LONDON (AP) — Books about a Haitian revolutionary, The Beatles and the brain are finalists for Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award. Contenders announced Thursday for the 50,000-pound…
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Month: October 2020
Margaret Nolan was the center of everything cool in the 1960s, appearing in “Goldfinger” and “A Hard Day’s Night” both in 1964. She died at age 76.
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Today it would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday so we are looking back at the times he and the other Beatles visited Oxfordshire.
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“Our message to other terrorists around the world is this — if you harm Americans, you will face American arms on the battlefield or American law in our courtrooms,” Attorney General Bill Barr said. “Either way, you will be pursued to the ends of the earth until justice is done.”
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Two British Islamic State militants accused in the torture and killing of Western hostages were brought to the U.S. to face criminal charges in Virginia, U.S. authorities said Wednesday, after more than two years of legal limbo that followed their capture in Syria.
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WASHINGTON: Two members of an Islamic State cell dubbed the “Beatles” accused of killing several Western hostages are to be brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges, a Justice Department source said.
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Two Islamic State militants from Britain were brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges in a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against four Americans and others captured and held hostage in Syria, the Justice Department said.El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed “the Beatles” by the hostages they held captive because of their British accents.They are expected to make their first appearance in the afternoon in federal…
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Two members of an Islamic State cell dubbed the “Beatles” accused of killing several Western hostages are to be brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges, a Justice Department source said.
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The suspects are facing charges relating to the murder of American hostages.
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The Beatles will be at the heart of a new book in which they recall the recording of their last original album, “Let It Be.” On the program: long hours in the recording studio, friction and lots of rock’n’roll.
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