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Respite program aims to end 'revolving door' for Perth's unwell homeless people

Anthea Corbett says she would have been spared severe emotional and psychological trauma after her leg amputation had she had a place to go and recoup. A new program is bridging the gap for homeless people recovering from hospital stays.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

Bill Russell's legacy of NBA championships and cerebral fight for equal rights

On May 1, 1968, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to another NBA championship, triumphing over the rival Los Angeles Lakers.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2022

Q&A: BJ Novak says Michael Scott would feel right at home in Texas

DALLAS — In a Zoom call to promote his new movie "Vengeance," it was obvious that B.J. Novak, the 42-year-old Boston guy best known for his role on "The Office," had done his homework.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Dan Shaughnessy, Terrence Moore discuss Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell’s impact

'In Boston, he's at the top of Mount Rushmore,' says Dan Shaughnessy.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 1, 2022

As fewer kids enroll, big cities face a small schools crisis

Across the U.S., COVID-19 relief money is helping to subsidize growing numbers of big-city schools with small numbers of students

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

‘The best there ever was’ Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca remembers Bill Russell

'We're very sad, the Celtics here, at Bill Russell's passing,' related the Boston co-governor.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 1, 2022

Lilia Valutyte: Man appears in court charged with murder of girl, 9, stabbed as she played in street

Deividas Skebas, 22, spoke only to confirm his details at two-minute hearing

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Lilia Valutyte: Man in court charged with murder of nine-year-old

Deividas Skebas, 22, was arrested after police released CCTV images of a man they wished to trace

Liverpool Echo · Aug 1, 2022

Mike Lupica: Bill Russell was everything we could ever want an athlete to be

We will all talk today about the winning Bill Russell did in basketball, because he is the greatest winner team sports in America has ever produced. We will talk, and rightly so, righteously so, about back-to-back NCAA championships the tall, skinny kid from McClymonds High in Oakland won at the…

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

As a racial justice activist, NBA great Bill Russell was a legend off the court

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell was a civil rights trailblazer, before, during and after his basketball career. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 for his activism efforts.

WEKU · Aug 1, 2022