Latest news with #JamesLawrence
Chicago Tribune
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: CNN makes its debut
Today is Sunday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2025. There are 213 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 1, 1980, Cable News Network, the first 24-hour television news channel, made its debut. Also on this date: In 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, 'Don't give up the ship,' during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812. In 1916, the Senate voted 47-22 to confirm Louis Brandeis as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation's highest bench. In 1943, a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by German bombers during World War II, killing all 17 people aboard, including actor Leslie Howard. In 1957, Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to break the four-minute mile during a meet in Stockton, California, with a time of 3:58.7. In 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was executed after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions during World War II. In 1990, U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement to stop producing and reduce existing stockpiles of chemical weapons held by the two Cold War superpowers. In 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot and killed nine members of the Nepalese royal family, including his parents, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, before mortally wounding himself. In 2008, a fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed 3 acres of the studio's property, including a vault that held as many as 175,000 irreplaceable master audio recordings from hundreds of musicians including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Elton John and Nirvana. In 2009, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. In 2020, police violently broke up a protest by thousands of people in Lafayette Park across from the White House, using chemical agents, clubs and punches to send protesters fleeing; the protesters had gathered following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a week earlier. Later that day, President Donald Trump, after declaring himself 'the president of law and order' and threatening to deploy the U.S. military in a speech, walked across the empty park to be photographed holding a Bible in front of St. John's Church, which had been damaged a night earlier. Today's Birthdays: Singer Pat Boone is 91. Actor Morgan Freeman is 88. Actor Brian Cox is 79. Actor Jonathan Pryce is 78. Rock musician Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) is 78. Country singer-songwriter Ronnie Dunn is 72. Actor Lisa Hartman Black is 69. Actor Teri Polo is 56. Model-TV personality Heidi Klum is 52. Singer Alanis Morissette is 51. Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is 44. Actor-comedian Amy Schumer is 44. Tennis Hall of Famer Justine Henin is 43. Comedian Nikki Glaser is 41. Actor Zazie Beetz is 34. Actor Tom Holland is 29. Actor Willow Shields is 25.
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- General
- Boston Globe
Today in History: June 1, priceless recordings destroyed in Universal Studios fire
Advertisement In 1774, in response to the Boston Tea Party, General Thomas Gage, the newly appointed governor of the Massachusetts colony, closed Boston Harbor to all trade, following the orders of the British Parliament. In 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Captain James Lawrence, gave the order, 'Don't give up the ship,' during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon inthe War of 1812. In 1916, the Senate voted 47-22 to confirm Louis Brandeis as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation's highest bench. In 1943, a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by German bombers during World War II, killing all 17 people aboard, including actor Leslie Howard. Advertisement In 1957, Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to break the four-minute mile during a meet in Stockton, Calif., with a time of 3:58.7. In 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was executed after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions during World War II. In 1980, Cable News Network, the first 24-hour television news channel, made its debut. In 1990, US President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement to stop producing and reduce existing stockpiles of chemical weapons held by the two Cold War superpowers. In 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot and killed nine members of the Nepalese royal family, including his parents, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, before mortally wounding himself. In 2008, a fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed 3 acres of the studio's property, including a vault that held as many as 175,000 irreplaceable master audio recordings from hundreds of musicians including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, and Nirvana. In 2009, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, becoming the largest US industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. In 2020, police violently broke up a protest by thousands of people in Lafayette Park across from the White House, using chemical agents, clubs, and punches to send protesters fleeing. The protesters had gathered following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a week earlier. Later that day, President Trump, after declaring himself 'the president of law and order' and threatening to deploy the US military in a speech, walked across the empty park to be photographed holding a Bible in front of St. John's Church, which had been damaged a night earlier. Advertisement
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Essex man walks 400km to uncover county's treasures
A social media influencer has described Essex as "like 100 different counties in one" after walking 400km (249 miles) to help boost local Lawrence - known to his followers as Man About Country - journeyed on a meandering route from Epping to Harwich, and then back south hugging much of the coastline to project received funding from Essex County Council and he will put together a book and short film about his findings."It has really boosted my faith that the people of Essex are just really welcoming and lovely people," said Mr Lawrence, who is from Chelmsford. Thousands of people followed Mr Lawrence's journey, which he documented on his Instagram and TikTok pages with daily video updates. He followed the Essex Way - a Roman road from Epping to Harwich - which takes in historical landmarks including St Andrews Church at Greensted near chapel is believed to be the oldest wooden church in the world, dating back to the 6th Lawrence's coastal route took him past the amusements at Walton-on-the-Naze, Clacton-on-Sea, as well as Mersea Island, Maldon, Burnham-on-Crouch and Canvey spoke to residents at each location to learn about the local Lawrence spent eight days walking the Essex Way in April, and after another eight days of rest, he then did his coastal Essex walk in 13 days earlier this month. Mr Lawrence told BBC Essex that some of his favourite stories learnt on the walk detailed the county's historical female figures - including Ann Carter who was executed for her leading role in the Maldon grain riots."Everywhere I go, I see these amazing Essex women from throughout history, and you can still see how women in Essex are like that today," said Mr Lawrence."It has been such a rollercoaster going from off-grid to very very on grid!" Next month, Mr Lawrence is hosting talks at 14 locations that he covered during his walk, starting with Pleshey Castle on 12 June."We are like 100 different counties in one - there are so many fabulous treasures, landscapes and stories all around this county," Mr Lawrence told BBC Essex."I hope by doing this walk, I can encourage people to get out and explore this land a little bit more." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
CNBC
20-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
10 books to read this summer to be smarter, happier and more resilient
J.P. Morgan's reading list has provided a glimpse into the literary habits of the wealthy for 26 years. The latest installment of the bank's summer reading list released this week, and features titles ranging from a coffee table book of Martian photography to a bestselling self help manual. The list was created by soliciting more than 1,000 suggestions from the bank's client advisors and narrowing down the selections through a review committee, according to CNBC. The bank also consulted with family offices to learn what books were highly valued for the leadership and psychological lessons they offered. Of the 16 titles on this year's list, 10 are focused on making readers smarter, happier and more resilient. Take a look. By: Suzy Welch The Harvard-trained career expert's guidebook gives readers a step-by-step method they can employ to build "a meaningful, productive and connected life." Buy it here. Welch's book will take center stage in July after being selected as the book of the month for the CNBC Make It Book Club. If you want to read along with us, you can join our community here. By: Melinda French Gates Using her departure from the Gates Foundation as one of several examples, Melinda French Gates' book offers guidance "on how to make the most of the time between an ending and a new beginning and how to move forward into the next day when the ground beneath you is shifting." Buy it here. By: James Lawrence Fifty triathlons. Fifty straight days. In "Iron Hope," James Lawrence breaks down the secrets to the mentality that allowed him to complete the superhuman athletic feat. Buy it here. By: Amy Griffin The "Oprah's Book Club" pick sees G9 Ventures founder and managing partner Amy Griffin recount the at-times messy story that resulted in her "perfect" life. Buy it here. By: Dan Heath Heath's bestselling book provides strategies to tackle the feeling of being "stuck" at work, including finding "leverage points" where a small effort can result in outsized change. Buy it here. By: Shigehiro Oishi, PhD Japanese psychologist Shigehiro Oishi argues that pursuing a life full of "psychological richness," rather than happiness and meaning, can help lead you to living a fuller, more satisfying life. Buy it here. By: Mike Colias Automotive reporter Mike Colias documents the transformation of the auto business following the advent of electric vehicles, from corporate boardrooms to family-run car dealerships. Buy it here. By: De Kai As artificial intelligence works its way into more and more aspects of our day-to-day life, industry trailblazer De Kai writes about how humans can coexist and thrive with the revolutionary technology. Buy it here. By: Dr. Mandeep Rai Gathering lessons from 101 countries around the world, Dr. Mandeep Rai "shows how we can incorporate the values that animate nations into our own lives." Buy it here. By: Kenneth Rogoff In 'Our Dollar, Your Problem,' Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff traces the events that turned the U.S. dollar into the world's dominant currency and questions how long its dominance can last. Buy it here. ,
The Independent
20-04-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on ‘inhumane' jail terms - and you're paying for it
Incarcerating prisoners serving abolished indefinite jail terms described as 'psychological torture' cost British taxpayers £145 million last year, The Independent can reveal. Analysis of official data lays bare the staggering cost of detaining more than 2,600 inmates still trapped on Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms, which have left prisoners languishing for decades – including for minor crimes. This is on top of an estimated £1.6 billion spent keeping IPP prisoners behind bars in the first ten financial years since the cruel jail term was scrapped due to human rights concerns. Experts have said it is 'fundamentally wrong' and 'farcical' that the government is continuing to spend hundreds of millions each year locking up prisoners on a sentence branded inhumane by the UN, while resisting calls to resentence them. Shocking cases highlighted by The Independent include Leroy Douglas, who has served almost 20 years for stealing a mobile phone; James Lawrence, 38, who is still in prison 18 years after he was handed an eight-month jail term; and Abdullahi Suleman, 41, who is still inside 19 years after he was jailed for a laptop robbery. Yusuf Ali was left emaciated after spending 61 days on hunger strike over his IPP jail term. At an average cost of £53,801 per prisoner, according to Ministry of Justice figures published this month, the state forked out an estimated £145,773,810 keeping these offenders in prison in 2024, while thousands of others were released after serving just 40 per cent of their jail term to ease overcrowding. The controversial open-ended jail terms were introduced in a bid to be tough on crime in 2005. They were scrapped in 2012 due to human rights concerns, but not retrospectively, leaving those already jailed trapped until they can prove they are safe for release. All but eight prisoners serving the sentence are now over-tariff, with almost 700 having now served at least ten years longer than their minimum term. Analysis of previous IPP prison populations and the average annual prices of housing prisoners shows costs spiralled to an estimated £1,620,790,062 in the first ten financial years since the sentence was abolished. In the case of Thomas White, who was handed an IPP term for robbing a mobile just months before the sentence was axed, the state has likely spent over a half a million pounds keeping him locked up for 13 years despite receiving a two-year tariff. The 42-year-old has developed severe mental health problems – which a psychologist has blamed on the hopeless jail term – and last summer set himself alight in his cell as he lost hope of being freed. His heartbroken family is waiting to find out if he will finally be moved to hospital for psychiatric treatment. His sister Clara said: 'Half a million pounds spent to mentally torture him - where is the rehabilitation? He's ended up with a lifetime mental illness.' At least 94 IPP prisoners have taken their own lives in custody, according to campaigners, in what has been called an 'industrial scale miscarriage of justice'. Successive governments have refused to re-sentence IPP offenders, despite calls from the justice committee and the UN special rapporteur on torture. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice has allocated no dedicated funding to the refreshed IPP Action Plan, which is supposed to help IPP prisoners progress to release. A spokesperson for campaign group United Group for Reform of IPP (UNGRIPP) said the damage done to those serving IPP sentences is 'irreversible'. 'The fact that alongside this damage, an extortionate amount of money is being spent to keep people in prison - potentially forever - is farcical,' they added. 'If this money was spent on resentencing those on an IPP and supporting them back in to the community, billions of pounds would be saved.' Reformed IPP prisoner Marc Conway, who was one of the heroes of the Fishmongers' Hall terror attack, said it is 'fundamentally wrong' that taxpayers cash is being spent keeping vulnerable prisoners in when they are years over tariff. 'That money could be spent on getting people in the community and getting them help,' he told The Independent. Richard Garside, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, accused ministers of having their 'priorities all wrong'. 'It's pretty shocking that successive governments have spent hundreds of millions a year on imprisoning people under a sentence the United Nations has described as a form of torture,' he said. 'The government is spending more each year on keeping these unjust sentences in place than they are on supporting the installation of solar panels on schools, hospitals and community facilities.' Labour peer Lord Anthony Woodley said the public would be shocked to learn the government is ploughing so much money into the 'unjust' jail term. 'The British public don't like injustice or wasting taxpayers' money,' he told The Independent. 'We should always remember that behind these numbers are real people, fellow citizens, who continue to be beaten down and wronged by the awful IPP sentence. I call on the government to resentence them now.' A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: 'This Government will always put public safety first. It is right that IPP sentences were abolished, but those remaining in custody are there because the independent Parole Board has determined they are too dangerous for release. 'The Lord Chancellor is working with organisations and campaign groups to ensure appropriate action is taken to support those still serving these sentences, such as improved access to mental health support and rehabilitation programmes, to help them reduce their risk.'
