Rich Baird, a friend and close adviser to Snyder, was charged with extortion, perjury and obstruction of justice. Jarrod Agen, who was communications director before going to work for Vice President Mike Pence, was charged with perjury. He subsequently left government for a job with a defense contractor. … [Read more...] about Moment ex-Michigan health director realizes he faces 135 years in jail after being hit with nine counts of manslaughter over Flint water crisis – former Gov. Rick Snyder could also be jailed for willful neglect
Judge judy most savage moments
MPs blast ministers for taking DAYS to ban travellers from Portugal and swathes of South America after learning about new Brazilian Covid strain – as passengers from Sao Paulo reveal they ‘just walked through Heathrow unchecked’
'The changes to the spike mean that they could make it more difficult for antibodies to bind to. If there is an effect, and it's a big if, I would assume it would reduce their [vaccines] efficacy not abolish it, it wouldn't render it useless but it might not be effective.' … [Read more...] about MPs blast ministers for taking DAYS to ban travellers from Portugal and swathes of South America after learning about new Brazilian Covid strain – as passengers from Sao Paulo reveal they ‘just walked through Heathrow unchecked’
Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan review – brilliantly strange
From the start, Luckenbooth gives the feel of a legend or fairy story. It’s 1910, on an unnamed island in the North Sea. Jessie Macrae and her father have had a falling out, and now he’s dead; or, given that he’s the Devil, he may still be alive. Jessie, who has been growing horns herself of late, launches into the surf in the coffin he forced her to sleep in – perhaps as a stark reminder of her mortality, perhaps as a harbinger of it – and begins to row. Three days later she lands on the Edinburgh shore, where she finds herself at 10, Luckenbooth Close, a tenement building on nine floors, “with catacombs below”. There she’ll meet Mr Udnam – gangster, property speculator and, surprisingly, minister of culture – and his wife; and become the surrogate mother of their child. She is pregnant within hours, or perhaps minutes, as you might be in a folk tale. The spiritual disaster thus ignited – the torn seam between the … [Read more...] about Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan review – brilliantly strange
‘Yes Stace!’: Stacey Solomon’s BFF Mrs Hinch proves there’s no competition as she applauds her for reaching 4million Instagram followers first
'Joe said lets go to the woods for a walk, and he kept saying and all of a sudden he got really frantic, he said ''it's getting dark we have to go for a walk'' so I start shouting ''boys we have to go for a walk!'' … [Read more...] about ‘Yes Stace!’: Stacey Solomon’s BFF Mrs Hinch proves there’s no competition as she applauds her for reaching 4million Instagram followers first
Sunburnt Simon Cowell, 61, displays the effects of a MONTH on holiday in Barbados as he enjoys a day on his yacht with swimsuit-clad girlfriend Lauren Silverman, 43, and son Eric, 6
The singer told The Sun: 'Simon has worked hard at his recovery and told me he’s walking 10,000 steps a day that’s around five miles – way more than he was before the accident. He’s got one of those watches that measures every step.' … [Read more...] about Sunburnt Simon Cowell, 61, displays the effects of a MONTH on holiday in Barbados as he enjoys a day on his yacht with swimsuit-clad girlfriend Lauren Silverman, 43, and son Eric, 6