My darling, precious, glorious, dignified, world-famous, and heavenly celebrated Nigerian sisters, There’s this 19-year-old girl who got into the family way when she was 17. Whenever I see her, I feel so sad because of what may likely befall her and how her life is likely to have reversed, the pain she would have to Read More
A playwright brings unresolved memories to the stage in this clever study of art, dysfunction and generational differenceJo Hamya’s first book, Three Rooms, was a polemical novel about middle-class precarity, sophisticated but sometimes bowed by the weight of its thematic concerns. Her second, The Hypocrite, is a novel about a play about a novel. It begins with a mother on a beach in Sicily watching her husband and toddler daughter paddling. The mother doesn’t much like the father, who “worked...
More education typically, but not always, leads to higher incomes. There is plenty of research showing that individuals with associate or bachelor degrees or higher end up with better jobs and higher pay than their counterparts with only a high school diploma. Nationally, about 62 percent of high school (or equivalent) graduates go on to
A cat came up to a family and made a plea they couldn't refuse after his days as a forgotten stray. GingerbreadStray Cat ClubA team of volunteers from Stray Cat Club worked tirelessly to rescue a colony of abandoned cats, pulling them off the streets and into foster homes.Among them, a cat named Gingerbread stayed in the background, keeping his distance, but his eyes betrayed a desire for affection. "He came from an abandoned traveler's site that had upped and moved and left all the cats,"...
Biden Admin Installs New Rule Making It Harder To Fire Bureaucrats Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Biden administration has issued a new rule that makes it harder to fire government employees in an apparent bid to thwart former President Donald Trump’s pledge to fire “rogue bureaucrats” and radically reshape the federal workforce. The new rule, which bolsters job protections for career civil servants, was issued on April 4 by the U.S. Office of...
Los Angeles is among cities nationwide trying to deal with shortages of police officers in their ranks. LAPD Interim Police Chief Dominic Choi says while emergency calls like crimes in progress have not been affected, non-emergency response times have grown. NBC News' Lester Holt reports.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated that it will be difficult to reach 2% inflation and one reason is “We have a trillion dollars of fiscal stimulus in the CHIPS Act, the
Samantha Murphy was allegedly murdered on February 4. Police carried out extensive bush searches on Thursday. They quietly returned on Friday to continue the hunt. Patrick Orren Stephenson is charged with her murder. READ:
Councilmember Shaun Abreu is introducing a pair of bills he says closes a loophole. A city councilmember is proposing two bills to close a loophole he says food apps are using to shortchange drivers. [ more › ]
Coughlan plays Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama
The Netherlands women's team started their European Championship Qualifying campaign with a loss. The number eight ranked team in the world lost 2-0 away in Italy.The Italian women are ranked 14th in the FIFA World Rankings. Oranje will face Norway on Tuesday in Breda. Norway beat Finland 4-0 in their first match.Manager Andries Jonker gave Chastity Grant a start at right back. The attacking full-back made her first start in her second appearance for her country. Grant made her first appearance,...
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