Lisa Montgomery was executed in Indiana last Wednesday morning, becoming the first woman to die under the federal death penalty in nearly seven decades. Her sentence was carried out after the Supreme Court lifted one stay and declined to grant another last-minute request for a delay from her attorneys. The court’s three liberals, Justices Stephen …
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In January, the World Economic Forum, backed by US president Donald Trump, announced the One Trillion Trees to plant or protect a trillion trees by 2030, bolstering the estimated 3 trillion that already exist. The scheme joins existing reforestation efforts such as the “Trillion Trees” project launched by conservation groups in 2017. “One Trillion Trees” …
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( I will not comment on the coup attempt itself- it has had excellent coverage. What interests me is the historical parallels) The last four years (and yesterday was culmination) has shown the underbelly of the nation, what happens when jobs are scarce and insecure, education is dreadful unless you have a lot of money, …
Since 2016, the District of Columbia has spent more than $40 million to settle police misconduct lawsuits, according to the records released by the Office of Attorney General . The records did not include several other settlements for lawsuits which, the police department told the council, cost taxpayers $805,000. About $33 million detailed in the …
I would like to wish every reader a happier and calmer 2021! Meanwhile I am having to note what I think is a dubious start. I refer to the fact, firstly, that the UK has officially left the EU (groan for the future of the grandchildren! The disaster has finally come to pass!). Secondly, some …
