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Refugee homes branded eyesore by nearby residents
Ukrainian refugees are moving into a temporary housing development branded an eyesore by locals.Top stories - BBC News - November 11 -
Vinícius slams racist 'criminals' in Clásico loss
Vinícius Júnior has condemned racist insults aimed at Barcelona's players by fans during El Clásico as "terrible" after LaLiga said it was reporting the incident to police and hate crime prosecutors.Sports - ESPN - October 28 -
Man Sentenced for Threatening Fani Willis With Racist Calls
Ms. Willis spoke of the fear she felt after a man made “vile” calls targeting her and another Black official in Georgia. The man was sentenced to almost two years in prison.Top stories - The New York Times - October 29 -
Depiction of Kamala Harris in Halloween parade decried as racist
Some participants in a Halloween parade in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, are being heavily criticized for their float's depiction of Harris.Politics - CBS News - October 31 -
'We shouldn't need to face racist attacks in 2024'
The organisation Love Music Hate Racism is set to relaunch across the country including Coventry.Top stories - BBC News - November 9 -
Player sent off after 3 seconds in Brazil's Serie A
A Brazilian striker was sent off in a top-division match on Saturday after hitting a rival with his elbow just three seconds into a match.Sports - ESPN - October 27 -
Japan Election: Asia’s Most Stable Democracy Is Sent Into Chaos
Deep-seated grievance among Japanese voters has put the Liberal Democrats, longstanding custodians of the status quo, on notice.World - The New York Times - October 28 -
Election surveys sent by MyPillow CEO-linked group prompt FBI referral
Election surveys sent by MyPillow CEO-linked group prompt FBI referral.Top stories - ABC News - November 1 -
The dispute over Diego Garcia sent a strong message to Iran
The new agreement between Britain and Mauritius brought an end to their decades-long dispute regarding sovereignty over the archipelago.Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
These 3 struggles sent this retired couple back to the U.S. after a move overseas
Moving to Portugal in retirement was a dream — but they weren’t ready for the reality.Business - MarketWatch - November 2 -
VAR Review: Should Lisandro Martínez have been sent off?
Was the Man United defender lucky to escape a red card? We assess the weekend's controversies.Sports - ESPN - November 5 -
VAR Review: Should Bailey have been sent off?
Should Aston Villa have been reduced to 10 men against Liverpool?Sports - ESPN - November 12 -
Mattel’s New ‘Wicked’ Doll Line Sent Customers to a Porn Site
It’s just the latest in a long series of marketing flubs from big brands.Business - Inc. - November 11 -
North Korea Sent a Mystery Man to Lead Its Troops Fighting Ukraine
In a country that fetes its military elites like celebrities, Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok was rarely seen in public. Until he was chosen to lead Pyongyang’s troops sent to aid Russia.World - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago -
North Korea sent more conventional weapons to Russia, South Korea says
South Korea's spy agency says that North Korea has recently supplied additional artillery systems to Russia to support its war efforts against UkraineWorld - ABC News - 3 days ago -
How Laken Riley's death sent "a reality shock" through a college town
For many students, Athens, Georgia, no longer feels like the safe haven they once thought it was, after the killing of Laken Riley.Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
DeepMind and Hugging Face release SynthID to watermark LLM-generated text
SynthID makes subtle changes to LLM-generated text to create a statistical signature while preserving the quality of the output.Tech - VentureBeat - October 25 -
Consumer report shows companies are failing to protect from robocalls, texts
A new report says many phone companies are not doing enough to protect people from robocalls and texts. A consumer watchdog group says more than half of them have not fulfilled all of the ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Phone companies should do more to prevent robocalls and texts, report says
While scam phone calls have slightly decreased in the last three years, scam texts have tripled. A consumer report found that phone companies need to do more to prevent robocalls and texts for ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
I Replied Stop to a Political Text Message. I Got 100 More.
Our columnist tried to cut off unwanted texts, and a barrage followed. Here’s how she ultimately banished them.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
Election Text Barrages Blowing Up Phones Ahead of Election
Ping! Harris and Trump deluge voters’ smartphones with fundraising appeals, polls and get out the vote messages in the campaign’s last days.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
Williams: Barça players kept texting me to join them
Spain star Nico Williams has revealed some Barcelona players tried to convince him to leave Athletic Club and join them at the Camp Nou in the summer.Sports - ESPN - November 7 -
Using abbreviations in text messages comes across as less sincere, study finds
People who use abbreviations were less likely to receive responses, analysis by psychologists found. Reducing your texts to a flurry of abbreviations could have unintended consequences, according ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Homophobic and anti-migrant texts target Latinos and LGBTQ+ Americans
FBI investigating texts that follow racist messages sent to Black people in wake of Trump election victory. Racist text messages targeting Black people across the US just hours after Donald Trump ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
New Wave of Offensive Texts Targets Hispanic and L.G.B.T.Q. People
The F.B.I. is investigating messages that told people they would be deported or transported to a “re-education camp.” They came after racist texts were sent to Black people.Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
Texts threatening deportation and 're-education' for gays stoke both fear and defiance
From Latino teens in Georgia to a lesbian Las Vegas business owner, they're the latest to receive offensive and disturbing text messages that the FBI is investigating.Top stories - NBC News - 5 days ago -
Final texts between Laken Riley and her mother revealed in court
Video of the last moments Laken Riley was seen alive and the final texts between her and her mother were shown in court Tuesday. Jose Ibarra, an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, is on trial for ...Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Cop 29: new draft text criticised as ‘totally unacceptable and inadequate’ – as it happened
Text ‘decides’ on $250bn for developing countries by 2035 – but faces criticism from African Group of Negotiators. A new text of the Cop29 deal has yet to emerge, but civil society activists have ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Raphinha: I considered Barça exit 'several' times
Barcelona forward Raphinha has told ESPN he considered leaving the club on several occasions during his first two seasons.Sports - ESPN - October 25