11 h. ago A welcome pit stop: the US university using parking lots to help unhoused students

Long Beach City college’s Safe Parking Program provides a protected space for students who are homeless to live in their carWhen Edgar Rosales Jr uses the word “home” he isn’t referring to the house he plans to buy after becoming a nurse or getting a job in public health. Rather, the second-year student at Long Beach City college is talking about the parking lot he slept in every night for more than a year.With Oprah-esque enthusiasm, Rosales calls the other students who use LBCC’s Safe Parking Program his “roommates” or “neighbors”. Continue reading...

Society

30 h. ago Lottie Moss confirms her facial tattoo is gone as she reveals unblemished complexion while joining Kelsey Parker at special screening of The Housemaid

The younger sister of supermodel Kate Moss revealed her painstaking laser removal surgery had vanquished the ill-informed inking beneath her left eye.

Politics

5 d. ago Several people arrested in New Orleans amid ICE ‘siege’: ‘It’s racial profiling’

Communities remain terrified as Trump administration’s crackdown on another Democratic-led city enters day twoDozens of people have been detained across the New Orleans area as the Trump administration’s latest sweeping federal immigration crackdown in a Democratic-led city entered its second day.The city’s immigrant communities remain terrified and traumatized, advocates said, with many in hiding as people have been arrested in public spaces including parking lots outside Home Depots and Lowe’s hardware stores, at bus stops, shopping malls and in residential areas around the city. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Several protesters arrested after ICE raid thwarted in New York City

Demonstrators blocked the exit of ICE vehicles from a parking lot using garbage bags and metal barriersA raid by federal immigration authorities on Saturday in New York City was thwarted by about 200 protesters, several of whom were arrested after scuffles with police officers.The episode was the latest in which citizen activists have stood up to agents enforcing Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda through targeted raids in various cities across the country after his second presidency began in January. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago US police involved in fatal incidents use victims privacy law to hide their identity

In dozen of cases officers have used Marsy’s Law, which gives victims of crime anonymity, to shield their namesFor months, Ohio police officer Connor Grubb and his department attempted to hide his identity following an incident in which he shot and killed Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn daughter in a Kroger parking lot outside Columbus in August 2023.Grubb, who on 21 November was acquitted of murder and other charges, claimed that Young, who was stopped for allegedly stealing, attempted to drive over him – which would make him a victim of a crime and eligible to protect his identity from public view through a legal provision called Marsy’s Law. Police footage of the killing shows Young slowly driving the car forward and to the right before Grubb fires through the windshield and into Young’s chest. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Officer acquitted in death of Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother accused of shoplifting

An Ohio officer who fatally shot a pregnant Black mother in a supermarket parking lot after she was accused of shoplifting has been acquitted/convicted of murder

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2 w. ago ‘I lose my liberty in that moment’: Charlotte shuts down as citizens and noncitizens alike face ICE arrests

As federal agents descend in North Carolina, businesses close as even an after-school program is targetedOn Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo’s Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at the weekend. The owner closed the bakery to prevent his staff from being targeted. Most of the other shops on Charlotte’s busy immigrant-centric street followed suit.Dozens of people have taken up camp in the parking lot to wave signs of support for immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been active in the city for months as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda but things went up a level when border patrol arrived. Agents swiftly began buzzing through the place to make an armed show of their presence, followed at times by Charlotteans honking their horns in warning. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

Experts believe ancient peoples would leave canoes for communal use, much like a modern-day e-bike rental system

Politics

2 w. ago Archaeologists uncover 16 ancient canoes in prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

Radiocarbon dating shows the oldest of the 16 canoes dates back to 5,200 years ago

Politics

2 w. ago Jurors to hear closing arguments in trial of Ohio officer charged in the killing of Ta'Kiya Young

Closing arguments are next in the murder trial of an Ohio officer charged in the shooting death of Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother killed in a supermarket parking lot after being accused of shoplifting

Events

3 w. ago Lotto winner Jane Park's relationship with Scots gangster gunned down by hitman

A Scottish mobster cut down by a gunman on New Year's Eve left behind a heartbroken lottery winner who thanked her dead ex-boyfriend for teaching her "some valuable things in life"

Events

3 w. ago Moment armed cops arrest hitman and girlfriend over murder of lotto winner Jane Park's ex

Hunter has now pleaded guilty to the murder of Marc Webley, who was shot dead outside an Edinburgh pub on New Year's Eve 2023

Events

3 w. ago Gunned down gangster Marc Webley's relationship with Lotto winner Jane Park

Jane Park had enjoyed a romance with the Edinburgh gangster before he was murdered.

Events

3 w. ago Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma

People in the immediate area were in respiratory distress after a tanker truck spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gasHundreds of people were evacuated from a city in Oklahoma and others were told to shelter in place after a tanker truck that was leaking in a hotel parking lot spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gas, authorities said Thursday.The gas release happened shortly before 10pm on Wednesday. People in the immediate area were in respiratory distress and at least 36 people were taken to a local hospital, city officials said at a news conference. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago New £5 billion Paramount Pictures theme park to open after plans for huge UK attraction were dropped

Hwaseong International Theme Park will open near Seoul in South Korea, which is already home to multiple large amusement parks, including Lotte World.

Economics

4 w. ago Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster

How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For residents of Tofino on Vancouver Island the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhereJustin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, he threw on clothes, grabbed his dog and rushed to the truck. The pair made it 3 metres and no further.“The whole parking lot across the street was jammed up. It was complete gridlock within three minutes,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is not good.’” Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Waiting for the tsunami: Tofino’s big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster

How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For Tofino’s residents the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhereJustin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, he threw on clothes, grabbed his dog and rushed to the truck. The pair made it 3 metres and no further.“The whole parking lot across the street was jammed up. It was complete gridlock within three minutes,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is not good.’” Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Waiting for the tsunami: Tofino’s waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster

How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For Tofino’s residents the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhereJustin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, he threw on clothes, grabbed his dog and rushed to the truck. The pair made it 3 metres and no further.“The whole parking lot across the street was jammed up. It was complete gridlock within three minutes,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is not good.’” Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Bicyclist repeatedly stabbed by Tesla driver in bloody confrontation near Golden Gate Bridge, say cops

The incident happened in a popular parking lot on the northwest side of the Golden Gate Bridge

Events

4 w. ago Cop hops on rodeo bull in Walmart parking lot after call out to suspicious person which turned out to be a cowboy

Video captures a hilarious moment a cop hops on a cowboy's rodeo bull in a Walmart parking lot after a suspicious person call.

Politics