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βJoe Turnerβs Come and Gone,β arguably the finest work in August Wilsonβs 10-play series chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century, is set in a boarding house in Pittsburgh in 1911. The Great Migration is underway, with millions of Black Americans moving from the rural South to the industrial North and Midwest in…
A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Tories after becoming “uncomfortable” with Nigel Farage’s party. James Buchan said he wanted to be able to “look my family in the eye and say, ‘that’s not who I am’” after his former party announced plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain. The Dartford Borough councillor, who…
TORONTOΒ βΒ Once again, the planets have aligned for Shohei Ohtani. The elements are in place for another climactic finish to the latest chapter of this real-life manga, and baseball might never be the same after this. World Series. Game 7. Ohtani will be the Dodgersβ starting pitcher and designated hitter. This is his moment. He dominates…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ Theyβre blowing up boats in the high seas, threatening tariffs from Brazil to Mexico and punishing anyone deemed hostile β while lavishing aid and praise on allies all aboard with the White House program. Welcome to the Monroe Doctrine 2.0, the Trump administrationβs bellicose, youβre-with-us-or-against-us approach to Latin America. Not yet a year into…
TikTok is being accused of “backtracking” on its safety commitments, as it puts hundreds of moderator jobs at risk in its London office.Β In August, the company announced that hundreds of jobs were at risk in its Trust and Safety offices. In an open letter to MPs, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) said on Thursday…
βNow You See Me: Now You Donβtβ star Jesse Eisenberg may soon one-up the film franchiseβs Robin Hood-esque Four Horsemen in the giving-back department. This December, the Academy Award nominee and longtime blood donor will give one of his kidneys to a complete stranger, he said Thursday on the βTodayβ show. He slipped the news…
The government hinting at a rise in income tax at the budget only to not go through with it in a bid to win over voters would be “deplorable”, according to Labour peer Harriet Harman. Reports are swirling that the chancellor is considering a manifesto-breaking hike when she delivers her crucial fiscal statement next month…
Long Beach Poly, a 12-time Southern Section football champion, announced on Friday it will not participate in this seasonβs playoffs despite finishing second in the Moore League. The school earlier this season had six transfer students declared ineligible for providing false information on paperwork to the Southern Section, a violation of CIF bylaw 202. Hereβs…
A “significant” step has been taken in establishing a national restorative justice programme for victims of the Post Office’s Horizon IT scandal. Children of affected postmasters, as well as those directly hit by the faulty accounting software, will be part of the partially Fujitsu-funded programme, as the UK’s Restorative Justice Council acknowledged more than financial…
Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture in separate rulings Friday that it must begin using billions of dollars in contingency funding to provide federal food assistance to poor American families despite the federal shutdown, but gave the agency until Monday to decide how to do so. Both Obama-appointed judges rejected Trump administration…
