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13 Photos From the First Modern Olympic Games in 1896 By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Stacker News On 7/23/21 at 8:00 PM EDT Ancient Greeks began the tradition of celebrating athletic prowess and prestige in their Olympic Games, held every four years in honor of the mythological god Zeus. In 1896, the millennia-old tradition was revived into the modern Olympics. The first Games in the summer of 1896 included competitors from Europe and the United States and were held in Athens in tribute to the Games' origins. In subsequent years, the Olympics came to include athletes from nearly every country on E...

Aberdeen City Council housing workers will go on strike outside Marischal College. Around 40 members of staff will take action.

AMY FRIEDENBERGER The Roanoke Times A final report examining Virginia Military Institute's culture and policies was published Tuesday, closing out a five-month investigation that was prompted by allegations of racism. The final report prepared by an investigative team recommends that VMI acknowledge that there are racial and gender disparities in how cadets are treated and that the military institute's culture creates and reinforces barriers to addressing those problems. The report states that because VMI is a state-supported college, taxpayers and the General Assembly must hold V...

Staff working in Aberdeen City Council's housing services department have voted to take part in strike action.

Updated: May 25, 2021, 5:18 pm © Scott Baxter / DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Thousands of council tenants in Aberdeen are facing days of disruption next month after housing officers voted to go on strike. Last month we revealed the trade union Unite was to hold a ballot of its members after a dispute arose between Aberdeen City Council and its staff. Housing officers claim they are under “mounting pre...