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Daredevil Robbie Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60

LAS VEGAS — He was a natural-born daredevil who managed to achieve something even his father couldn’t — which is saying something, considering that dad was perhaps America’s most famous stunt performer, the adrenaline gland incarnate known as Evel Knievel, a man who was to a motorcycle what a cannonball…

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The ‘Boy in the Box’ gravestone has been updated with the child’s full name, Joseph Augustus Zarelli

PHILADELPHIA — Beneath a weeping tree near the entrance of Ivy Hill Cemetery, dozens gathered Friday morning at the grave of a child who, until last month, America knew only as “the Boy in the Box.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Filmmaker shares 'crazy' experience of meeting America's most inbred family

The Whittakers, who are known as America's most inbred family, live in squalor in an isolated shack in the backcountry of West Virginia

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Lisa Marie Presley's little-known job working in a British fish and chip van

It seems unbelievable, but she apparently loved doing it while living in the UK

Wales Online

White House sounds alarm on GOP ‘malfeasance’ after Treasury warns of approaching debt limit

The Treasury Secretary says a ‘failure to meet the government’s obligations’ would end up doing ‘irreparable harm to the US economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability’

The Independent UK

Sorry, Premier, but the apology over Nazi uniform just doesn't cut it

Yes, we all do silly things when we are young, but in this case I think it is important to consider the context.

Newcastle Herald

US Store Trader Joe’s Released Knock Off Tim Tams It’s Worse Than The American Kath Kim

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BBC The Traitors US cast, presenter, castle and how many episodes as series lands on iPlayer

As the American version of The Traitors lands, here's everything you need know about the cast, presenter Alan Cumming and Ardross Castle

Wales Online

The American missionaries who've opened a shop in Wales where everything in it is free

Ken and Jen Arrington from North Carolina have travelled to places like Cuba and India - but say there's no place like Wales

Wales Online

Editorial: Brazil’s insurrection was etched with America’s Jan. 6 template

Discerning the inspiration for a moment of infamy can be ridiculously simple. The audacious attack by supporters of Brazil’s far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro on government buildings in the capital looked every bit as chaotic and destructive as the infamous Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught on the U.S. Capitol. The toxic mix…

Chicago Tribune

What the new era of special counsels says about American politics

Virtually any investigation of a politician is seen through a partisan lens.

Axios

Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry

Sareth Sin, 67, died upright, seated in a plastic chair, on Christmas Day. He was asphyxiated by fumes from the generator he ran to chase the desert chill out of a cannabis greenhouse on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Flatley, ‘Lord of the Dance’ creator, being treated for ‘aggressive form’ of cancer

The 64-year-old Irish American dancer-choreographer was born and raised in Chicago, and rose to stardom as a lead member of the “Riverdance” Irish dance production.

Chicago Sun-Times

How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to judge a person on character and not race.

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Fortune

The best job in America is still in tech, and it pays $120,000 a year

Layoffs and long hours be damned: Tech workers still have some of the best jobs in America, U.S. News & World Report finds.

Salon

Another year, no child tax credit

American parents face greater financial burdens all thanks to Congress' decision not to continue the credit

Fortune

Bank of America tops stakeholder capitalism rankings

Under Brian Moynihan, the bank has increased the minimum wage, expanded parental leave, and avoided layoffs.

Los Angeles Times

Todger, Tiggy, Biro and Spike: A glossary of Harry's Britishisms for 'Spare' readers

It's often said that England and America are two countries divided by a common language.

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Daily Record

Filmmaker meets 'most inbred family in America' and shares 'crazy' experience

Mark Laita reveals his first meeting with the Whittakers, cut off from civilisation, was 'out of control' and the 'craziest thing' he has ever seen.

Daily Mirror

The Traitors new series coming this month as BBC tease 'a new year treat' for fans

The BBC is now the official home of the both the UK and US version of The Traitors and will air the American series almost in sync with when it's released in the States

Daily Record

Perthshire curlers representing Great Britain at Winter World University Games

Holly Wilkie-Milne, Laura Watt and Mark Watt have all jetted out to the event being held in America

Tribune News Service

Commentary: It’s time for men to ‘man up’

To “man up” means to “demonstrate toughness or courage when faced with a difficult situation.” That’s precisely what men need to do. Face up to a changing world and redefine what it is to be a man. In his recent book “Of Boys and Men,” Brookings Institution scholar Richard V.…

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Gene Collier: The red flag America never sees

At the right time of day, you can hear an elementary school before you can see it, and if the air is still and the natural acoustics favorable, the discordant symphony of America’s youngest students at recess is an auditory blessing.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Another near miss for the nation's tattered transportation infrastructure

Perhaps not since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have the spacious skies over America been as empty as they were Wednesday morning when the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all domestic flights grounded over a computer malfunction. The cause wasn’t immediately identified, but this is the second time in two weeks…

Daily Mirror

Filmmaker shares what happened when he met the most inbred family in America

A documentary filmmaker has said that America's most inbred family called the Whittakers, who have no education and live in squalor in West Virginia, were 'like a scene out of Deliverance'

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