First Look From Toni Morrison to Ta-Nehisi Coates, book bannings surge The American Library Association reports 2023 as a likely record-breaking year for book challenges in school and public libraries. The ALA’s opposition to bannings has prompted a county in Wyoming and a library in Texas to withdraw their memberships. | View caption Hide caption…
Russia said on Thursday it was expelling two U.S. diplomats it accused of working with a Russian national accused of collaborating with a foreign state. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had summoned U.S. envoy Lynne Tracy and told her that embassy first secretary Jeffrey Sillin and second secretary David Bernstein…
Rescuers have begun to free an American scientist who became stranded deep inside a cave in Turkey after he fell ill. A team reached Mark Dickey, 40, and started to transport him on a stretcher out of the cave just before 3:30 p.m. local time, the Turkish Caving Federation said Saturday in a post on the…
The Covid-19 pandemic boosted the popularity of online shopping as people were stuck at home. However, coming out of lockdown, the shopping experience has changed, inspiring a new round of debate over whether brick-and-mortar stores can survive in the digital age. The shopping experience has gotten worse “Going to the store … is a battle that…
Russian Major General Alexander Vladimirov has warned that war in will end in . Valdmirov is an influential member of the military who penned the three-volume book titled The General Theory of War. “For the transition to the use of weapons of mass destruction, only one thing is needed – a political decision by the…
The gunman who shot two women at a Texas shopping center Thursday, killing one of them, did not know his victims, police said Friday. The suspect, Tang-Kang Dave Chiang, 38, fatally shot himself after shooting the two women at The Arboretum shopping center in Austin around 5 p.m., police said. “The motive is still under…
Mount Shasta, California Sentinel Retreat stands on 55 acres of oak, dogwood and pine near Lake Siskiyou and Shasta Trinity National Forest. The four-bedroom, red cedar-log home features a great room with a 20-foot tree-and-bear sculpture, rock fireplace and picture windows framing Mount Shasta; a chef’s kitchen; and two main suites with patios. Outside are…
Ukraine said on Monday its troops had liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne and were trying to push further south in their counteroffensive against Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said last week that its forces had raised the national flag in the strategic settlement, but were still carrying out mopping-up operations. Ukrainian forces believe they…
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.…