5 d. ago Property of the week: Spacious modern farmhouse cape on two acres in central CT

Property of the week: Spacious modern farmhouse cape on two acres in central CT  Hartford Courant

Society

1 week ago Far right weaponising LGBTQ+ rights in Europe to sow division, campaigners say

At the start of Pride month, groups report rise in hate crimes as politicians use laws and speeches to target trans people in particularFar-right politicians in Europe are weaponising LGBTQ+ rights and sowing divisions that are sending hate crimes soaring, campaigners have said as communities prepare to mark Pride month.For years, countries in Europe were among those at the forefront of advancing rights, making steady progress on issues such as marriage equality, said Katrin Hugendubel of ILGA-Europe, an umbrella organisation that works with more than 700 groups across Europe and central Asia. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Wildfires burning across central Canada force additional evacuation orders and more shelters to open

About 17,000 residents of Manitoba in central Canada have been evacuated because of nearly two dozen active wildfires

Events

2 w. ago World’s oldest fingerprint may be a clue that Neanderthals created art

A man 43,000 years ago dipped a finger in red pigment and made a nose on a face-like pebble in Spain, scientists sayOne day around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man in what is now central Spain came across a large granite pebble whose pleasing contours and indentations snagged his eye.Something in the shape of that quartz-rich stone – perhaps its odd resemblance to an elongated face – may have compelled him to pick it up, study it and, eventually, to dip one of his fingers in red pigment and press it against the pebble’s edge, exactly where the nose on that face would have been. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago London Underground station that has completely different signs to all the others

The London Underground roundel is a symbol recognised across the world, but one central London Tube station has a unique design that sets it apart from all the others

Politics

3 w. ago More storms take aim at central US, where many are digging out from tornado damage

More severe storms are expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people

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