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Coronavirus cases are spiking elsewhere. Will LA County be hit hard or be spared?

LOS ANGELES — After dramatic declines in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County has hit another plateau this week that comes amid the spread of the highly infectious BA.2 omicron subvariant.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 2, 2022

Coney Island’s Luna Park greets first guests of 2022 with free rides on the Cyclone

NEW YORK — The first 2022 clack of the venerable Cyclone roller coaster welcomed hundreds of hardy guests back Saturday to Coney Island for an early celebration of the summer ahead.

Tribune News Service · Apr 2, 2022

'No one thought I'd keep the weight off but I did - I'll prove everyone wrong again', says Tina Malone

Tina Malone lost 12 stone when she had a gastric band operation - and has defied critics by keeping the weight off for ten years. Now she's got another big goal she's aiming to smash

Manchester Evening News · Apr 2, 2022

Union chief vows to pressure Amazon after historic New York vote

Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien says it’s vital to organize Amazon, asserting that the e-commerce company has ‘total disrespect’ for its workers

The Guardian - US · Apr 2, 2022

Looted Libyan Artifacts Returned by US

Libyan authorities said on Thursday they had received nine ancient artifacts including funerary stone heads, urns and pottery that were returned by the United States after being smuggled out of the North African country. All the pieces had been illegally excavated and shipped to the United States, but they were…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 2, 2022

Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain and his tough start: ‘Living with an alcoholic, there wasn’t much I didn’t see’

After his autobiographical debut, about a gay boy growing up in 80s Glasgow, comes another tale that draws on his childhood. Could his glittering fashion career ever have kept the Booker-winner from his roots?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2022

Cuomo sues state agency to block seizure of book profits

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sued the state’s ethics commission to stop it from forcing him to hand over more than $5.1 million he made from the sale of his COVID-19 memoir.

Tribune News Service · Apr 2, 2022

Semyon Varlamov blanks Rangers as Islanders continue good play

NEW YORK — It would have been interesting to see these two teams playing in a late-season game if the Islanders had had a better start to the season and weren’t so far out of the playoff race. Maybe the 24-point gap between the teams before they faced off dulled…

Newsday · Apr 2, 2022

Cuomo files suit against NY ethics board over book profits

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against the state’s ethics commission

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2022

No new trial for Ghislaine Maxwell because of juror’s ‘unfortunate’ sex abuse omission, judge rules

NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell will not get a new trial because of a juror’s failure to disclose during jury selection that he was sexually abused as a child, a judge ruled Friday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2022