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Democrats slam Trump admin after DOJ drops Reflecting Pool vandalism case
Democrats have criticised the Trump administration after the Justice Department moved to drop its case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who had been accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. They said the reversal raised concerns about the handling of the prosecution and the administration’s attempts to attribute problems at the landmark to…
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Southern university orders students to wear business suits on campus while clamping down on headwear in new dress code
Tuskegee University, a historically Black institution in Alabama, has introduced a stricter dress code requiring students to wear business attire, including suits, while on campus. The policy also imposes new restrictions on headwear, explicitly banning items such as durags and bonnets, which the university considers inappropriate for the campus environment it wants to promote. Full…
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The Sopranos star Vincent Pastore dead at 80: Actor’s death under ‘investigation’ after he was found inside Bronx apartment
Vincent Pastore, the actor best known for playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero in the acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos, has died at the age of 80. He was found inside an apartment in the Bronx, and his death is reportedly now under investigation, though the cause has not been confirmed. Pastore became widely recognised for…
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Wicker Man sequel director Justin Hardy dies aged 61
The British filmmaker died on Friday after suffering a heart attack, his family said in a statement.
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The “beautiful” 2012 album Paul McCartney needed to make: “Magical”
Working until it’s great. The post The “beautiful” 2012 album Paul McCartney needed to make: “Magical” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Astonishing first-hand account of the family who SURVIVED Hiroshima… then went on This Is Your Life to meet the desperately repentant US airman who dropped the bomb that killed tens of thousands and changed the world
A newly published memoir tells the extraordinary story of a family who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and later appeared on the American television programme This Is Your Life, where they were confronted with the remorseful US pilot who dropped the bomb. The account centres on Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto and his adopted daughter Koko…
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Multiple people killed in shooting at Idaho In-N-Out restaurant, suspect dead
Multiple people were killed in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday, with police describing the scene as “very chaotic”. The suspected gunman also died during the incident, and the case matters as another instance of gun violence at a public venue, prompting a major multi-agency law enforcement response.…
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Victory for fed-up California beach town locals who were being kept awake all night by noisy Waymo charging station
Residents in Santa Monica, California, have won a court battle against Waymo after complaining that the tech firm’s driverless taxi charging depots kept them awake with round-the-clock beeping and humming. A Santa Monica judge granted a preliminary injunction barring Waymo from operating two charging stations overnight, marking a victory for locals who had endured months…
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Solitude as a new aspirational lifestyle: ‘We are not lonely’
A niche but growing trend has emerged on social media in which content creators, predominantly women, document the pleasures of living alone and having few or no close friends, presenting solitude as a deliberate lifestyle choice rather than a source of sadness. Toronto-based Lana Isa, a software sales manager in her 20s, has drawn millions…
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Burgum weighs in on alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism case after DOJ dismissal
The article text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its contents cannot be summarised reliably. The title indicates that Doug Burgum commented on an alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism case after the Justice Department dismissed it. No further details, including the allegations, reasons for dismissal or Burgum’s remarks, were provided in the…