MYSTERIOUS: 36 - What They Never Told You

Forecasters say we can expect a warm, wet winter. You can thank El Nino.

The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Federal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change

The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Israel-Hamas war tests Western unity as Global South slams 'double standards'

International responses to the October 7 Hamas attack were broadly split between the Global North and South over condemnations of the killings of just Israeli civilians in the terror attack or all civilians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But as the Gaza humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, divisions are increasing within…

France 24 · Oct 19, 2023

Guide to the classics: Ruth Park’s Harp in the South is a story about Aboriginal Country

Ruth Park’s novel The Harp in the South (1948) is a classic of Australian fiction. Just as television viewers in recent decades would recognise “Ramsay Street” as the fictional centre of Australia’s longest-running television soap opera Neighbours, earlier generations of readers would have recognised with affection “Twelve-and-a-half Plymouth Street”: the…

The Conversation · Oct 11, 2023

South Carolina redistricting case could add Democratic House seats

At issue is the way the Republican-dominated state legislature equalized the population of its congressional districts.

WEKU · Oct 11, 2023

Netanyahu: Israel At War As Hamas Launches Deadly Attack

Israel declares war as Hamas launches massive missile attack and infiltrates communities

Zenger · Oct 7, 2023

South and West Siders plead for law to end pollution ‘sacrifice zones’

City Council members hear from public before a major environmental impact ordinance is introduced this year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2023

Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term

In one form or another, all those questions are back on the table this term — mainly to take a second look at appeals from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas and parts the South.

WEKU · Oct 2, 2023

How to survive your heartbreak years

Salon talks to author Minda Honey about her new Aughts-in-LA memoir about looking for love and finding herself

Salon · Oct 1, 2023

Poll spells trouble for Rishi Sunak as voters who ‘lent’ votes look to take them back

Party loses 40% of 2019 voters in south and Midlands according to exclusive Opinium poll for the Observer

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023