The Notting Hill Carnival was canceled last year. But it likely wouldn’t exist at all without the efforts of Claudia Jones. By Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff For the Caribbean diaspora living in London, there may never have been a quieter weekend than the one in August 2020 that normally would have seen […]
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Champ has halved in price for the Cheltenham Gold Cup next month, thanks to a prep run here which was about as impressive as a beaten effort could be. Considering he had not raced for 11 months and was facing specialist two-milers when he wants to go half as far […]
I quickly stumped the clerk who helped me find groceries at the Indian market in Issaquah, Washington. She looked at the length of the shopping list on my clipboard, then at me, and said, "Let me find the manager." He and I sped through the first 10 or 15 ingredients, stuff like black chickpeas, Kashmiri…
Millions of Texans remained without safe drinking water Sunday as state officials sought to ramp up bottled water distribution and calm residents who’ve seen spiking electricity bills in the aftermath of a severe winter storm that left the state battered. Boil water notices were lifted for roughly 5 million of […]
TOKYO, Feb 19, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - After making a near-perfect start to the 2021 season on Rallye Monte-Carlo last month, the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will target another strong result on Arctic Rally Finland on 26-28 February. Making its debut in the FIA World Rally Championship, the event takes the place…
The New York Times His Lights Stayed on During Texas’ Storm. Now He Owes $16,752. SAN ANTONIO — As millions of Texans shivered in dark, cold homes over the past week while a winter storm devastated the state’s power grid and froze natural gas production, those who could still summon […]
Home News Spaceflight Update for 1:19 pm ET: Northrop Grumman has successfully launched the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship. Read our full story.WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) today (Feb. 20) and you can watch the…
The first two episodes of WandaVision premiere Jan. 15. Disney WandaVision, one of Marvel’s weirdest shows ever, premiered two episodes on Disney Plus in January. Since then, it’s operated similarly to The Mandalorian by taking the relax-at-the-end-of-the-week spot. After the initial two-episode drop, Disney has assumed a more regimented scheduling, releasing one episode […]