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3 days, 4 hours ago

The CDC failed in promise to get states to track deaths linked to abortion bans

After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, President Joe Biden issued an executive order tasking the federal government with assessing the “devastating implications for women’s health“ of new state abortion bans. “The committee must follow national guidelines in maternal mortality review committee death investigations,” said a spokesperson for Oklahoma’s health department, which oversees the committee …

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3 days, 16 hours ago

Taking advantage of an obscure rule, Chargers’ Dicker makes NFL’s first fair-catch kick in 48 years

Associated Press

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Of all the rules in football, Jim Harbaugh considers the obscure fair-catch kick to be his favorite. Cameron Dicker made the first successful fair-catch kick in the NFL since 1976, connecting from 57 yards right before halftime against the Denver Broncos. With the penalty, I thought it would happen.” The Chargers seized the opportunity created when Denver’s …

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4 days, 19 hours ago

Chargers make history with rare fair catch kick against Broncos

LA Times

Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker walks off the field at halftime after making a fair catch kick field goal as time expired in the first half Thursday against the Broncos. The Chargers ended an otherwise disastrous first half against the Denver Broncos with a rare fair catch free kick from Cameron Dicker that cut the Chargers deficit to 21-13 entering the …

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5 days, 19 hours ago

U.K. 18-year-old charged in stabbings at Taylor Swift-themed dance class pleads not guilty

LA Times

A sidewalk memorial in Southport, England, on Aug. 5 outside a dance studio where three girls were killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class the week before. A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer remained silent in …

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1 week ago

Netizens wonder if Luigi Mangione will be 'Netflix's next big hit,' many blast ‘disgusting’ obsession with killers

Hindustan Times

The internet’s bizarre obsession with UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s alleged killer Luigi Mangione is not surprising as going gaga over killers is not a new trend. Netizens wonder if Luigi Mangione will be 'Netflix's next big hit' As Thompson’s cold-blooded murder continues to make headlines, a Reddit user has wondered in a post whether Mangione will become Netflix's next "blockbuster.” …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Busted: NY Times exposes Trump's 'billionaire' adviser as just an obscure truck salesman

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump generated controversy when he tapped Massad Boulos, the Lebanese-American father-in-law of his daughter Tiffany, to a key role in Middle East advisory policy, raising a fresh wave of criticism about how he awards government roles to members of his family. That's because, although Boulos has long been rumored to be a fabulously wealthy financier, possibly a billionaire, …

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1 week, 4 days ago

From a 10-year-old to a Muppet to a president-elect, NYSE bell-ringers range from famous to obscure

Associated Press

The first guest invited to ring the bell to open trading at the New York Stock Exchange in 1956 wasn’t a company executive, a politician or a well-known celebrity. Billionaire businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. have also rung the bell. President-elect Donald Trump joined that list Thursday when he opened …

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1 week, 4 days ago

BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh attacks Congress on George Soros links

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday accused the INDIA bloc of employing "deceptive tactics" to distract the nation from alleged links between Sonia Gandhi and George Soros. Responding to a resolution by the INDIA bloc criticising Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, Chugh asserted that the move is a calculated effort to deflect attention from the Congress party’s …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

This MAGA ally can be Trump’s 'relatively competent lieutenant': columnist

Raw Story

One potential addition to President-Elect Donald Trump's administration is Peter Navarro — the former Trump official who served four months in prison earlier this year over his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena in the January 6 investigation. In an op-ed published by MSNBC Thursday, MSNBC Opinion writer and editor Zeeshan Aleem submits, "Navarro can serve as a relatively …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

CBI Searches 10 Locations in Delhi in Cyber Fraud Case

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation today conducted searches at 10 locations in Delhi and surrounding areas in connection with an on-going investigation of a transnational cyber enabled fraud case involving large-scale financial scams. The CBI registered the said case under Sections 403 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000, …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

China is bombarding tech talent with job offers. The West is freaking out.

Live Mint

Executives at Zeiss SMT, which makes indispensable components to build the world’s most powerful semiconductors, got some troubling news last fall. Taiwan, which already has strict rules on Chinese recruitment, said in September that it had launched a crackdown, accusing eight mainland Chinese tech companies of illegally poaching talent from the island, threatening Taiwan’s competitiveness. Semiconductor secrets Western security officials …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

His wives kept dying mysteriously. His secret poison: Insulin

LA Times

William Dale Archerd drank highballs, married frequently and despised 9-to-5 employment. If the toes fanned out in a so-called Babinski response, “he was reverting back to first man, an ape from which we are supposed to have sprung,” as one of Archerd’s former co-workers would testify. To Harold “Whitey” White, a sheriff’s lieutenant who recounted nearly a decade on the …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

How Trump plans to seize the power of the purse from Congress

Raw Story

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. “The president doesn’t have the authority to go into the budget bit by bit and pull out the stuff he doesn’t like.” Trump’s claim to have impoundment power contravenes a Nixon-era law that forbids presidents from blocking spending over policy disagreements as well as a string of federal court rulings that prevent presidents …

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'Dragon tamer' Zhao slides to historic gold

China Daily

China's Zhao Dan celebrates winning the country's first ever women's skeleton gold medal at the National Sliding Center in northwest Beijing's Yanqing district on Saturday. XINHUA From an obscure triple jump hopeful to history-making skeleton racer, Chinese sledder Zhao Dan has reinvented her career on the back of the fabled "Flying Snow Dragon", winning China's first ever women's gold medal …

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'Dragon tamer' Zhao slides to historic gold

China Daily

China's Zhao Dan celebrates winning the country's first ever women's skeleton gold medal at the National Sliding Center in northwest Beijing's Yanqing district on Saturday. XINHUA From an obscure triple jump hopeful to history-making skeleton racer, Chinese sledder Zhao Dan has reinvented her career on the back of the fabled "Flying Snow Dragon", winning China's first ever women's gold medal …

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4 weeks ago

Romania in shock after far-right populist enters presidential election's runoff

NPR

Romania in shock after far-right populist enters presidential election's runoff toggle caption Alexandru Dobre/AP BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, electoral data showed Monday, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister. Sponsor Message It is the first time in Romania's 35-year …

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4 weeks ago

A far-right populist and a reformist will face off in Romania’s presidential runoff

LA Times

Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president, speaks to media after registering his bid in the country’s presidential elections in Bucharest, Romania, in October. Romania’s political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister. After casting his ballot Sunday, …

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1 month ago

Evictions and Evasions: State Involvement in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Era of Organized Crime’

The Diplomat

As global attention on Southeast Asia’s transnational crime epidemic continues to increase, the sophistication of analysis on it is rising in sync. Last month’s U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime report is an exemplar of this trend, its all-star team of authors setting a new standard for publicly available intelligence on the underground banking system and the myriad technological innovations …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Young tech-savvy remote workers vitalize villages

China Daily

Village houses on the banks of Erhai Lake seen against the backdrop of the Cangshan Mountain in Dali, Yunnan province. "As digital nomads, we enjoy the freedom to work from any locale with an internet connection, and the mobility afforded by transportation networks enhances our flexibility," he adds. Renli village's proximity to the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, which is only …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Young tech-savvy remote workers vitalize villages

China Daily

Village houses on the banks of Erhai Lake seen against the backdrop of the Cangshan Mountain in Dali, Yunnan province. "As digital nomads, we enjoy the freedom to work from any locale with an internet connection, and the mobility afforded by transportation networks enhances our flexibility," he adds. Renli village's proximity to the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, which is only …

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1 month, 1 week ago

A new book explores a hundred years of busking history

NPR

A new book explores a hundred years of busking history NPR's A Martinez talks with Cary Baker, author of "Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music." A new book explores a hundred years of busking history through interviews with musicians, both famous and obscure. It's called "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking & Street Music," and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

City pauses questionable lease deal that went to mayoral donor

Politico

“Credit to First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer for hearing our concerns and pausing DCAS’ fishy lease agreement at 14 Wall St.,” Council Members Lincoln Restler, Keith Powers and Chris Marte said in a joint statement. “New Yorkers deserve to know that taxpayers are getting the best deal — not rewarding the Mayor’s donors with a multimillion lease.” After POLITICO revealed …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Barbie maker Mattel apologises after ‘Wicked’ doll’s package directs customers to porn website, netizens raise alarm

Live Mint

Mattel, which produces the Barbie doll, has issued an apology after customers complained of the toy company's 'Wicked' edition doll package directing people to a pornographic website, The Guardian reported. Mattel said “immediate action” is being taken after alarmed customers shared images on social media of the doll's box mistakenly having a porn website link wicked.com printed on the packaging …

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Mattel apologizes after mistakenly printing porn site on ‘Wicked’ movie dolls packaging

CNN

CNN — Toy manufacturer Mattel has apologized after mistakenly printing the web address of a pornographic site on the packaging of its newly launched “Wicked” dolls. Instead of pointing readers to the official website of the movie adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, information found on boxes of the special edition dolls leads to a page that requires users to …

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The CDC failed in promise to get states to track deaths linked to abortion bans

Taking advantage of an obscure rule, Chargers’ Dicker makes NFL’s first fair-catch kick in 48 years

Chargers make history with rare fair catch kick against Broncos

U.K. 18-year-old charged in stabbings at Taylor Swift-themed dance class pleads not guilty

Netizens wonder if Luigi Mangione will be 'Netflix's next big hit,' many blast ‘disgusting’ obsession with killers

Busted: NY Times exposes Trump's 'billionaire' adviser as just an obscure truck salesman

From a 10-year-old to a Muppet to a president-elect, NYSE bell-ringers range from famous to obscure

BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh attacks Congress on George Soros links

This MAGA ally can be Trump’s 'relatively competent lieutenant': columnist

CBI Searches 10 Locations in Delhi in Cyber Fraud Case

China is bombarding tech talent with job offers. The West is freaking out.

His wives kept dying mysteriously. His secret poison: Insulin

How Trump plans to seize the power of the purse from Congress

'Dragon tamer' Zhao slides to historic gold

'Dragon tamer' Zhao slides to historic gold

Romania in shock after far-right populist enters presidential election's runoff

A far-right populist and a reformist will face off in Romania’s presidential runoff

Evictions and Evasions: State Involvement in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Era of Organized Crime’

Young tech-savvy remote workers vitalize villages

Young tech-savvy remote workers vitalize villages

A new book explores a hundred years of busking history

City pauses questionable lease deal that went to mayoral donor

Barbie maker Mattel apologises after ‘Wicked’ doll’s package directs customers to porn website, netizens raise alarm

Mattel apologizes after mistakenly printing porn site on ‘Wicked’ movie dolls packaging