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AR-15

Missing woman’s body found in Benton County – 4029tv

BENTON COUNTY, Ark. — Overland Park Police say the body of missing woman Sylvia Ann Ussery-Pearson was found in Benton County, Arkansas, Tuesday. Ussery-Pearson was reported missing after failing to return home Monday. Police said when family members could…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Clips

NEW YORK (AP) Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a company with a history of privacy lapses. The practice was, until recently, common in the tech industry. Companies say t…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Jailed Saudi activist refuses to deny being tortured in exchange for freedom

It’s been over a year since women have been allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, but several of the activists who brought about that change are still locked up awaiting trial. And now, the family of one of the activists, Loujain al-Hathloul, says that the Saudi…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Super Heroes

Method Man to Star in Podcast Adaptation of Marvels from Marvel and Stitcher

Following up on the apparent success of those Wolverine podcasts they’ve done, Marvel is branching out further into podcasts with partner Stitcher for a podcast adaptation of the classic Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross comic, Marvels. Marvels is currently celebrati…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

SpaceX

Sierra Nevada picks the future Vulcan rocket to fly its mini-spaceplane to orbit

Dream Chaser has a new ride SNCs Dream Chaser. Image: NASA / SNC Private space company Sierra Nevada Corporation announced today that its mini-spaceplane, the Dream Chaser, will launch into orbit on top of the United Launch Alliances future Vulcan Centaur …

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Black Hole

Black Hole at Center of Milky Way Galaxy Lit Up in May and No One Knows Why – The Weather Channel

At a Glance The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way suddenly lit up in May.Astronomers say the black hole called Sagittarius A* grew 75 times brighter in just two hours. In mid-May, a supernova black hole at the…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

AR-15

Missing Kansas woman found dead in Benton County, husband killed by police – KNWA

BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/AP) A Kansas woman’s body was found in Benton County on Tuesday after being reported missing on Monday. According to a police press conference in Overland Park, Kansas, Sylvia Ussery-Pearson had been missing since early Monday morni…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Refugees Welcome

Shootings at Two Texas ICE Facilities Were ‘Targeted’ Attacks, Says FBI

A shooter fired multiple rounds at two ICE facilities in San Antonio, Texas, early on Tuesday morning. FBI and ICE officials said a shooter directly targeted two separate ICE facilities in northeast San Antonio at about 3 a.m. on Saturday morning. Officials …

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Air Pollution

Plastic trash discovered in pristine Arctic snow

Meaning microplastics are traveling through the very air we breathe. Veuers Tony Spitz has the details. Buzz60 We've polluted the deepest oceans with plastic trash, now it's the Arctic's turn: Blown by the wind, "microplastics" which are tiny shreds of plas…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Marianne Williamson Wants Politics to Enter the New Age

I saw Marianne Williamson speak on Independence Day. In Washington, D.C., crowds gathered in a rainstorm to see tanks roll and to cheer on Donald Trump. In Concord, New Hampshire, a group of about seventy people convened at a performing-arts space called Phen…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Missing woman’s body found in Benton County – 4029tv

Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Clips

Jailed Saudi activist refuses to deny being tortured in exchange for freedom

Method Man to Star in Podcast Adaptation of Marvels from Marvel and Stitcher

Sierra Nevada picks the future Vulcan rocket to fly its mini-spaceplane to orbit

Black Hole at Center of Milky Way Galaxy Lit Up in May and No One Knows Why – The Weather Channel

Missing Kansas woman found dead in Benton County, husband killed by police – KNWA

Shootings at Two Texas ICE Facilities Were ‘Targeted’ Attacks, Says FBI

Plastic trash discovered in pristine Arctic snow

Marianne Williamson Wants Politics to Enter the New Age

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