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  • Outcry after Atlanta tosses unhoused people’s belongings near World Cup spot
    City official says staffers were performing ‘routine park maintenance’ where 15 people have gathered for monthsCity employees in Atlanta, Georgia, recently threw away tents, medication, identification and other belongings of unhoused people at a public park without warning. This led activists and a local official to point to an apparent violation of procedures created after a city employee ran over a tent with a front loader last year, killing a man.The sweep through the park occurred less than
     

Outcry after Atlanta tosses unhoused people’s belongings near World Cup spot

12 juillet 2026 à 08:00

City official says staffers were performing ‘routine park maintenance’ where 15 people have gathered for months

City employees in Atlanta, Georgia, recently threw away tents, medication, identification and other belongings of unhoused people at a public park without warning. This led activists and a local official to point to an apparent violation of procedures created after a city employee ran over a tent with a front loader last year, killing a man.

The sweep through the park occurred less than a mile from a popular spot for World Cup watch parties, drawing into focus ongoing tension over the issue of what happens to the city’s several thousand unhoused people during the month-long event.

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© Photograph: Megan Varner/Reuters

© Photograph: Megan Varner/Reuters

© Photograph: Megan Varner/Reuters

World Cup 2026: England set up Argentina semi, Haaland’s father says Norway ‘robbed’, Senegal sack Thiaw – as it happened

12 juillet 2026 à 13:00

The build-up to the semi-finals began earnest and Senegal sacked their head coach

Sidebar, Whatever bears such a striking resemblance to Neil Innes’ I’m Free to be an Idiot that the former Monty Python collaborator received a songwriting credit and a share of the royalties in an out of court settlement.

Wonderwall might be the England team’s Oasis song of choice, but surely they change it up to this more apposite (and far better imo) number.

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© Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

© Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

© Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

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