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Yellow Vests

Captain America actor Mollie Fitzgerald arrested after mother stabbed to death

Mollie Fitzgerald, an actor who starred in the 2011 Marvel film Captain America: The First Avenger, has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing her mother to death. The victim, Patricia Fitzgerald, was found dead at her home in Olathe, Kansas, on 20 December,…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Orangutan

Nature and forests through 2019: The year of uncontrollable rain forests fires all over the world

Mongabay- IndiaJan 02, 2020 14:17:41 IST 2019 closed out a lost decade for the worlds tropical forests, with surging deforestation from Brazil to the Congo Basin, environmental policy roll-backs, assaults on environmental defenders, abandoned conservation co…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Drones

Mystery drone squadrons flying over Colorado and Nebraska

For the last couple weeks, residents of Colorado and Nebraska have reported squadrons of large drones flying overhead. The drones are large, with a reported 6-foot wingspan, and their operators and purpose remain a mystery. The Federal Aviation Administration…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Palestine

Israel: A model for the far right

On December 15, Brazil opened a trade office in Jerusalem and announced that it would soon relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to the contested city. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation by declaring Israel has "no better frien…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Alibaba

From cash crunch to 996, China’s tech scene braces for a wild 2020 – Abacus

China’s tech industry enters a new year after weathering unprecedented turbulence in 2019, when giants emerged in social media and artificial intelligence only to bear the brunt of Washington’s campaign to contain the world’s No. 2 economy. There’s little rea…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Doping in Cycling

VeloNews stories of the decade: Lance Armstrong’s downfall

"], "filter": { "nextExceptions": "img, blockquote, div", "nextContainsExceptions": "img, blockquote"} }'> While not one of the happier stories of the last decade, Lance Armstrong's dramatic downfall was one of the biggest in pro cycling. This story app…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Super Komachi

Japan speeds up barrier-free initiatives ahead of Paralympics

Japan is speeding up its efforts to make accommodation and transport facilities more accessible ahead of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, but some people with disabilities have questioned whether enough is being done. While the Games are touted as a chance to …

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey’s Parliament Set to Approve Troop Deployment in Libya

(Bloomberg) -- Turkeys parliament is expected to authorize President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to order the deployment of troops to Libya to back the UN-recognized government against rival forces, deepening a proxy war thats drawn in Russia and regiona…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

AR-15

Downtown gym is latest business struck by vandalism – KGET 17

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- New charges filed last month against a man who allegedly kidnapped a woman and questioned her at gunpoint stem from him possessing two unregistered AR-15 rifles and high-capacity magazines, according to a court document. The si…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Holocaust

Anti-Semitism grows in Jewish communities in NYC suburbs

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families priced out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs, where they have taken advantage of open space and cheaper housing to establish modern-day versions of the…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Captain America actor Mollie Fitzgerald arrested after mother stabbed to death

Nature and forests through 2019: The year of uncontrollable rain forests fires all over the world

Mystery drone squadrons flying over Colorado and Nebraska

Israel: A model for the far right

From cash crunch to 996, China’s tech scene braces for a wild 2020 – Abacus

VeloNews stories of the decade: Lance Armstrong’s downfall

Japan speeds up barrier-free initiatives ahead of Paralympics

Turkey’s Parliament Set to Approve Troop Deployment in Libya

Downtown gym is latest business struck by vandalism – KGET 17

Anti-Semitism grows in Jewish communities in NYC suburbs

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