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Carrie Underwood a 'total homebody'

Business Standard 

Singer Carrie Underwood and her spouse have become "total homebodies" since welcoming their son Jacob into the world last week.

Prices inched up for high-spending households

Scoop 

Feb. 1 (BusinessDesk) - High-spending households were hit by rising airfares and rental car costs in the December quarter while lower spending ones got some relief from cheaper vegetables.

The Specials return to take on racism, ‘lunatic’ politicians, gun violence — and hope

TheSun.co.uk 

FROM the start, The Specials were pop revolutionaries with smiles on their faces. The ska revivalists burst out of Coventry loaded with punk attitude, intent on smashing racial and cultural barriers. Their songs were extra “special” because they explored social issues like teenage pregnancy (Too Much Too Young) and inner city decay (Ghost Town) with […]

Polar vortex’s impact on unhoused people exposes glaring inequality in U.S. cities

Think Progress 

A polar vortex is hitting many areas of the United States with unusually cold temperatures and endangering unhoused people. As cities take steps to encourage people to go to shelters, the life-threatening weather conditions are shedding light on a lack of sufficient support systems for unhoused people in the short term and the need for […]

1984 Sikh riots: Delhi court directs CBI to expedite probe in Tytler case

Business Standard 

Noting the sensitive nature of the matter, a Delhi court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to expedite investigations into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was given clean chit for his alleged role.During the hearing of the case, the CBI informed Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Arora that the lie detector test report is not yet ready, following which, the court granted two weeks time to finalise the report. The CBI has... Читать дальше...



Police urge Townsville residents to ‘stay at home’ as flooding emergency continues

News.com.au 

Authorities have located a man who was thought to be missing in floodwaters in Queensland. A major flooding emergency is unfolding in Townsville, Queensland, with some predicting it may rival the 1998 flood crisis which saw the entire city inundated with water. Residents are being urged to remain vigilant as flood waters cause landslides across the North Qld city. With a severe weather warning still in place, police have told people to ‘please stay at home if you do not need to be out and about’.

Corruption Is Still Thriving In Modi's India

Forbes.com 

Modi’s government has been fighting corruption in the wrong places, among the country’s poor. And it has left corruption thriving in the high places, among the country’s rich.

Millions of Americans placing bets on Super Bowl LIII

CBSNews.com 

Super Bowl LIII will be the first NFL Championship game played since the Supreme Court legalized sports betting in 2018. The American Gaming Associations estimates wagers to top $6 billion. CBS Moneywatch reporter Megan Cerullo joins Tanya Rivera to discuss the latest ahead of the big game.

In Reversal, Trump Says He and Intel Chiefs on ‘Same Page'

Voice of America 

A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course Thursday and said that he and the intelligence community “are all on the same page.” Trump met with his director of national intelligence and other top security officials in the Oval Office and said afterward that they told him their testimony at a Senate hearing had been “mischaracterized” by the news media. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other... Читать дальше...


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