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‘On the brink of extinction’: a food historian’s hunt for ingredients vanishing from US plates | Food
The American buff goose. Amish deer tongue lettuce. The Nancy Hall sweet potato. The mulefoot hog. When food historian Sarah Lohman stumbled on these fantastical-sounding ingredients in a database of vanishing foods called the Ark of Taste, she set off on a journey across the United States to discover more ingredients and traditions that had …
UK inflation hits 41-year high of 11.1% as Hunt readies budget
LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Surging household energy bills and food prices pushed British inflation to a new 41-year high in October, according to data published a day before finance minister Jeremy Hunt announces tax hikes and spending cuts to control price growth. Consumer prices rose by 11.1% in annual terms last month, the highest …
Sacramento police hunt for multiple suspects after mass shooting leaves six dead
“Investigators are working to identify those responsible for this horrific act. We know that a large fight took place just prior to the shootings. And we have confirmed that there are multiple shooters,” Sacramento Police Chief Katherine Lester said Sunday afternoon. Three men and three women were killed, Lester said, and the injured were rushed …
Díaz and Salah on target as Liverpool beat Brighton to stay in title hunt | Premier League
Three points forward; back to a three-point gap. And on goes the world’s premier staring contest. Blinking is strictly prohibited. The focus was on Mohamed Salah after his agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, responded to Jürgen Klopp’s comments about a contract extension in a very 2022 manner by posting seven laughing emojis. But the Egyptian did …
Hitting the Books: Is the hunt for technological supremacy harming our collective humanity?
Stand aside humanity, you’re holding up the progress. We’ve passed the point of usefulness for Homo sapiens, now is the dawning of the Homo Faber era. The idea that “I think therefore I am” has become quaint in this new age of builders and creators. But has our continued obsession with technology and progress actually …
Brendan Hunt found guilty of threatening to assault or murder members of Congress
Federal prosecutors charged and tried Hunt, the son of retired New York City family court judge John Hunt. Brendan Hunt will be sentenced in June and faces up to 10 years in prison, the Eastern District said in a statement. Hunt took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday, telling the court that he …
Expansion of military bases a signal to China; Australia suspends India flights; Police hunt gunman after shots fired at family home; Tokyo Olympics safe for Australian athletes, top doctor says
Iran’s Navy once again harassed US ships operating in the Persian Gulf, this time coming within 60m of the ships on Monday night, prompting one of the American ships to fire warning shots, according to Commander Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the US Navy. Three fast inshore attack craft from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …
Need a break from technology? Participate in a National Day of Unplugging scavenger hunt
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you need to take a break from technology this weekend, there will be a lineup of events to occupy your time as part of the National Day of Unplugging. The organization curating the “unplugging” events across the country will host a scavenger hunt Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. …
Trump decries ‘witch hunt’ impeachment after Senate fails to convict.
“It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which …
How The US Is Preparing To Hunt New Chinese, Russian Subs « Breaking Defense
A sailor watches an MH-60R Seahawk take off from the USS Wasp during Exercise Black Widow. WASHINGTON: The Navy’s newest fleet and submarine commands teamed up this week for an intensive anti-submarine drill off the East Coast, waters Navy commanders say are now open game for Russian submarines. “This is where the fight is…where the …
