In our regular On This Week column, we look back through the pages of the Lynn News from February 4 – 10 1986… The Queen has become the latest victim of delays and hold-ups on the Lynn-London rail link. Other travellers were frustrated and embarrassed …
Seattle startup Convoy bet on ‘Uber-izing’ trucking. Instead, it flattened truckers
Like many of the small-time truckers who bet big on Convoy, the Seattle freight startup that failed last fall, Angadjot Sandhu didn’t realize the ride was over until it was too late. Sandhu, 37, started using Convoy in 2020 to find jobs for his one-rig…
Keke Palmer joins Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen in ‘Good Fortune’
Los Angeles [US], February 6 (ANI): American actor and singer Keke Palmer has joined the cast of Aziz Ansari’s comedy ‘Good Fortune,’ Variety reported. She will co-star with Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves in Ansari’s debut film, which he wrote and directe…
Mike Johnson is ‘mainstreaming’ a ‘fringe set of charismatic evangelical’ Christians: report
After the 2020 presidential election, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was among the far-right MAGA Republicans who tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in the White House despite the fact that he lost the election to now-President Joe Biden. Chris…
Mike Johnson is ‘mainstreaming’ a ‘fringe set of charismatic evangelical’ Christians: report
After the 2020 presidential election, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was among the far-right MAGA Republicans who tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in the White House despite the fact that he lost the election to now-President Joe Biden. Chris…
Mike Johnson is ‘mainstreaming’ a ‘fringe set of charismatic evangelical’ Christians: report
After the 2020 presidential election, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was among the far-right MAGA Republicans who tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in the White House despite the fact that he lost the election to now-President Joe Biden. Chris…
Stock Index Futures Tick Lower as Investors Await More Corporate Earnings and Fed Speak
March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24)are down -0.14%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are down -0.11% this morning as market participants geared up for a fresh batch of earnings reports while also awaiting remarks from Fed officials. In Mond…
Nottinghamshire County Council makes improvements to special educational needs services but admits it has ‘far more work to do’
Nottinghamshire County Council has said its services for children with special educational needs are improving — but admitted there is still more to be done. Last year the authority was criticised for its timeliness in completing assessments for childr…
What’s happening with the Gaza war ceasefire negotiations?
Israel’s brutal war on Gaza has long prompted calls for a ceasefire, but no end to the hostilities has yet been reached. The Israeli campaign, currently on its 122nd day, has killed almost 27,500 people and created a humanitarian disaster in the strip….
Gaza: Israel army behind inflammatory ’72 Virgins’ Telegram
The Israeli army has admitted it was running a Telegram channel which used inflammatory language and posted graphic content from Gaza, despite previous attempts to disassociate from it. An army investigation found that denials of any internal connectio…