umbertino Posted November 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade: five dead and 40 injured after car speeds into crowd in Wisconsin Person of interest held after ‘horrifying’ incident in which SUV ploughed through street full of dance troupes, marching bands and onlookers Martin Farrer, Richard Luscombe and agencies Mon 22 Nov 2021 13.20 GM Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/several-injured-after-car-speeds-through-christmas-parade-in-wisconsin-reports 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 I’m a therapist to the super-rich: they are are as miserable as Succession makes out Many billionaires I work with have trust issues, lack a sense of purpose and struggle with shame, guilt and fear Mon 22 Nov 2021 14.59 GMTLast modified on Mon 22 Nov 2 Clay Cockrell https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/22/therapist-super-rich-succession-billionaires 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 ‘It’s devastating’: how fentanyl is unfolding as one of America’s greatest tragedies More than 100,000 people died from overdoses in a single year – driven primarily by one drug Melody Schreiber Mon 22 Nov 2021 07.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/fentanyl-deaths-spike-us-tragedy ‘Indentured servitude’: low pay and grueling conditions fueling US truck driver shortage Long hours and poor working conditions have aggravated a ‘driver retention problem’ worsening the supply chain crisis Erin McCormick Mon 22 Nov 2021 11.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/22/indentured-servitude-low-pay-and-grueling-conditions-fueling-us-truck-driver-shortage 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Malcolm X’s daughter Malikah Shabazz dies aged 56 Shabazz was found unconscious by her daughter inside their Brooklyn home on Monday afternoon, New York police said Gloria Oladipo in New York Tue 23 Nov 2021 15.46 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/23/malcolm-x-daughter-malikah-shabazz-dies 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Einstein’s notes on theory of relativity set to fetch millions at auction 54-page document handwritten by physicist and a colleague in 1913-14 is expected to sell for €2m to €3m Agence France-Presse in Paris Tue 23 Nov 2021 15.22 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/23/einsteins-notes-on-theory-of-relativity-set-to-fetch-millions-at-auction 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Parkland shooting families reach $127.5m settlement over FBI inaction Families of those killed in 2018 Florida attack reach settlement over agency’s failure to investigate tip a month before massacre Guardian staff and agencies Tue 23 Nov 2021 17.06 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/23/parkland-shooting-settlement-deal-reached-fbi-failures Seven doctors contract Covid after attending Florida anti-vaccine summit Doctors tested positive or developed symptoms ‘within days’ of conference at which alternative treatments were discussed Maya Yang Tue 23 Nov 2021 17.40 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/23/florida-doctors-covid-coronavirus-bruce-boros 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Nasa launches spacecraft in first ever mission to deflect asteroid Spacecraft heads off on 6.8m-mile journey to crash into moonlet Dimorphos in test to see if asteroids can be diverted from collision with Earth Reuters Wed 24 Nov 2021 08.38 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/24/nasa-launches-dart-mission-to-deflect-asteroid-in-planetary-defence-test 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Samsung to build $17bn semiconductor factory in Texas Group’s biggest single US investment comes amid global chip shortage and related national security concerns Staff and agencies Wed 24 Nov 2021 08.39 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/24/samsung-to-build-a-17bn-semiconductor-factory-in-texas-us-chip-shortage Kevin Strickland: Kansas City man freed after 42 years for wrongful conviction Strickland, 62, who was a teenager when he was accused of three murders, saw news of his release as he watched a TV soap opera Associated Press Wed 24 Nov 2021 13.06 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/24/kevin-strickland-freed-42-years-wrongful-conviction 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 ‘A long fight’: relief across the US as men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery ‘I never thought this day would come,’ says Ahmaud Arbery’s mother as some say it’s ‘not true justice’ Richard Luscombe Wed 24 Nov 2021 21.37 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/24/ahmaud-arbery-murder-georgia-reaction 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 ‘Battery arms race’: how China has monopolised the electric vehicle industry Chinese companies dominate mining, battery and manufacturing sectors, and amid human rights concerns, Europe and the US are struggling to keep pace Pete Pattisson Thu 25 Nov 2021 14.03 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/25/battery-arms-race-how-china-has-monopolised-the-electric-vehicle-industry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 The Canadian town of Tiny has the world’s purest water. A gravel mining operation could ruin it The people of Tiny and neighboring First Nations are fighting the expansion of the quarry pits to keep their water pristine Leyland Cecco in Elmvale, Ontario Thu 25 Nov 2021 10.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/25/tiny-town-purest-water-georgian-bay-ontario-gravel-mining 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Thieves storm Los Angeles Nordstrom store in latest brazen raid Five people stole luxury items from the high-end shop as wave of smash-and-grab robberies rocks California Associated Press Thu 25 Nov 2021 13.47 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/25/thieves-los-angeles-nordstrom-store-california-robberies 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Childhood best friends reunited 82 years after Nazi terror split them apart Ana María Wahrenberg and Betty Grebenschikoff, whose families fled Vienna in 1939, each feared the other had died in the Holocaust Edward Helmore Thu 25 Nov 2021 14.56 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/25/childhood-friends-reunited-nazi-holocaust-jewish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Battery power: five innovations for cleaner, greener electric vehicles EVs are seen as key in transition to low-carbon economy, but as their human and environmental costs become clearer, can new tech help? Oliver Balch Fri 26 Nov 2021 09.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/26/battery-power-five-innovations-for-cleaner-greener-electric-vehicles 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Michigan leads US in Covid case count with every one in 10 new cases Infections have increased by 67% and hospitalization by 46% in the last two weeks, while only 54.8% of state is vaccinated Melody Schreiber Fri 26 Nov 2021 11.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/michigan-leads-us-in-covid-case-count-with-every-one-in-10-new-cases 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 First European case of new Covid variant detected in Belgium Variant found in unvaccinated woman with no links to southern Africa, as UK bans flights from six countries Rowena Mason and Daniel Boffey Fri 26 Nov 2021 14.24 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/new-covid-variant-may-pose-substantial-health-risk-sajid-javid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 The stars with Down’s syndrome lighting up our screens: ‘People are talking about us instead of hiding us away’ From Line of Duty to Mare of Easttown, a new generation of performers are breaking through. Meet the actors, models and presenters leading a revolution in representation Hayley Maitland Sat 27 Nov 2021 08.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/27/the-stars-with-downs-syndrome-lighting-up-our-screens-people-are-talking-about-us-instead-of-hiding-us-away George Orwell: how romantic walks with girlfriends inspired Nineteen Eighty-Four Details from 50 newly released letters echo scenes between Winston and Julia in the dystopian novel Vanessa Thorpe Sat 27 Nov 2021 14.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/27/george-orwell-how-romantic-walks-with-girlfriends-inspired-nineteen-eighty-four 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 A new Covid variant is no surprise when rich countries are hoarding vaccines Western countries are destroying surplus doses of vaccine while the poorest nations go without. This must change Fri 26 Nov 2021 16.00 GMT Gordon Brown (is the WHO ambassador for global health financing, and was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/new-covid-variant-rich-countries-hoarding-vaccines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Oil price drops 10% in biggest one-day fall since early days of pandemic Emergence of possibly vaccine-resistant B.1.1.529 variant threatens to reverse recent gains just as travel and economic activity were beginning to recover Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent Fri 26 Nov 2021 12.22 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/26/oil-prices-plunge-as-new-covid-variant-spooks-markets 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Post haste: Alabama police investigate mystery of ravine full of FedEx packages ‘River of boxes’ numbering up to 400 found dumped, prompting rush to rescue and deliver the mail – and to find culprit Associated Press in Hayden, Alabama Fri 26 Nov 2021 19.14 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/26/post-haste-alabama-police-ravine-fedex-packages 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Channel crossings: who would make such a dangerous journey – and why? Most of the people who reach the UK after risking their lives in small boats have their claims for asylum approved Kaamil Ahmed Sun 28 Nov 2021 07.30 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/28/channel-crossings-asylum-refugees-dangerous-journey Goodbye to job: how the pandemic changed Americans’ attitude to work Millions of workers have been leaving jobs that offer long hours and low pay – and for many the release has been exhilarating Lauren Aratani Sun 28 Nov 2021 07.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/nov/28/goodbye-to-job-how-the-pandemic-changed-americans-attitude-to-work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Stowaway survives flight from Guatemala to Miami hidden in plane’s landing gear The Guatemalan man was taken to hospital by immigration officials after emerging from the plane on the tarmac Reuters Sun 28 Nov 2021 05.50 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/28/stowaway-survives-flight-from-guatemala-to-miami-hidden-in-planes-landing-gear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 Facebook’s lame attempts to grab my attention make it clear: it’s time to leave Clicking on my profile page is like entering a time machine to 2010. It’s not a place I want to be Mon 29 Nov 2021 11.30 GMTLast modified on Mon 29 Nov 2 Eleanor Margolis https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/29/facebook-attention-profile-leave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 I applied for LA’s basic income program – and the process was startling Deeply personal questions about issues such as domestic violence highlight America’s ‘controlling’ of people in poverty Ruth Fowler Mon 29 Nov 2021 11.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/29/universal-basic-income-los-angeles-pilot-big-leap Californians on universal basic income paid off debt and got full-time jobs This article is more than 8 months old A program, financed by private donations, gave $500 per month for two years to Stockton residents who earned less than the median income Associated Press Thu 4 Mar 2021 06.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/03/california-universal-basic-income-study 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Life of Crime: a shocking film about three decades of addiction and incarceration The often brutal HBO documentary follows 36 years in the life of a trio in New Jersey in the throes of vicious addictions Adrian Horton Tue 30 Nov 2021 15.03 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/30/life-of-crime-hbo-documentary-drugs-crime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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