As a longtime anti-Zionist and member of Jewish Voice for Peace, it has been a fact of my life that the organized Jewish community has considered me a pariah. When I was president of my Jewish congregation, the executive director of the local Jewish Federation refused to speak with me; when communication was required, he More
Every year, the over 400 acres of Louisiana strawberries in Tangipahoa Parish give way to all sorts of strawberry creations. The Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival celebrates everything strawberry! However, few creations have the firepower of 86-proof strawberry whiskey.
British Transport Police has confirmed the death of a person on the tracks near Liskeard. An investigation will take place.
It looks like Guy Ritchie is delivering a “jolly good show,” as the man behind The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is reuniting with Henry Cavill for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Known for gangster movies like Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Ritchie has since dipped his hands in everything from the Robert Downey […]
Hulu's new true-crime miniseries dramatizes the before and after of 14-year-old Reena Virk's 1997 murder in British Columbia.
Lausanne, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) The World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) confirmed today that Cuba will play in the Asian group of the next Premier 12 tournament, scheduled for November 10-24. The post Cuba to play in Asian group of Premier 12 baseball tournament first appeared on Prensa Latina.
The Hulu series 'Under the Bridge' is based on a true story. Here's what happened to Reena Virk in real life, if there were convictions and where her parents are today.
Comedian Richard Gadd recounts the harrowing true story of how his experience with being stalked forced him to confront a buried trauma.
Picketers threatened its construction. Its design drew frequent comparisons to a washing machine’s agitator, and in some architectural circles, it drew whispers of plagiarism. After completion, it garnered a small degree of infamy for the uncannily breast-shaped shadow that the afternoon sun casts across its facade — a phenomenon that locals have nicknamed the “2 o’clock titty.” But despite the controversies that once swirled around it, the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption now stands...
The New York State Capitol Building in Albany. A package floated on Friday would enact a new developer tax break while offering watered down “good cause” eviction protections. [ more › ]
Dozens of prominent U.S. and state government officials, advocacy groups, and executives from big tech companies gathered in New York last month to participate in an important simulated election exercise. The war game exercise imagined a fictional crisis in which AI-generated photos and videos are released on social media immediately before the 2024 election. The images appear to show election officials in Florida dumping ballots, in an apparent attempt to manipulate the election’s outcome. ...
The UK branch of the Alliance Defending Freedom has increased its spending and is forging ties with key MPsA rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser to the prime minister and is drawing up policy briefings for politicians.The UK branch of the US-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has more than doubled its spending since 2020 and been appointed a stakeholder in a parliamentary group on religious freedoms in a role that grants it direct...