A squad of firefighters in Russia climbed a three-story building in the blink of an eye.
Demonstrators from Thailand’s student-led pro-democracy movement held a peaceful protest Saturday outside Bangkok’s Criminal Court to bring public attention to the plight of several of their detained leaders. The movement, a coalition of several groups, was launched last year with demands for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his government to step down, the constitution to be amended to make it more democratic and the monarchy to be reformed to make it more accountable. There were several protest marches Saturday, but the main one was held by a new faction of the student-led anti-government movement that calls itself REDEM — short for Restart Democracy — whose last demonstration on Feb. 28 ended in disarray amid violence.
Mar. 6—The New Mexican A granite sculpture that had been standing in Entrada Park for at least six years, on loan to the city of Santa Fe from local artist Greg Robertson, was toppled and destroyed Wednesday. A Santa Fe police report said officers responded to a call Wednesday afternoon from a woman who had found the artwork destroyed in the downtown park. Robertson said nothing like this has ...
Mar. 6—Students at Manchester High School and RHAM High School have been named the winners of Power Up CT"s "Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis-Student Campaign contest." Youth were invited to submit art pieces or essays to convince Gov. Ned Lamont to declare racism as a public health crisis in Connecticut. The winners are Soraya Chanterelle of Manchester and Grace Fontana of Marlborough. ...
Mar. 6—SUFFIELD — The Board of Education has voted to approve School Superintendent Timothy Van Tasel's proposed budget of $36.4 million for the 2021-22 school year. The proposal represents an increase of just under $600,000, or 1.36%, over current spending. The board voted 8-1 in favor of the proposal at a meeting Monday, with only Scott Lingenfelter voting against. He said he did not feel ...
Traveling across the rugged, unforgiving and roadless Alaska terrain is already hard enough, but whatever comforts mushers previously had in the world’s most famous sled dog race will be cast aside this year due to the pandemic. In years past, mushers would stop in any number of 24 villages that serve as checkpoints, where they could get a hot meal, maybe a shower and sleep — albeit “cheek to jowl” — in a warm building before getting back to the nearly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. When the race starts Sunday north of Anchorage, they will spend the next week or so mostly camping in tents outside towns, and the only source of warmth — for comfort or to heat up frozen food and water — will come from their camp cookers.
Mar. 6—ELLINGTON — Rep. Joseph D. Courtney, a Democrat who represents the state's 2nd Congressional District, visited local farm Charter Acres Beef on Friday to learn more about how the farm is handling operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Owned and run by Verna and Peter Charter, Charter Acres Beef is located on 145 acres at 516 Somers Road and has been in Peter's family for three ...
Mar. 6—An East Hartford man admitted in Vernon Superior Court on Thursday that he possessed cocaine with the intent to sell it in Vernon in July while on probation for conspiring in a 2018 robbery at an East Hartford motel. The man, Todd Fitzgerald Jones, 28, of Governor Street in East Hartford, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for the drug crime and for violating probation conditions, ...
Mar. 6—Gone temporarily were the lunches, the trips for ice cream, and the outings to Barnes & Noble. All were shut down when the pandemic hit in March 2020, a mere few weeks after Jessica Scalise, 27, began mentoring Sahara Martin, a bright, energetic 12-year-old, through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Scalise, who works as a development specialist for the National MS Society, said ...
After Meghan shut down claims that she "bullied" a close adviser at Kensington Palace in 2018, a new Oprah promo arrived with a bombshell quote.
Mar. 6—For the second time in as many days, the Bolton High girls basketball team showed its ability to make a comeback. Freshman Emma Diehl scored 12 points in the Bulldogs' 43-34 comeback win against Somers in a NCCC East game at home. The Bulldogs (6-1) have now won five in a row. Bolton trailed 21-19 at the half but rallied, outscoring the Spartans (5-2) 24-13 in the final two quarters, ...
Mar. 6—The final piece of Riverfront Park's taxpayer-funded renovation is slated to open in late spring or early summer, and the availability of its Ice Age-themed features could be affected by the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Spokane Parks Director Garrett Jones said on Thursday. "At the same time, we also don't want to have this beautiful, new, shiny amenity that the ...
Mar. 6—Dan Hurley is not down on pomp and circumstance. He just prefers a romp in advance. The UConn men's basketball team will hold its Senior Day festivities today in Gampel Pavilion prior to its home finale against Georgetown, and the coach is eager to keep the Huskies' momentum going while he honors the team's seniors. "Our focus is on the game. We'll do nostalgia and take a stroll down ...
Mar. 6—ALBUQUERQUE — About 45 minutes after the University of New Mexico women's basketball team cut down the nets, made snow angels in the confetti at center court and took a victory lap around an empty arena with the Mountain West Conference championship trophy, one enthusiastic fan sat in his car outside The Pit just so he could congratulate the Lobos with a hollerin' cowbell salute. "First ...
Mar. 6—Donyell Marshall has stepped down as the head coach of the Central Connecticut State University men's basketball team, the school announced Friday. "It has been a privilege to serve as the head coach for this program for the past five seasons," Marshall said in a press release. "I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to coach these young men. I thank each of them, as well as my ...
Mar. 6—EAST HARTFORD — Luke Strole is capable of producing at a high level from both the point guard and shooting guard positions for the East Catholic High boys basketball team. The senior, who scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the Eagles 77-53 CCC Region C victory over East Hartford Friday, has parlayed that multi-dimensional skill set into a commitment to Bentley University. ...
Tommy Tuberville's amendment was called an attack on transgender kids by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin.
Pope Francis met with a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Saturday as part of the first-ever visit by a head of the Catholic Church to the Middle Eastern country. Francis and al-Sistani spoke for about 40 minutes in the cleric’s home in the city of Najaf, where the Shia holy site Imam Ali Shrine is located. The conversation touched on matters concerning Iraq’s beleaguered Christian communities, who have faced violence and persecution since the 2003 U.S. invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. Sistani: "Religious & spiritual leadership must play a big role to put a stop to tragedy … and urge sides, especially great powers, to make wisdom and sense prevail and erase the language of war." #popeiniraq #sistani — John Davison (@JohnDrtrs) March 6, 2021 “Religious and spiritual leadership must play a big role to put a stop to tragedy . . . and urge sides, especially great powers, to make wisdom and sense prevail and erase the language of war,” al-Sistani said in a statement translated by the Associated Press. Powerful countries should “not sponsor their own self-interest at the expense of the rights of people to live in freedom and dignity.” Al-Sistani, 90, is revered by Shiites across Iraq and has intervened at critical moments in the country’s recent history, calling on residents men to fight ISIS in 2014 and giving a 2019 sermon that helped lead to prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation. The cleric has also spoken out against violence targeting Iraq’s ancient Christian communities. The pope then traveled to the city of Ur, where the patriarch Abraham is said to have been born, for an interfaith meeting. The Vatican said that members of Iraq’s Jewish community were invited to attend the event, but did not attend for unspecified reasons. Much of the Iraqi Jewish community fled to Israel due to persecution in the years following the Israeli war of independence. “From this place, where faith was born, from the land of our father Abraham, let us affirm that God is merciful and that the greatest blasphemy is to profane his name by hating our brothers and sisters,” Francis said.
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You probably swipe your credit cards regularly for things like fuel, groceries, and takeout meals. Now, before you get too excited, one thing you should know is that you'll generally have to pay a transaction fee. Find out what added charge you'll incur for using your credit card as a car down payment before moving forward.
EPR Properties is still dealing with major headwinds from the pandemic. Muddling through is not going to be easy.
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