Sins of our Mother review this true-crime series gets more shocking with every episode

 Posted on June 25, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  832 words  |  Valentine Belue

TV reviewTelevisionReviewMurder, religious fanaticism and a belief in the apocalypse combine in this impossibly twisty Netflix series about a ‘Doomsday mom’ – and the investigation into deaths in her family Sins of Our Mother is about as Netflix True Crime as it gets. It is bombastic, tells a grimly fascinating, awful story, is expertly structured and full of twists and turns, and leaves that slightly grubby feeling of getting sucked into other people’s suffering for the purposes of entertainment. [Read More]

Treasury should use price controls in cost of living crisis, say Fabians | Economic policy

 Posted on June 25, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  737 words  |  Kary Bruening

Economic policy This article is more than 2 months oldTreasury should use price controls in cost of living crisis, say FabiansThis article is more than 2 months oldThinktank says government and Bank of England need to take more joined-up approach to solving economic problems The Treasury should use price controls and cuts in VAT during the cost of living crisis to prevent the Bank of England from driving the economy into recession through over-aggressive use of interest rates, a thinktank has said. [Read More]

From the archive, May 27, 1972: Nixon and Brezhnev sign historic arms treaty | US news

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  571 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

From the Guardian archiveUS newsFrom the archive, May 27, 1972: Nixon and Brezhnev sign historic arms treatyUS-Soviet pact will reduce nuclear missiles held by both superpowersAn historic agreement setting limits to the nuclear arsenals of the two super-Powers was signed by Mr Nixon and Mr Brezhnev last night - the most vital of the US-Soviet pacts that have flowed from the American President's visit to Moscow. The pact on missiles is the first direct step taken by the two giants to slow down this side of the nuclear arms race after over a quarter of a century of confrontation in the cold war. [Read More]

I love electric vehicles and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped | Rowan Atkinso

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1377 words  |  Kary Bruening

OpinionMotoring This article is more than 7 months oldI love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel dupedThis article is more than 7 months oldRowan AtkinsonSadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV. There are sound environmental reasons not to jump just yet Electric motoring is, in theory, a subject about which I should know something. My first university degree was in electrical and electronic engineering, with a subsequent master’s in control systems. [Read More]

Indiana man survives six days in car wreck before being discovered | Indiana

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  482 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

IndianaIndiana man survives six days in car wreck before being discoveredTwo men stumbled across the wreck of Matthew Reum’s vehicle – and were surprised to find the injured driver inside Two fishers discovered an Indiana man – alive – inside the wreckage of his car after it crashed on 20 December, leaving the man stuck for six days. Indiana suspect arrested after leaving debit card at scene of killingRead moreOn Tuesday, Mario Garcia and his son-in-law Nivardo De La Torre had been looking for fishing holes when they discovered a vehicle in a shallow creek beneath an Interstate 94 bridge in Portage, Indiana, they said during a press conference on Tuesday evening. [Read More]

North Carolina state fair: five injured during 'Vortex' ride accident | US news

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  584 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

US news This article is more than 10 years oldNorth Carolina state fair: five injured during 'Vortex' ride accidentThis article is more than 10 years oldAuthorities investigating what caused contracted spinning ride to begin moving while passengers were disembarkingFive people were injured on a carnival ride known for its wild twirls and flips at the North Carolina state fair, and officials were trying to determine Friday exactly what caused the accident. [Read More]

Nurse main suspect in death of Afrobeats star MohBad, say Nigerian police | Nigeria

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  389 words  |  Kary Bruening

Nigeria This article is more than 3 months oldNurse main suspect in death of Afrobeats star MohBad, say Nigerian policeThis article is more than 3 months oldLagos police chief says unnamed nurse injected singer before his death last month A nurse has been identified as the “principal suspect” in the mysterious death of a Nigerian Afrobeats star, which triggered days of protests by thousands demanding justice. Investigations into the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as MohBad, in the commercial hub of Lagos have pointed to the nurse who treated the late singer before his death, the Lagos police chief, Idowu Owohunwa, told reporters on Friday. [Read More]

Ruzzki not welcome: the Russian exiles getting a hostile reception in Georgia | Georgia

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  19 minutes  |  3960 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Anti-Russian graffiti in Tbilisi, Georgia in September 2022. Photograph: uskarp/AlamyAfter the invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Russians fled to Tbilisi. But the graffiti that has sprung up across the city suggests not everyone is pleased to see them by Joshua KuceraDima Belysh stood in the empty park amphitheatre in his orange hoodie and dirty white sneakers. It was November in Tbilisi, Georgia, and he was in the middle of a 24-hour performance art piece dedicated to his hasty flight to the Georgian capital from his home in St Petersburg, Russia. [Read More]

This is what Candy Crush Saga does to your brain | Neuroscience

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  967 words  |  Kary Bruening

Notes & TheoriesNeuroscienceThis is what Candy Crush Saga does to your brainThe Candy Crush game app exploits some well known weaknesses in the human brain to keep us playing Last week, Candy Crush Saga, the mind-numbingly simple yet addictive game that involves matching coloured sweets, was estimated to be worth $7.1bn. While that amount dropped by 16% after the company’s Wall Street debut, it still left the gaming geniuses behind the free app worth billions. [Read More]

Welcome to the cult of Daljit | The Guardian

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1238 words  |  Aldo Pusey

David Letterman is a big fan and the US loves her. But Daljit Dhaliwal is an ITN newsreader. How does she do it? asks Matt Wells Daljit Dhaliwal is the only British newscaster to have her image in the opening titles of the programme she presents. We see Daljit at the computer, Daljit answering the phone and Daljit in the studio. Daljit, you understand, is serious about the news. Presumably, as with the great US news anchors whose names form part of the programme title, her holiday stand-ins are forced to open with the line, " [Read More]