The Guardian • 3rd March 2022 Man charged with hate crimes after seven Asian American women assaulted in New York A 28-year-old man has been charged with hate crimes in New York City in connection with a spree of attacks against seven Asian American women.
The Guardian • 3rd March 2022 Melinda French Gates says she is ‘friendly’ but not friends with Bill Gates Melinda French Gates has addressed her divorce from Bill Gates publicly, saying that although she and the Microsoft co-founder are “friendly at this point”, she is not ready to label her relationship with Gates as “friends”.
The Guardian • 2nd March 2022 Marilyn Manson files defamation suit against sexual abuse accuser Evan Rachel Wood Marilyn Manson has filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood for defamation over the actor’s sexual abuse allegations against him.
The Guardian • 2nd March 2022 New York police search for suspect who assaulted seven Asian women The New York police department has released video footage of a suspect who is believed to have assaulted seven Asian women in Manhattan in the span of two hours on Sunday night.
The Guardian • 1st March 2022 Teen who tracked Elon Musk’s jet turns his attention to Russian oligarchs The teenager known for tracking Elon Musk’s jet has started to monitor the flight paths of Russian oligarchs as their movements come under increasing scrutiny following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Guardian • 1st March 2022 Lawsuit aims to stop Texas investigating parents seeking care for trans children America’s largest civil rights non-profit has filed a lawsuit asking a Texas state court to block officials from investigating parents who seek medically necessary gender-affirming care for their children.
The Guardian • 1st March 2022 Asian woman, 62, attacked with rock in New York dies after 10 weeks in coma An Asian woman who was attacked in New York by a man with a rock has died after spending approximately 10 weeks in a coma, her family said on Monday.
The Guardian • 28th February 2022 Pfizer vaccine significantly less effective in children ages five to 11, study shows The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is less effective in children aged five to 11 than in adolescents and adults, according to new data from New York state health officials.
The Guardian • 28th February 2022 The city that never sleeps: complaints of New Yorkers’ noisy sex are rising A wave of “sex mayhem” has apparently been sweeping New York City, prompting residents to lodge an increasing number of noise complaints to a government helpline.
The Guardian • 26th February 2022 Body of boy, four, found in Las Vegas freezer after sister slips note to teacher On Tuesday, a seven-year-old girl arrived at her Las Vegas elementary school with a stash of sticky notes in her hand, which she gave to her teacher. The notes, from her mother, were a cry for help.
The Guardian • 25th February 2022 CDC relaxing mask guidelines for more than 70% of US population Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new US guidelines released on Friday.
The Guardian • 23rd February 2022 Ivanka Trump in talks to cooperate with January 6 panel, reports say Ivanka Trump is in talks with the January 6 House select committee about potentially cooperating with the panel, according to multiple US media reports.
The Guardian • 23rd February 2022 Web designer’s US supreme court case could trample LGBTQ+ rights, advocates say A decision by the US supreme court to hear an appeal by a Colorado web designer who refuses to serve same-sex couples has sparked outrage among LGBTQ+ advocacy groups who fear a major setback for anti-discriminatory laws across the country.
The Guardian • 23rd February 2022 Women sue Oklahoma hospital after learning they were switched at birth in 1964 Two women are suing an Oklahoma hospital after a DNA test revealed that they were switched at birth nearly 60 years ago.
The Guardian • 23rd February 2022 Biden interviews three Black women as potential supreme court picks – reports Joe Biden has interviewed at least three potential supreme court nominees and is expected to reveal his decision by the end of this month, according to multiple sources close to the president.
The Guardian • 22nd February 2022 Utah student displaces 22 in dorm after attempt to create rocket fuel on stove After a student’s failed attempt at creating rocket fuel in a dorm room displaced 22 people, police at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah reminded students to “keep your experiments in the lab”.
The Guardian • 22nd February 2022 Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers found guilty of federal hate crimes The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were found guilty of federal hate crimes on Tuesday, for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.
The Guardian • 21st February 2022 Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers driven by ‘pent-up racial anger’, prosecutor says Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery on a residential street acted out of “pent-up racial anger” and should be convicted of hate crimes, a federal prosecutor told a jury on Monday.
The Guardian • 21st February 2022 ‘Hank the tank’: California officials seek to trap 500lb bear behind break-ins Authorities in South Lake Tahoe in California have launched a special trapping effort to trap a 500-pound black bear known as “Hank the Tank”.
The Guardian • 19th February 2022 California family made numerous calls for help on fatal hike, phone data shows Authorities have released new phone data, including unsent text messages pleading for help, in the case of the young California family killed by extreme heat during a hike in a remote area of the Sierra Nevada mountains in August.
