6 d. ago Pensioner killed by woman who left unit was failed on every level, says family

Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times by Emma Borowy, 32.

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6 d. ago Pensioner killed in ‘ritual sacrifice’ was failed on every level, says family

Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times as he walked his dog Max in a Sheffield park in August 2023

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6 d. ago Death toll in South Africa school bus crash rises to 14 as the driver is charged with murder

Authorities in South Africa say that two teenagers have died from injuries sustained in a school bus crash in the country's Gauteng province, raising the death toll to 14

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6 d. ago Dog walker stabbed 76 times in 'ritual sacrifice' after woman escapes mental health unit

Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater was tragically killed in a 'barbaric' attack after he was stabbed multiple times while walking his dog in a Sheffield park

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7 d. ago The shot that got me a police beating: Rod Morris’s best photograph

‘After I took this, police officers bundled me into the back of a car and drove me to the local station where I was questioned for a long time. On the way out, they took turns to punch and kick me’In 1993, a photograph I’d taken of a bus driver in Luxor, Egypt, won a competition. The prize was some money, a camera and a return ticket to anywhere in the world. I chose Chile. The camera was an all-bells-and-whistles model: I sold it to a taxi driver at 3am. I’ve always preferred working with light 35mm cameras.After three months in Chile, I caught a train that rose up to the high Bolivian Altiplano plateau, leaving me with a splitting headache only relieved by some coca tea. I had an open-ended commission with the Financial Times to provide photographs from financial areas of the South American cities I went to, so while my main aim was to wander around photographing exciting things I came across, I also made sure to head to the financial district and government quarters in the city o...

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8 d. ago South African authorities revise death toll in school bus crash to 12 as driver is arrested

South African authorities have revised the death toll in a school bus crash to 12 children and announced the driver has been arrested and will face criminal charges

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9 d. ago Girl, 12, 'scared to get bus home from school' after what driver said to her

Schoolgirl Lyssa Storey, 12, put her hand out for the bus to stop outside Lord Derby Academy in Huyton when it crashed into a van that was parked in the stop, her mum says

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9 d. ago Girl 'terrified' to take bus home after Arriva driver 'shouted at her'

A 12-year-old schoolgirl is now 'scared' to get the bus after an Arriva driver allegedly blamed her for crashing into a parked van

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2 w. ago Truckin’ on: Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead’s 10 best recordings

From 46-minute jams to MTV video hits, here are the freedom-loving Dead guitarist and singer’s finest songs about ‘rainbows of sound’ and ‘enjoying the ride’• Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78• Alexis Petridis: ‘Bob Weir was the chief custodian of the Dead’s legacy’• Aaron Dessner: ‘I’ll never forget playing with him’The Dead’s love for the road is in evidence on this segment from That’s It for the Other One, the four-part opening track of their second LP, Anthem of the Sun. A rare Bob Weir-penned lyric details the Dead’s youngest member being busted by the cops “for smiling on a cloudy day” – referencing a real-life incident when Weir pelted police with water balloons as they conducted what he took to be illegal searches outside the group’s Haight-Ashbury hangout. It then connects with the band’s spiritual forebears the Merry Pranksters by referencing Neal Cassady, driver of “a bus to never-ever land”. The song later evolved into The Other One, on...

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2 w. ago Meet the London bus driver blowing away troubles one bubble at a time

Meet the London bus driver blowing away troubles one bubble at a time  The Washington Post

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3 w. ago Why China and oil are behind Trump's real motivation for capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro: MARK ALMOND

MARK ALMOND: Trump has long boasted of the eight conflicts around the world he is supposed to have resolved, but his assault on Venezuela is a devastating demonstration of raw American power.

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3 w. ago MARK HALPERIN reveals what's REALLY behind Trump's topping of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro... and what comes next

What is now unmistakably emerging is Trump's evolving military doctrine-one that looks like a series of smash-and-grab lightning strikes.

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3 w. ago Nicolás Maduro: from bus driver to Chávez successor to US detainee

As Maduro faces trial in New York on alleged involvement in narco-terrorism, how will Venezuelans judge their president?US strikes on Venezuela – live updatesNicolás Maduro, a former bus driver and union activist, rose from humble origins to rule Venezuela for 13 years and eight months before being unceremoniously ousted on Saturday by US special forces who seized the 63-year-old leader and flew him out of the country.For years Maduro had accused the US government of seeking to undermine the supposed socialist revolution that his late mentor and predecessor, Hugo Chávez, ushered in in 1999. Now in the custody of US authorities, he will face indictment on narcotics charges and a potentially long prison sentence. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver's licenses until March after immigrants sue

California has announced plans to delay the revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March, giving more time for truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licenses to keep them

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