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The word innocent comes up early in the new podcast Nice White Parents, about separate and unequal education at a public school in Brooklyn. Its hosted and reported by Chana Joffe-Walt, a producer for This American Life. In New York City, as with many places in the U.S., school segregation…
About $12 million in funds slated for improvements to ventilation systems, bathrooms and cooling systems at Manhattan public schools is being used instead to address the citys budget deficit, according to the Manhattan borough president. [New York Post] Matthew Futterman writes: It was late March, and the leaders of tennis…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported 2,743 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing its total to 174,796, according to data from its health ministry. The country also added 74 new fatalities on Monday, taking the total number to 7,417, the highest coronavirus death toll in Southeast Asia. Reporting by Nilufar Rizki:…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – France’s Benoit Paire has tested positive for COVID-19 and pulled out of the U.S. Open starting on Monday, French sports daily L’Equipe here reported. Paire, seeded 17th at the Grand Slam event, had been scheduled to play Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak in the first round at Flushing…
Treasury officials are understood to be eyeing five tax rises to boost their Covid-hit coffers. Many readers will find themselves paying more if their proposals take effect. But how much more and what could they do to limit the damage? Im earning £75,000 but currently pay no higher-rate tax because…
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 31 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand softened early on Monday, giving back some of its big gains from the end of last week spurred by a significantly weaker dollar, as investors awaited details of the ruling African National Congress’s (ANC) weekend meeting. At 0650 GMT the rand was…
It is hard to pick out one highlight from last weeks bizarre Republican national convention. But the Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz managed to distil into one chilling sentence the essence of rightwing politics today. Joe Biden, Gaetz explained, would empty the prisons, lock you in your homes, and invite MS-13…
For someone who sits the majority of the workday, I’ve never thought much about office chairs. Before quarantine started back in March, I spent most of my work hours at the CNET Smart Home, an actual house where we test security cameras, smart speakers and other products. I filed stories…
Juliana Ospina Cano vividly remembers the first time she voted in a U.S. election. It was 2016. Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were at the top of the ticket. Ospina Cano, a newly naturalized American citizen, recalled standing in line at a Washington, D.C., polling location, waiting her turn to cast…
Tea stalls will be allowed to operate from 6 am to 8 pm. Express Photo As per the latest guidelines, all stores will be allowed to operate till 8 pm. Restaurants and tea stalls will operate from 6 am to 8 pm, with takeaway services available till 9 pm. All…
