Massachusetts lesbian bar makes frantic effort to find new owners after relaxing masking policy

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Last Ditch bar announced it would ‘soft close’ after it went viral following a story on its attempt to relax Covid rules

A Massachusetts lesbian bar that went viral for loosening its Covid mask policy last month announced plans to “soft close” on Monday as it seeks new ownership.

The Last Ditch bar, in the small city of Greenfield, said in an Instagram post that it was searching for co-owners, new owners or a full sale, and that it would “soft close effective immediately”, with “only booked events” continuing while it closes this winter. It had opened just last year as a bar for “dykes, transsexuals, gender freaks, workers, and their friends”.

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Carers allowed to earn over the weekly limit without losing out as ‘cliff-edge’ abolished in the budget

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Controversial mechanism that hit unpaid carers with huge penalties to be scrapped following Guardian investigation

The controversial rule that led to unpaid carers being punished with penalties amounting to thousands of pounds is to be abolished, the Guardian can reveal.

The chancellor, John Healey, is to announce a new digital taper system for carer’s allowance in Wednesday’s budget, effectively ending what is regarded as one of the UK benefit system’s most feared and unfair administrative practices.

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Machete-wielding mob attack health workers responding to Ebola in Congo – Reuters

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  1. Machete-wielding mob attack health workers responding to Ebola in Congo  Reuters
  2. Attackers kill nurse, severely injure health worker responding to Ebola case in eastern Congo  AP News
  3. Ebola outbreak: DR Congo nurse killed in attack as Uganda tightens border  BBC
  4. Attackers kill nurse, injure health worker responding to DRC Ebola case  Al Jazeera
  5. Nurse accused of spreading Ebola murdered by mob  The Telegraph
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Brazil elections: Did a WhatsApp channel help get Lula re-elected? – BBC

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  1. Brazil elections: Did a WhatsApp channel help get Lula re-elected?  BBC
  2. 21 days: Inside Lula’s race to resurrect his campaign — and go viral  The Washington Post
  3. How WhatsApp 'army' flipped Brazil election and halted Trumpian trend  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  4. With his first smartphone, Lula seeks to catch up to Brazil's online generation  Reuters
  5. Transforming Lula into Michael Jackson and Captain America, how his ‘army’ flooded the internet with AI clips and memes to fight ‘algorithm bias’  WION
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Jordan attacks militants in Syria in retaliation for last week’s church attack

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Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak

Jordan has carried out airstrikes against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force has said in a statement.

It said the operation “resulted in the killing and wounding of many members of these terrorist groups and the destruction of a number of their vehicles”. It did not specify who the groups were or the precise location of the strikes.

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Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports – The Guardian

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  1. Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports  The Guardian
  2. Brazil Supreme Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Hand Over Passports in Money Laundering Inquiry  The New York Times
  3. Brazil's defeated presidential candidate says court barred him from leaving country  Anadolu Ajansı
  4. Flavio Bolsonaro says Brazil federal police asked for his passports  Reuters
  5. Brazilian Federal Police Confiscate Flavio Bolsonaro’s Passport  Payday Report
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France promises to replace its university admissions after riots and thousands of arrests – AP News

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  1. France promises to replace its university admissions after riots and thousands of arrests  AP News
  2. France Makes Concessions to Students, but Not Enough to Halt Protests  The New York Times
  3. French students vow more protests despite Macron government's concessions  Reuters
  4. Protest leaders urge French pupils to keep barricading their schools  The Guardian
  5. France Offers Students Funding, Reforms to Try to End Protests  Bloomberg.com
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Jordan says it has struck militants in Syria tied to last week’s church attack – AP News

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  1. Jordan says it has struck militants in Syria tied to last week's church attack  AP News
  2. Jordan strikes Syria after church attack, killing at least seven people  Al Jazeera
  3. Jordan says 3 arrested in deadly attack on Greek Orthodox church  CBS News
  4. Jordan strikes southern Syria after linking church attackers to 'terrorist groups'  Reuters
  5. Death toll rises to 9 after gunmen open fire on church in Jordan  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
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What Vucic’s defeat means for Serbia’s foreign policy – Al Jazeera

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  1. What Vucic’s defeat means for Serbia’s foreign policy  Al Jazeera
  2. Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election  The New York Times
  3. In Serbia, a very different student movement just ousted another European strongman  CNN
  4. 'The smell of freedom': Serbia's student movement celebrates election triumph  NPR
  5. Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s autocrat, loses to a bunch of students  The Economist
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