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Texas power demand crests, and threat of blackouts fade

Power demand has crested in Texas after officials asked homes and businesses to conserve, easing the threat of blackouts in America’s second most populous state.

Tribune News Service · Jul 11, 2022

Poland's near-total abortion ban offers a grim glimpse of a possible US future

KRAKOW, Poland — Reproductive rights activists in Poland, where abortion laws are among Europe's strictest, have a stark message for their American counterparts: It's going to be a long struggle. And some people are going to die unnecessarily.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 11, 2022

The Eight Worst Types of Real Estate to Invest In

In the early part of the 20th Century, American humorist Will Rogers was quoted as saying, “Buy land. They ain’t making any more of the stuff.” 

Benzinga · Jul 11, 2022

The reason Granit Xhaka could miss Arsenal's USA pre-season tour amid N'Golo Kante announcement

Arsenal are due to fly out to America for their second overseas pre-season tour of the summer where they have games lined up against Everton, Orlando City and Chelsea

Football London · Jul 11, 2022

Trans Author Jennings' I Am Jazz Is One of the Most Banned Books in the U.S.

The book may never achieve the cultural recognition of some other top censorship targets, but the fight over I Am Jazz symbolizes America's trans moral panic.

Reason · Jul 11, 2022

Do Democrats need to embrace rage?

Psychiatrist Mark Goulston says Democrats are traumatized and eager to hide their rage. To win, they will need it

Salon · Jul 11, 2022

Scot who shot dead mother and stepdad in US fails in bid to be cleared of her murder

Derek Connell killed his mother Kim Higginbotham and her American husband Christopher in a violent rampage.

Daily Record · Jul 11, 2022

Editorial: Will Emmett Till’s accuser learn you can’t outlive justice?

It has been an important year for the memory and impact of Emmett Till’s life and terrible death. That alone shows how slow justice can be for people of color in America.

Tribune News Service · Jul 11, 2022

What the liberal justices’ scorching dissent reveals about the US supreme court

Opinions from Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor send stark warning about increasingly radical court abandoning long-held principles

The Guardian - US · Jul 11, 2022

Meet the US tycoon who owns the famous St Andrews Old Course Hotel

ALTHOUGH he grew up in Wisconsin along the windswept shores of Lake Michigan and became one of America’s most influential golf powerbrokers, Herb…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 11, 2022