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Looking Back: News items from The Roanoke Times & World-News from 25, 50 and 100 years ago | Local News
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Raccoon in the Chimney: Breaking Down the Season 2 Premiere of ‘Succession’
HBO’s most dysfunctional and obscenely rich family this side of the Lannisters has returned. After Succession went supernova in the back half of its first season—improving upon each excellent episode to a hilarious and devastating degree—it became one of the best dramas on television, which made its hiatus all the more excruciating. Well, no more! …
Angels 5, Red Sox 4: How in the world did they get here
This one felt different. This one felt more like the end than any of the others. The Red Sox are eight games out (in the loss column) of a Wild Card berth with 42 games to play. They are just four games over .500. Yes, this loss — a 5-4, 10-inning defeat at the hands …
Cyclists ‘too comfortable’ breaking the law, says Ontario man | CTV News
CTVNews.ca Staff, with a report from CTV Kitchener’s Stephanie Villella Published Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:57PM EDT An Ontario man is reminding the public that it’s illegal to ride bicycles on sidewalks, after he was struck by a cyclist and suffered minor injuries. In Ontario, cyclists who fail to yield to a pedestrian can be …
The Trump Administration Is Tackling One of the World’s Most Dangerous Border Disputes
AS THE Trump administration presses Arab countries to sign off on President Donald Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian “deal of the century” amid growing Arab polarization and vocal pessimism, little attention has been given to another sensitive regional matter that the administration has been aptly and quietly tackling. This matter revolves around the demarcation of the Lebanon-Israel maritime …
Accidental shooting at Bass Pro Shops
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB)– Gainesville fire crews were on the scene in Celebration Pointe after an accidental shooting at Bass Pro Shops. Gainesville Fire Rescue crews treated a man after he injured himself with a firearm. GFR says the man was carrying a gun in his pocket when it accidentally discharged twice, hitting his leg both …
Is the world going to hell in a hand basket?
Alexandria Town Talk Published 12:57 p.m. CT Aug. 11, 2019 CLOSE Do you ever feel like the world is going to hell in a hand basket? It sure seems like there is a lot of messed up thinking in society today. But it shouldn’t surprise us since that’s the natural condition of the fallen world. …
Wallabies set sights on breaching All Blacks’ fortress and breaking Bledisloe hoodoo
Updated August 12, 2019 07:33:37 Photo: When the Wallabies head to Eden Park, they’ll face one of Australian sport’s great ordeals. (AAP: Dave Hunt) Related Story: Wallabies thump All Blacks in stunning Bledisloe Cup upset Related Story: One of the greatest rivalries in sport is in new territory, but it’s unlikely to fix rugby in …
Review: ‘Breaking the Waves’ tells a dark operatic tale of faith and degradation
Kristin Clayton (left) Sara LeMesh and Robert Wesley Mason in West Edge Opera’s production of “Breaking the Waves.” Photo: Cory Weaver In “Breaking the Waves” — both the haunting, virtuosic 1996 film by director Lars von Trier and the recent operatic adaptation that received a triumphant local premiere on Saturday, Aug. 10, from West Edge …
Norway mosque attack suspect ‘inspired by Christchurch and El Paso shootings’ | World news
The suspected gunman in an attack on a mosque in Norway on Saturday was inspired by recent white extremist attacks in New Zealand and the US, online posts suggest. Police in Norway have so far only said the attack in Baerum, a town 20km from Oslo, the capital, will be investigated as a possible act …
