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Nashville honors 50 Years of Kurdish community in the United States

Nashville honors 50 Years of Kurdish community in the United States

Published by Sam Flores

Washington —  Editor’s note: this story was translated from the original VOA Kurdi article. The Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County in the southeastern U.S. state of Tennessee has officially recognized the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of Kurdish families in the U.S., honoring their contributions to the city’s cultural, social and economic development. According to an official proclamation obtained by VOA, the first group of Kurdish families arrived in the United States on May 1, 1976. Many later settled in Nashville, Tennessee, while others established communities in cities and states across the country. The proclamation highlights the Kurdish community’s efforts to preserve its language, culture, and traditions over the past five decades, while playing an important role in Nashville’s growth and development. According to the document, Nashville is now home to more than 20,000 Kurds, making it one of the largest Kurdish communities in the United States. The city has become an important center for Kurdish cultural and community life. The proclamation also recognizes the longstanding relationship between the …

Photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont Captured Dissent in the United States. The Result Is a Celebration of Rebellion.

Photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont Captured Dissent in the United States. The Result Is a Celebration of Rebellion.

Published by Sam Flores

For more than fifty years, Jean-Pierre Laffont supplied the French and worldwide print media, through the Gamma and Sygma agencies, with images of the United States. He and his wife and partner, Eliane Laffont, have lived in New York City since the 1960s. As a French-speaking immigrant child who has ended up living most of her life since the 1960s in the orbit of New York City, I am naturally interested in the image that people overseas have of Americans. Back in the time of magazines I’d occasionally see copies of Paris-Match or Le Soir Illustré (Brussels), but for the most part the photographic narrative that I was exposed to was supplied by Time, Inc. I knew that the upbeat tale of progress and innovation, equality and justice purveyed by American news outlets would not fly in other countries, in part because so much of it was not true. And by the same token, I was aware that foreign news outlets were covering matters that the American press routinely chose to bury. A great many …

Paramount reaches deal with states over 0B Warner Bros. merger

Paramount reaches deal with states over $110B Warner Bros. merger

Published by Sam Flores

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Paramount one step closer to 0bn Warner Bros merger after settlement with 12 states | US News

Paramount one step closer to $110bn Warner Bros merger after settlement with 12 states | US News

Published by Daniella Wilson

Paramount has reached a settlement with California and other states that sued over the media giant’s $110bn (£82.2bn) with Warner Bros Discovery. The agreement clears a major hurdle to the proposed deal – announced earlier this year after Paramount beat out a bid from Netflix. A source familiar with the settlement told Reuters that the agreement includes independent editorial boards for the CNN ‌and CBS networks – as the merger would bring the rival news outlet under the same ownership. The source also told the news agency that the settlement includes a $30m (£22.4m) penalty ⁠per film ​falling short of the ​30-movies-a-year release ​target that Paramount has promised. While Trump administration regulators cleared the deal for Paramount to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), a coalition of 12 state ⁠attorney generals sued in July to block the merger. You need javascript enabled to view this content Enable javascript to share Share From February: ‘Concern’ Paramount-Warner Bros deal will give Trump greater influence Led by California’s attorney general, the lawyers argued that the merger – mainly aimed …

States Clash Over Whether Event Contracts Are Gambling

States Clash Over Whether Event Contracts Are Gambling

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is pursuing cease-and-desist action against prediction-market companies operating in the state, while Montana has agreed to pause enforcement against Kalshi under a stipulation filed in federal court. The developments, reported September 18, 2026, mark the latest moves in a state-by-state fight over how sports event contracts should be regulated. Hanaway told Heartland News that she views sports event contracts as gambling under Missouri law regardless of how prediction markets structure their fees compared with traditional sportsbooks. She said the products function the same way FanDuel and other licensed operators take bets on sporting events, even if the fee model looks different on paper. Missouri’s Enforcement Path Missouri’s stated goal is to bring prediction-market companies under state gaming law and require them to pay gambling taxes. Hanaway said her office is open to a settlement and is hopeful one can be reached, pointing to Kentucky as a state that pursued enforcement earlier this year and is now close to a deal. If no agreement materializes, Hanaway said Missouri will sue. She …

First Diplodocus fossils found outside of United States 

First Diplodocus fossils found outside of United States 

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Diplodocus is a famous genus of giant sauropod dinosaurs with small heads and long, whip-like tails that lived in the Late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago). Since its discovery in 1878, all confirmed Diplodocus remains have been unearthed from the Morrison Formation fossil hotspot in the western United States. Now, however, paleontologists have identified Diplodocus remains in Spain.   The remains came to light in the El Castellar municipality of the Spanish city of Teruel, and represent the first evidence of Diplodocus beyond the borders of North America. They consist of 14 well-preserved tail vertebrae and several chevron bones (bony arches in the tail). Through traditional anatomical comparisons and advanced phylogenetic analyses, the researchers confidently categorized them as Diplodocus and a …

Pennsylvania woman dies from measles complications, state’s third death this year

Pennsylvania woman dies from measles complications, state’s third death this year

Published by Sam Flores

A 40-year-old woman has died from measles complications in Pennsylvania, marking the state’s third measles-associated death this year as the U.S. experiences its worst resurgence of the highly contagious disease in 35 years. The woman, a Jefferson County resident, died Saturday, county Coroner Greg Furlong said on Facebook. “This is a heartbreaking loss for the family and an unfortunate reminder that measles can be a serious and potentially life-threatening disease,” Furlong said. No other information about the woman will be released, he added. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said it was aware of the death reported by the Jefferson County coroner. “The Department of Health is conducting a thorough review of this case and will provide the public with updated information when it becomes available,” health officials said in a statement. At least 676 measles cases have been confirmed in 37 counties in Pennsylvania so far this year, the state’s health officials reported Friday. The outbreak has hospitalized 124 people in the state. Of the confirmed cases, fewer than 1% had been fully vaccinated, Pennsylvania …

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans

Published by Sam Flores

The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response. Such deaths typically occur in the first trimester, after a pregnancy fails to properly implant in the uterus and begins to develop elsewhere, most commonly inside a fallopian tube. The embryo grows until it causes the organ to rupture, triggering catastrophic bleeding.  With prompt and appropriate medical care, maternal health experts say, women should not die. Yet ProPublica’s analysis found a stark and baffling increase: Almost 200 women with the condition died from 2020 to 2025, compared with about 100 in the previous six years. “A death related to ectopic pregnancy should really be a never event,” said Dr. Alice Abernathy, an OB-GYN in Philadelphia. While chaos and access issues at hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic likely contributed to at least some of the deaths, the surge has persisted, raising serious questions about the role of the most significant …

Teenager Ugochukwu becomes first F3 champion from the United States

Teenager Ugochukwu becomes first F3 champion from the United States

Published by Sam Flores

MADRID, Sept 13 : Former McLaren junior driver Ugo Ugochukwu became the first FIA Formula Three champion from the United States at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. The tall 19-year-old finished second in the final round of the season for Campos Racing at the Madring to finish 14 points clear of Briton Freddie Slater, an Audi junior driver. Slater, 18, had gone into the weekend 15 points clear of his U.S. rival. The junior series is one rung below Formula Two on the ladder to Formula One. New York-born Ugochukwu follows in the footsteps of past F3 champions Oscar Piastri and Gabriel Bortoleto, who now race in Formula One with McLaren and Audi respectively. “We knew we just had to keep it clean to clinch the title, and that’s what we did. No mistakes, brought it home and super pleased,” he said. Source link