Hi everyone I must apologize for the lack of recent posts... nothing new and exciting has been happening here recently. It's funny because now that I have been here for over a month it really feels like I live here so it isn't BRAND NEW anymore. Bu

Alby Kass, a victim of a coronavirus-related infection, was lead singer of a Yiddish folk group, Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble, and a theater performer.

No one knows for sure how these picks will shake out and most of these grades will likely end up on Freezing Cold Takes.

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Lee Abbamonte, the youngest American ever to travel to every country in the world, about 3 islands off the coast of Australia: Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island.

My pal Jake has been taking regular "cigar walks" (as he calls them) here in our lovely island city of Alameda, California. On those walks, he started spotting some creative flyers...

(I saved the best two for last...)

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Chief Justice Patience Roggensack faced backlash for her comment, with some people calling it "elitist" to separate meatpackers from "regular folks."

Hull : Andrews, 1896.

New organizations bring total number of U.S. forensic labs using STRmix to 55.

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Smithsonian folklorist James Deutsch says the fast spread of stories and memes are cultural expressions that build cohesion and support

WHEN Malian quartet Songhoy Blues performed at last year's Celtic Connections, audiences were treated to a form of music appealingly dubbed “desert blues”. A user-friendly term, it sounds like it could have been dreamed up by a marketing agency and applied equally well to a perfume, a brand of jeans or a chain of upmarket Tex-Mex restaurants.

GLUMNESS settles on a large part of the nation whenever the subject of comedy comes up now. The lockdown has led to a more frenetic search for entertainment, and the current state of humour hasn’t wanted for critics. This week, Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson, 80, said it was dire, and listed several comedians, adding: “They should be done under the Trade Description Act.”

The Supreme Court has ruled on what has been acknowledged as an issue of critical importance to the application of national planning policy, namely the proper interpretation of paragraph 49 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This requ...

The former Oasis star - whose mother Peggy hails from County Mayo in the West of Ireland originally - has revealed he's considered putting

Adorable new photographs of Prince Louis taken by his mother Kate have been released ahead of his first birthday.

The two rappers gave out hundreds of meals

A federal district judge in New York has permanently barred Howard Levine from preparing federal tax returns for others. The court also ordered Levine to provide his customer lists to the government and to mail copies of the court order to his customers.

Diana Shipping Services S.A., a Panamanian corporation headquartered in Greece, Ioannis Prokakis and Antonios Boumpoutelos, both citizens of Greece, were convicted today after an 12-day bench trial on charges related to the illegal discharge of waste oil and oil-contaminated waste water from the M/V Thetis, a cargo vessel operated by Diana Shipping Services, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Otis E. Harris, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Chesapeake Region, and David G. McLeod, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s criminal enforcement program for the Middle Atlantic States.

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced today that they have tentatively agreed to a settlement with the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) which calls for SCPD to implement new and enhanced policies and procedures to ensure nondiscrimination in the provision of police services to Latino communities in Suffolk County.

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Need a helping hand? This self-adjusting piece of furniture comes to you.

Photographed in various natural settings, these life-sized, child-like works of art invoke a sense of wonder and delight.

How are the communities that rely so heavily on the US airbases coping under lockdown?

Two fledglings may have safeguarded the future of the Norfolk Island morepork owl.

Irvine researchers explained the molecular mechanism of action of common herbs lavender, fennel and chamomile in treating hypertension. Published in

Jazz, folk and classical influences merge as the pianist revisits traditional music collected by the Hungarian composer

The death of the veteran folk singer prompted numerous tributes to his integrity and idealism. But it was his mythical spat with Bob Dylan that really defined his era’s cultural politics  

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Grammy Award-winning singer Ed Sheeran, 28, has lodged plans to erect a 6.5ft tall fence and gates around his Suffolk estate to ensure his privacy which his neighbours have described as 'unsightly'.

The Shape of You hitmaker, 28, wrapped up warmly in a black patterned padded coat with a beanie hat and comfy-looking tracksuit bottoms.

The chart-topping singer, 29, was every inch the supportive husband as he cheered on wife Cherry during her hockey game against Reading in Suffolk on Saturday.

According to The Sun, the generous donation has gone toward several good causes including the children's hospital ward in Ipswich.

The singer-songwriter, 29, has a roost at his Suffolk mansion providing eggs from his kitchen garden.

The Queen was all smiles this morning as she visited Wolferton Pumping Station on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to mark its grand reopening - 72 years after her father opened the original site.

This week Bel advises a reader who fears he will never see the needy folk he cares for again.

Kate put on a stylish display in a £129 Ghost floral blue dress as she joined Prince William, 37, Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, four, and Prince Louis, two, to clap for the NHS tonight.

To mark her birthday, Kensington Palace has released new pictures of Charlotte (pictured) as she helped her parents deliver home-made pasta to vulnerable Norfolk residents in isolation.

Channing Tatum has reportedly rented a luxury home in Suffolk with his girlfriend Jessie J, as their relationship continues to heat up after 11 months of dating.

Once upon a time, the Hoste Arms in North Norfolk was a simple pub. Now it has The Vine House, an accommodation annexe where the prices are not cheap. The Inspector takes a look.

Sometimes, you don't need swish modernity and gleaming innovation. You just want a hotel that is clean and comfy. The Crown in Mundford does not excel - but it will do fine, says The Inspector.

Privately owned, The Crown sits in Constable Country in the Dedham Vale. This homely village pub, with 11 rooms in a separate hotel building next door, offers dinner, bed and breakfast.

The Crown at Woodbridge is made up of ten light and airy rooms with lots of powder blue wood panelling, two sash windows and a large comfy bed.

For a long period of my career, I was lucky enough to play behind David Beckham. It was a privilege because he was such a quality player.

The famous portrait artist was born in 1727 in Sudbury. Harry Mount went to visit the picture perfect town as well as some of the beautiful villages in surrounding rural Suffolk.

Speaking to BBC World Service's Witness History, Count Bernadotte's youngest son, Bertil Bernadotte, told how he first learned of his father's death while listening to the radio at the age of 12.

Inverness, 2 Hamilton Place : A. & W. Mackenzie, 1876.