the company
Researchers in Canada studying interventions to stem decline of mountain caribou have found wolf culls most effectiveCanada’s imperilled mountain caribou are staging an unlikely comeback, reversing years of decline that pushed populations to the brink. But researchers warn that any sustained recovery comes with a catch: in order to save these ungulates, thousands of wolves will need to be killed in the coming years, highlighting the unenviable task wildlife managers have attempting to manage...
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. Cloud […]
By SETH BORENSTEIN and BRITTANY PETERSON (Associated Press) With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. Cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard […]
The University of Southern California canceled its valedictorian’s planned speech after pro-Palestinian posts. It’s no surpriseIf you want to get ahead in life then I have some advice: keep your mouth shut about Palestine. Or, if you must say something, then make sure it is nuanced like – I’m just paraphrasing a former Mossad agent here – no Palestinian over the age of four is an innocent civilian and they all deserve to be starved to death. Certainly make sure you don’t use controversial words...
Most of the justices seemed dubious about the DOJ's broad interpretation of the statute allowing it to sweep in the kinds of conduct Jan. 6 encompassed.
AN expert gardener has shared a trick that saves packed root-bound plants. The only gardening tool that you need, she revealed, is a handy hatchet. Alicia Leverette (@whitewater_creek_farm) shared
Cormani McClain, a five-star recruit to Colorado last year, is leaving Deion Sanders’ program and throwing some shots on his way out. McClain, the top-ranked cornerback in this past year’s high school class, per 247 Sports, who entered the transfer portal to find a new collegiate home, posted a video on YouTube Saturday where
It’s late March in New York, and today the Milwaukee Brewers are supposed to open their season against the Mets. But the city’s battered by rain, so the Brewers are instead cooped up in their midtown Manhattan hotel, rained out and shut in. Christian Yelich, the former MVP and longtime face of the Brewers’ franchise, has no problem with waiting. This is his 12th season in the big leagues, and Mother Nature isn’t the only obstacle he’s faced along the way. Chilling for an extra 24 hours is a...