Peter SchorschAugust 4, 2019
7min465
It's difficult and sad to admit, but I am afraid.
Tag: London
Peter SchorschAugust 4, 2019
A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018
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In a statement Thursday, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan confirmed that he bid on London’s Wembley Stadium. If his $500 million offer is approved, that puts the stadium back in private hands, Khan said. And it would offer another revenue source for the perpetually challenged Jaguars, a play local officials back. “One of the many benefits […]
Associated PressSeptember 25, 2017
8min210
In past skirmishes with local regulators, Uber’s playbook under co-founder and now-ousted CEO Travis Kalanick was simple: fight. Now, as brand-new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi deals with a stunning rebuke from London, the playbook gets another page: fight, but offer some diplomatic humility. On Friday, just hours after Greater London’s transport authorities decided not to renew […]
Associated PressJune 4, 2017
3min271
A look at what’s known and what isn’t about the attack in London that left seven people and three attackers dead: What happened? Police say three men drove a van into pedestrians on busy London Bridge just after 10 p.m. Saturday. The attackers, wielding blades and knives, ran down a set of stairs into Borough […]
Jim RosicaAugust 17, 2016
3min261
VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s tourism agency, says it’s continuing a sponsorship deal with a London soccer —er, football — team. The partnership with Fulham Football Club is entering its second year, according to an email sent Wednesday by Paul Phipps, the agency’s chief marketing officer. What’s the Florida connection? The club is owned by Shahid Khan, who also owns the […]
Staff ReportsAugust 4, 2016
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Florida State University officials have confirmed that an American woman killed in a mass stabbing in London was the wife of a university eminent scholar. The school issued a press release Thursday. Richard Wagner, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and his wife, Darlene Horton, were in London where he taught in the summer session […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 11, 20149min161
There was a different mood on the streets of London in early September 2001. Of course, some of the London suburbs had already taken on an Arabic flavor, but downtown was a different story on most days. London was always a very cosmopolitan city, filled with people in all kinds of attire, from all over […]
Martin DyckmanJune 30, 20147min178
Listen up, Tea Party. I’m going to talk about Rand Paul. Favorably. But first things first. As we all remember from school, the independence we’ll celebrate this week was a revolt against taxation without representation. Although the revolutionary agenda was actually more complex, taxation certainly was the spark. But even today, 238 years later, there […]