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From unhoused to high school grad: L.A. ceremony honors students who overcame the odds
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoOne student lived variously in a car, a homeless shelter, motels and with relatives. Another was...
Fraud Trial to Begin for Chinese Billionaire Who Allied Himself With America’s Right
New York Times· 3 hours agoCharged with defrauding thousands of investors in the U.S. and overseas of more than $1 billion, Guo...
HBO's 'STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.' recounts triumph, tragedy of legendary Memphis soul label
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoJones, David Porter and Carla Thomas, filmed variously in Memphis, Nashville, Los Angeles and other...
Vatican releases guidance on investigating 'supernatural phenomena'
Fox News· 4 days agoChurch published a document on Friday providing new guidance for the discernment of alleged...
Prince Harry just doesn’t get America, says Don McLean
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe American Pie singer Don McLean said Prince Harry “just doesn’t get America” after Harry reported...
Cartoon of Palestinian Boy Inspires, Years After Creator’s Murder
New York Times· 5 days agoThe character is called Handala (variously transliterated as Hanzala or Handzala), a name derived...
A pest of our own making: Revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach
Phys.org· 18 hours agoGerman cockroaches thrive in buildings all over the world. They're one of the most common cockroach...
She's an Irish heiress, a psychic, a witch... and about to be extradited to the UK on fraud charges
Boing Boing· 2 days agoA scammer who variously claimed to be an Irish heiress, a witch, a psychic and a celebrity shmoozer is to be extradited to the United Kingdom, which wants to prosecute her ...
Jenny Holzer Shines New Light in Dark Places
New York Times· 6 days agoThe targets of the texts Holzer wrote between the late 1970s and 2001 — variously excerpted and re-sequenced for the new sign — range broadly. “Optimism...
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder allowed to appeal extradition from UK to US
Reuters· 2 days agoWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission on Monday to appeal against extradition to the...