Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The lack of a distress call and flight data recorder coupled with mangled and charred wreckage will make finding the cause of a fiery airplane crash in Louisiana extremely challenging, federal officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said at a press conference that it could take 12 to 18 months to figure out why the two-engine...
Greta Thunberg says it's "just funny" when she's personally attacked by world leaders like President Trump.The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist, who earlier this month was named Time's person of the year, spoke with Today on BBC Radio on Monday and was asked about recent attacks on her, such as when Trump lashed out at her in a tweet by claiming she has an anger...
The U.S. launched strike against Iranian military targets in Syria following a Friday attach in Iraq that killed one American. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2F7q1I...
(Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continued his attacks on a local television network he’s accused in the past of bias, and urged owners of ABS-CBN Corp. to sell before its franchise expires in March.In a televised speech delivered in the local language at Davao City on Monday, Duterte suggested the media firm’s franchise renewal is uncertain. He had earlier...
Before we all lived in a country where truth doesn't matter, there was no shared objective reality in my family from Salon.com https://ift.tt/2F5uU...
Researchers find a shockingly strong link between economic opportunity and opioid use from Salon.com https://ift.tt/2QxGD...
The guy who spread "anti-Semitic conspiracy theories over cocktails can take a seat," de Blasio says in response from Salon.com https://ift.tt/369Wr...
Greta previously did not eat or talk to people because of her depression, her father reveals in a new interview from Salon.com https://ift.tt/37jd4...
CBS anchor Margaret Brennan was also criticized for what many perceived as a "softball" interview of Trump from Salon.com https://ift.tt/39ny7...
Employees over 25 will receive a 6.2% pay rise equating to £930 a year for full-time worker Almost 3 million workers in Britain are to receive a pay rise of more than four times the rate of inflation from April, after the government said it would increase the official minimum wage. In an announcement designed to woo low-paid workers in the immediate aftermath of Boris Johnson’s election victory earlier this month, the government said the national...
Released papers expose ‘associate membership’ plan and Yeltsin’s drinking habits Russia could have become an “associate member” of Nato 25 years ago if a Ministry of Defence proposal had gained support, according to confidential Downing Street files which also expose Boris Yeltsin’s drinking habits. The suggestion, aimed at reversing a century of east-west antagonism, is revealed in documents released on Tuesday by the National Archives at Kew. Continue...
Cancer charity expands helpline as patients find NHS staff too ‘rushed off their feet’ Growing numbers of people with cancer are seeking advice from Macmillan Cancer Support because overstretched NHS staff are too busy to answer their questions, the charity says. Patients are having to call its helpline for information and guidance instead of asking doctors and nurses in cancer services, who are often too “rushed off their feet” to have the time...
Orpheus (Maquette 1) from 1956 will go on display at Hepworth Wakefield gallery in February A sculpture by Barbara Hepworth is among three works by British modernist artists to be donated to a public collection. The artist’s bronze sculpture Orpheus (Maquette 1), will go on display at the Hepworth Wakefield gallery in West Yorkshire in February 2020 alongside a sculpture by Denis Mitchell and a painting by William Scott. Continue reading... from...
Former FBI Director James Comey wrote another editorial for the Washington Post , this time arguing that President Trump has been 'diminished' by his own Twitter attacks. from U.S. Home | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2u8aG...
NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped a stunning image of a full moon rising over the frozen Hudson Bay in northern Canada earlier this month. from U.S. Home | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2sntX...
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Free-agent linebacker Rolando McClain reportedly has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL . Field Yates of ESPN reported the news Monday, noting the Alabama product ... from Bleacher Report - Front Page https://ift.tt/2Qxgo...
The NBA fined Golden State Warriors forward Marquese Chriss $35,000 for shoving Luka Doncic in a 141-121 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday... from Bleacher Report - Front Page https://ift.tt/367yQ...
Tom Holland is gearing up to return as Peter Parker again in Sony's upcoming Spider-Man 3. from Movieweb News https://ift.tt/37mbC...
Directors Josh and Benny Safdie were attached to a 48 Hours remake but ultimately decided to focus on original projects. from Movieweb News https://ift.tt/2rFj4...
2019 was an exciting year for stock market news in Canada. CannTrust Holdings (TSX:TRST)(NYSE:CTST), Aurora Cannabis (TSX:ACB)(NYSE:ACB), and Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC) dominated the headlines throughout the year. Everyone from day traders to millennials speculated about where the stock prices would be heading in the next few months in hopes of becoming...

Monday, December 30, 2019

(Bloomberg) -- Ukraine and two breakaway regions supported by the Kremlin exchanged prisoners on Sunday under an agreement reached with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month as the former allies seek an end to more than five years of war in the Donbas area.Ukraine received 76 captives from the Russian-backed rebels, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said...
"The subpoenas should go to witnesses with testimony to offer to Trump’s shaking down the Ukraine government," former Vice President Joe Biden said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rzqDn...
Four nuclear reactors being built in the United Arab Emirates could spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and leave the Persian Gulf at risk of a Chernobyl-style disaster, a leading nuclear scientist has claimed. In a report, Dr Paul Dorfman, chairman of the Nuclear Consulting Group, warned the UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant lacks key safety features, poses a threat...
A suspect appeared in a New York court on Sunday charged with five counts of attempted murder over a stabbing spree at a rabbi's suburban house -- the latest in a spate of attacks on Jewish targets. Grafton Thomas, 37, allegedly entered the property in Monsey, Rockland County, during celebrations on Saturday evening for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, knifing several people...
Travel challenges threaten as parts of the Midwest and East brace for more than a foot of snow, ice and whiteout conditions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Qb4NQ...
Submarines are good for more than defense. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2F3fEF...
The Christmas release of director Greta Gerwig’s new film version of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women presents a fresh opportunity for Alcott’s 19th-century classic to be read as a book that speaks to the present feminist moment. But it will be a shame if the renewed interest in Alcott that Gerwig has sparked does not also lead to a long-overdue appreciation of Alcott’s heroism...
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday called former Vice President Joe Biden’s vote to authorize the Iraq War part of the nation's “worst foreign policy decision” of the millennial mayor’s lifetime. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was responding to a question about how his foreign policy experience measured up to others' in the Democratic...
Separate report says almost 300k retail roles mostly held by women cut in past decade UK high streets have shed more than 140,000 jobs this year as store closures and retail failures made 2019 one of the most challenging years in a generation. More than 2,750 jobs were lost every week, according to a detailed analysis by the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) published today. It predicts the picture will worsen in 2020, unless the government intervenes,...
Government list includes some of most notorious cases from the Northern Ireland Troubles Some of the dozens of victims killed by the IRA for supposedly “informing” during Northern Ireland’s Troubles were not working for the police or security services, according to official documents released in Belfast. A sample list of alleged informers shot dead by the Provisional IRA between 1978 and the 1994 ceasefire has emerged from government files released...
Industrial action to cause disruption for commuters, partygoers and shoppers A lengthy strike in the dispute over guards on trains enters its final week on Monday, causing continued travel misery for passengers, including those attending New Year’s Eve events. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on South Western Railway (SWR) have been on strike since the start of the month, with industrial action continuing until New Year’s Day. Continue...
Poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% of respondents were told they had something else More than a quarter of people with Parkinson’s disease were initially misdiagnosed, new research has found. The poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% were first told they had something else, while 21% saw their GP three or more times before being referred to a specialist. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/368wy...
Mohit Bakaya will prioritise programmes that help people ‘discover common ground’ The new controller of BBC Radio 4 has promised to prioritise programmes about “solutions” not “arguments” as the UK enters another decade. The station has announced a series of factual programmes for the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020 that will allow people “to discover common ground, in a civilised manner”, starting with Positive Thinking, which will air every morning...
Democrat is ‘clear-eyed about the prognosis’ but plans to return to Washington soon Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights leader and Democrat representative for Georgia, is receiving treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his office has said. “I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” Lewis, 79, said in a statement released...
OSCAR CAINER: The year ahead will be defined by how much control we have and what we're trying to achieve. For many the idea of a successful, lasting relationship is our most important aspiration. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Q76s...
Fancy turning up to your Hogmanay bash dripping in diamonds or sapphires? These days, jewellery hire isn't only for the red-carpet-ready actress or the down-on-their-luck aristocrat. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2ZHaL...
Earlier this month The Grand Tour's latest epic journey, in Cambodia, debuted and May et al are contracted for three more 90-minute shows, including one in Madagascar.  from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/352AX...
(ATLANTA) — Congressman John Lewis of Georgia announced Sunday that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vowing he will stay in office and fight the disease with the tenacity which he fought racial discrimination and other inequalities since the civil rights era. Lewis, the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists in a group once led by the Rev....
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A Kansas police department has called out a McDonald's branch after one of its officers received a vulgar message on his coffee cup. from U.S. Home | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Q5jf...
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Sunday, December 29, 2019

A lawsuit filed by an Alabama man alleges that someone gained access to his Ring security camera and used the device’s two way-speaker system to harass his children. from CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS https://ift.tt/367hE...
Olubunmi Diya, 49, insisted that 'something must have been wrong with the pool' that 'made swimming difficult' at the Club La Costa World resort near Fuengirola, Malaga. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2rB0L...
PETER HITCHENS: How quickly we get used to evil. Stabbings in the streets, once incredibly rare in this country, are now common in big cities and become more so every year. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37oqW...
TALK OF THE TOWN: End-of-year accounts reveal Robbie's firm raked in profits of £49,919 a day in 2018, while Harry's earned £8,051 in the year to March. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/353Re...
TALK OF THE TOWN: Socialite Amanda Cronin claims she was proposed to by 'one of the most powerful men in Northern Europe' after a meeting in a New York hotel. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Zy03...
TALK OF THE TOWN: Edo faced a frantic time trying to prepare his wardrobe - no mean feat given that there are up to five outfit changes a day at the Norfolk estate. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Q94J...
Lord Nicholas Monson, whose son Rupert committed suicide aged 21 after developing drug-induced psychosis, said the message that 'everyone knows weed is harmless' was mistaken. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2F3Bj...
The 24-year-old was travelling through Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town on Friday. The country's Minister of Environment has since ordered the rangers involved to be suspended. from Articles | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2QsnU...
Sources say Melanie Panayiotou, 55, whose body was found on Christmas Day exactly three years after her older brother George died, had become a near recluse in her final years. from U.S. Home | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37gEk...
60-year-old man dies after vicious $1 robbery on Christmas Eve  ABC News Man, 60, dies after beating in $1 Christmas Eve mugging  Yahoo News Police Seek Suspects Accused Of Beating Man To Death For $1  CBS New York Man Who Was Brutally Beaten By Muggers, Robbed Of $1 On Christmas Eve Dies From Injuries  CBS New York Bronx mugging: Man dies after being beaten in Christmas Eve mugging for $1  CBS News View...
Trump fights to keep evangelicals on his side ahead of 2020  The Guardian Is Trump losing support among evangelicals?  AOL Christian Post editor quits over pro-Trump piece  Fox News Evangelicals, open a Bible to read why you should oppose Trump  Los Angeles Times View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2td7T...
Innovative Industrial Properties in 3 Charts  Motley Fool from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2tenR...
The Nintendo Switch was a masterstroke in a decade of ups and downs  TechRadar India The Best Video Game Console Of The Decade  Forbes Nintendo Direct January 2020: Will there be a January Direct? When will be the date?  Express Score these 10 post-Christmas Nintendo Switch game deals for up to 50 percent off right now  AOL Feature: The Best Hidden Gems And Underrated Switch Games Of 2019  Nintendo...
10 deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday: Free Echo Dot, $15 Wi-Fi extender, Ring Doorbell deal, $14 Alexa for cars, more  BGR from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2MCu7...
Swanky Canadian restaurant turns down Meghan and Harry  Page Six Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan Celebrated Christmas at Vancouver Island Estate  Us Weekly The 1 Reason Experts Think Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are the Most In-Love Royal Couple  Showbiz Cheat Sheet Why Meghan and Harry Got Turned Down for a Reservation in Canada  ELLE.com Britain's Harry and Meghan file for Sussex Royal trade mark  Reuters View...
Kim Kardashian Posts Adorable Pic Of Daughter North, 6, Bottle Feeding Brother Psalm, 7 Mos  Hollywood Life Kim Kardashian Was Mom-Shamed for Letting Daughter North West Wear Makeup on Christmas  Yahoo Lifestyle Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Gifted North The 'Smooth Criminal' Hat Worn By Michael Jackson  Access What Did Kim Kardashian Gift Rob Kardashian For Christmas?  Showbiz Cheat Sheet Kim Kardashian's...
Oklahoma DB Radley-Hiles ejected from Peach Bowl for targeting  WDSU New Orleans from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2ZySg...
NFL odds, picks, lines, spreads for Week 17: Advanced computer model unveils top predictions  CBS Sports Giants vs. Eagles: Week 17 staff picks and predictions  Giants Wire Key questions for NFL Week 17  msnNOW Week 17 NFL odds, picks, schedule, how to watch and stream: Expert picks against the spread, lines and more  CBS Sports NFL Playoff Picture: What to Watch for, What’s at Stake in Week 17  Sports...
Manager Pep Guardiola won't leave Manchester City before his contract expires in 2021, according to club chief executive Ferran Soriano... from Bleacher Report - Front Page https://ift.tt/2F3U5...
Sarah Sands, editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, admits it ‘felt awkward’ Putting a presenter on a flight to Sweden to meet climate activist Greta Thunberg “felt awkward”, the editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme has admitted. The 16-year-old campaigner, who was a guest editor on a special edition of the show, avoids air travel because of its environmental impact. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2SGf6...
The Observer business agenda gongs are designed to celebrate corporate comedy, incompetence and excess, and this year served up a stellar list Narrowing down a list of business folk on the basis of which is most pleased with themselves is perhaps the most onerous task for an awards committee. Even so, 2019 threw up some standout contenders and the judges highly commended two nominees: first, Ocado founder Tim Steiner, who mused: “None of the shareholders...
Updates from the fourth day of play at the MCG Any thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 12.05am GMT 53rd over: Australia 165-4 (Wade 29, Head 26) Not a lot going on here, is there? Three singles off Wagner. Paine is padded up in the sheds, the vision shows, suggesting that this innings might have a bit of time to run yet. I haven’t got the TV commentary on but I can only imagine Shane Warne’s delight. Thrilling stuff from Australia this morning....
Australia pace bowler Peter Siddle announces his retirement from international cricket. from BBC Sport - Sport https://ift.tt/353Ot...

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Whistleblower attorney demands Marsha Blackburn resign from protection caucus over hostile remarks  Salon Trump Pushes Out Tweet Naming Alleged Whistleblower  The Daily Beast Hispanic voter: Don't think Trump has said racist things  CNN Trump highlights article naming alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella  Washington Examiner President Trump shares article outing alleged Ukraine whistleblower on Twitter  Salon View...
Two Democratic senators banned from traveling to the Philippines  Washington Examiner Philippines bans two U.S. senators, mulls new visa rules for Americans  Reuters U.S. senators Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy banned from visiting Philippines  CBS News Philippines' Duterte Imposes Travel Ban on Congressmen Over Jailed Critic  Newsweek Philippines president bans 2 US senators from entering country over support...
Military on high alert for North Korea 'gift' after Christmas passed without one  CNNView full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2rxsm...
The Secure Act changes the way people will inherit money — are you affected by the new rules?  MarketWatch The 9th Tax Day of Christmas: The Roth Conversion  Mark J Kohler Inheriting a parent’s IRA or 401(k)? Here’s how the Secure Act could create a disaster  MarketWatch Why now might be a good time to save in a Roth 401(k) or Roth IRA  CNBC Week’s Best: The Secure Act and Roth Conversions  Barron's View...
Here are 9 great apps for your new Android device  The Verge The BEST Android Apps and Games of 2019!  Android Authority Google gifting Play Store towards purchases in UK to celebrate end of year deals  9to5Google 27+ smartphone apps you should delete before 2020  Fast Company How to Make Sure Bad Actors Don't Have Access to Your Google Fit Data  Gadget Hacks View full coverage on Google News from...
Jason Sudeikis punched Baby Yoda, and The Mandalorian fans punch back  CNET Mandalorian FINALE: Ending Explained + Easter Eggs  ScreenCrush The Mandalorian Episode 8 Review  IGN Why Moff Gideon Is So Important For The Mandalorian Series  CBR ‘The Mandalorian’ Review: Episode 8 Closes Season 1 on a Thrilling Note  IndieWire View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https...
The Mandalorian: The Darksaber, Moff Gideon's Lightsaber, Explained  CBR - Comic Book ResourcesView full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/362c2...
Cowboys' Jason Witten has new retirement goal after ESPN disaster  New York Post Dak's contract with Cowboys should've been done, talks Rams woes — Eric Dickerson | NFL | THE HERD  The Herd with Colin Cowherd Five keys for the Redskins in their game against the Cowboys  The Washington Post Friday Cowboys Riffing: I expected a lot from Dallas in 2019. Where did I go wrong?  The Athletic 10 Redskins who will...
O-H-I-O ... O-H-N-O - HATE  Shakin The Southland Alabama Is Still the Elephant in the College Football Playoff  Wall Street Journal Clemson Notebook: Kane Patterson Recalls Ohio State Recruitment, Matt Bockhorst Excited to Face Home-State Tea  Eleven Warriors Fathers and sons: How Clemson football’s ‘CKU’ tradition came to be  The State Clemson vs. Ohio State, Oklahoma vs. LSU analyzing betting odds | The...
Raheem Sterling endured a host of ups and downs when Manchester City's Premier League title defence suffered what is likely a fatal blow Friday night... from Bleacher Report - Front Page https://ift.tt/2Q3L5...
The Michigan State Spartans likely won't remember the 2019 season fondly, but they ended on a high note with a bowl victory. Michigan State defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 27-21 on Friday at the 2019 Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium... from Bleacher Report - Front Page https://ift.tt/2EZMq...
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Comments further stoked diplomatic row between Mexico and Bolivia, which has descended into personal insults Mexico’s president has called on police in Bolivia to stop harrassing diplomats at his country’s embassy in La Paz and allow nine former officials holed up there – all allies of former leader Evo Morales – to seek asylum. “The right to asylum has to be guaranteed,” Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily press conference on Friday. “We...
Updates from the third day of play at the MCG Any thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 11.58pm GMT 22nd over: New Zealand 53-4 (Latham 10, Watling 5) Smith DROPS LATHAM! It was going straight down the throat of Burns at first slip but Smith decided to dive right in front of him from second and put it down. That should have been three wickets in eight balls. Disappointing for Pattinson, who has been just as good as Cummins this morning. It’s hard...

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