Next up for virtual convention weirdness: the Republican Party. A group of delegates — six representing each state, territory and the District of Columbia for a total of 336 — is expected to begin arriving this weekend for the Republican National Convention before a formal roll call on Monday morning …...Read More
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A Detailed Look at the Downside of California’s Ban on Affirmative Action
Mr. Bleemer’s study does not support the mismatch hypothesis. If Black and Hispanic students had benefited from enrolling in less selective universities, they would have been more successful in rigorous math and science courses there. They were not. Instead, they were less likely to earn bachelor’s degrees in a science …...Read More
The Chick’s in the Mail? Rural America Faces New Worries With Postal Crisis
Amid a bipartisan fury, including lawsuits from state attorneys general and multiple congressional investigations and calls for his resignation, Mr. DeJoy said he would delay the overtime cuts and other operational changes until after the election. David Partenheimer, a Postal Service spokesman, said the agency had “experienced some temporary service …...Read More
Senators Lead an Increasingly Diverse Nation. Their Top Aides Are Mostly White.
WASHINGTON — As senators chart a response to a deadly pandemic and an economic crisis that have disproportionately hurt Black Americans and other people of color, the top aides leading their offices are overwhelmingly white — far more so than the country as a whole. Just 11 percent of top …...Read More
Bikini model who never wore make-up and had acne as a teen says school pals no longer recognise her
A stunning bikini model has made such a radical transformation from her 'plain Jane' school days that many of her old classmates no longer recognise her. Growing up, Roxy Sullivan, now 31, from Cardiff, was a self-confessed geek who had acne, didn't wear make-up and wouldn't talk to people she …...Read More
Alexei Navalny has no trace of poison in his system, Russian doctors claim
Russian medics say that no trace of poison has been found in Putin critic Alexei Navalny's body, sparking accusations of a cover-up by the Kremlin. Doctors at Ormsk hospital in Siberia, where Navalny is being treated after suddenly falling ill on a flight yesterday, insisted that they have a full …...Read More
Coronavirus UK: Public sector debt goes above £2 TRILLION for the first time
Public sector debt has now gone above £2 trillion for the first time in history as the Government was forced to borrow cash to keep UK plc afloat during the coronavirus crisis. Ministers borrowed £26.7 billion in July alone, according to the latest data published by the Office for National …...Read More
Hospital coronavirus admissions were over-reported at peak of pandemic
Advertisement The figures of those admitted to hospital for coronavirus during the peak of the pandemic were over-reported, it was revealed last night. Britons who were suffering from other illnesses were included in data collected to monitor the virus outbreak, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Government's Science Advisory Group …...Read More
Two bed Fitzrovia flat once part of the Magic Circle listed for £2m
Advertisement An estate agent is trying to cast a spell on prospective buyers as a two-bedroom property that used to be home to the infamous Magic Circle is up for sale. The split-level apartment in Chenies Mews is situated in the fashionable area of Fitzrovia, on a residential mews, just …...Read More
Grandmother who married illegal immigrant lodger is campaigning to get him back to the UK
A grandmother who married her illegal immigrant lodger who is half her age is now campaigning to bring him back to the UK because she's not seen him since their honeymoon nine years ago. Divorced mother-of-two Rita Keddle, 62, of Brecon, South Wales, was in her early forties when she …...Read More
