Standoff Underway Near Long Beach City Hall

The incident started earlier Wednesday afternoon when a citizen called 911 saying that somebody was acting erratic, had a gun and was threatening to blow up the city hall building.

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Big Cheese festival apologises for running out of cheese

They've been been hit with complaints on social media, with people calling it a "shambles" - with one simply saying "hmmm, was expecting more cheese".

The weather is being blamed for some traders being unable to get to the site.

Tennessee school removes Confederate flag, lynching murals

A painting of a Confederate flag and a mural depicting a lynching have been removed from the walls of a Tennessee school gymnasium.

The mural showed a white man, dressed in blue, hanging from a rope tied to a tree branch. Another person was standing nearby, in a red jersey, and holding a Confederate flag.

The painting was intended to depict an athletic team rivalry.

Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

From the article:

Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88.

His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured.

Coyote Killed In Westchester Tests Positive For Rabies

The Westchester County Department of Health determined on Saturday that the coyote killed in the area of the Dunwoodie Golf Course in Yonkers earlier this week has tested positive for rabies.

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