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“I don’t get into many fights now cos you get hit on the throat and you miss a gig”: The explosive rise of Lynyrd Skynyrd, America’s greatest southern rock band

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) was released on August 13, 1973, setting them on the path to stardom

Louder

South Korea and US will start summer military drills next week to counter North Korean threats

South Korea and the United States will start their annual joint military exercises next week with a focus on improving their combined capabilities to deter and defend against growing North Korean nuclear threats

The Independent UK

The share of Americans living in the West has fallen for the first time in 100 years

“The places that are most expensive are seeing the biggest drops,” explained a Bank of America senior economist.

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Trotting Ahead Of K-pop? South Korean Crooner Rivals BTS

Lim Young-woong may not have as many fans as BTS, but the trot singer is rivalling the global superstars, showing there's more to South Korean music than K-pop with his billions of streams and a sold-out stadium tour.

International Business Times

5Th Circuit Court Narrows Voting Rights Act Scope In Redistricting

Learn about the recent 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling impacting the Voting Rights Act in redistricting cases in the South.

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You should be making bourbon iced tea

"Sweet tea on a hot, balmy summer day revives and refreshes a body like few other things in this world . . ."

Salon

Sunbelt boomtowns are cooling off, but the sun-soaked region will reclaim its hot status

More than 2 million single-family homes have been built in the South since January 2021, more than four times the number completed in the Northeast, according to a Capital Economics economist.

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Richard Attias: ‘We don’t need to rely exclusively on Western countries to level up the less developed ones’

Channeling regional support from better-developed countries in developing regions could be the best way to address global challenges, says Richard Attias.

Fortune

Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost to Black people in the South

Wood pellet production has skyrocketed across the US South to feed the European Union’s push

The Independent UK

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields

The Independent UK

N. Korea Sweet Wrappers, Noodles On Seoul Streets In Balloon Blitz

North Korean sweet wrappers and packets of crackers made at a factory once visited by leader Kim Jong Un were seen by AFP reporters on streets in the South Korean capital Wednesday.

International Business Times

Judge asked to block slave descendants' effort to force a vote on zoning of their Georgia community

A Georgia county is asking a judge to block a referendum effort that seeks to roll back zoning changes that residents say threaten one of the South's last communities of Gullah-Geechee slave descendants

The Independent UK

US census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West 4 years before 2030 count

Six places in the South and West will host practice runs for the next U.S. head count in 2030

The Independent UK

NFC South staying mediocre is the division’s worst-case scenario

The NFC South has been mediocre at best in the last two seasons. The worst-case scenario for the division is nothing changing:

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South Korea Steps Up Propaganda Broadcasts After New Trash Balloons From North

South Korea will ramp up propaganda broadcasts to the North in response to Pyongyang sending more trash-carrying balloons across the border, Seoul's military said Sunday.

Reason

Revisiting Hamas's Barbaric Attack on Southern Israel: Guest Post by Adam Mossoff

Note from DB: I was going to post something about my visit to the South during the lawprof fact-finding mission I attended, by my colleague Adam Mossoff posted an incredibly thoughtful and well-written account of that day on Facebook that sums up what I wanted to say and more. With…

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Cattle Mixed on Tuesday

Live cattle are showing slight 7 to 20 cent gains in the front months on Tuesday. Last week’s cash cattle trade centered around $188 in the South, with northern trade at $198. This week’s early activity was mostly just compiling show lists. Feeder cattle are mostly 15 to 45 cent...

International Business Times

High-ranking North Korean Diplomat In Cuba Defected To South

A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday.

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North Korea diplomat flees to South in highest ranking envoy defection since 2016

Ri Il-kyu was responsible for political affairs at Pyongyang’s embassy in Cuba, the Chosun Ilbo daily has reported

Barchart

Cattle Close Mixed on Monday

Live cattle saw mixed trade on Monday with most contracts within 27 cents on either side of unchanged. Last week’s cash cattle trade centered around $188 in the South, with northern trade at $198. Monday saw most compiling showlists. Feeder cattle were propped up by a weaker corn market, as...

The Independent UK

Why you should visit the southern states: The US destinations you probably haven’t considered

From Kentucky’s Louisville to Bentonville in Arkansas, Annabel Grossman discovers America’s lesser-visited holiday destinations on a journey through the south

The Independent UK

South Korea to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones

South Korea will deploy laser weapons systems designed to intercept will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, as their launches in recent years have caused security concerns in the South

The Independent UK

Viola Davis and James Patterson to collaborate on novel set in the contemporary, rural South

An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very different, authors, Oscar winner Viola Davis and mega-selling novelist James Patterson

The Conversation

Why US schools need to shake up the way they teach physics

America has a physics problem.

The Guardian - AU

North Korea executed man for distributing K-pop, report from defectors shows

The 2024 report on North Korean human rights released by South Korea’s unification ministry details an ongoing crackdown on cultural imports

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