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Spring commencement, a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, last took place in person in 2019. “I’m so excited,” said Allison Beyta, a senior entrepreneurship and marketing major. “We get a closure ceremony.” Members of the Class of 2021 started their college careers with Hurricane Irma, which hit South Florida in fall of 2017, and will now finish college during a pandemic. “They’ve been a resilient and adaptable class and we’re really proud of them,” said Patricia Whitely, ...

Letters to the Editor: What did Los Angeles learn from the Echo Park Lake homeless crackdown? © (Soudi Jiménez / Los Angeles Times en Español) Police close off the lake at Echo Park. (Soudi Jiménez / Los Angeles Times en Español) To the editor: The only product of violence is, inevitably, more violence. The tragedy of Echo Park should only yield one lesson — never again. The framing of our city’s response as benevolent patience for those who are "not ready" to "choose housing" is lau...

Located in the picturesque Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York of United States is a large, fairly remote lake called Big Moose Lake. Covering a total of 1265 acres, it is a scenic spot among the rugged scenery, and a popular destination for tourists who don’t mind getting out into the boondocks a bit. Here one can enjoy fishing, sailing, rowing, and other water sports, staying at rustic, historic lodgings at the former hunter outpost and nearby settlement of Big Moose, but beyond t...

SNP MSP Alasdair Allan has called for action to restore ferry service to Barra ISLANDERS are facing empty shop shelves and out of date food after a community has only had one ferry to its mainland ports in 10 days. An SNP MSP has called on the Scottish Government to intervene after islanders on Barra have faced a host of interruptions to lifeline ferry services, warning over "economic and human" impacts. CalMac, which operates the routes, has apologised after poor weather conditions and a...

By Press Association 2021 Ian Knowles and Ismaila Mohamed A “callous” pair who violently robbed a frail pensioner in his flat after following him home from a pub have been jailed for life for his murder. Robert Morrison, 69, who needed a mobility scooter to get about, died in hospital six days after being violently beaten at home in Grove Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, on December 10 2018, West Midlands Police said. Victim Robert Morri...

‘Callous’ robbers who followed frail victim home jailed for murder February 17, 2021, 3:39 pm Ian Knowles and Ismaila Mohamed have been jailed for life for the murder of frail pensioner Robert Morrison (West Midlands Police/PA) A “callous” pair who violently robbed a frail pensioner in his flat after following him home from a pub have been jailed for life for his murder. Robert Morrison, 69, who needed a mobility scooter to get about, died in hospital six days after being violently bea...

Robert Morrison, 69, who needed a mobility scooter to get about, died in hospital six days after being violently beaten at home in Kings Heath, Birmingham, on December 10, 2018.

Robert Morrison contracted pneumonia as a result of his injuries and died six days after the assault.

BBC News Published image copyrightWest Midlands Police image captionIan Knowles (left) and Ismaila Mohammed have been given life sentences after being convicted of murder Two men who "viciously beat" a "frail" pensioner have been jailed for murder. Ian Knowles and Ismaila Mohammed broke into the Birmingham home of Robert Morrison, 69, and attacked him, leaving him with broken ribs, police said. Knowles, 20, of Waterloo Road, Smethwick, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 19 years at Bi...

Robert Morrison contracted pneumonia as a result of his injuries and died six days after the assault.