37 h. ago US park service to offer free entry on Trump’s birthday but revokes it for MLK Day and Juneteenth

Civil rights leaders decry administration’s move to downplay Black American history and promote presidentThe US’s National Park Service (NPS) will offer free admission to US residents on Donald Trump’s birthday in 2026 – which also happens to be Flag Day – but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth.The new list of free admission days for Americans is the latest example of the Trump administration downplaying America’s civil rights history while also promoting the president’s image, name and legacy. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront

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3 d. ago National park entry to be free next year on Trump’s birthday

NPS also announced that, starting in 2026, entry free days will only apply for American citizens and residents.

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3 d. ago National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday

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9 d. ago Trump admin to help track down gunmen who killed four and wounded 14 others at children’s birthday party in California

Suspect in the mass shooting which took place east of San Francisco at large as several victims taken to hospital

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2 w. ago National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular US parks

The National Park Service says it is going to start charging international tourists an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular U.S. parks

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2 w. ago London Underground UPDATES as person killed by train and Victoria line suspended

Emergency services were called to Green Park underground station in London following reports of a casualty on the tracks - a person was pronounced dead at the scene

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2 w. ago Man fighting for life after being hit by car near retail park

Emergency services were called to the retail park and a man was taken to hospital

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2 w. ago Reconstructed road opens grand views at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota

Part of a scenic road loop in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park is reopening after being closed for over six years

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2 w. ago Motorists warned of urgent repairs needed on section of Hamilton road

South Lanarkshire Council’s Head of Roads, Fleet and Transportation Services, Colin Park, said: “We apologise in advance for any inconvenience."

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2 w. ago Commuter chaos as ScotRail trains on major line cancelled and delayed

SCOTRAIL has cancelled rush-hour services on a major line leaving commuters stranded this morning. Trains running from Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street and Dunblane faced cancellations after a signalling issue. The fault was reported by ScotRail at 7.24am and is between Edinburgh Park and Linlithgow. Services affected include the train from Edinburgh to Dunblane, Edinburgh...

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3 w. ago Boy, 16, dies at Barry Island theme park but reason for tragic end remains a mystery

Taha Ali Soomro, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services were called to Barry Island Pleasure Park on May 23 following reports he was in cardiac arrest

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3 w. ago The US has drafted a coin featuring Trump. Here’s a better way to immortalize him | Robert Reich

It is our solemn duty to ensure he is remembered for all he has done and may still do to destroy US democracyThe US treasury has drafted a design for a $1 coin featuring Donald Trump on both sides, for the purpose of “honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS”, according to treasury officials.Meanwhile, Trump reportedly wants the Washington Commanders to name their planned $3.7bn stadium after him. A senior White House source told ESPN: “It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen.”Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump finds a new job for MAGA acolyte who was removed from running for top post over alleged racist chats

Ingrassia has previously been linked to a string of scandals, including allegedly saying that holidays like ‘mlk jr day’ and ‘Juneteenth’ should be ‘eviscerated’

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3 w. ago Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s national park posters – in pictures

Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time. Her designs, which were both accessible and avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House. Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters is on display until 22 February 2026 Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters – in pictures

Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time. Her designs, which were both accessible and avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House. Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters is on display until 22 February 2026 Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Exeter City fire: Club breaks silence after flames rip through stadium

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are at St James' Park, the home of League One club Exeter City, following a blaze that started late last night

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4 w. ago Everyday volunteers are providing stopgap services during the shutdown in a show of community power

Everyday people are improvising stopgap efforts to support their communities through the longest government shutdown in U.S. history

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4 w. ago A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100

At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep goingBetty Reid Soskin was 92 when she first went viral and became, in effect, a rock star of the National Park Service. She was the oldest full-time national park ranger in the US – this was back in 2013; she’d become a ranger at 85 – but she had been furloughed along with 800,000 other federal employees during the government shutdown. News channels flocked to interview her. She was aggrieved not to be working, she told them; she had a job to do.“In a funny way, I suppose that started lots of things,” Soskin says. Her memoir, Sign My Name to Freedom, was published in 2018, and a documentary about her work, No Time to Waste, was released in 2020. Another film is in the works. Barack Obama called her “profoundly inspiring”. Annie Leibovitz photographed her. Glamour magazine named her woman of the year...

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