Dauwalter does not have a coach, a strict training plan or a Strava account, but the 38-year-old is widely considered ultrarunning's greatest of all timeIn 2023, Dauwalter became the first person, male or female, to win the Triple Crown, the three most iconic 100-mile races in the world, in a single season.Ultrarunning, with races ranging from 50km to 250 miles, is defined by type-A personalities: meticulous, rigid, detail-oriented, even obsessed. Courtney Dauwalter, 38, is the exception to the rule. Continue reading...
Ryan Murphy's American Sports Story drama looks at the troubling tale of an NFL player who became a killer and the many issues that surfacedBelle Glade, Florida, 2013. Erotic dancers writhe in the dim red light of nightclub. Aaron Hernandez thinks he spots cops at the bar and exits. As they drive away, a friend reminds him: I know all your secrets." In a remote, rainy place, Hernandez pulls out a gun, shoots the friend and leaves him for dead.Later, at an awards ceremony, Hernandez receives a call. You should have made sure I was dead," says the voice on the line. I'm alive. I'm alive and I'm coming for your ass." Continue reading...
The far right demands a pure Irishness'. But our island story has long been interwoven with other ethnicities and diasporasWhen lecturing on Irish immigration history, I usually start by asking: in which decade was the first footage of people of colour in Ireland filmed? Some students guess the 1960s. Others reach back to the 30s when the singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson performed in Dublin. The answer? The first filmed footage depicting an African diaspora gathering in Ireland is older than the independent Irish state.The film, a silent black-and-white British Pathe reel, shows members of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, an early jazz band, at Dublin port in October 1921. The men and women were survivors of a shipwreck. After their safe arrival on another vessel, the band performed for Dublin audiences. In the same month that Dubliners enjoyed the orchestra's music, Irish republican leaders negotiated national independence with the British government. The footage provides a visual metaphor: Ireland's history of diversity predates the state itself.Maurice J Casey is an Irish historian based in Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten RadicalsDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Williams long maintained his innocence and the killing was opposed by victim's family, jurors and office that tried himMissouri executed a man on death row on Tuesday, despite objections from prosecutors who sought to have his conviction overturned and have supported his claims of innocence.Marcellus Khaliifah" Williams, 55, was killed by lethal injection, ending a legal battle that has sparked widespread outrage as the office that originally tried the case suggested he was wrongfully convicted. Continue reading...
Ryan Routh, 58, accused of plotting to kill Republican presidential nominee in West Palm Beach last weekA man accused of lurking outside Donald Trump's south Florida golf course on 15 September with a gun - and allegedly writing about his desire to kill him - was charged on Tuesday with attempting to kill the Republican presidential candidate.Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was indicted on five counts in south Florida federal court: attempted assassination of a major political candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. He was first charged with federal firearms crimes after his arrest. Continue reading...
Judge Tanya Chutkan grants Jack Smith's request to file 180-page motion on presidential immunity in federal caseSpecial counsel Jack Smith can file an oversized, 180-page motion on presidential immunity in Donald Trump's Washington DC federal court election interference case, a judge ruled Tuesday.Judge Tanya S Chutkan's decision stems from prosecutors' 21 September request to exceed the typical 45-page limit for opening motions and oppositions. Smith's motion must be filed by Thursday and will include both legal arguments and evidence and could provide additional insight into Trump's efforts to throw out election results, though it is unclear when the public might be able to see the material given that it will initially be filed under seal. Continue reading...
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Government claims firm stifles competition by threatening merchants with high fees and pays off potential rivalsThe US Department of Justice has sued Visa, accusing one of the world's largest payment networks of antitrust violations that affect the price of nearly everything".The financial giant has suppressed competition by threatening merchants with high fees and paying off potential rivals, according to the complaint, filed in US district court for the southern district of New York. Continue reading...
Ex-Alameda CEO and ex-girlfriend of fallen crypto mogul pleaded guilty, but prosecutors requested lenient sentenceCaroline Ellison, the former crypto executive and romantic partner of the disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. Ellison was a central figure in the FTX bankruptcy saga and key witness for the prosecution in the $8bn fraud trial that ended with Bankman-Fried's conviction.Ellison served as the chief executive of Alameda Research, which was the trading arm of the now defunct FTX crypto exchange. The collapse of FTX, once valued at $32bn, was directly linked to revelations that it was attempting to financially prop up Alameda with fraudulent accounting. Subsequent investigations and criminal charges found that FTX and the hedge fund had used billions in customer funds for risky trades and lavish personal spending. Continue reading...
Republican nominee spews falsehoods about undocumented immigrants to Savannah crowd's delightAt an event intended to tout economic policies that would usher in what his campaign calls a new age of American industrialism", Donald Trump spent as much time discussing personal grievances and blaming immigrants for everything from fentanyl overdoses to crime and taking Americans' jobs as he did discussing the economy.This is a speech on economic development but this is a big part of economic development," the former president said of immigration at a speech in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Haitian Bridge Alliance files criminal charges after local prosecutors take no action in response to racist remarksThe Haitian Bridge Alliance, a non-profit organization that provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal and social services", filed criminal charges against Donald Trump and JD Vance over their inflammatory, racist remarks about Haitian immigrants. The rhetoric has led to threats of violence in Springfield, Ohio, including more than 30 bomb threats, forced evacuations of schools and government buildings and violence against Haitians in the city.The filing comes after both the Republican presidential candidate and his running mate made false statements about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, alleging that they were stealing and eating their neighbors' pets. The charges include disrupting public services, making false alarms, two counts of telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing, and complicity. Ohio law allows the public to file criminal charges in the same way a prosecutor would. In this case, the Haitian Bridge Alliance is asking the Clark county municipal court to affirm that there is probable cause that Trump and Vance committed the crimes, and to issue arrest warrants for them both. Continue reading...
Democratic nominee focuses campaign on reproductive freedom' and says 60-vote threshold should be abolishedKamala Harris has called for an end to the Senate filibuster to make good on her pledge to restore the right to abortion through legislation.The US vice-president, herself a former senator, told a radio station in Wisconsin that eliminating the filibuster - which sets a 60-vote threshold in the 100-seat upper chamber of the US Congress - would be necessary to codify the rights that were enshrined in Roe v Wade, the 1973 supreme court ruling that upheld the right to legal abortion throughout the US until it was overturned by a ruling two years ago. Continue reading...
More than 7,000 workers to hold strike vote this week amid accusations of staff shortages and expensive healthcareMore than 7,000 workers at CVS stores across California are holding a strike vote this week after accusing the US's largest pharmacy chain of shortchanging staff and failing to provide affordable healthcare.CVS and its union remain far apart in negotiations on a new contract. Their current union contract expired on 30 June 2024. Continue reading...
Dangers to the Middle East continue to grow with strikes on Lebanon. De-escalation through escalation is not a strategy, just wishful thinkingFor almost a year now, the danger of a wider regional conflagration has shadowed the spiralling death toll in Gaza. The escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, which was feared from the beginning, has happened, month by month. Israel's military says that it is not lookingfor wars". This is not yet the all-out ground conflict that many have anticipated. But with more than 550 already dead in Israel's strikes on alleged Hezbollah targets in Lebanon - including 50 children and 94women, according to health authorities - what is this ifnot a war?Opening the UN general assembly in New York, the secretary general, Antonio Guterres, rightly warned that the world cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza". Even if Israel intended this week's assault as a substitute for, rather than precursor to, a ground invasion, it cannot predict the consequences. Continue reading...
The volume of inappropriate emergency presentations via ambulance invites puzzlement that people could be so seemingly frivolous with a precious assetYour ankle has hurt for months, what brought you in today?"It's quiet on Sundays." Continue reading...
The Republican party has more than its share of mean and misguided representatives. But Robinson, the man running for governor of North Carolina, has a good claim to have outdone them allDo you have: a) unconventional scientific opinions; b) an inability to keep your thoughts and genitals to yourself; c) a soft spot for slavery; and d) a US passport?If you answered yes" to most of the above, then congratulations, you've got what it takes to be a Republican politician. As you may have noticed, the main qualification for serving as a Republican lawmaker appears to be bizarre and unexpected behaviour. You couldn't invent some of these people. Continue reading...
Country musician to be honored in statuary hall collection alongside memorial of civil rights leader Daisy BatesA bronze statue of the country musician Johnny Cash was set to be unveiled on Tuesday at the US Capitol as one of two representations there for the state of Arkansas.The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, and the chamber's minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, were to join the state's congressional delegation, the governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and members of the late, Grammy-winning singer's family for the unveiling. Continue reading...
Entourage" is too wan a word for this motley crew of enforcers, concealers, NDA experts and crisis PRsI'm afraid I shrieked when I read that Michael Cole - longterm publicist for the late former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed - cannot come to the phone these days. If you covered a certain phase of British public life, you would know that Michael Cole could always come to the phone. Coming to the phone was what Michael Cole did, always to emit some hugely pompous shitblast in defence of his master, who is now the subject of multiple rape and sexual assault allegations. Alas, Michael is currently so shocked that no emission has been forthcoming. Instead, his wife was deployed to inform the press that Michael is not giving any interviews or talking at the moment". However, she did claim he found the women's allegations terribly distressing" and that of course" he had been unaware of all of it.From spokesman to sending out your spokeswife ... I would say life comes at you fast, but of course it doesn't. Fayed ran his entire race without his years of alleged sexual crimes catching up with him, and though he is not entombed in a pyramid on the roof of Harrods, as he wished, he certainly got away with it all. When he died, Cole rushed out to inform Radio 4's Today programme that his former boss was fascinating ... larger than life ... full of great humanity". Yeah - not the third one.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnistInformation and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.htmlA year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde and Pippa Crerar
One person voted before issue reported and system for overseas and military voters corrected mistakeKamala Harris's name initially didn't appear as a candidate for president on Montana's online absentee voting system for residents who are overseas or serving in the military, the secretary of state's office there said on Monday.The system went live on Friday morning. One person had voted when another voter reported the name of Harris, the Democratic vice-president, was not displayed on the electronic system, officials said.Guardian staff contributed reporting Continue reading...
East Germany's social fabric is torn after decades of neglect. Without repairing it, we can never hope to truly fend off fascismSunday was election day in my state of Brandenburg. The morning was sunny, unseasonably warm, yet already in autumnal gold. Normally I just cross the road to vote, but due to a lack of poll clerk volunteers, I had to drive 8km to one of the next villages. Following Google Maps, I ended up on a road so rocky that only tractors might brave it. The thin layer of recent asphalt had cracked over the GDR gravel. At the bottom of the potholes lay the Prussian cobble stones.I was greeted by three poll clerks: a middle-aged woman, a grey-haired bulky man and an adolescent with a decidedly military haircut. Grabbing my voting slip, I couldn't help being moved for a moment by the beauty of democracy. Here I was, about to make a cross they would probably deem degenerate or totalitarian, knowing full well that I deemed theirs fascist. Statistically, two of them would vote for the far-right AfD. Our parish has again come out with more than 50% for the far right, as it did back in May for the European elections. And yet, neither I or anyone else in the polling station ended up with a black eye. The clerks didn't even hiss we know where you live".Eva von Redecker is a German philosopher and nonfiction writerDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Company may be ordered to recognize union amid allegations employees were threatened during electionMobilizing workers at a Trader Joe's store on New York's Lower East Side marginally lost a union election last year. They may ultimately get their union after all.The general counsel of the US's top labor watchdog is seeking an order demanding that Trader Joe's recognize and bargain with the union, Trader Joe's United, amid allegations that employees were threatened and disparaged from unionizing. Continue reading...
The truth is plainer than ever: the Israeli leader needs forever wars to keep himself in power. Innocent lives just don't matterBenjamin Netanyahu must be stopped. The horror unfolding in Lebanon is another crime, to add to all the others. Are Britain, the US, the UN and everyone else who supposedly cares about civilian lives, human rights and international law really going to look away while Israel's out-of-control prime minister does it again? That shocking prospect beggars belief.Again" in this context means Netanyahu turning southern Lebanon, maybe the whole country, into a sort of second Gaza. More than 41,000 Gazan Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died since the 7 October Hamas atrocities. Nearly 500 people were killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon on Monday, including many children. Tens of thousands fled their homes. How many more innocents is this man going to kill before he's out of office?Simon Tisdall is the Observer's foreign affairs commentatorDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Prosecutors raise concerns about lack of evidence as family of victim supports saving Williams from the death penaltyMissouri is slated to execute a man on death row on Tuesday, despite objections from prosecutors who have suggested he was wrongfully convicted.Marcellus Khaliifah" Williams, 55, is due to be killed by lethal injection even after the office of the St Louis county prosecuting attorney, which originally convicted him, sought to have his case overturned. Prosecutors have raised concerns about the lack of DNA evidence linking Williams to the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle and have said that Williams did not get a fair trial. Continue reading...
GOP state lawmakers are already targeting trans people with discriminatory policies. A second-term Trump is likely to use the US government to launch a catastrophic' rollback of LGBTQ+ rightsOne morning in February, 16-year-old Levi Hormuth took off school, his parents called out of work, and the three began a five and a half hour drive.The purpose of the 350-mile trip from their home in St Charles county, Missouri, to Chicago, Illinois, was a routine doctor's appointment. Continue reading...
Republicans' worst fear is voters turning up in droves to support abortion rights in ballot referendums in swing statesIf you're tired of breathlessly following the horserace polling of the presidential and congressional races, you might consider instead breathlessly following the horserace polling of ballot initiatives to protect reproductive rights. In a sense, they're more revealing.Pending some outstanding court challenges from Republicans - whose dogged commitment to leaving this issue to the states" curiously disappears when they realize they're going to lose - up to 10 states will have abortion referendums on the ballot this year. And it happens that they'll share that ballot with competitive Senate races in states like Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Florida and Maryland. Continue reading...
Swedish driver made a name for herself in Europe but now she aims of winning championships in the United StatesWhen drag racer Ida Zetterstrom discusses her craft, she describes her racing decisions as a series of thoughtful if/then statements. This is misleading. The time in which she can alter her actions is best measured in tenths of seconds. There's no time for thinking - it's all muscle memory perfected over decades in the cockpit. A slight miscalculation can leave her car spinning without traction at the starting line, or worse.When it comes to the actual run, I should be 100% wide open [on the gas]," she says. I should never have to [re-adjust] the throttle or anything like that because, if you do that - first of all, the run is not going to be good. You will never, ever have a good run. Plus, the risk of blowing the engine up is super, super high." Continue reading...
Donald Trump told supporters at a rally in Pennsylvania that their state was critical to his ability to win back the White House and encouraged them to turn out to vote, though he also called early voting 'stupid stuff'. He said: 'If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing. It's very simple.' Pennsylvania swung for Joe Biden in 2020 and polls show Kamala Harris holds a slight lead there in this year's race
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This blog has now closed. You can read our latest story hereKamala Harris has seen a surge in favorability among voters and is increasingly viewed as the candidate most likely to bring change, a NBC News poll released on Sunday found.Among registered voters nationwide, the vice-president is ahead by five percentage points, with 49% support against Donald Trump's 44%. She is also seen as the candidate more likely to bring change", a potentially significant finding given that other surveys have found many Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. Among respondents, 47% say Harris represents change, while 38% say the same of Trump. Continue reading...
Ex-president gives meandering address in swing state and paints dark vision of America under Democratic ruleDonald Trump returned to Pennsylvania, telling his rally attendees that their state was critical to his ability to win back the White House and encouraging them to turn out to vote, though he also called early voting stupid stuff".If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing," Trump said, soon after taking the stage more than 45 minutes later than scheduled. It's very simple." Continue reading...
Cornelius Smith said he and Justin Johnson shot Young Dolph after brother of rival rapper Yo Gotti put a hit on himA Memphis man testified on Monday that he and a second person shot and killed rapper Young Dolph after Big Jook, the brother of rapper Yo Gotti, put a hit on him.Cornelius Smith identified himself and Justin Johnson as the two people seen on a 17 November 2021, surveillance video exiting a white Mercedes outside a Memphis, Tennessee, cookie store about 30 seconds after Young Dolph entered the store and then opening fire in broad daylight. Continue reading...
Murder dropped by more than 11% in largest single-year decline in decades while rape and other crimes also fellMurder dropped by more than 11% from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline in two decades, according to FBI data released on Monday.Meanwhile, the broader category of violent crime nationwide decreased about 3%, said the data, which is audited and confirms earlier reporting from unaudited statistics. Continue reading...
State senator Mike McDonnell refuses to back plan that would give Trump possible edge in event of a tied electionA Republican attempt to change the electoral system in Nebraska to give Donald Trump a possible advantage in the event of a tied presidential election has been rebuffed after a state legislator refused to back the plan.Mike McDonnell, a former Democrat who crossed to the Republican party this year, said he would not vote to change the midwestern state's distribution of electors to the same winner-takes-all process that operates in most of the US. Continue reading...
Prospects of ex-president's victory could be higher as some Harris supporters unnerved by small lead in swing statesDemocrats are increasingly worried that pollsters are undercounting Donald Trump's voter support, rating his prospects of winning November's presidential election as much higher than headline opinion polling figures suggest.While most national surveys show consistent, though moderate, leads for Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, some supporters are unnerved by the small margin of her advantage in three northern battlegrounds - Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin - which are deemed must-wins in her quest for the White House. Continue reading...
More than 200 people in three lawsuits detail abuse for decades by officers, nurses, kitchen staff and chaplainsMore than 200 men and women were sexually abused as children while in custody at juvenile detention centers in Illinois, according to lawsuits filed on Monday, the latest in a string of complaints alleging decades of systemic child sex abuse.Three lawsuits filed on Monday detail abuse from 1996 to 2021, including rape, forced oral sex and beatings by corrections officers, nurses, kitchen staff, chaplains and others. Continue reading...
Ahmad Alissa, who killed 10 people in Boulder in 2021 and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, faces life in prisonA mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder and faces life in prison.Jurors reached their verdict on Monday in the trial of Ahmad Alissa. Continue reading...
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine could develop into a category 2 hurricane called HeleneThe south-east of the United States is on high alert as an evolving storm system could result in another hurricane just as the region recovers from the impact of Hurricane Francine.From Florida to Louisiana, the US Gulf coast is preparing for Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine and watching closely how it develops. Continue reading...
Michael Kuilan, 44, and Antonio Venti, 52, charged for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that killed Gentili, 52The second of two men charged with distributing the heroin and fentanyl that caused the death in February of the New York transgender activist Cecilia Gentili has pleaded guilty, authorities announced on Monday.Gentili, 52, died from fentanyl-laced heroin that authorities say she received from Michael Kuilan, 44, and Antonio Venti, 52, who in March were charged with distributing the narcotics. Continue reading...
A pyrrhic victory for social democrats in the latest state election offers scant consolation. The German far right continues to strengthenThe name of Germany's beleaguered chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was not on the ballot on Sunday, as his home state of Brandenburg went to the polls. But it might as well have been. Approval ratings for the coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and liberals that he leads have plunged to record lows. Earlier this month, a far-right party shockingly won a regional election for the first time since the second world war. Had Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) repeated that feat in Brandenburg - an eastern state that Mr Scholz's Social Democratic party (SPD) has controlled since reunification - the knives would have been out for a leader whose party fears a rout in federal elections next year.In the event, disaster was averted. By a narrow margin, the AfD finished second, not first, as the SPD benefited from tactical voting to keep it at bay. But the good news for the chancellor ends there. Even allowing for the particular political dynamics of eastern Germany, a dismal September for the coalition government risks holing it below the waterline. In elections in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia, the Greens struggled even to reach the 5% threshold necessary for parliamentary representation. The liberal Free Democratic party (FDP) was all but extinguished from the political map. In Brandenburg, the long-serving SPD state premier, Dietmar Woidke, retained office only after effectively disassociating himself from the national party and Mr Scholz. Continue reading...
Suleman, who made headlines for giving birth to the first surviving octuplets, announces granddaughter's birthNatalie (formerly Nadya) Suleman - the so-called Octomom" - has added yet another young addition to her already impressively large family. The mom of 14 announced Sunday on her Instagram that she is now a grandmother to a baby girl.Suleman, 49, accompanied the announcement with a photo of an infant's tiny foot behind a pink baby blanket. Continue reading...
Like any parent, I am easily victim to the emotional blackmail of a young child at a loose end. But maybe we should be easier on ourselves these school holidays
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