Archives for November 2022

"We thought he had just gotten hurt - you can fix hurt," his mother said. … [Read more...] about 'Master of Silly Business' among 5 dead in Colorado shooting

The situation in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and other major cities has deteriorated drastically following the largest missile attack on the country's power grid on Tuesday. Ukrainian state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo reported that 40% of Ukrainians were experiencing difficulties, due to damage to at least 15 major energy hubs across the country. … [Read more...] about Cold and dark: Kyiv readies for 'worst winter of our lives'

Forty-seven years after he took the stage at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in a sequined-studded baseball uniform as the world's biggest pop star, Elton John walked on to the same stage on Sunday night wearing a bedazzled Dodgers bathrobe, a uniform more fitting for a 75-year-old man on the verge of retirement. … [Read more...] about Elton John rockets toward retirement at Dodger Stadium

FIFA's threat of on-field punishment for players forced World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon a plan for their captains to wear armbands that were seen as a rebuke to host nation Qatar's human rights record. … [Read more...] about World Cup teams nix armbands that were seen as snub to Qatar

Maria Esperanza Diaz Ruiz had expected to pay a smuggler to get across the U.S.-Mexico border. Then she learned the Biden administration's new program would let her walk in for free, as long as she had a tale of woe from back home. … [Read more...] about Biden's new border 'magic trick' welcomes would-be illegal immigrants