250 years ago today, American Founding Father Patrick Henry spoke to Virginia legislators, where he famously proposed that their colony should join the revolution against King George and fight for independence. “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” READ other anecdotes from the…
Live coverage from day three of the 2025 World Indoor Athletics Championships. Source link
Photo by Daniel Martinez For Unsplash+ I don’t know the first thing about NFL football, but I have no trouble relating to Buffalo Bills running back Ty Johnson’s struggle to overcome bouts of crippling self-doubt. A few years back, Johnson was dropping balls and questioning his abilities at every turn. “There was a lot of…
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen overtakes Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi in the final stretch to win the 3000m gold medal – the first world indoor title of his career at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China. FOLLOW LIVE: World Indoor Athletics Championships – day two Available to UK users only. Source link
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote…
British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have returned from the US to Romania, where they face human trafficking and other charges. Speaking to the press outside their house in Bucharest, the brothers said they were back because “innocent men don’t run from anything.” “We’ve come here to prove our innocence because we deserve…
As the vernal equinox heralds the first day of spring, all across the world, unique phenomena can be seen on this day alone. Bonn, Germany – Stefan Widua For thousands of years humans have known that around the day marked on the Gregorian calendar as March 20th (or 21st, but we’ll get into that later)…
EPA Flights around the world have been disrupted after Heathrow Airport closed due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport, said it was experiencing “significant” disruption after the blaze at North Hyde substation in Hayes, west London. More than 1,300 flights have been affected, tracking website Flightradar24 said, and…
A free ride for Harvard College including housing will now be available for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less—and tuition-free for undergrad students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less, beginning in the Fall of 2025. The significant expansion of financial aid announced this week will finally make Harvard…
Several of Friday’s front pages cover plans for a future military deployment in Ukraine. “Starmer threatens Putin” is the I Paper’s headline, after the prime minister warned of “severe consequences” for the Russian president if UK troops were attacked, the paper reports. It comes as Sir Keir “steps up plans” for a “31-nation military force”…
