A view from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in August 1963. Fotosearch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fotosearch/Getty Images A view from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument […]
LONDON — There were fears Arsenal’s season was over when Gabriel Magalhães was ruled out for the rest of the campaign at the beginning of April. After all, the Gunners had been here before. Two years ago, Gabriel’s center-back partner William Saliba sustained a knee injury at a similar point, which precipitated Arsenal’s exit from […]
How do you process the death of a world figure like Pope Francis? With prayers, rituals and, apparently, movies. Streaming minutes for the 2024 Oscar-winning film “Conclave,” which explores the Byzantine process of selecting a new pope, jumped this week after the news of the pope’s passing, according to the tracking firm Luminate. Viewership also […]
BBC Israel’s destructive military campaign in Gaza has released a silent killer: asbestos. The mineral, once widely-used in building materials, releases toxic fibres into the air when disturbed that can cling to the lungs and – over decades – cause cancer. Nowadays, its use is banned across much of the world, but it is still […]
Maisie Lillywhite & Jane Rennard BBC News, Gloucestershire BBC The stock at Julie Sarahs’ pop-up shop is funded by donations made by students when they borrow items, although paying is not compulsory A mother is on mission to make high school proms more affordable after her daughter missed two events due to Covid. Julie Sarahs […]
Apr 24, 2025, 07:08 AM ET Jamie Vardy will leave Leicester City at the end of the season, the already-relegated Premier League club confirmed on Thursday. Vardy, 38, has painted himself into Leicester folklore during his 13 years leading the line, scoring 198 goals in 495 appearances and playing a pivotal role in a miraculous […]
Dear Tripped Up, In March 2024, I was awaiting my $96 Frontier Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Trenton, N.J., when gate agents announced they were seeking 20 volunteers to fly the next day instead, in order to lighten the aircraft’s load. The offer: an $800 credit for a future flight. (Or was it […]
California’s economy has overtaken that of the country of Japan, making the US state the fourth largest global economic force. Governor Gavin Newsom touted new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis showing California’s growth. The data shows California’s gross domestic product (GDP) hit $4.10 trillion (£3.08 trillion) […]
Apr 24, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti is once again the front-runner for Brazil’s vacant coaching job, sources told ESPN Brasil. Brazil’s Football Confederation (CBF) fired coach Dorival Júnior last month and had considered Al Hilal manager Jorge Jesus as a potential replacement. Ancelotti, whose contract with Real Madrid runs until June 2026, has […]
Seen and heard, tariff edition “We have three airplanes that we had in China ready for delivery. I think we’ve got two of those already back and we’re bringing the third airplane back. They have in fact stopped taking delivery of aircraft due to the tariff environment.” — Kelly Ortberg, the C.E.O. of Boeing, on […]