• Get busy and find out how you can help count the bees

    The annual national bee count to monitor how wild bees in the Netherlands are doing is starting on Monday and will last until March 24. Anyone with a balcony, garden or a nearby piece of greenery is welcome to participate in the count. There are some 360 bee species in the Netherlands, half of which are on the red list of threatened species. Around 34 species have already become extinct. The annual count is meant to monitor bee numbers and

  • Over 1,000 African migrants descend on New York City Hall to protest against 'anti-blackness' and plead for help getting work permits

    Over 1,000 migrants gathered outside NYC City Hall on Tuesday ahead of a City Council oversight hearing focused on the experience of black arrivals.

  • Good Morning, News: Police Get a New Babysitter, Trump's Lawyers Get Bench-Slapped, and You Can Get Delicious Pizza All Week

    by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! The weather forecast can no longer be trusted. Spring is unpredictable, like an emotionally detached, fickle lover. It brings us flowers,...

  • A coverage gap Catch-22: To work, Selinda Walker needs health care. To get health care, she needs work.

    As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.

  • A quarter of people now want to work fully remotely so they can live anywhere in the world while working for UK companies, research finds

    Working from home has become one of the key battlegrounds in the culture wars - and now almost one in four people believe they should even be allowed to WFA (work from abroad).

  • Help find this racist

    Another vile Neanderthal. Please help locate him. On the Bedford to three bridges train & this group of guys starting on anyone (including a woman in her 70s), racist slurs, throwing punches. As soon as he sees me filming he threatens me I get the train everyday, easily the most horrendous journey & experience I’ve […]

  • How to Actually Get Returns in Your Marketing Efforts

    The field of newsletter marketing offers a highly cost-efficient channel for achieving high ROI in promotional campaigns, thanks to new AI-powered tools that identify target audiences and track their engagement with ads, enabling the ability to optimize spend.

  • Orange Peels Won't Help Your Garden, Actually

    There are many so-called benefits of using orange peels in your garden—from improving your soil to repelling pests. But while citrus is probably not altogether harmful to your garden, and can—in limited circumstances—be helpful, it's very likely not worth bothering with.

  • Bo Bichette helps Jays get by Royals

    Bo Bichette's three-run triple led the Toronto Blue Jays past the host Kansas City Royals, 5-3, on Monday evening. The Blue Jays took a 3-0 lead in the third after a pair of walks and Cavan Biggio's opposite-field double loaded the bases. With one out, Bichette's slicing liner to right-center tipped off the glove of diving center fielder Garrett Hampson, clearing the bases. Daulton Varsho took Kansas City starter Brady Singer's 1-2 slider out to right for a two-run homer in the sixth,...

  • What happens if Trump gets convicted ahead of November?

    The first-ever criminal trial of a current or former American president is underway in Manhattan, renewing questions over what a potential conviction would mean for former President Trump as he campaigns for the White House. A conviction in the New York case, where Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, wouldn’t bar him []

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    What happens if Trump gets convicted ahead of November?

    The first-ever criminal trial of a current or former American president is underway in Manhattan, renewing questions over what a potential conviction would mean for former President Trump as he campaigns for the White House. A conviction in the New York case, where Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, wouldn’t bar him []

  • JPD Asking For Help In Finding Missing Woman

    Jamestown Police are asking the public for help in finding a young woman who has been missing since January. JPD said 23-year-old Amber Harrington is considered a missing endangered person / vulnerable adult. She was last seen in the Buffalo area. Amber is described as a white female with brown or black hair, which may […]