Day: August 26, 2023

Mud and thirst: Two Ukraine cities cope with dam’s destruction

Resilience Europe Mud and thirst: Two Ukraine cities cope with dam’s destruction | View caption Hide caption The destruction wrought by the June explosion of a dam in southeast Ukraine is both vast and long-lasting. Residents of two cities more than 100 miles apart are deploying different coping mechanisms to endure an event that has…

Trump trial: How to safeguard justice, juries, and speech?

Safety Politics Trump trial: How to safeguard justice, juries, and speech? | View caption Hide caption When the names of the grand jurors who indicted Donald Trump were made public, it sharpened an urgent question. At a time of heightened threats against the judiciary, how should the United States balance transparency and safety? “Everyone on…

Brit tourists accused of raping woman in Magaluf hotel room cover faces in court

British holidaymakers suspected of raping another UK tourist covered their faces with their T-shirts as they were led into court in handcuffs. The men, accused of committing the rape at a hotel in Spain’s Megaluf, looked down and shielded their faces from the photographers waiting outside the court in the capital city of Majorca, Palma.…

N.Y. man who threatened Marjorie Taylor Greene gets 3 months in prison

A New York man who made threatening phone calls to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office last year has been sentenced to three months in prison. Joseph Morelli of Endicott was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty this year to transmitting interstate threatening communications stemming from voicemails he left for the Georgia Republican in March 2022, the…