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Country diary: Orchids, plums and pine cones – all bursting out of cathedral walls

St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire: The chapel here is a wonderful curiosity, thanks to its restoration by a green-fingered Victorian sculptor

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RIP Professor John S. Baker, Jr.

I am very sad to relay that Professor John S. Baker, Jr. has passed away. John was an iconic constitutional… The post RIP Professor John S. Baker, Jr. appeared first on Reason.com.

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Honours even after Silverstone Pickups thrills and spills

There were plenty of thrills and spills during a mixed weekend of weather for the Silverstone MotorSport Vision Racing meeting as the most spectacular action came from the Pickups – which produced thunderous noise and close racing across two heats and a final.

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Trump inherits the Guantánamo prison, complete with 4 ‘forever prisoners’

President Joe Biden’s record of handling the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is decidedly mixed. He succeeded in reducing the detainee population he inherited by more than half, but he compounded problems in the military commissions that the Bush administration had invented in the wake of the 9/11…

The Conversation

Behind Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing is a long and violent history of denied treaty rights

A fraught and violent history for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest, barring them from traditional food gathering practices like spearfishing, hunting and harvesting wild rice

The Independent UK

Could lab-grown rhino horns stop poaching? Why we may never know

When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

WEKU

Dowsing for facts: can a sceptic find science in water witchery?

Used by water companies but debunked by science, crossing rods in Wiltshire has this writer intrigued

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The most recent death notices across Cardiff as families remember loved ones

Our thoughts are with their loved ones at this time

Wales Online

Next stop, Twatt! My tour of Britain’s fantastically filthy placenames

The UK is full of extremely rude-sounding towns and villages. But what’s it like to live in them? Some locals can’t wait to change the names, while others embrace the quirk – even selling signpost souvenirs

The Guardian - UK

Pirates prospect Quinn Priester, a Cary-Grove grad, wants to emulate Marlins’ Alcantara

In an era in which strikeouts are rising, Priester said he’s more inclined to induce contact earlier in counts to help his chances of pitching deeper and to alleviate the workload of his relievers.

Chicago Sun-Times

6 dead in Dallas air show disaster, authorities say

DALLAS — The mid-air collision between two historic aircraft at a Dallas air show on Saturday killed six people, including two deeply loved Keller-area men who had been pilots for decades, according to officials and friends of the victims.

Tribune News Service

Councillors reject £660,000 for free school meals then approve boost for own allowances

It comes as millions of Brits up and down the country race to update their meter readings with energy prices set to soar from today amidst the crippling cost-of-living crisis

Daily Mirror

Hospital staff filmed pinning 'vulnerable' woman to floor

Hidden camera footage also showed mental health workers at the Greater Manchester hospital say she "needs a good thrashing"

Liverpool Echo

Grandmother pays tribute to ‘loving’ boy, 14, who died in accident on funfair ride

‘Thoughtful’ teen was ‘never afraid to tell his family he loved them’ and will ‘always be in our hearts’

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Deadly Minneapolis police standoff revives racial concerns

The shooting of a young Black man whose family says he was experiencing a mental health crisis has revived some activists’ mistrust of Minneapolis’ troubled police department and their perception that officers go to greater lengths to capture white suspects alive

Tribune News Service

Jason Mackey: Why the Pirates shouldn't wait a minute longer to promote prospect Oneil Cruz

ST. LOUIS — If Oneil Cruz doesn't make his much-anticipated 2022 Pirates debut by the end of this homestead — a smile plastered across his face, limbs flying everywhere and hopefully a baseball or two deposited in the Allegheny River — it's time to start asking some questions.

The Independent UK

3 cops face complex federal trial in George Floyd's death

The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin when he pinned George Floyd to the street is expected to be complex as prosecutors try to prove each officer willingly violated the Black man’s constitutional rights

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