James Dawson BBC North West, Social Media Lead BBC Social media user zoë bread operates under a loaf-based alias A masked campaigner who hides her face behind a slice of bread in viral TikTok videos about parking fines has forced Manchester City Council to review its signage policies. The T-shirt designer and filmmaker, who goes...
“This is an agenda I don’t understand,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tells Sandra Smith this morning. It’s that lack of understanding that is itself difficult to understand. The source of this radical push to obliterate sexual identity has a clear pedigree and a clear purpose. And the reluctance of even the more pugilistic Republicans...
On a Saturday night in late November, as the rain teemed down at Dens Park, Hibernian players trooped off the pitch reeling from a 4-1 annihilation that kept them anchored to the foot of the Scottish Premiership. They had taken an early lead, then capitulated to rampant Dundee. Jordan Obita was sent off. Elie Youan,...
Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco Reuters A trial in the landmark antitrust case against social media giant Meta kicks off in Washington on Monday. The US competition and consumer watchdog alleges that Meta, which already owned Facebook, bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to eliminate competition, effectively giving itself a monopoly. The FTC...
Feds Create Task Force to Investigate Fraud, Corruption in California’s Homeless Services – HotAir
A potential scandal has been brewing in southern California. Back in February I wrote about what may have been just the tip of the iceberg. The person in charge of the LA Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was caught signing a $2.1 million contract with her husband’s employer. A LAHSA spokesperson told LAist the contracts had...
Augusta National, which stumped up $20m (£15.8m) in Masters prize money last year, is well aware of its privilege. In the aftermath of Helene, the club provided $5m of financial support to the relief fund. Bonitatibus, a riverkeeper who looks after the Savannah waterway, says the aid had a “huge” impact and reinforced Augusta National’s...
Watch as inclement weather forces the suspension of the Masters practice round on Monday in Augusta. Read full article at source...
Ben Foakes defied his former county for four hours and 41 minutes but could not prevent Essex asking reigning champions Surrey to follow on in the County Championship at Chelmsford. The one-time England wicketkeeper, an Essex academy graduate, stood resolutely while wickets fell all around him to remain unbeaten on 92 as Surrey were dismissed...
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Thursday that he would soon force a vote in the Senate on two joint resolutions to block the Trump administration from selling an additional $8.8 billion in certain bombs and weapons to Israel in the next week. While the...
Falling debris forced the partial closure of a street in Plympton, police said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers set up a cordon on the Ridgeway because of “some falling debris from wooden window frames which was noted by our local neighbourhoods officers”. The management company were contacted, said the force. Police had asked people...
Angus Crawford and Tony Smith BBC News Investigations BBC South American drug gangs are dropping cocaine in the sea around the UK to be picked up by smaller boats and brought to shore, Border Force has warned. Tens of millions of pounds worth of drugs are being wrapped in flotation devices equipped with trackers, allowing...