Before handing pencil and paper to a group of inmates who attended one of his recent writing workshops in jail, Nate Johnson shared three things about his past. He is a recovering alcoholic. He has battled depression and anxiety for much of his life. “And I used to be a prosecutor,” Mr. Johnson disclosed, adding […]
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An American Airlines flight attendant who was found dead with a cloth stuffed in her mouth at an airport hotel room has been identified and pictured. Diana Ramos, 66, of Las Vegas, was found by cleaning staff of a Marriott hotel at Philadelphia International Airport on Monday night, police said. She was supposed to have […]
Looters who gleefully stole iPhones and other products in a second night of lawlessness were left enraged as Apple disabled the devices. The devices all began blaring, rendered useless to the thieves. ‘Oh my god, this is crazy,’ one of the looters can be heard saying in a video showing someone pouring what looks like […]
Business
Following the launch of its products in Whole Foods stores nationwide, Meati Foods, which makes plant-based meat alternatives, is cutting about 20% of its positions to focus on becoming more profitable. The Boulder-based startup announced the cutbacks Tuesday. Scott Tassani, president and chief operating officer of Meati, said while about 60 positions will be eliminated, […]
High-ranking United States and Chinese officials held a series of economic policy meetings on Tuesday in Beijing, in the latest sign that both countries are trying to stop the long deterioration in their relationship and restore communications. Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, and other top officials from her department on Tuesday afternoon met with […]
World News
Frightening moment nightclub customers crawl on the ground after Canadian woman suffered gunshot wound in Mexico resort city of Playa del Carmen Nawanjali S, a Canadian tourist, was shot and wounded on the left at a nightclub in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on Thursday The woman was treated at a local hospital and was granted […]
Politics
Nadine Dorries in ‘first TV interview since resigning’ Labour’s candidate in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election has been criticised by Tory chairman Greg Hands after sparking an official warning from the Charity Commission over his latest campaign video. Alistair Strathern, who is standing to replace Nadine Dorries in the crunch mid-term vote, posted a video from […]
It would be “crazy” and “irresponsible” not to reassess the spiralling costs of high-speed rail link HS2, Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps insisted yesterday. Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are expected to meet this week to decide whether to scrap a large chunk of the project. A decision on the fate of the leg north […]
Asia
In Xi Jinping’s strategy for securing China’s rise, the Communist Party keeps a firm grip on the economy, steering it out of an old era dependent on real estate and smokestack industries to a new one driven by innovation and consumer spending. But he may have to relinquish some of that control, as that strategy […]
For Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, a rare trip to Russia this month to discuss military aid for President Vladimir V. Putin’s Ukraine war effort could provide two things the North has wanted for a long time: technical help with its weapons programs, and to finally be needed by an important neighbor. North […]
