The Hayride
At National Review, there is a piece by Kevin Williamson today which is worthy of discussion – which is not to say it’s particularly prescient, or altogether accurate in its premise...
Earlier this year we informed our readers about Attorney General William Barr appointing U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the “Russian collusion” probe...
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One of the coolest parts of Google’s Pixel 4 is its AI-assisted Live Caption feature, which allows your smartphone to automatically caption any audio being played in your apps...
Hektor Calderon-Victoria is PAN’s farmer justice fellow. For the past nine months has been working with the California Farmer Justice Collaborative, connecting with and sharing...
Last week, California got great news from the state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) — use of the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos will be forbidden in California...
Cummings died last week at age 68 due to complications related to longstanding health issues.
Amazon's stock price drop has cost CEO Jeff Bezos his spot atop the list of the world's richest people. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates reclaimed it. ...
39 people found dead in refrigerated lorry in Essex were initially believed to be ChineseDistraught Vietnamese families were seeking information about their missing loved ones...
Agreement on forming government paves way for wider talks to end five-year warA Saudi-brokered agreement has been reached between the warring sides in the south of Yemen, paving...
I've mentioned in the past that, from Techdirt's earliest posts, one key topic is how you handle "jurisdiction" on the internet, since the internet is global, and laws don't always...
The Ultimate Adobe CC Training Bundle has 12 courses covering the most popular apps in Adobe's Creative Cloud. The courses cover everything from Photoshop and After Effects to Illustrator...
At least three of the 39 people found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex may have been from Vietnam.
Essex lorry deaths: What we know
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The 39 bodies were found in a lorry trailer in eastern England on 23 October.
- The soldier on a military base in Russia's Far East may have had a nervous breakdown, officials say.
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios: U.S. annual budget deficit widens to $984 billion, hitting 7-year high — The U.S. government is reporting a 26% increase from the 2018 budget deficit...
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair: As Impeachment Heats Up, a Trump Family Anniversary Party for Jared and Ivanka at Camp David — It's no Bedminster—Trump called it “very rustic”—but...
Info on millions of accounts just out sitting there in the open Adobe has pulled offline a public-facing poorly secured Elasticsearch database containing information on 7.5 million...
Release Candidate drops just in time for Microsoft's Ignite As its Florida Ignite shindig looms large, Microsoft has settled on a Release Candidate for TypeScript 3.7 ahead of an...
The latest Call Of Duty game arrives following calls to boycott Activision Blizzard's titles.
Experts warn of a rise in a type of software commonly used by abusive partners to spy on phones.
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Africa’s Lake Chad could soon disappear, taking with it desperately needed food and water. Demand a plan of action that will rescue this drought reliever from its own deadly drought...
With a new president in power, millions of Tunisians hope that their human rights can be restored. Sign the petition to add your voice to their fight.
News at a glance
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One scientist has proposed a possible new explanation for why we have yet to encounter intelligent alien life. The question of whether we are alone in...
Thousands of witchcraft practitioners are planning to cast a spell on US President Donald Trump later today. Taking full advantage of the Halloween se...
39 people found dead in refrigerated lorry in Essex were initially believed to be ChineseDistraught Vietnamese families were seeking information about their missing loved ones...
Hare Squead rappers accuse politician of racism and ‘trying to take advantage of black boys’Rory Stewart declared his desire to walk through every borough of London with a spring...
The new moon occurs on Sunday (Oct. 27) at 11:36 p.m. EDT (0326 GMT on Oct. 28).
The BepiColombo spacecraft is en route to Mercury and has snapped several selfies to document its travel over the last year.
NASA will send a golf cart-sized robot to the moon in 2022 to search for deposits of water below the surface, an effort to evaluate the vital resource ahead of a planned human return to...
At least 25 protesters were killed in Iraq on Friday when security forces used tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations against corruption...
Alternative influenza target
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Measuring street protest events
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All Things Considered : NPR
The Houston Astros fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman for inappropriate comments directed at a group of female reporters.
Two associates of President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani are being charged with federal election violations. Former federal prosecutor Danya Perry talks with NPR's Ari...
Detectives investigating the deaths of 39 migrants found inside a lorry in Essex have made a fourth arrest, detaining a man at Stansted Airport.
The High Court has ruled that a convicted drug dealer bought 90% of the Cheltenham-winning horse Labaik with the proceeds of crime.
Blizzards, narwhals and sneaky polar bears are all part of a day’s work for Kristin Laidre, a marine biologist funded by NASA’s Applied Sciences Ecological Forecasting Program...
Stars Pollute, but Galaxies Recycle
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Need to make a fussy baby feel cozy and safe? Swaddling is an age-old tradition that mimics the conditions of the womb, and all you need is a blanket and some clever folding. Your baby...
How to Make a Butterfly Costume
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A butterfly is a cute, pretty costume for people of all ages. Choose any fabric to make butterfly wings, decorate them how you want them to look, and then attach them to a garment, such...
By Helena Cobban The United Nations’ Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, recently expressed confidence that the Syrian Constitutional Committee (SCC), a key gathering of...
Radical Reform or Total Chaos for Lebanon?
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By Nabeel Khoury Lebanese of all sectarian, political, and regional affiliations took to the streets starting on October 17 to protest rampant corruption and the collapse of...
The Sochi Agreement And Its Implications
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In a _Democracy Now!_ special report, we look at the rise in homelessness in many major cities across the United States. California has become the poster-child for this economic and...
We feature more highlights from the five-hour grilling of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week on Capitol Hill, where Michigan Congressmember Rashida Tlaib said she feared that...
In Sonoma County, the Kincade Fire has engulfed 22,000 acres. And in Los Angeles County, a fire that spans nearly 4,300 acres threatens homes in Santa Clarita...
Butina cultivated connections with prominent U.S. conservatives. She pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as a clandestine foreign agent. Now she's expected to be deported back...
Where There's A Wine, There's A Way
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Each year, more than 300,000 people in the United States aged 65 or older are hospitalized for a broken hip, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
One-Third of Kids Too Sleepy to Succeed in School
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High schoolers should get between eight and 10 hours a night, while kids aged 6 to 12 should clock in between nine and 12 hours of shut-eye nightly, according to the American Academy...
Most Popular BP Drugs Might Not Be the Best
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- Crunching the numbers, the Columbia team calculated that about 3,100 major cardiovascular events among the patients who first took ACE inhibitors could have been prevented if they'd...