#Australian rescue dogs shot dead over COVID-19 restrictions

#Australian rescue dogs shot dead over COVID-19 restrictions

“#Australian rescue dogs shot dead over COVID-19 restrictions” Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. Several dogs, who were slated to be rescued, were shot dead in rural Australia due to a local council’s interpretation of the country’s COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. The Bourke Shire Council in…

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#No more nation-building ever again

#No more nation-building ever again

“#No more nation-building ever again” President Biden’s shoddy withdrawal from Afghanistan has irrevocably sullied America’s reputation. Even opponents of continued occupation have been horrified at the indefensible manner in which this extraction was done.  But it’s also worth stepping back from the immediate Biden-orchestrated debacle to focus on the broader lessons we can glean from…

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#Hochul’s buy-in crucial to ginormous Penn Station-area plan

#Hochul’s buy-in crucial to ginormous Penn Station-area plan

“#Hochul’s buy-in crucial to ginormous Penn Station-area plan” Incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul must soon consider whether or how hard to push for the Empire Station Complex, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s hotly contested proposal to replace much of the low-rise Penn Station area with 10 new skyscrapers. Hochul has received a confidential memo from an advisory…

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#’Pass Over’ Broadway review: An enticing, uneven play

#’Pass Over’ Broadway review: An enticing, uneven play

“#’Pass Over’ Broadway review: An enticing, uneven play” The August Wilson Theatre is electric prior to “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s play that opened Sunday night on Broadway.  Such high spirits are unusual for a non-musical drama. But there’s a helluvalot more buzz here than you’d get ahead of your average production of “Waiting for…

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#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 23, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 23, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 23, 2021” The Issue: The deteriorating situation in Afghanistan as troops try to evacuate Americans and US allies. Because President Biden and his top military advisers lacked the foresight to see the obvious Taliban reaction to a quick American military withdrawal, the mission to rescue all Americans just got…

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#Alleged would-be arsonist thwarted by Queens pastor

#Alleged would-be arsonist thwarted by Queens pastor

“#Alleged would-be arsonist thwarted by Queens pastor” A man was caught on video allegedly trying to start a fire in the entryway of a Queens church Saturday before the pastor thwarted him, cops and diocese officials say. Surveillance footage released by the Diocese of Brooklyn shows the alleged would-be arsonist first toss what appears to…

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#Vladimir Putin refuses to allow Afghan refugees into Russia

#Vladimir Putin refuses to allow Afghan refugees into Russia

“#Vladimir Putin refuses to allow Afghan refugees into Russia” Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that his country won’t accept Afghan refugees because he doesn’t want to deal with “militants” masquerading as asylum-seekers. The Russian strongman slammed Western nations for placing Afghan refugees in countries even near his border while their US and European visas…

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