Month: June 2022
Parades, Pageants, and Afternoon Tea: The History of Britain’s Royal Jubilee Celebrations
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving monarch, celebrates her 70-year anniversary on the throne this year. Starting Thursday, people across the U.K. will participate in national festivities stretching over two public holidays and a weekend to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee.
Read MoreHurricane Agatha leaves deadly trail in southern Mexico
The toll from Hurricane Agatha climbed to at least ten dead and around 20 missing in southern Mexico, where heavy rains triggered landslides and flooding, local officials said Tuesday. The storm, the first hurricane of the Pacific season, was the
Read MoreUS to send Ukraine advanced weapons, as battle for east rages
President Joe Biden has said the United States will send more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, as Russian troops press their ferocious bid to complete the capture of a key eastern city. The battle for Severodonetsk has grown in intensity
Read MoreBison gores woman in Yellowstone National Park after she gets too close – ABC News
Bison gores woman in Yellowstone National Park after she gets too close ABC News Ohio woman gored by bison at Yellowstone park NBC4 Columbus A woman was gored and tossed by a bison after approaching the animal in Yellowstone National Park CNN Yellowstone
Read MoreWhy the Children of Immigrants Are the Ones Getting Ahead in America
In April 2020, the New York Times ran a special feature called “I Am the Portrait of Downward Mobility.” “It used to be a given that each American generation would do better than the last,” the piece began, “but social
Read MoreFACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Action Plan on Global Water Security and Highlights the Administration’s Work to Build Drought Resilience – The White House
FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Action Plan on Global Water Security and Highlights the Administration’s Work to Build Drought Resilience The White House
Read MoreSupreme Court blocks Texas’ controversial social media law – Axios
Supreme Court blocks Texas’ controversial social media law Axios SCOTUS denies Texas social media law WFAA Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas’s social media moderation law CNN Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas social media law barring content moderation Fox Business Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law
Read MoreAfter Uvalde, Biden Fears Another Cycle of Inaction on Guns
As President Joe Biden sat with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the Oval Office on Tuesday, the juxtaposition was hard to miss: a leader of one country who had robustly tackled gun control after one horrible mass shooting,
Read MoreAt the French Open, Legends of the Game and Up-and-Comers Are Serving Up Must-Watch Tennis
Rafael Nadal charged the net during the first point of the fourth-set tiebreaker, those familiar biceps rippling through his lime green shirt. Up 2-1 in sets in the French Open quarterfinal match against Novak Djokovic, he had already staved off
Read MoreUS military hackers conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine
US military hackers have conducted offensive operations in support of Ukraine, the head of US Cyber Command has told Sky News.
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