Pressure is building on Denver Mayor Mike Johnston as the city’s new leader barnstorms neighborhoods to sell his plan for temporary “micro-communities” as part of an initiative to house 1,000 homeless people by year’s end. The pushback isn’t just from the neighbors of potential sites, who fret over perceived problems ranging from drug use to depressed property values. Advocates for […]
Read moreA surge of students with allergies and special diets is challenging meal services and changing the shape of the campus cafeteria. As a growing number of students have some kind of dietary restriction, dining halls have made accommodations, like the allergen-free station at Vanderbilt University, shown here.Credit…William DeShazer for The New York Times Supported by By Priya Krishna For the […]
Read moreThe news that thousands of Burning Man festival goers were told to conserve food and water after torrential rains left them trapped by impassable mud in the Nevada desert led some to chortle about a “Lord of the Flies” scenario for the annual gathering popular with tech lords and moguls. Alas, I have to spoil the hate-the-tech-rich revelries. No matter […]
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Read moreBridget Phillipson grilled on rebuilding crumbling schools Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted the Government “will spend what it takes” to make classrooms safe from crumbly concrete. More than 100 schools must shut fully or partially because of potentially collapsible reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) just as children were set to return from summer holidays. Former Home Secretary Priti Patel said […]
Read moreAn elderly couple have been applauded for taking matters into their own hands when a ‘rude’ neighbour etched part of his driveway in their garden. The neighbour reportedly bought the house next door to the couple after the plot remained empty for many years. However, the couple were left shocked when they realised he had “carved out” his driveway on […]
Read moreTurkey: Meteor shower captured on camera Stunning footage has shown the eerie moment a meteor lights up the night sky over Turkey, turning it green as it passes overhead. The spectacular clip, in the eastern city of Erzurum, shows a child playing with a balloon in the foreground as the entire night sky is illuminated behind him. Another film shows […]
Read moreAurora police officials announced Wednesday that six people have been charged with murder in a two-year, multi-jurisdictional investigation into organized crime. The Regional Anti-Violence Enforcement Network on Tuesday arrested seven of 12 suspects discovered in the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act investigation, with all but one suspect charged with violent crimes, according to an Aurora Police Department news release. Three […]
Read moreAs he heads toward a re-election campaign next year, President Biden is betting that his success in pushing for policies intended to lower health care costs for millions of Americans will be rewarded by voters at the ballot box. In speech after speech, Mr. Biden talks about capping the cost of insulin at $35, putting new limits on medical expenses […]
Read moreFive military aircraft – a Mig-29 and four Su-30 fighter jets, which cost about $20 million apiece – were destroyed during the attack last weekend on an airfield in Kursk, in western Russia, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said. Two Pantsir missile launchers and a S-300 air defence system’s radar are also believed to have been damaged in the strike. Incredibly, […]
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