An independent New York City police review board has recommended that the department punish dozens of officers for excessive use of force and other alleged misconduct during protests that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd, according to a report released on Monday.
Tickets to the single-day fest go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10.
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Five years ago today (Feb. 6), SpaceX's brawny Falcon Heavy rocket left Earth for the first time ever, sending a car into orbit around the sun.
DAVINA McCall proves roses are red hot as she holds one close while posing in a blooming lovely leotard.
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The victims of the triple stabbing in Puerto Rico were identified as American tourists Carlos Sanchez Brown, 39, Wallace Florence, 37, and Jackson Tremayne, 38.
Gary Jacob from The Times has reported that Tottenham will not sell their star striker to a Premier League rival this summer, even if it means he enters the final year of his current Spurs contract. Talks between Tottenham and Kane over a potential new deal have allegedly not taken place since the player’s failed […]
Читать дальше...I did not watch the video of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols’ death at the hands of Memphis police after a traffic stop. I did not need to see him being punched, struck with a baton, kicked in the face, sprayed with an irritant and other atrocities while he cried out for his mother. The news reports were […]
While Gov. Gavin Newsom touts California as a model state, he increasingly tries to shift blame for the state’s unseemly features.
(CONTAINS SPOILERS) I see how the major Oscar races are falling into place, and in most every scenario the biggest winners are “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Banshees of Inisherin.” What has gotten shortchanged in this equation is a little film called “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s oh-so-personal semi-autobiography about his young childhood and […]
Many Marin residents may wonder why the San Francisco Theological Seminary is actually located in San Anselmo. The story begins in 1871 when the Pacific Presbyterian Church opened a “theological seminary such as the present wants and future interests of this coast demand.” It was in San Francisco’s Union Square and had four students administered […]
This comes after the Philippines agreed to allow the U.S. military to expand its presence there to counter China.
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
How could it be done? I would favour a two-referendum process. The first vote could be held in 2026, a decade after the Leave vote of 2016. It would simply...
Brett Schaefer, RealClearWorld
Encouraging development has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Pointing to the
North Carolina’s Supreme Court is making blatantly political moves with a new Republican majority. Sound familiar?
Zahid Hussain, Dawn
Unlike the austere Zia, Musharraf was known for a certain flamboyance in dress and a penchant for music
Mosharraf Zaidi, Foreign Policy
The charismatic Pakistani general aimed to be a great national leader but failed by shredding the constitution and recklessly doing Washington's bidding.
Funaiole, Hart & McElwee, Csis
To meet its vast energy needs, China is expanding its footprint along the Strait of Hormuz—a vital chokepoint for transporting oil. As Beijing looks to secure...
Data sovereignty – the Windows maker has heard of it
Microsoft is continuing to change how diagnostic data from Windows devices is processed and controlled to keep its place in the European market amid stringent privacy and security regulations.…
A new examination of ancient and current species of reptiles conducted by a University of Texas at Austin paleobiologist reveals the serious impact of the disappearance of even a few species of reptiles in some island areas. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has startling conclusions about how, on smaller islands in the Caribbean where human impact was greatest, extinctions have led to the loss of up to two-thirds of the supports for the ecosystem that native reptile species once provided there.
Stargazers across the world, as well as celebrants of China's Lantern Festival, hailed the arrival of the full snow moon in pictures.
In the race to restore some of North America's most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems, a straightforward first step is likely among the most important.