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Reggie Jackson painfully open about racism

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Reggie Jackson is still hitting them out of the park. Not since the former Yankee slugger clubbed three home runs in a World Series game against the Dodgers in 1977 has Jackson ...

Dear neighbors in Nevada

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

In a case now pending before the Supreme Court, Idaho is arguing that its abortion ban should override the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. This a federal law requires any hospital with an emergency room to ...

What’s really going on with bird flu wastewater data

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

During COVID, public health experts and armchair epidemiologists became obsessed with poop — or, more accurately, the secrets it held about the state of the pandemic. Wastewater, which can measure how much virus humans excrete, has become a valuable ...

Future Frames, Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Has Served as a Springboard for European Talent

Variety 

Future Frames, a program for up-and-coming European filmmakers, is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Karlovy Vary Film Festival next week. So far, 104 filmmakers from 29 European countries have taken part. Its alumni have gone on to direct features that have appeared at major festivals worldwide. The initiative, which is organized by European Film Promotion […]

Former Netflix Execs Fiona Lamptey, Bec Mortimer, Amber Taylor and Vinnie Shergill Launch New U.K. Venture Juno Studios (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety 

Bec Mortimer, Fiona Lamptey, Amber Taylor and Vinnie Shergill, four former senior Netflix executives who between them have decades of experience in the entertainment industry involving some of the world’s most successful shows, have joined forces to launch Juno Studios. Headquartered in London, the new venture is described as an “innovative entertainment studio” with production […]

Biden to pardon veterans convicted under former military law banning gay sex

TheHill.com 

President Biden on Wednesday will pardon thousands of former U.S. service members given military convictions over a 60-year period under a law that banned gay sex, senior administration officials confirmed. The pardon grants clemency to veterans who were convicted under the former Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 125, a law that criminalized sodomy between consenting...

Biden administration announces $1.8B for infrastructure projects

TheHill.com 

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it has awarded $1.8 billion in grants for 148 infrastructure projects across the U.S. The grants come from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, which was expanded due to funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The total amount of grants for these types of projects...

’People are struggling’: The tax bill behind Kenya’s deadly protests

France24.com (en) 

Weeks-long protests have descended into deadly violence in Kenya, East Africa's largest economy, and at the heart of people's anger is a controversial bill that imposes new taxes. The government has dropped some of the most contentious initial proposals but has not been able to contain public anger. Vedika Bahl takes a closer look at the bill that sparked the unrest.

Pogacar 'fairytale' inspiring new generation of Slovenian riders

France24.com (en) 

"He is a great role model for all of us young riders," Hvastija told AFP after finishing runner-up in the event organised every June in Komenda, just outside the capital Ljubljana, for riders aged eight to 19 years. With Pogacar eyeing a third Tour de France title to add to last month's first Giro d'Italia victory, his success -- with that of his compatriots Primoz Roglic and Matej Mohoric -- has led to a cycling boom in the Alpine state of two million. "Years ago we had barely 50 kids in the juvenile team... Читать дальше...