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Trainwreck: Fantasia Barrino

• August 31, 2010 • 4 Comments

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“Flow Celebration” Mourns Mother-Daughter Murder Victims in Madison

• December 12, 2009 • Comments Off

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Looking for Hope, Uplift or Just a Distraction From Virus Fears? Read On. March 28, 2020
It’s grim out there. But in music, messages of hope — and goofy stuff online — people are trying to provide ways to get through a scary time.
In a Town Where Meth Is Eclipsing Opioids, Everyone Feels the Pain March 28, 2020
One Kentucky community has seen a wave of violence and homelessness as methamphetamine use returns.
We’re Sharing Coronavirus Case Data for Every U.S. County March 28, 2020
With no detailed government database on where the thousands of coronavirus cases have been reported, a team of New York Times journalists is attempting to track every case.
Alone on the Road, a Trucker’s Long Haul as America Fights the Virus March 28, 2020
Darrell Woolsey does not know when he will go home to Wyoming and his wife and three children.
How Coronavirus Has Transformed Elections Across the U.S. March 29, 2020
Party conventions are in jeopardy, campaigning is on hold and local candidates are playing the role of good Samaritan instead of traditional politician.
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Retreats on Quarantine Threat; India’s Lockdown Brings Chaos and Hunger March 29, 2020
The U.S. health department’s civil rights office is opening investigations to ensure that states don’t allow discrimination on the basis of disabilities, race or age when deciding who receives lifesaving care.
Tornado Strikes Jonesboro, Ark., Injuring at Least 6, Official Says March 29, 2020
An airport, a shopping mall and various local businesses were damaged.
4-Year-Old Girl, Lost in the Woods for 48 Hours, Is Found Unharmed March 28, 2020
“Ecstatic may not be a good enough word — it was extremely emotional,” Sheriff Jay Jones of Lee County, Ala., said of finding Evelyn Sides, better known as Vadie.

The Guardian, UK

North Korea fires two missiles as Seoul condemns ‘inappropriate’ timing March 29, 2020
Latest in flurry of launches draws particular criticism amid coronavirus pandemicNorth Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the global coronavirus pandemic.Two “short-range projectiles” […]
Revealed: £1bn of taxpayers' cash to help foreign countries buy British arms March 28, 2020
Campaigners say plan will end up fuelling conflict and human rights abusesThe government has quietly drawn up proposals to lend other countries £1bn of public money so that they can buy British-made bombs and surveillance technology.The move has been attacked by arms-control campaigners who say that taxpayers’ cash may end up fuelling conflict and human righ […]
Zaghari-Ratcliffe's leave from prison to be extended by two weeks March 28, 2020
British-Iranian’s release from jail in Tehran, due to Covid-19 outbreak, now runs until 18 AprilCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband has said her temporary leave from prison in Iran has been extended.Richard Ratcliffe said his wife’s father had been told that her temporary release from Evin prison in […]
'You've bollixed up my book': letter reveals Hemingway's fury at being censored March 29, 2020
The author threatened to ditch his British publisher, and likened him to a vicar, after his ‘Anglo-Saxon’ expressions were cleaned upThe hard-drinking, hot-tempered American writer Ernest Hemingway was furious when he discovered that the language for the English edition of his latest book had been cleaned up, a previously unpublished letter reveals. “I will […]
Taliban refuses to talk to Afghan government's negotiating team March 28, 2020
The militant group’s refusal represents a setback for US-brokered peace talksThe Taliban refused to begin talks with the Afghan government’s new negotiating team on Saturday, in a setback to the US-brokered peace process for one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. Related: US to cut $1bn of Afghanistan aid over failure to agree unity government Continu […]
Trolls exploit Zoom privacy settings as app gains popularity March 27, 2020
‘Zoombombers’ broadcast explicit imagery or abuse other users in video hangoutsWorking and socialising from home has brought new risks to everyday life, as webcam meetings and chatroom cocktail hours contend with privacy invasions, phishing attacks and “zoombombings” – uninvited guests abusing the popular video service to broadcast shocking imagery to all.Pu […]
Tackle climate crisis and poverty with zeal of Covid-19 fight, scientists urge March 28, 2020
Actions taken to suppress coronavirus reveal what measures are possible in an emergency, say expertsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGovernment responses to climate breakdown and to the challenges of poverty and inequality must be changed permanently after the coronavirus has been dealt with, leading scientists have urged, as the a […]
UK can keep Covid-19 deaths below 20,000, says medical director March 28, 2020
Professor Stephen Powis has said the national effort can work if everyone plays their partCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEvery citizen in the United Kingdom must play a part if the number of deaths from coronavirus are to be kept below 20,000, the national medical director has said.The call for a national effort to reduce deaths […]

The BBC

Coronavirus: India's PM Modi seeks 'forgiveness' over lockdown March 29, 2020
Narendra Modi apologises for sweeping restrictions that have left many jobless and hungry.
Coronavirus: Trump backs away from New York quarantine March 29, 2020
The US president now says the move is not necessary, after the idea was labelled "preposterous".
Lockdown, what lockdown? Sweden's unusual response to coronavirus March 29, 2020
While swathes of Europe are under lockdown, Sweden is allowing life to go on much as normal.
Close-up footage of Arkansas tornado March 29, 2020
An active weather front brings a rapid developing and destructive tornado to Arkansas
Coronavirus: Cruise ship off Panama coast transfers passengers March 29, 2020
Healthy people on a cruise liner lying off Panama are being moved to another ship after four died.
Coronavirus: India defiant as millions struggle under lockdown March 28, 2020
The government defends strict lockdown measures that have left millions stranded and without food.
Pope gives prayer to empty St Peter's Square March 27, 2020
The service usually only happens twice a year but was given as Italy's coronavirus death toll passes 9,000.
Coronavirus: Tesla donates hundreds of ventilators to New York March 27, 2020
New York has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the US and a shortage of ventilators.