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York's library has plenty of fun to encourage summer reading

York News-Times | 01 Jun 2025

R.J. Post It’s not unusual for student athletes to work out over the summer. Carol Baker believes kids should do the same when it comes to reading. “It’s just like working any muscle in your brain,” said Baker, education outreach coordinator at the...

See a penny, pick it up? In the future, probably not as often \u2014 and, ...

York News-Times | 01 Jun 2025

Ask someone for their thoughts: Could it now cost you a nickel? If you want to call somebody stingy, would you say they're a quarter-pincher? If they spend money unwisely, are they now dime-wise but pound-foolish? OK, maybe those are some minor,...

Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer who wrote music for 'The Simpsons' for 27 years, dies

York News-Times | 01 Jun 2025

LOS ANGELES — Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of "The Simpsons" for 27 years, is dead at age 84. His daughter Kaarin Clausen told The Associated Press that Alf Clausen died...

San Mateo County Fair returns with drone shows, cultural events, concerts

The Mercury News | 01 Jun 2025

The popular San Mateo County Fair is back in full-swing this summer, ushering in a week of entertainment for community members of all ages. More than 2,500 people attended the fair’s opening night on Friday, according to fair Marketing Director...

Patti LuPone apologizes for ‘flippant’ remarks about other Broadway stars

Detroit news | 01 Jun 2025

Patti LuPone apologized Saturday for what she said were “flippant” responses she made about fellow Broadway stars Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald, which spawned backlash in the theater community and an open letter signed by hundreds of theater artists...

Murder inquiry launched after woman stabbed to death in Croydon

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was stabbed to death in south London. Officers were called to Frith Road in Croydon, at 9.07am on Saturday, the Metropolitan police said. The London...

Tourist damages two of China’s terracotta warriors after jumping fence

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

A domestic tourist climbed over a fence and jumped into a section of the world-famous display of China’s terracotta army, damaging two ancient clay warriors, authorities said on Saturday. The 30-year-old was visiting...

HMDA to hand over 330 acres to defence ministry for elevated corridors

The Times of India | 01 Jun 2025

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) will transfer 330 acres of govt land to the ministry of defence (MoD) as compensation for acquiring approximately 160 acres of defence land. This land is crucial for the construction...

Sports museum comes up in Bengal district

The Times of India | 01 Jun 2025

Kolkata: The seaside tourist destination of Mandarmani will have an added attraction now with the coming up of a sports museum there this week. The museum, the first of its kind in the districts of Bengal, was opened within the Luxury Amar Tree...

Three in city among 5 most preferred govt colleges in TN

The Times of India | 01 Jun 2025

Chennai: Presidency College, Govt Arts College, Nandanam, and Dr Ambedkar Govt Arts College, Vyasarpadi, were among the five most preferred govt colleges in the state this year. Presidency College received 40,167 applications for 2,380 seats, while...

Dr. Loh: RFK Jr.'s commission has healthy amount of issues

VC Star | 01 Jun 2025

This week saw the release of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again Commission 73-page report primarily focused on the chronic diseases of children. Like many reports, it has many sound components based on past recommendations by public...

Celebrated Malaysian artist makes his mark in Paris

The Star | 01 Jun 2025

JOHOR BARU: Malaysian artist Tay Poi San is turning heads in the international art scene with his first solo exhibition in Paris, a career milestone that is decades in the making. Read full story ......

TfL blocks ads calling on people to lobby MPs to decriminalise abortion

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

Transport for London has blocked adverts that urge people to lobby their MPs to vote to decriminalise abortion from running on its network because it claims they could bring the police and City Hall into disrepute. Parliament is expected to vote on...

Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

The last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those...

‘Don’t tell them ... they’ll all come’: why are so many sea-changers moving to Geelong?

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

For the first time, Victoria’s Greater Geelong has become Australia’s most popular regional town, ending a two-year winning streak from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. The latest Regional Movers Index report shows in the 12 months to the March...

‘I know how special this club is’: Kevin Maher’s Southend close to EFL return

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

Kevin Maher is no stranger to winning promotion with his beloved Southend. The club stalwart helped them earn back-to-back promotions as a player in 2005 and 2006 and was a near ever-present in their season in the Championship in 2006-07. Now he...

Désiré Doué joins the global A-list to lead PSG’s coronation as kings of Europe

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

The third great Moment of Doué was beautiful for its simplicity, 63 minutes into this game and with Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 up. As Désiré Doué glided in on goal, all alone suddenly in a wide open patch of green, he was found by a deliciously weighted...

Can South by Southwest’s London debut recreate Austin’s star-making power?

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

South by Southwest London could become a launchpad for “music’s global superstars of the future”, according to the organisers of the event, which starts its inaugural edition on Monday. SXSW London’s director of programming, Katy Arnander, and the...

‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

View image in fullscreen ,In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, the languid Lord Henry announces: “There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” I’m not so sure. During the days after...

The Jewish dealer who bought art hated by the Nazis – and created one of the greatest collections ever seen

The Observer | 01 Jun 2025

When Heinz Berggruen left Germany for America in 1936, he was not allowed more than 10 marks in his pocket. As a young journalist in Berlin, Berggruen had been forced to publish under the pseudonym “h.b.” in order to hide his Jewish heritage and...