DUZCE, Turkey – A mechanic has found an artistic way to salvage spare parts from the cars he fixes. Murat Cetin, who has worked at the Duzce Kucuk Sanayi Sitesi auto repair shop in Turkey for the past two years, spent three months creating a life-sized statue of a rock star. The piece is just …
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Fall, synonymous with that new notebook smell, isn’t what it was 12 months ago. New backpacks, new classrooms, new bus routes? Last year’s news. The Covid-19 pandemic had other plans for American children, who live online and see “real life” as unusual enough to have its own chat acronym. Today Zoom and virtual lessons compete …
The Way We Live Now: Virtual School Means a Classroom is Wherever You Are Read More »
Police released footage “in the interest of being transparent, showing an officer ordering a K-9 unit to bite a schoolboy suspect. Officers from the Salt Lake City Police Department captured the moment they detained an unnamed juvenile suspect in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 5. The video, however, has just been released by police, …
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Two rare birds were seized at an Italian airport from a man using false paperwork. Black shaheen falcons, a subspecies of the peregrine falcon, were taken by authorities at the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino International Airport in Rome, the country’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Guard) announced on Oct. 6. The birds were seized from an Italian …
Rare Falcons Worth ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ Seized In Italy Read More »
Are you craving a corn tortilla filled with reddish well-marinated meat, accompanied by lemon, salsa, pineapple and cheese? The taco al pastor is a delicious dish eaten throughout Mexico. An experienced taquero, the person who prepares tacos, is ready to serve hungry customers on every corner. What may surprise foodies: The taco al pastor’s origin …
Mexico’s Famed “Taco al Pastor Is Not Mexican” but Where Did It Come From? Read More »
NEWARK, England – Police investigating a disturbance report found that the noisemaker was an abandoned puppy. Officers with the Nottinghamshire Police Department made the discovery after being called to an outbuilding in the Tolney Lane area in Newark, England at about 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 6. Upon searching the outbuilding, authorities found no sign of …
Police Find Abandoned Puppy Was Culprit Behind Break-In Read More »
When 61-year-old Vasant Pandit complained of breathlessness on Aug. 31, his son rushed him to a hospital near their home in Ganesh Peth, Pune, in western India. A chest X-ray revealed congestion in his lungs. Doctors said it was pneumonia, suspected to have been caused by Covid-19, and asked the family to start looking for …
India Surpasses 100,000 Covid Deaths as Health Care Systems Struggle to Provide Care Read More »
Juan Cárdenas is the founder of a creative agency specializing in social media, web development and video production with a client base in the United States and Latin America. He is also one of the more than 800,000 immigrants protected by DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals federal program. This digital entrepreneur turned 29 …
DACA Dreamer Turns Digital Entrepreneur, Aids Hispanic Community Read More »
People grooving to music late into the night in bars or couples enjoying a romantic outing under shimmering chandeliers or college-goers sneaking a meal in between their classes are not quite the images we get to see anymore courtesy the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown had almost completely halted the business activities of the food …
Restaurants Redesign Interiors to Woo Guests Post Lockdown Read More »
The headlines about residential housing sales Thursday were triumphant. “Sales of new homes surged 4.8% in August,” reported ABC. “U.S. new home sales rise to near 14-year high,” noted Reuters. “New home sales surge to highest level since before the Great Recession,” MarketWatch said. But business owners or executives about to make strategic decisions …
Home Sales Growth Numbers Look Good, But The Data Show It’s Complicated Read More »