The sweet obsession of the new year
As much as we try to resist it, the new regularity of things is a heavy force on our consciences: a new Samsung phone. A new phone case. A new wallpaper. A new sportswear…
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Read the Letter: Heartfelt After All These Years
Remembering someone so beloved is the best way to honor them. [Editor’s note: That’s what the cemetery staff at Mount Auburn Cemetery, not exactly a place known for its wacky rituals, but also a…
US Open: Novak Djokovic beats Martin Klizan to win Rome Masters
Andy Murray’s participation in the US Open has been thrown into doubt by a hip injury World number one Novak Djokovic won the ATP title in Rome and clinched the year-end world rankings ahead…
Novak Djokovic beaten by Andy Murray in Stockholm Open
Andy Murray’s title in Stockholm in 2015 was his first since winning in Monte Carlo in April World number one Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open after defeating world number one…
Are Chess, Darwin and Swan Lake the best man made art?
Chess is popular all over the world, yet after decades of Soviet domination, few have heard of the era-old pursuit. In his analysis of the game’s rise, the Dublin-based scholar Robert Court reminscences that…
Only 6% of children in the poorest countries kill themselves | Jamelle Bouie
In writing about Black boys, Alexander: Or, The Effect of Child Empathy on Black Boys, I grew weary of the usual dysfunctional frame of discussion around the subject. Even at the table of the…
‘Safe Street’ tool can predict your risks if you’re walking on the street
Written by By Max Sams, CNN Though it may still be far from perfect, a program able to tell how safe it is to walk down the street could soon be rolled out worldwide….
What is your favourite Thanksgiving dish?
Johanna Theobald: Where’s the best place in the world to celebrate Thanksgiving? Johanna Theobald: North America. We have the all-important nine-tenths right. johannatheobald.com Theobald has been a Canadian for five years, after her marriage…
How To Watch The Storm On FOX 5 On Friday
[audio https://www.newsworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WFAA-Weather-Player-FAN-Bomb-Cyclone-Inclement-Weather-Complete-Forecast-02-07-2018.mp3] On February 7, when a bomb cyclone is expected to hit Dallas/Fort Worth, all of North Texas and parts of the eastern third of the nation, it will be accompanied by some…
Vladimir Putin gets ‘antibiotic’ meningitis vaccine
Image copyright AFP Image caption ‘I expect our children in 2019 to be inoculated against this and other diseases’ Russian President Vladimir Putin has tested an experimental vaccine against meningitis in a Russian school….