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«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

A lawsuit filed by the family of a man killed by a state trooper has been dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a white Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a Black man during a 2023 traffic stop. The judge has ruled that the trooper’s actions did not violate the law. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel granted Trooper Ryan Londregan’s motion to dismiss the case on Wednesday. The suit was filed against him in April by the family of Ricky Cobb II. Brasel found that Londregan did not act unreasonably when he fired his weapon at Cobb as the man’s... Читать дальше...

Evening Standard 

OPINION - Halloween right now is a fake feast — the old Irish version was far better than our Americanised nightmare

The trouble with Halloween isn’t just, as Rachel Johnson points out today, that it’s the occasion for large scale larceny by the young and conspicuous ghoul-related consumption by adults on an indecent scale; it’s also a loathsome revenant of its former self. I grew up with Halloween in its old form in Ireland and I can tell you right now that no one thought of spending money on imitation spider webbing, let alone zombie exclusion placards and no one resorted to pumpkins of any description — this was the turnip era. Читать дальше...

Sports.inquirer.net 

PVL: Petro Gazz-Choco Mucho clash headlines All-Filipino opening day

MANILA, Philippines — Choco Mucho and Petro Gazz headline the opening day of the longest and biggest PVL All-Filipino Conference on November 9 at Philsports Arena. The league on Thursday midnight released the first-round schedule from November 9 to February 22 of the six-month tournament with the last two challengers of four consecutive All-Filipino Champion

GoldDerby.com 

Angelina Jolie to receive the Performer Tribute at the Gotham Awards for ‘Maria’

Angelina Jolie may have missed out on a competitive Gotham Award nomination this year for her acclaimed performance in “Maria,” but the Oscar-winning actress will still participate in the upcoming ceremony. On Thursday, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced Jolie will receive the Performer Tribute for her performance as Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain’s […]