WASHINGTON — “For 23 years, I was a jailhouse lawyer,” said Calvin Duncan, a former inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. “That was my assigned job.” He had a 10th-grade education, and he was serving a life sentence for murder. The prison paid him 20 cents an hour to help his fellow prisoners […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Kevin Spacey has given his first public performance for almost two years, reading a poem about a boxer lamenting the loss of his once-glorious career. He has kept a low profile since sexual assault allegations emerged in 2017. The actor resurfaced to recite the poem The Boxer by Gabriele Tinti in
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Image copyright PA Image caption Heathrow is in pay negotiations with Unite union representing airport support staff Officials from Heathrow and the Unite union are holding talks to avert strike action which would disrupt flights at the airport on Tuesday. Monday’s strike at the UK’s biggest airport was called off late on Sunday and some
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Nick Kyrgios dealt with back, knee and forearm issues during the Citi Open. Between doubles and singles, he played every day, all week. He saved a match point. He beat a pair of top-10 opponents, the men seeded No. 1 and No. 3 at the hard-court tournament. In the end, he won the title, the
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Image copyright Rebecca Black/pa The Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast is expected to be placed into administration later. It puts 130 jobs at risk and could spell the end of the iconic business. Its best known vessel is the Titanic, which was built at the yard between 1909 and 1911. At its height, Harland
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Yes, the Houston Astros can still be beat, even after assembling baseball‘s newest super rotation. The Astros acquired six-time All-Star Zack Greinke from Arizona just before Wednesday’s trade deadline, adding him to a pitching staff that already included Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole. Then, as if to show off, Houston threw a combined no-hitter Saturday
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Image caption Many festival-goers get up early to take part in workshops and classes Millions of people around the world go to music festivals each year. At one time, they were seen as encouraging heavy drinking and drug-taking while providing poor facilities and bad food. But now organisers are more focused on festival-goers’ wellbeing. “The
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Part of the pitch that lured McKenzie Milton from his home state of Hawaii to UCF was a pledge by then-Knights coach Scott Frost to put the quarterback on a path to a post-playing career in coaching. A horrific leg injury last November turned Milton’s long-term plans into his current reality. He is determined to
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Asian stock markets fell for a third day Monday after China allowed its yuan to sink to an 11-year low following President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat. Tokyo’s main index fell 2.1% and Hong Kong’s benchmark lost 2.9%. Shanghai, South Korea and Australia also retreated. China’s central bank allowed the yuan’s exchange rate to sink
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Terry Deary (right) and illustrator Martin Brown launched the Horrible Histories books in 1993 Author Terry Deary has a pretty good idea of why his Horrible Histories series is so popular. “The problem with non-fiction books is they’re written by experts who wouldn’t know a child if it jumped
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