After three churches in central Louisiana were destroyed by fire in little more than a week, civil rights advocates have expressed concern that black congregations “Louisiana: advocates concerned after three black churches burned in a week”
Month: April 2019
Brexit: Theresa May’s hopes dashed as EU targets delay of up to a year
Theresa May’s request for a short Brexit delay has been torn up, putting the EU on track to instead extend Britain’s membership until 2020. Despite “Brexit: Theresa May’s hopes dashed as EU targets delay of up to a year”
Britain’s Tara Moore saves match point at 0-6, 0-5 down – and goes on to win
Britain’s Tara Moore staged one of the more remarkable comebacks in tennis history on Tuesday – saving a match point at 0-6, 0-5 down and “Britain’s Tara Moore saves match point at 0-6, 0-5 down – and goes on to win”
Liverpool cruise to victory over Porto after Naby Keïta’s flying start
Jürgen Klopp gave a passable impression of a Uefa PR executive in billing the reunion with Porto as tough for Liverpool. True, there was no “Liverpool cruise to victory over Porto after Naby Keïta’s flying start”
Mexico battles over legacy of revolutionary Emilano Zapata
Sitting back in the shade of a sapodilla tree, Jorge Zapata González takes a slow drag on his cigarette and tells a cautionary tale of “Mexico battles over legacy of revolutionary Emilano Zapata”
No mean feat: how West Side Story’s dance rumbles got reinvented
Aletta Collins is telling me about what arrived in the post when she started her latest project. “A big parcel came and it was my “No mean feat: how West Side Story’s dance rumbles got reinvented”
Brexit secretary confirms plan to let MPs thrash out deal in Commons
The Brexit secretary has confirmed the government could try to turn indicative votes into binding decisions in a possible last-ditch attempt to break the Commons “Brexit secretary confirms plan to let MPs thrash out deal in Commons”
New Zealand MPs overwhelmingly back post-Christchurch gun ban
New Zealand’s parliament has voted to ban most semi-automatic weapons, less than a month after a deadly shooting attack on two mosques killed 50 people “New Zealand MPs overwhelmingly back post-Christchurch gun ban”
When could Theresa May resign? A timeline of possible dates
Theresa May has agreed to step down as prime minister before the next election and said she would resign sooner if MPs backed her withdrawal “When could Theresa May resign? A timeline of possible dates”
‘That’s not a bag’: man with dog bends New York subway rule and gets denied
In 2016, the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) in New York banned people from bringing their pets on the subway. The only exception was for animals “‘That’s not a bag’: man with dog bends New York subway rule and gets denied”