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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Accusing a pop superstar of sex trafficking: What R. Kelly case tells us about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

LA Times

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was once worth hundreds of millions of dollars but is now serving what amounts to a life sentence in federal prison. After federal agents searched the artist’s homes in Florida and Los Angeles several weeks ago, his attorney decried a “premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs” and said the investigation “is nothing more than …

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10 months ago

China is building a train that’s faster than a plane – but will it work?

The Independent

In 2013, Elon Musk published a 58-page proposal for a brand new form of transport. open image in gallery A render of a hyperloop capsule from Elon Musk’s original Hyperloop Alpha white paper in 2013 China’s biggest missile manufacturer has shot into contention as the top candidate for delivering the world’s first hyperloop system, recently unveiling a vacuum-tube maglev train …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Pensioner is guilty of murdering his lover and their son, 3, in 1976 and jailed for rest of his life

Daily Mail

A pensioner has been jailed for at least 30 years after murdering his lover and their three-year-old son more than 45 years ago in Britain's longest-running missing persons case. William MacDowell, 80, was convicted by a jury at the High Court at Inverness of killing both Renee MacRae and their infant son Andrew in November 1976. As well as being …

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2 years, 9 months ago

NBN versus Elon Musk's Starlink: A guide to getting reliable internet in regional Australia

ABC

How do you get fast, reliable, internet at an affordable price? Key points: Misinformation makes it hard for regional telecommunications customers to get the right internet service Improved "connectivity literacy" is needed Customers can seek out independent advice through the Regional Tech Hub That's the question a lot of people, particularly in regional Australia, are trying to answer. "Where every …

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3 years, 3 months ago

R Kelly is found GUILTY of all nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking

Daily Mail

R. Kelly was found guilty of all nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury on Monday during his sex trafficking trial where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex. Some key allegations from the trial include: Assaulting underage victims and …

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3 years, 3 months ago

R. Kelly’s rules protected him, prosecutors in sex trial say

Associated Press

NEW YORK — R. Kelly got away with sexually abusing underage victims for more than two decades by ruling his inner circle enablers with an iron fist, a prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday at the R&B singer’s sex-trafficking trial. “The defendant set rules, lots of them, and he demanded complete obedience,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Geddes said during closing arguments …

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3 years, 4 months ago

The Nicholas Building's sale could be the end of a thriving arts hub at Melbourne's heart

ABC

One of the city's most bustling creative communities is under threat. Louise Clerks, who runs the Missing Persons Gallery, is still unsure whether her creative space will be able to stay in the Nicholas Building. Melbourne's last affordable CBD arts space The Nicholas Building was completed in 1926 by architect Harry Norris. Book designer and Nicholas Building tenant Stuart Geddes …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Meet the archivist of urban heritage

Live Mint

On Robert Stephens’ Instagram page the past and the present come together seamlessly. His love for aerial photography is combined with an equal passion for collecting rare archival books on urban planning and architecture such as the 1909 Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island. “For urban history, there is no consolidated archive in India recounting past narratives that have contributed …

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4 years, 5 months ago

On July 14 in sports: Ramon Martinez throws no-hitter for Dodgers in 1995

LA Times

Ramon Martinez loses a perfect game with four outs to go but still pitches a no-hitter on this date in 1995 that gives the Dodgers a 7-0 victory over the Florida Marlins. “You know something, I think people had forgotten about me.” Other memorable games and outstanding sports performances on this date: 1951 — Triple Crown champion Citation, with jockey …

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5 years, 8 months ago

British Instagram traveller stranded in Thailand has ‘serious brain infection’, father says