MIAMI – “The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced Wednesday.
BARCELONA, Spain – Qatar committed Wednesday to investing $4.9 billion in Spain as the European country launches an economic overhaul with its share of European Union pandemic recovery funding. Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, announced that the energy-rich gulf state would boost its investments in Spain at a state dinner with Spanish King Felipe VI late Tuesday.
Betty Ann Whitworth McKinney, a 1958 graduate of Glen Rose High School, has been named the Tiger’s Eye Award recipient for 2022.• Glen Rose ISD Superintendent Dr. Trig Overbo made the presentation last week.• “Betty Ann loves Glen Rose Schools and is a huge supporter of all the different Tiger teams and clubs,” Overbo said. “She still loves attending games and cheering loud in the stands. She is a proud Silver Tiger as well.”
NEW YORK – Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed paperwork Tuesday with federal labor regulators to hold a union election, joining a wave of union organizing at other retailers around the country.
TILOS, Greece – When deciding where to test green tech, Greek policymakers picked the remotest point on the map: tiny Tilos. Providing electricity and basic services, and even access by ferry, are all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants.
LIMA, Peru – About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was long all but impossible.
GLEN ROSE — The two incumbents for the Glen Rose ISD school board have retained their seats. Trustee Tayna Myers and trustee Jason Evans were the top two votegetters in the election that concluded last Saturday.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders on Thursday for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he led the U.S. in marking the approaching “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths at home from the virus.
GLEN ROSE — The Somervell County Safety Coalition in partnership with Glen Rose ISD held Water/Summer Safety Day at Glen Rose Elementary School last week where children were taught ways to stay safe and healthy while enjoying summer activities.
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Thousands gathered to mourn a slain Al Jazeera journalist in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, as the head of the Palestinian Authority blamed Israel for her death and rejected Israeli calls for a joint investigation.