The Atlanta History Center is known for tapping deep into the roots of Atlanta’s racial and sociological history. The center’s ninth annual Juneteenth celebration on Sunday will continue that tradition, focusing on the Black Atlanta residents forced to flee their homes twice in the first half of the 20th century. The free-to-public celebration appropriately titled … [Read more…]
JOANNA SIMPSON was tragically killed in 2010 while her young children played in the next room. BA pilot Robert Brown killed his wife in their family home, just a week before their divorce was set to be finalised. Joanna Simpson was killed by her husband Robert Brown in 2010 while their two children played in … [Read more…]
“We think that’s more of a physical defence, you know, makes them harder to eat, sharp and unpleasant to handle and all that kind of stuff.” Only the males of this species had the tusks, he said, and it was as yet unconfirmed what they were for, but he had a pretty good idea. Dr … [Read more…]
Jeff Cooley is a brewer of beers and a district brewery manager for McMenamins. He’s also the drummer for Cede the Clouds, a buzzy, Portland-based punk band. It’s hard to tell exactly which of those roles he’s talking about when he describes the process of brewing a beer. Or writing a tune. Or both. “It … [Read more…]
The 2023 softball season is in the books and all the statistics from a memorable year are in. There are many different players who hit major career milestones at various points this season, and even some who end the season as the active career leader in any one of a number of categories. Check out … [Read more…]
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are closing in on an explanation for why we live in a universe of matter and not antimatter. Matter and antimatter are two sides of the same coin. Every type of particle has an anti-particle, which is its equal and opposite. For instance, the antimatter equivalent of a … [Read more…]
Goldfields Football League colts mentor Rhett Foster is confident he has the talent at his disposal to go one better at this weekend’s annual Great Southern carnival in Lake Grace after near-misses in each of the past two seasons. The strength of the GFL’s development program under Foster was highlighted at the 2022 carnival by … [Read more…]
Story Links PORTLAND, Ore. – Washington 2B State Player of the Year Kelson Gebbers (Brewster, Wash./Brewster HS) has signed with Portland men’s basketball, head coach Shantay Legans announced. Gebbers is the fourth incoming freshman to sign with the Pilots for the 2023-24 season. “We have known Kelson and watched him develop for … [Read more…]
President Joe Biden reportedly wanted to have a direct call with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year. | Alex Wong/Getty Images As Secretary of State ANTONY BLINKEN heads to China this weekend, the U.S. faces difficult dynamics on multiple fronts — navigating the bilateral relationship with an increasingly skeptical rival and navigating complex policy … [Read more…]
Knife-wielding rival gang members who clashed in a vicious daytime street brawl have been locked up for almost 13 years. ‘Gang warfare’ quickly erupted outside a row of shops in the Black Country when two groups of thugs came to blows in a horrifying fracas. Members of the public were left terrified as the foes … [Read more…]