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Is Aaron Rodgers America’s most interesting athlete or its most annoying?

The Green Bay Packers quarterback offers a reconciliation of sorts for the rival camps of a sport torn between conservatives and progressives

The Guardian - US · Sep 9, 2022

Congress reacts to queen's death

"America weeps for our friends in the UK"

Salon · Sep 9, 2022

Q&A: ‘There needs to be a voice’ for Haitian Americans, says Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick

After a razor-thin primary win by less than 10 votes last year, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was relieved when she comfortably cruised to victory this August in her primary rematch.

Tribune News Service · Sep 9, 2022

Seven times people discovered the Americas – and how they got there

When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2022

‘More romantic, elegant, deep’: why Americans love Real Girlfriends in Paris

It’s shades of Emily in Paris for six young women who, if not sipping wine or striking a pose, are looking for love in the French capital

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

American YouTubers come to Prescot to tackle ‘massive’ chicken and waffle food challenge

YouTube stars Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos will be at Yada in Prescot to take on the huge challenge

Liverpool Echo · Sep 8, 2022

Tropical Storm Earl moves over Atlantic as weather experts track whether it could hit Ireland

Danielle and Earl are once again heading our way next week after battering America with winds in excess of 30mph predicted and plenty of rainfall when they arrive on these shores

Irish Mirror · Sep 8, 2022

'There needs to be a voice' for Haitian Americans, says Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick - Roll Call

As the first Democratic Haitian American to serve in Congress, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick feels a sense of urgency and destiny.

Roll Call · Sep 8, 2022

A quarter of U.S. adults fear being attacked in their neighborhood, a poll finds

Americans of color were more likely than their white counterparts to say they feared being physically attacked, the NPR/Harvard study shows.

WEKU · Sep 8, 2022

Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris review – regicides on the run

In 1660, after the Restoration of the monarchy, two of Oliver Cromwell’s soldiers fled to America to escape execution. Harris is at his best in this fictionalisation of their escape and the quest to find them

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022