45 m. ago Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly firedJordan Lloyd had been praying for something big to happen. The 35-year-old screenwriter was quarantining in her apartment in North Hollywood in June 2020. Without any work projects to fill her days, she picked up the novel Roots, by Alex Haley, to reread.The novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, Haley’s ancestor, who is captured and sold into slavery in the Gambia and then brought to Virginia, where he is forced to labor on a plantation. It was adapted into an Emmy-award winning television series in the 1970s, and while reading it again, Lloyd thought to herself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if they could make another Roots?” Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘I want my viewer to ask – what is happening here?’: Meysam Hamrang’s best phone picture

This image captures the passion and solemnity of an Islamic ritual in IranFor Meysam Hamrang, this image was years in the making. The Iranian photographer took it in 2019 at a religious ceremony in the village of Masuleh, part of a historic city in the northern province of Gilan, Iran.“On the sixth day of Muharram – the first month of the Islamic calendar – Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in a ritual called Alam Bandan,” says Hamrang. “It’s held in a 1,200-year-old shrine. People from surrounding villages gather to participate in, or observe, the ritual.” Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet

People locators, 3D weapon blueprints, tactical planning – all accessible on the web for potential attackers or terroristsA rash of recent assassinations have brought on congressional scrutiny and concern among law enforcement agencies who are wary of an age of political polarization turning deadly.But experts say the violence is as much a byproduct of the times as it is the easy accessibility to DIY murder tradecraft, evident in some high-profile slayings of late. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Bookkeeper's killer might never reveal darkest secret after umbrella clue emerges

The loved ones of murdered Suzanne Pilley remain in a state of 'limbo' without a body to lay to rest, while her callous killer, David Gilroy, appears intent on taking the location to his own grave, in what is believed to be a disturbing bid for 'power'

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3 h. ago Billy Porter says Trump would be in jail if he was a black man

Broadway and Pose star Billy Porter has said that if Donald Trump was a black man he would have been in jail by now.

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4 h. ago Teenager jailed for killing school friend in east London park

The teen was found guilty of the manslaughter of 15-year-old Pharrell Garica

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5 h. ago What happened to Graham Dwyer and how long was he jailed for after murdering Elaine O'Hara

A new documentary is exploring one of Ireland's most infamous murder trials

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5 h. ago ‘They feel betrayed’: how Reform UK is targeting votes in Britain’s manufacturing heartlands

In the first in a series, the Guardian maps out the rise in support for Farage and how parties are targeting the UK’s deindustrialised areasWhen Nigel Farage called for the nationalisation of British Steel on a visit to the Scunthorpe steelworks this spring, it was a marked change in direction for a man who had spent almost all of his political career campaigning for a smaller, Thatcherite state.Two years earlier, he had questioned why British taxpayers’ money should be thrown into keeping the fires of the very same blast furnaces burning. Back in 2018 he told an interviewer: “I supported Margaret Thatcher’s modernisation and reforms of the economy. It was painful for some people, but it had to happen.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago What happened to Man City players in £165m spending spree in 2015

Manchester City spent big ten years ago a year before Pep Guardiola's arrival, and all of the signings have gone to to have excellent careers

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7 h. ago Ava White's mum's blunt name for her twisted teenager killer is far more telling

Harry Gilbertson was yesterday unmasked as Ava White's murderer as, because he turned 18 on Friday, he reached adulthood and court laws to provide him anonymity expired

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8 h. ago Slain Ross Monaghan's DNA was found on gun used to shoot 'Gerbil' at Asda car park reveals ex

The former cop claims that new DNA evidence linking Monaghan to the murder weapon emerged after he was cleared.

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10 h. ago Family's fury as women pose for bizarre 'photoshoot' at murder victim's home

The family of hit-and-run murder victim Brandon Lee Porter-Kershaw have been left distressed and 'disgusted' after two women staged a 'photoshoot' in their front garden

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11 h. ago Woman, 44, stabbed to death in horror attack as man arrested on suspicion of murder

A woman, 44, has been stabbed to death in a horror attack at a shop in Liverpool, with a man, 47, arrested on suspicion of murder as police launch an investigation

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11 h. ago Accidental foraging, reasonable doubt and ‘lies upon lies’: Erin Patterson jury hears week of closing submissions in triple

Jurors must find accused not guilty if ‘reasonable possibility’ mushroom poisoning was an accident, defence says, while prosecution points to ‘calculated deception’What the Erin Patterson jury heard in the eighth week of her triple-murder trialColin Mandy SC, Erin Patterson’s barrister in her triple-murder trial, was into the final minute of a closing submission that spanned three days when he started repeating one phrase, almost like a mantra, over and over.It was the last time the jury would hear from anyone in the case other than Justice Christopher Beale, a coda after the prosecution’s closing argument and evidence from more than 50 witnesses. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Reckless cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life as government set to crackdown on 'nightmare' E

Under changes to the Crime and Policing Bill, a cyclist who kills someone by riding dangerously could face life in prison.

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12 h. ago Missing Rolex case: Woman in court charged with murder after 69

Missing Rolex case: Woman in court charged with murder after 69-year-old sister stabbed in her north London flat  Sky News

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12 h. ago Coronation Street's Maria left asking 'where's Gary' as character sparks concern

Coronation Street's Maria Connor wonders what's happened to Gary Windass in a new spoiler preview for the ITV soap, as she demands his whereabouts in an angry voicemail

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12 h. ago Police issue appeal five years after double murder at lockdown party

Cheriff Tall and Abayomi ‘Junior’ Ajose were killed in a car park in the middle of a block of flats in Moss Side, Manchester.

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13 h. ago Woman, 44, stabbed to death in shop attack as man arrested on suspicion of murder

A woman, 44, has died after being stabbed in a shop in Bootle, Merseyside. A man has been arrested on suspicion of her murder after she was rushed to hospital in a critical condition

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13 h. ago Bootle 'murder': Woman, 44, stabbed to death in shop attack as man arrested

A woman, 44, has died after being stabbed in a shop in Bootle, Merseyside - a man has been arrested on suspicion of her murder after she was rushed to hospital in a critical condition

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