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1 month ago

Labor, LNP name candidates for seat of Hinkler ahead of federal election

ABC

The date of the federal election is yet to be announced but the fight for the Queensland seat of Hinkler has already begun. Former Labor MP and Queensland University of Technology associate professor John Mickel said the the seat was likely to be retained by the Nationals. 'There are no safe seats' Former Member for Bundaberg David Batt will contest …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Bear Grylls’ 'rival' addresses long-standing feud: ‘I don’t watch his shows’

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ray Mears has addressed his long-standing rivalry with Bear Grylls, claiming …

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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to easily bring coal and other natural resources out of the wilderness. The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Days after posting mugshot of a boy accused of school threat, sheriff puts video of 2 teens online

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Around the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, sparking emergency notifications, urgent group chats and heightened fears among parents that their child’s school could be the next Parkland or Sandy Hook or Uvalde — or any other town hit by mass shootings. Thinking to myself, how many parents in this country …

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$Brewers activate closer Devin Williams after he missed 4 months with stress fractures in his back$

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Brewers activate closer Devin Williams after he missed 4 months with stress fractures in his back

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — Devin Williams is back to boost the Milwaukee Brewers’ tiring bullpen. “It’s like riding a bike,” Williams said after the game. “He’ll tell you he wasn’t completely sharp or anything like that, but to get back out there, I felt great about it,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “To be honest, I was more focused on how I …

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8 months ago

Brewers acquire right-handed reliever Nick Mears from Rockies

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — The NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers added some depth to their injury-riddled bullpen Saturday by acquiring right-hander Nick Mears from the Colorado Rockies. “It came together really quickly,” Brewers general manager Matt Arnold said Saturday. We’ve obviously had a lot of success here with our bullpen to this point and we felt like adding another good arm like Nick …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Team Penske locks out Indy 500 front row qualifying as Larson makes ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — For more than a month, Will Power has all but guaranteed that Team Penske would win the pole for the Indianapolis 500. Power remaining convinced though, even after Penske suspended four team employees including Team Penske president Tim Cindric, the strategist for defending Indy 500 winner Newgarden. McLaughlin in the famed “Yellow Submarine” entry led a Team Penske …

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1 year ago

Empathy: How to learn to feel more for other people

Hindustan Times

We learn to feel empathy from the people around us. "Our results indicate that the social environment you create has a long-lasting effect on whether empathy unfolds or diminishes," said Grit Hein of the University of Würzburg, Germany. Mears said that while social interactions are important for building empathy, books are also great and can help us feel empathy for …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Ray Mears shares detail ITV drama The Hunt for Raoul Moat got wrong about manhunt

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One week in July 2010 saw Britain’s biggest manhunt …

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1 year, 11 months ago

‘Quiet luxury’: No flash, no logos, but big-time style

LA Times

Actor Gwyneth Paltrow at the courthouse for her trial in Park City, Utah on March 28, 2023, from left, March 21, and on March 27. “When you know, you know, and that’s sort of the point,” says Robert Burke, a luxury retail consultant. Every time you look at it, it tells you exactly how rich you are,” Shiv’s outsider husband, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

‘Quiet luxury': No flash, no logos, but big-time style

Associated Press

NEW YORK — They’re the biggest of brands. “When you know, you know, and that’s sort of the point,” says Robert Burke, a luxury retail consultant. “The stealth wealth mood was solidified in this season’s buys when the usually splashier brands, like Loewe, Saint Laurent, Miu Miu, leaned into the more classic sensibility,” says Jodi Kahn, vice president of luxury …

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2 years ago

UK rivers are too polluted to enjoy, says Ray Mears

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ray Mears has said he would not canoe in some of the UK’s rivers because …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Stories of China told through local foods

China Daily

Editor's Note: Tasting China is a new series in China Daily. Matt Mears, who has been teaching English in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region since 2017, helped a group experience the local cuisine of Ningxia's Lingwu city as a guest host with China Daily's Ningxia bureau. Many local farmers became rich by raising black goats, which have become a new …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Stories of China told through local foods

China Daily

Editor's Note: Tasting China is a new series in China Daily. Matt Mears, who has been teaching English in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region since 2017, helped a group experience the local cuisine of Ningxia's Lingwu city as a guest host with China Daily's Ningxia bureau. Many local farmers became rich by raising black goats, which have become a new …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Indy 500 winner Castroneves pumped for return at Nashville

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Helio Castroneves exhausted himself sprinting down Indianapolis Motor Speedway in celebration and then tacked on another -- a fourth at Indy! “It’s not like this guy woke up drunk the next day and had no idea or did something crazy like that.” If he wants to try something really crazy, he could scale the 72 cables that …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Castroneves happily joins elite club of 4-time Indy winners

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Helio Castroneves is taking his sweet time getting his mind around the spoils of winning his fourth Indianapolis 500. Roger Penske, the motorsports titan who earned nearly half his record 18 Indy 500 wins with Unser, Mears and Castroneves in particular, also praised Castroneves even though win No. I couldn’t be prouder.” Foyt, Mears and Unser reflected on …

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3 years, 8 months ago

What is quicksand and why does it frighten so many of us?

The Independent

The general consensus seems to be that it’s all Tarzan’s fault. “And yet, my mates and I would regularly play at ‘quicksand’ in Dovedale school playground: one of us would lay on their belly, thrashing their arms around as they pretended to sink to their mucky demise, while the rest of us strained our arms holding out imaginary tree branches …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Death in a Glasgow hotel: The last years of Badreddin Bosh

Al Jazeera

In 2017, a young man fled his village in Sudan. “I want to speak about my brother,” Adam says on the phone, “and I want to ask Allah, ‘What happened?’” With Adam’s help, we set about piecing together Badreddin’s story. “He told me about his journey, the places he had been – Sudan, Libya, Italy, France and Germany.” “I didn’t …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Indiana prosecutor facing criticism after FedEx shooting

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana prosecutor is facing mounting criticism for declining to pursue court hearings that could have prevented a man from accessing the guns used to shoot and kill eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. The leader of the Indianapolis police union said Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears “failed to do his part” when he chose not …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn’t have ‘red flag’ hearing

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — A former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana’s “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might commit “suicide by cop,” a prosecutor said Monday. Republican state Sen. Erin Houchin, a sponsor of tougher …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Asylum seekers being moved to areas ‘at risk of far-right attacks’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Asylum seekers are being placed in unsuitable housing where they …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Ray Mears: Life is the most precious gift we have from nature – I certainly don’t want to waste it

The Independent

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4 years, 5 months ago

‘Animals don’t get treated like this’: How asylum housing problems have been exacerbated by the pandemic

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Campaigners say the situation only appears to be getting worse, with asylum seekers living …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Biloela man's terminal prostate cancer diagnosis spurs partner he stood by into action

ABC

When Trina Mears was diagnosed with ovarian cancer two years ago, Will Barabas dropped everything to stand by the single mother and her two sons, even though the two were in the early stages of their relationship. Key points: Mr Barabas has been told he has "five years or so" to live, and Ms Mears is determined to make them …

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Labor, LNP name candidates for seat of Hinkler ahead of federal election

Bear Grylls’ 'rival' addresses long-standing feud: ‘I don’t watch his shows’

A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home

Days after posting mugshot of a boy accused of school threat, sheriff puts video of 2 teens online

Brewers activate closer Devin Williams after he missed 4 months with stress fractures in his back

Brewers acquire right-handed reliever Nick Mears from Rockies

Team Penske locks out Indy 500 front row qualifying as Larson makes ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’

Empathy: How to learn to feel more for other people

Ray Mears shares detail ITV drama The Hunt for Raoul Moat got wrong about manhunt

‘Quiet luxury’: No flash, no logos, but big-time style

‘Quiet luxury': No flash, no logos, but big-time style

UK rivers are too polluted to enjoy, says Ray Mears

Stories of China told through local foods

Stories of China told through local foods

Indy 500 winner Castroneves pumped for return at Nashville

Castroneves happily joins elite club of 4-time Indy winners

What is quicksand and why does it frighten so many of us?

Death in a Glasgow hotel: The last years of Badreddin Bosh

Indiana prosecutor facing criticism after FedEx shooting

Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn’t have ‘red flag’ hearing

Asylum seekers being moved to areas ‘at risk of far-right attacks’

Ray Mears: Life is the most precious gift we have from nature – I certainly don’t want to waste it

‘Animals don’t get treated like this’: How asylum housing problems have been exacerbated by the pandemic

Biloela man's terminal prostate cancer diagnosis spurs partner he stood by into action