Opinion by Jane Greenway Carr Updated 9:20 AM ET, Sat September 5, 2020 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)It used to be commonplace for…
A migrant mother walks in front of a wall outside the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, on Aug. 11, a month before the devastating September fire. LESBOS, Greece—On Sept. 9, Europe’s largest refugee camp, Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos burned to the ground, leaving nearly 13,000 people frightened and homeless. But to…
On the afternoon of April 25, 1964, the headline on the front page of the Chicago Daily News blared: “109 Arrested in Vice Den.” The den in question was Louie’s Fun Lounge, a gay club on the desolate outskirts of O’Hare International Airport. Raids of gay bars weren’t uncommon, but the size of this one—and…
Porcupines like to live alone, but in winter they sometimes hole up in long-snouted little gangs inside hollow trees and logs, in cavities made by cracks in boulders, beneath piles of brush, or under your front porch, as sneaky as thieves. A gang of porcupines is called, magnificently, a prickle. They hardly ever venture out.…
Denying pregnant women access to their support network during maternity care may have a lasting negative impact, warn Benjamin Black, Jane Laking, and Gillian McKay Community engagement has long been a central pillar of outbreak response and covid-19 is no different. This is vital across all healthcare, including maternity, not only the vertical covid-19 response. Maternity…
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Australia is a vast country containing eight climate zones and many more beautifully unique landscapes. While it might be tempting to escape overseas, there’s so much to see here you’ll never get it all done in a lifetime. Here’s 101 Aussie holiday ideas to keep you closer to home. Holiday in Australia like a tourist:…
Image copyright Ilford Recorder/Archant & Facebook The bodies of Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa were discovered in the east London flat of Zahid Younis in April 2019. The BBC has investigated how the authorities cared for the women and dealt with their killer Younis - a convicted sex offender who has been sentenced to life…
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Image source: The Motley Fool. Baozun (NASDAQ:BZUN)Q2 2020 Earnings CallAug 21, 2020, 7:00 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood morning, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by for Baozun second-quarter 2020 earnings conference call. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded. I'd…
By The Corbett Report 9/11, as we were told repeatedly in the days, weeks, and months after the attack, was the day that changed everything. And now a new event has come along to once again throw the world into chaos. But whereas the post-9/11 era introduced America to the concept of homeland security, the…
Image source: The Motley Fool. Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR)Q2 2020 Earnings CallAug 27, 2020, 9:00 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood day, and welcome to the Dollar Tree Incorporated Second Earnings Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr.…
The new iOS 14 for iPhone arrived Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2020, alongside iPadOS 14, and there are a lot of features to uncover. Improved widgets. Better home screen customization. Exciting Messages improvements. New abilities in Camera and Photos. There's so much here that it'll take months for you to learn everything by heart.If you're feeling…
During the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is making some temporary changes to our print sections. The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print but an expanded version is available in your daily Times eNewspaper. You can find a printable PDF online at: latimes.com/whats-on-tv.SERIES Big Brother (N) 8 p.m. CBSMysteries Decoded Jennifer Marshall…
Thro' the woods, Edward S. Curtis. I was two years old in 1979 when my single mother moved us into a cabin we called The Little House on top of a mountain in Vermont. There was no electricity or phone or running water, but its deficiencies now seem poetic and useful. We had a large…
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I’m treating this as progress.I mean, if I were him and someone asked me what my biggest mistake was, I would have said “Turning nursing homes into death factories.”Or maybe “Doing nothing for weeks in March while the virus went apesh*t on New York City.”But “Should’ve been slightly more proactive on masks” works too, as…
Rolling Stones fans in Norway, 1964. Photo: National Archives of Norway. Via Wikimedia Commons. Teenage girls are yelping. It’s just after four in the morning and a huge rat—a heaving, greasy, small-dog-size thing—is dragging its weight along the pavement next to us. “Eurgh, fuck off!” yell fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds, one pulling the cord of the…
These days the quantity and capabilities of apps available for mobile devices are quite impressive—let alone how powerful smartphones have become. In my case my phone is better than my computer… but I digress. Ironically, some of these apps that focus on outdoor travel, recreation, and exploration provide technology that allows you to disconnect from…
New IoT systems help monitor the health of beehives to help ensure the security of the world's food supply. Image: iStock Saturday, Aug. 15, marks National Honey Bee Day 2020 and reminds us that maintaining healthy bee colonies is of vital importance. Honey bees are critical pollinators, and if they were to die off, it's…