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It’s Maurice Sendak’s Birthday! Google Doodles a Tribute to An American Illustrator and His Beloved Children’s Books

• June 10, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Animals, Art, Books, Class, Cultural History, Love, Maurice Sendak
Tags: Children, Children's Books, Doodle, Google, Growing Up, Gumby, In the Night Kitchen, Lauren Davis, Maurice Sendak, New Zealand, United States, Where the Wild Things Are

The New Year, 2012, Arrives

• December 31, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, People of Color, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Who I Am, World History
Tags: Asia, Auckland, Australia, International Date Line, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Year, New Years Eve, New Zealand, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Samoa, Samoan, Samoans, Sydney, Tokelau

A Big One Hit Japan (w/Updates)

• March 11, 2011 • 4 Comments

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Japan, Natural Disasters, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), World History
Tags: 1998 Winter Olympics, 8.9, Asia, California, Canada, Crescent City California, Earthquake, English Language, Hawaii, Japan, Japan Earthquake, Japanese, Japanese Language, Japanese People, Left Coast, Live Streaming, Los Angeles, Nagano, New Guinea, New Zealand, PC World, Richter Scale, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Sendai, Soka Gakkai Japan, The Philippines, Tokyo, Tsunami Warning System, Tsunami Warnings, Tsunamis, United States, West Coast, West Coast of the United States

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The New York Times

What We Know About the Shooting in Highland Park July 5, 2022
Police detained a person of interest after a manhunt across the Chicago area. The shooting, in which six people were killed, sent a chill across the suburb.
‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022
Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
‘Swimming Wasn’t for Us’ July 4, 2022
The nation’s first Black-owned pool club aims to teach hundreds of children to swim this summer, helping to close a dangerous racial gap in the process.
Once a Crucial Refuge, ‘Gayborhoods’ Lose L.G.B.T.Q. Residents in Major Cities July 4, 2022
Many are choosing to live elsewhere in search of cheaper housing and better amenities. They are finding growing acceptance in other communities after decades of political and social changes.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 30, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

The Guardian, UK

Female trafficking survivor targeted for UK removal to Rwanda, says charity July 5, 2022
Exclusive: Women for Refugee Women says it is in touch with first woman considered for removalA woman in immigration detention has been targeted for removal to Rwanda, a UK refugee charity has said.Women for Refugee Women said it was in touch with a survivor of trafficking who was recently issued with a notice of intent that she was being considered for remo […]
Villagers massacred in western Ethiopia, says state-appointed body July 5, 2022
Ethnically motivated killings blamed on Oromo Liberation Army, but it says paramilitary groups responsibleAn unknown number of villagers have been killed in an ethnically motivated massacre in western Ethiopia, the country’s state-appointed rights body said, as federal forces attempt to stabilise the area following a mass killing in mid-June.Oromiya region, […]
Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles July 5, 2022
Soaring inflation piling pressure on country already struggling with shortages and stirring memories of Mugabe chaosZimbabwe’s central bank will start selling gold coins this month as a store of value to tame runaway inflation, which has considerably weakened the local currency.The central bank governor, John Mangudya, said in a statement on Monday that the […]
Anger as families of US detainees in Middle East left off Blinken call July 5, 2022
‘Infuriating’ exclusions made just weeks before Joe Biden’s Saudi visit and expected rapprochement with the crown priceFamily members of several US nationals who are being held in Saudi Arabia and Egypt were not invited to attend a recent call with Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, in a move that was called “infuriating and discriminatory” by one criti […]
Neglect Africa now and we will face labour shortages globally, IMF warns July 5, 2022
West’s response to effects of Covid and Ukraine war condemned as shortsighted ‘collective failure’ to invest in future human capitalThe international community would be “playing with fire” if it failed to help Africa recover from Covid and the impact of the Ukraine war, the International Monetary Fund’s director for the continent has said.Failure to invest a […]
Two women killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea July 3, 2022
A Romanian and an Austrian die within 600 metres of each other south of city of HurghadaTwo women have been killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian environment ministry has said.Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered hours after an attack that left a 68-y […]
Twin brothers named as armed robbers killed in Canada bank heist July 4, 2022
Heavily armed 22-year-olds died in shootout that left six police officers injured in Saanich, British ColumbiaPolice in Canada have identified the heavily armed culprits of a brazen bank robbery last week as twin brothers whose social media posts showed an obsession with guns and fears of government “tyranny”, and an interest in infamous bank heists.On Satur […]
Bolsonaro’s ‘surrender of Amazon to crooks played role in murders of Phillips and Pereira’ July 4, 2022
Brazilian president’s dismantling of environmental safeguards partly to blame, says politician leading inquiryJair Bolsonaro’s demolition of Brazil’s Indigenous and environmental protection services and “surrender of the Amazon to crooks” played a direct role in the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, the politician leading a congressional inquiry int […]

The BBC

Highland Park shooting: Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting July 5, 2022
A gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade near Chicago, killing six people.
Who are 'terrorists' Turkey wants from Sweden and Finland? July 5, 2022
The BBC speaks to three people sought in return for support of Swedish and Finnish Nato membership.
Twelve religious group members arrested over Australian girl's death July 5, 2022
The 12 members of a religious group denied the girl medical treatment for six days, police say.
How the US Supreme Court is reshaping America July 5, 2022
America's top court has issued decisions that have divided the country and challenged lawmakers.
England v India: Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow complete record chase at Edgbaston July 5, 2022
England nonchalantly complete a record chase of 378 to beat India in rapid time on the final morning of the fifth Test at Edgbaston.
Shireen Abu Aqla: US report on journalist's death unacceptable, family says July 5, 2022
The US has concluded the journalist was likely to have been hit by unintentional Israeli gunfire.
Australia floods: 50,000 on evacuation alert after deluge hits Sydney July 5, 2022
Roads have been cut, houses are under water and thousands have been left without power.
UK economic outlook has deteriorated, Bank of England warns July 5, 2022
But banks are well-placed to weather even a severe economic downturn, the Bank of England says.