Goals Soccer Centres to Disclose Decade-Long Accounting Scandal-Sky News
Date: 01 August 2019
By Reuters
Five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer Centres Plc will disclose on Friday that the accounting crisis which caused its shares to be suspended in March dates back a decade, Sky News reported on Thursday.
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Edward Snowden’s Memoir Is Coming in September
Date: 01 August 2019
By Concepción de León
Concepción de León
The National Security Agency whistle-blower has written a book exploring his role in mass surveillance and the “crisis of conscience” that led to his actions.
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Has Your Local Newspaper Closed? Tell Us What Stories Aren’t Being Told
Date: 01 August 2019
By Lara Takenaga
Lara Takenaga
We would like to hear from readers living in “news deserts” about the void left by defunct publications.
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Dying Gasp of One Local Newspaper
Date: 01 August 2019
By Richard Fausset and Tim Gruber
Richard Fausset
The Warroad Pioneer, a pillar of its small Minnesota town, ended its 121-year run with bloody marys, bold type and gloom about the void it would leave behind.
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A Future Without the Front Page
Date: 01 August 2019
What happens when the presses stop rolling? Who will tell the stories of touchdowns scored, heroes honored and neighbors lost? We asked news industry innovators to share their visions for what comes next, and what fills the void.
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A Paradox at the Heart of the Newspaper Crisis
Date: 01 August 2019
By Marc Tracy
Marc Tracy
Hedge funds have found that they are able to wring profits out of an ailing product: the print newspaper. But for how long?
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Video Shows Last Moments of Dallas Man, Restrained as Officers Joked
Date: 01 August 2019
By Karen Zraick
Karen Zraick
“You’re going to kill me,” the man, Tony Timpa, shouted repeatedly in newly released body-camera video footage. An autopsy classified his 2016 death as a homicide.
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Turkey Moves to Oversee All Online Content, Raises Concerns Over Censorship
Date: 01 August 2019
By Reuters
Turkey on Thursday granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight over all online content, including streaming platforms like Netflix and online news outlets, in a move that raised concerns over possible censorship.
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New California Law Frees Man Facing Life Term for Burglary
Date: 02 August 2019
By The Associated Press
A man facing the rest of his life in prison for a "three strikes" conviction has been released under a new California law allowing a second look at such sentences.
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Russia Senses U.S. Wants Pretext for Persian Gulf Conflict-RIA
Date: 01 August 2019
By Reuters
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it had the impression that the United States was looking for a pretext for conflict in the Persian Gulf, the RIA news agency reported.
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