Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza, Associated Press Updated 9:11 pm PDT, Sunday, September 30, 2018 In this Sept. 18, 2018 photo, Enrique Espinosa shows a magazine photo in which he and other demonstrators are being detained by armed soldiers during the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City. As Mexico marks 50 years since the killings of student protesters at Tlatelolco plaza, the massacre remains an open wound. less In this Sept. 18, 2018 photo, Enrique Espinosa shows a magazine photo in which he and other demonstrators are being detained by armed soldiers during the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City. As Mexico marks 50 ... more Photo: Marco Ugarte, AP In this Sept. 18, 2018 photo, Enrique Espinosa points to a himself in a photo from a magazine where he and other demonstrators are detained after being stripped to their underwear by armed soldiers during the Tlatelolco massacre 50 years ago in Mexico City. … [Read more...] about Mexican students massacred by army in 1968, by gangs today
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Today’s true-life plot lines make TV’s scripted courtroom shows look tame
Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times Published 10:12 p.m. UTC Aug 27, 2018 Perry Mason and Matlock were once America’s most recognizable “lawyers” thanks to the dramatic crimes and cases they brought into American living rooms each week. Today it’s hard to imagine any scripted series that’s able to compete with the courthouse drama and cast of characters that reality has handed us in the Trump era. Last night, loosely linked plot lines converged into one bad narrative for President Trump when his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax and bank fraud and campaign finance violations and said he’d paid out hush money to a Playboy bunny and a porn star in 2016 “at the direction of a candidate for federal office.” In another courtroom, former Trump campaign advisor Paul Manafort was found guilty of eight counts of tax and bank fraud after a trial in which America learned there was such a thing as a … [Read more...] about Today’s true-life plot lines make TV’s scripted courtroom shows look tame
One-man’s 50-year love affair with an ambulance called Wendy
Mark Bailey’s late wife used to say he was like Peter Pan because of his obsession with restoring a wrecked 1950s ambulance he rediscovered in a pub car park. So when he finished lovingly renovating the classic Morris vehicle in time for the 70th anniversary celebrations of the NHS this year, he decided to call her Wendy in honour of the charming character in the much-loved children’s tale by J M Barrie. By then, Iris had sadly passed away but Mark thinks she would have been immensely proud he managed to finish rekindling his romance with the vehicle he affectionately calls “the other woman” in his life. “She was always very proud of the fact I was an ambulance driver,” Mark reminisces. Read More Latest health headlines Now 80, he first spotted Wendy when he was serving as a young ambulance driver in Edmonton in 1960. But his love of ambulances went back much further. Born with a closed lung in 1938, he had spent winters in the war years being … [Read more...] about One-man’s 50-year love affair with an ambulance called Wendy
75 years ago, Zoot Suit Riots marked a dark period in Southern California history
By Beatriz E. Valenzuela | [email protected] | San Bernardino SunPUBLISHED: June 1, 2018 at 4:12 pm | UPDATED: June 2, 2018 at 1:59 pm The look is unmistakable: Crisp lines in voluminous trousers, polished shoes and exaggerated proportions. They are hallmarks of the zoot suit, which became connected to a youth subculture during the American jazz era. In Southern California, the flashy attire also is linked to rebellion and Mexican-American pachuco culture. And 75 years ago this weekend, on June 3, 1943, the zoot suit became forever tied to one of the darkest periods in the region’s history when U.S. military men took the streets of Los Angeles attacking young Mexican-American men, targeting those adorned in the attire. Experts and scholars say the causes of the ensuing violence, that came to be known as the Zoot Suit Riots, are complex and varied: a growing distrust of immigrants, rampant racism and a perceived lack of patriotism from outsiders, among them. But what is … [Read more...] about 75 years ago, Zoot Suit Riots marked a dark period in Southern California history
This California volcano erupted 103 years ago today
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Published 7:14 am, Tuesday, May 22, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 20', … [Read more...] about This California volcano erupted 103 years ago today