Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has died. She was 74. The Democrat had represented her Houston-based district since 1995. Jackson Lee had previously had breast cancer and announced she had pancreatic cancer in June. Jackson Lee helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence, and to get Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday. The holiday commemorates the day the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free.
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Six days after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the famous atheist Bill Maher is already sick of the latest wave of religious fervor around him.
Читать дальше...Bikers from across the country are expected to attend the funeral of a Broseley man who died in a crash near a busy traffic island.
Police released photos of two youths running with knives through a south Perth suburb after a fight between a group of teenagers resulted in one boy being stabbed in the stomach.
The DFDS Princess seaways heads into the River Tyne in rough seas today, Friday January 21, 2022. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)
As India’s logistics sector braces for the 2024 budget, industry leaders highlight a crucial need to enhance multimodal networks and inland waterways to mitigate escalating costs amid the Red Sea crisis.
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KUTA SANG-AN, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR – The Army on Friday declared the entire Zamboanga Peninsula region as freed of the presence of communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels. This followed the surrender last week of three guerrillas who were described by Maj. Gen. Gabriel Viray III, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, as the
A five-year-old boy has been able to leave his home for the first time in six months after a successful stem cell transplant – made from a baby's umbilical cord blood donated 15 years ago.
A woman living by a major Black Country road is complaining of unloved and unkempt grass verges.
A new MP has vowed he will fight to retain Banks's Brewery in Wolverhampton during his maiden speech.
Bronze medalists are considered to be significantly happier than those who win the sliver medal in the Olympics, according to the human psychology of sportsmen that works when they achieve top positions. Will this same psychology be seen in Paris Olympics 2024?
Myles Dichter CEBL.ca The Calgary Surge are headed back to the post-season. A 90-80 home victory over the Montreal Alliance at the WinSport Event Centre on Friday secured the second-year club’s spot in the playoffs. The Surge improved to 10-7 and extended their winning streak to four games. After falling to the Scarborough Shooting Stars […]
An oil depot was also successfully attacked.
Reliance Industries' consolidated net profit declined 4.04% to Rs 17,448 crore in Q1 FY25 as against Rs 18,182 crore posted in Q1 FY24.
Four unions representing 14,000 workers at Disney’s theme parks and resort properties in California announced that members voted to authorize a strike.
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The light rail line between Dulwich Hill and Central remains blocked at Pyrmont.
Pictures reveal the inner workings of a town's police station which has been put up for sale – featuring holding cells and a custody suite.
TACLOBAN CITY – Families that were evacuated due to widespread floods brought on by heavy rains in the Visayas this week have returned home, disaster response officials said. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas said the flooding only had minimal impact on the different communities in the region while disaster teams
In the fag-end fog and beer blur of a Black Country club, amid the “time gentleman, please” clamour for a final Babycham or Brew XI, one man, decked in the height of fab Swinging Sixties flamboyance, stood out from the crowd.
