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Thatcher, Farage and toe-sucking: Adam Curtis on how Britain came to the brink of civil war

Chaos, distrust and so many sex scandals … Ahead of his epic new series Shifty, the great documentarian charts the UK’s slide towards Whitehall’s worst nightmare

The Guardian - UK

Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend without plugging a $770 million hole in the transportation budget

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris Mural in Atlanta Quickly Painted Over After Election Loss as Artist Says 'On to the Next'

The Georgia artist responsible for a large mural featuring Kamala Harris has responded to a viral video of its removal, encouraging everyone to move "on to the next."

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Our leaders seem determined to give war a chance. Their thirst for conflict endangers us all

We seek peace in Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan, the DRC and elsewhere, but we’re ignored. History will damn the warmongers, says Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the Labour party

The Guardian - UK

Video of 73-year-old boarded up inside his suburban Chicago apartment sparks investigation

In a viral video, Rudolph Williams was in his unit in a dilapidated apartment building when the windows and doors were boarded up.

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Cycling’s calendar needs reform, but will copying Formula One provide change?

ONE Cycling and Richard Plugge want to revolutionise the sport, but their path to change hinges on many willing players

Cycling Weekly

Video of 73-year-old boarded up inside his apartment sparks investigation

The viral video of a 73-year-old man who got boarded up inside his low-income apartment is sparking an investigation

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Music, history and courageous journalism: Baillie Gifford prize shortlist announced

Judges praise the final six ‘exquisite and ambitious’ works in contention for the £50,000 award for nonfiction

The Guardian - UK

Slavery, revolution and war: Baillie Gifford prize longlist highlights history

Tania Branigan’s Red Memory and Jeremy Eichler’s Time’s Echo are among the titles in the running for the £50,000 award

The Guardian - UK

Without a Diversion Agreement, Hunter Biden Could Go to Prison Under an Arbitrary Gun Law His Dad Supports

Special Counsel David Weiss will face a Second Amendment challenge if he prosecutes the president's son for illegally buying a firearm.

Reason

Hunter Biden lawyer asks to withdraw from case after special counsel named to investigate president’s son

Also on Tuesday, the special counsel argued that the diversion agreement was not ‘binding’

The Independent UK

How Hunter Biden's Plea Deal Fell Apart

A federal judge objected to two aspects of the agreement that seemed designed to shield Biden from the possibility that his father will lose reelection next year.

Reason

Biden's son Hunter heads to a Delaware court where he's expected to plead guilty to tax crimes

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is expected to appear before a federal judge in Delaware to plead guilty to two tax crimes and admit possessing a gun as a drug user

The Independent UK

Joe Biden's son Hunter reaches plea deal on gun, tax charges

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden's son Hunter has reached a plea deal on minor tax and gun charges, concluding a five-year probe that involved persistent Republican allegations that major crimes were being covered up.

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Hunter Biden charged with failing to pay tax, gun crime

US President Joe Biden's son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely avoids time behind bars in a tax and gun case

Hunter Biden, 52, will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement made public Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Joe Biden's son Hunter CHARGED with gun possession 'as a drug user' and tax offences

Hunter Biden has reached an agreement with the Justice Department which will see him plead guilty to misdemeanour tax offences as well as reaching an agreement on the felony charge of 'illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user'

The Guardian - UK

Revolutionary Spring by Christopher Clark review – the revolts that reshaped Europe

This magnificent reappraisal of the 1848 revolutions illuminates their impact on the fraught relationship between liberals and radicals

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The Guardian - UK

Ancient rivalries, social panic, revolution … the 19th century is back

Russia has returned to its pre-20th century role, tension between Greece and Turkey is heightened and the revolutions of 1848 feel less distant

Tribune News Service

Fix to stop leak at Xcel's nuclear plant Minnesota did not work, prompting shutdown

MINNEAPOLIS — Xcel Energy started shutting down its Monticello nuclear power plant Friday after the company's repair of a leaking pipe did not fully do the job — causing more radioactive water to seep into the ground.

Tribune News Service

Xcel is cleaning up radioactive water spill at Minnesota plant

MINNEAPOLIS — A broken pipe at Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant leaked about 400,000 gallons of water containing radioactive tritium, and the utility is working to clean up the contaminated plume, state regulators said Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

FBI’s secret political support for ex-Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg could be an issue in brother’s upcoming corruption trial

An undercover agent posing as a strip club manager lent $143,300 to a committee that backed Kellogg in his 2007 reelection for mayor — part of an investigation that never resulted in charges against the politician.

Chicago Sun-Times

Security detail for Harvey mayor opens fire while responding to possible robbery on North Side.

It was unknown whether anyone was struck by gunfire.

The Guardian - UK

Don’t compare Ukraine invasion to first world war, says ‘Sleepwalkers’ historian

Christopher Clark, author of influential book widely read in Germany, says the 1914 analogy is flawed

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Jump in death toll on Queensland roads prompts calls for rethink on government's approach to safety

A leading road safety researcher is calling on the Queensland government to rethink its approach to road safety amid a climbing number of fatalities on the state's roads, including one that took the life of Australian sporting great Andrew Symonds.

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