Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
Media captionA Syrian asylum seeker tells Radio 4’s Today that accommodation had cockroaches Some asylum seekers have been placed in accommodation infested by rats, mice and insects after arriving in the UK, a report by MPs says. The Home Affairs Committee called the conditions a “disgrace” and said some councils were doing far more than […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
A Mormon businessman is buying up land to build master-planned towns from scratch, based on the church founders idea for a plat of Zion The roads through rural Vermont wind past rolling forested hills and quaint small towns, including South Royalton used as the quintessential New England village in the opening sequence of the TV […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
Co-defendant in Spider-Man trial says he destroyed five paintings stolen in 2010 from Museum of Modern Art A co-defendant in one of the worlds biggest art heists has told a court he destroyed and threw away five art masterpieces worth more than $100m that were stolen by a thief nicknamed the Spider-Man. Yonathan Birn was […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
Two weeks in, the new administration resembles the court of a Renaissance king, with favorites infighting and Steve Bannon a Cardinal Richelieu in cargo pants After 15 days of chaotic activity when he made heads spin around the world, President Donald Trump flew from Washington on Friday for the Florida mansion he calls the Winter […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
From Chicago to Dubai, Manchester to Melbourne, our cities are climbing above the clouds. Whats it like to live on the 64th floor?
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
Its been short, long, straight and punky reflecting the twists and turns of my life and my homeland, Cameroon In the summer of 2002, I walked into a hair salon in New Jersey and asked a stylist to cut off all my hair. I was done having hair. Enough with the pain of straightening it […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
ProPublica reveals existence of Donald J Trump Revocable Trust, run by presidents oldest son and shown in liquor filing over DC hotel New documents confirm that Donald Trump retains a direct tie to his business interests through a revocable trust overseen by one of his adult sons and a longtime executive of the Trump Organization. […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
Those held remain jailed, 24 years after blaze blamed on gang members that killed young children in building used by Central American migrants Police have arrested several people over an apartment building fire that killed 10, including seven children, in 1993. Those arrested remained jailed, officer Aareon Jefferson said. He had no other details. Police […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 5, 2017
Everything is Batman.Image: Warner bros Mashing up two brands can be a great way to make neither seem appealing: Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, Men in Black and 21 Jump Street, the Flintstones and the Schmoo you get the nausea … errr, the idea. And that’s the inherent risk of The Lego Batman movie, in […]
Posted by John P. Bradford // February 4, 2017
From an unfortunate nighttime visit in Miami to Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson, half a dozen moments the league would rather forget 1) General inebriation Super Bowl drunkenness has a long history, back to before the big game was even called the Super Bowl. In the debut game, Packers v Chiefs in 1967, Green Bays […]