news for trend: February 2018

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Scared but Resilient, Stoneman Douglas Students Return to Class

By JACK HEALY from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2COZNHb

The Power of Religion

By DAVID LEONHARDT from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2t5Y9Bo

Sea freezes over in Isle of Wight harbour

Temperatures on the Isle of Wight dipped to -6C (21F) overnight.

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Maplin collapses as rescue talks fail

The 200-store electronics retailer is unable to secure a sale of the business, its boss says.

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Toyota to build next generation of Auris in UK

It comes after the Japanese carmaker agreed a £240m investment in its Derbyshire plant last year.

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Maison Margiela: Fall 2018

By Unknown Author from NYT Fashion & Style http://ift.tt/2Crqshw

Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Olympian?

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS from NYT Well http://ift.tt/2F7YnNr

Review: In ‘Werewolf,’ a Drug-Addicted Couple Struggle to Stay Clean

By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2F1j22u

Dick’s, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles

By JULIE CRESWELL from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2oGIinM

DealBook Briefing: How One Big Gun Seller Chose to End AR-15 Sales

By Unknown Author from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2oDsylb

Theresa May rejects EU's draft option for Northern Ireland

The prime minister attacks a proposed "common regulatory area" for the island of Ireland.

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Peter Wrighton murder: Ex-soldier found guilty

Alexander Palmer had a "desire to kill strangers - dog walkers seemed to be a particular bugbear".

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Meghan Markle joins royals at charitable forum

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle all spoke at the first annual Royal Foundation Forum.

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Row over 'racist' Max Mosley by-election leaflet

Max Mosley denies any knowledge of 1961 by-election leaflet warning about "coloured immigration".

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In pictures: Snow hits the UK

Cold weather and heavy snow continue, causing disruption but also picturesque scenes

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Homeless in the snow: 'I hope I wake up in the morning'

Bryan Gilchrist says he woke up on Wednesday morning covered in an inch of snow.

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

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Classes resume at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School 2 weeks after deadly massacre

02/28/18 7:35 AM

Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Olympian?

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS from NYT Well http://ift.tt/2F7YnNr

Once Again, Push for Gun Control Collides With Political Reality

By CARL HULSE from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2EVZ50Z

A Young Poet’s Inspiration

By ADEEL HASSAN from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2CNpDvx

A Coda to Black History Month

By ADEEL HASSAN from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2F8tusi

$850,000 Homes in Maine, North Carolina and Oregon

By JULIE LASKY from NYT Real Estate http://ift.tt/2oveefA

Listen to ‘The Daily’: Guns and the Midterm Elections

By MICHAEL BARBARO from NYT Podcasts http://ift.tt/2oteAmP

Corporate America Is Suppressing Wages for Many Workers

By ALAN B. KRUEGER and ERIC POSNER from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2F20kaI

The Rise of Woke Capital

By ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2F0mHBL

How to Really See a Blind Person

By BRAD SNYDER from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2oD5nHG

The Americans Left Behind by Deportation

By KARLA CORNEJO VILLAVICENCIO from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2oDeM1R

New York Today: Can I Bring My Pet on Public Transit?

By ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE from NYT N.Y. / Region http://ift.tt/2oAZhYo

What Is the Perfect Color Worth?

By BRUCE FALCONER from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2F1pWc0

Our Fifth Annual Student Editorial Contest: Write About an Issue That Matters to You

By MICHAEL GONCHAR from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2F8XHqV

From ‘Vicious’ to Celebratory: The Times’s Reviews of Judy Chicago’s ‘The Dinner Party’

By KASIA PILAT from NYT Times Insider http://ift.tt/2F4c0K0

Germany Weighs Tighter Rules After Geely Takes Daimler Stake

By REUTERS from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2CouhEx

Security Clearance, N.R.A., Ben Carson: Your Wednesday Briefing

By CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing http://ift.tt/2BTayeZ

Steven Pinker Wants You to Know Humanity Is Doing Fine. Just Don’t Ask About Individual Humans.

By JENNIFER SZALAI from NYT Books http://ift.tt/2oD12UU

Stephen Colbert Attacks Trump for Reluctance to Act on Russian Meddling

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT Arts http://ift.tt/2F2VYjX

Jan Kuciak murder: Slovak PM offers €1m reward in appeal

Posing next to stacks of cash, Robert Fico asked for information about the murder of Jan Kuciak.

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Cumbria earthquake: Tremor of 3.2 magnitude hits county

The tremor hit the west side of the county, causing houses to shake for a short time.

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Toys R Us UK goes into administration

About 3,000 jobs are at risk at the UK's biggest toy retailer, but stores are still open for now.

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My boyfriend could have killed me

Amy, 17, talks to Newsbeat about being a victim of domestic abuse.

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Five reasons Toys R Us failed

What went wrong at the out-of-town toy emporium chain?

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Echoes of Lynchings in Quiet Photos

By DAVID GONZALEZ and OLIVER CLASPER from NYT Lens http://ift.tt/2EZHp0o

Teaching Activities for: ‘With Xi’s Power Grab, China Joins New Era of Strongmen’

By NATALIE PROULX from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2t0TvVD

'Bullied for the way I looked'

More than half of children aged 11 to 16 say they have been bullied about the way they look, survey finds.

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A Big Divergence Is Coming in Health Care Among States

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ from NYT The Upshot http://ift.tt/2GQ7QGi

UK weather: Warning for commuters as further heavy snow hits UK

Disruption is expected across roads and public transport, and hundreds of schools remain closed.

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EU to publish first draft of Brexit treaty

It is expected to say Northern Ireland may have to follow EU single market rules to avoid a hard border.

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Toys R Us and Maplin face collapse with 5,500 jobs at risk

The two chains are understood to have put administrators on standby after failing to secure sale deals.

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'Bucket list' killer Jemma Lilley gets 28 years for murder

Briton Jemma Lilley garrotted, stabbed and buried Aaron Pajich at her home in Australia.

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Vandal destroys Washington DC traffic camera

Police believe these could be the people who attacked 11 traffic cameras in one day in Washington DC.

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Most UK cannabis 'super strength skunk'

High-potency cannabis now makes up 94% of the UK market, samples seized by the police suggest.

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N Korea 'providing materials to Syria chemical weapons factories'

Pyongyang has been sending equipment to the country, a UN report finds.

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BBC charity sacked six over sexual misconduct

International development charity BBC Media Action reveals six people were dismissed over 10 years.

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Oxfam: What's gone wrong with the foreign aid sector?

After Oxfam's handling of a sex scandal in Haiti, the foreign aid sector faces tough questions.

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Satisfaction with GP services at record low

And overall public happiness with the NHS falls to its lowest level since 2011, a survey finds.

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Worker died in fall at 'lethal' Qatar World Cup stadium

Zachary Cox fell to his death while working at a stadium that will host the 2022 World Cup.

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Trump son-in-law's security clearance downgraded

President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser will no longer receive top-level briefings.

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Newspaper headlines: 'Snow storm chaos' and prospect of hard Irish border raised

Winter weather sweeps across the UK and Boris Johnson raises the prospect of a hard border in Ireland after Brexit.

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News Daily: Big freeze worsens and Brexit legal draft published

Your morning briefing for 28 February 2018.

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Skins: The TV show with an A-list alumni

How one hit E4 show of the 2000's has produced the Oscar nominees of today.

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Meet the woman teaching others how to fight off sex attackers

Emily Moser was beaten up in an attempted rape. Now she teaches women self-defence.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi visual effects revealed

Click meets Ben Morris of the Oscar nominated visual effects team behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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The app that helps feeds kids

Marie Farmer came up with the idea during her maternity leave, and it has now led to her quitting her job.

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Homeless students: Finding shelter outside the classroom

One in five students in Los Angeles face housing insecurity - so where are they living?

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UK weather: Snowy scenes across the UK

Bitterly cold weather and heavy snow sweep in from the east, causing disruption and delight.

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UK weather: How to stay fashionable in the freeze

London College of Fashion students and staff tell us how they look cool in the cold.

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Boris Johnson's Irish border remarks lampooned

The foreign secretary is ridiculed for comparing the border to London's congestion charge zone.

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Nando's confirms it uses McCain chips

The chicken chain confirms it uses frozen chips - but says they're not the ones sold in shops.

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Is there a problem with unregistered schools?

Inspectors say there are more than 350 unregistered schools but they have few powers to investigate.

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Blackburn: The town that fails to elect Asian women

Areas with a similar demographic have managed it, so why hasn't Blackburn?

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Superorganism interview: 'We're a non-stop pop production house'

At home with Superorganism - the eight-piece pop group who made a hit single before they'd even met.

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Oscars 2018: What's up for best foreign language film?

What you need to know about the five movies competing for the best foreign language film Oscar.

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Beast from the East: How the weather got a Hollywood makeover

No longer is it enough to simple refer to the weather as "winter". So what's changed?

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Winter Olympics: Is window for US-N Korea peace closing?

A small window for diplomacy emerged during the "peace Olympics" in Pyeongchang, but it's closing fast.

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Pay Me a Pineapple

By DIANA OLIVA CAVE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2BTJNai

Why the World Should Learn to Say ‘Heimat’

By JOCHEN BITTNER from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2Fb6tVi

Portrait of a Turkish Novelist as Prisoner

By AHMET ALTAN from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2FDkJUW

Boys and Men

By NATALIE PROULX from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2CqRsxO

Word + Quiz: ascetic

By THE LEARNING NETWORK from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2F3Z3QF

Where Pedestrian Deaths Are Up, Is Marijuana to Blame?

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2Fa2isT

Diesel Cars, Italy’s Upcoming Election, Jared Kushner: Your Wednesday Briefing

By PATRICK BOEHLER from NYT Briefing http://ift.tt/2GSiqwD

What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Looming Tower’ and ‘Waco’

By ANDREW R. CHOW from NYT Arts http://ift.tt/2CK4hil

As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead

By MARK LANDLER from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2BTTBkt

Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump

By NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2Fdx6cB

11 Sickened by Hazardous Envelope Opened on Military Base

By THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2F9Q0AL

Judge Orders Tarps Removed From Confederate Statues in Charlottesville

By MATTHEW HAAG from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2BWXLs5

Quotation of the Day: N.R.A. Battle Pits Business Against G.O.P.

By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper http://ift.tt/2EYl6MG

Review: ‘The Amateurs’ Takes On God, Noah’s Ark and the Plague. For Laughs.

By JESSE GREEN from NYT Theater http://ift.tt/2F86dXk

Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Accelerating

By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2F7jbVj

Corrections: February 28, 2018

By Unknown Author from NYT Corrections http://ift.tt/2CO6N7j

What We’re Reading

By Compiled by ANDREA KANNAPELL from NYT Times Insider http://ift.tt/2GPr7aU

Marching Orders

By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games http://ift.tt/2FBKzZp

Steve Wynn Is Accused of Rape and Coercion in Police Reports

By ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2CMHqmz

The Life, Death and Career of Harper Lee

By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Arts http://ift.tt/2owlmZ7

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Letter opened at Virginia's Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall triggers hazmat situation; 11 fall ill

02/27/18 6:27 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Judge accused of bias by Trump rules against challenge to border wall

02/27/18 5:03 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Trump names Brad Parscale as campaign manager for 2020 re-election bid

02/27/18 11:15 AM

Papua New Guinea Quake Killed at Least 15, Governor Says

A powerful earthquake two days ago killed at least 15 people, injured dozens and brought work to a halt at four oil and gas fields in a remote Papua New Guinea region, the local governor said Wednesday.

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