6 h. ago Jason Collins, first openly gay player in NBA, being treated for brain tumor

Center’s illness announced in statement by NBACollins came out in Sports Illustrated article in 2013Former NBA player Jason Collins is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, the NBA announced on Thursday.“Jason and his family welcome your support and prayers and kindly ask for privacy as they dedicate their attention to Jason’s health and well-being,” the league said in a statement. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Vantage Data Centers Announces Opening of Second London Campus with Landmark Public Art Installation

Vantage Data Centers Announces Opening of Second London Campus with Landmark Public Art Installation  Voice of Alexandria

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6 d. ago Seven amazing things to do in Greater Manchester this weekend

Across Greater Manchester this weekend there's 10K races, huge art installations, interactive live shows and cultural celebrations taking place

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7 d. ago Center Parcs announces major change affecting all guests from end of September

The change will affect all five Center Parcs holiday villages

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1 week ago Northeastern’s new London students make quick acquaintances as they move in on campus

Northeastern’s new London students make quick acquaintances as they move in on campus  Northeastern Global News

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2 w. ago Why Trump’s attack on the Smithsonian matters | Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jason Stanley

The president’s assault on US museums, education and memory is a critical dimension of his fascist aimsIn a letter sent to Smithsonian secretary, Lonnie G Bunch III, on 12 August, the Trump administration announced its plan to replace all Smithsonian exhibits deemed as “divisive” or “ideological” with descriptions deemed as “historical” and “constructive”. On 21 August, just nine days later, the White House published a list of said offending fixtures – the majority of which include exhibits, programming and artwork that highlight the Black, Latino and LGBTQ+ perspectives on the American project. Included in his bill of particulars was an exhibit that rightly depicts Benjamin Franklin as an enslaver, an art installation that acknowledges race as a social construct and a display that highlights racist voter suppression measures, among others.The assault on the Smithsonian comes wrapped, as it were, as part of a broader attack on democracy, scenes of which we see playing out every day....

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3 w. ago Nebraska’s governor announces plan for immigrant detention center in state's rural southwest corner

Nebraska Republican Gov_ Jim Pillen has announced plans for an immigration detention center in the state’s rural southwest corner, to be known as the “Cornhusker Clink.”

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4 w. ago Florida opening Deportation Depot at former prison to operate alongside Alligator Alcatraz

Ron DeSantis announces immigration detention center in former Baker Correctional Institution

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4 w. ago Trump says he will host Kennedy Center awards and rejected liberal artists

President, set to honor Sylvester Stallone and Kiss, says he was ‘98%’ involved in selections and ‘turned down plenty’Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will host the Kennedy Center honors this year and said he had been heavily involved in choosing who to nominate, rejecting people he thought were too liberal.The US president named actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss, country music star George Strait and actor and singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center honors nominees since he took over as the Washington-based arts center’s chairman upon returning to the White House this year. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump announces he will host Kennedy Center Honors as he bashes other award shows for being ‘political’: Live updates

Troops spotted at Armory and Washington Monument as president’s crime crackdown got underway

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4 w. ago DC mayor hardens stance on Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ deployment of national guard – US politics live

Muriel Bowser urges community members to ‘protect our autonomy and get to the other side of this guy’ amid Trump’s interventionWe can expect to hear from the president at least a few times today. According to his daily schedule, he’ll make an appearance at the Kennedy Center at 11am ET, and make an announcement.He’ll then head back to the White House and sign executive orders at 4pm ET. For now this will be closed press, but could very well open up.Will be speaking to European Leaders in a short while. They are great people who want to see a deal done.Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin. Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, “Putin has already won.” What’s that all about? We are winning on EVERYTHING. The Fake News is working overtime (No tax on overtime!).If I got Moscow and Leningrad free, as part of the deal with Russia, the Fake News would say that I made a bad d...

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