Non-IT News Thread
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Flint water crisis: Prosecutors drop all criminal charges
Prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against the eight remaining officials awaiting trial over the deadly contamination of water in the US city of Flint in 2014.
They said a more thorough investigation was needed.
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Tim Jones: US dad to be executed for murder of five children
A South Carolina father who killed his five children should be executed, a jury has agreed, ignoring a court plea for mercy from the victims' mother.
Amber Kyzer said on Tuesday convicted murderer Tim Jones Jr, 37, "did not show my children mercy by any means, but my kids loved him". -
Gulf of Oman tanker attacks: US says video shows Iran removing mine
The US military has released a video which it says shows Iranian special forces removing an unexploded mine from the side of an oil tanker damaged in an attack in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.
The US also released images of the Japanese tanker apparently showing the unexploded mine before it was removed.
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Ebola spreads in Uganda—2 deaths, 27 in contact—as WHO calls emergency meeting
Health officials working to try to stem the spread of the outbreak from DRC.
Local and international health officials are scrambling to smother a flare-up of Ebola in Uganda, which spread this week from a massive, months-long outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
BBC News - Electrical failure cuts power to all of Argentina and Uruguay, supplier says
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Phoenix mayor apologises after police threaten to shoot black family
The mayor of the US city of Phoenix has apologised after a video allegedly showing police threatening to shoot a black family went viral.
Officers were responding to an alleged shoplifting incident last month when the video was recorded.
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These numbers are so unexpected... Im struggling to find logical correlation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48512923
Basically the richer you are and the better the healthcare available, the less you trust vaccines.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
These numbers are so unexpected... Im struggling to find logical correlation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48512923
Basically the richer you are and the better the healthcare available, the less you trust vaccines.
People are illogical by nature. Doesn't surprise me one bit.
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Nxivm: Sex cult leader Raniere found guilty in New York
Keith Raniere, a self-help guru accused of leading a sex cult that enslaved women, has been found guilty of all charges against him.
Raniere, 58, was convicted by a jury after a six-week trial in Brooklyn, New York.
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Alaska teen 'killed best friend after catfish offered $9m'
An Alaskan teenager allegedly killed her best friend after an online stranger posing as a tycoon offered her money to carry out the murder.
Denali Brehmer, 18, of Anchorage, is accused of plotting the murder of Cynthia Hoffman, 19, this month. -
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Alaska teen 'killed best friend after catfish offered $9m'
An Alaskan teenager allegedly killed her best friend after an online stranger posing as a tycoon offered her money to carry out the murder.
Denali Brehmer, 18, of Anchorage, is accused of plotting the murder of Cynthia Hoffman, 19, this month.Stupid teen, catfish can't have money, they dont even have thumbs!
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France 40C heatwave could break June records
this week – potentially breaking the record for June.
Temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees or more on Monday, and climb even further until the peak on Thursday and Friday.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
France 40C heatwave could break June records
this week – potentially breaking the record for June.
Temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees or more on Monday, and climb even further until the peak on Thursday and Friday.
Oh yeah, we are feeling it. 37C in Rome today. Going to be in France in a few days.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
France 40C heatwave could break June records
this week – potentially breaking the record for June.
Temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees or more on Monday, and climb even further until the peak on Thursday and Friday.
Oh yeah, we are feeling it. 37C in Rome today. Going to be in France in a few days.
That’s not going to be fun. Stay hydrated (water, not booze)
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'Climate apartheid' between rich and poor looms, UN expert warns
A UN expert has warned of a possible "climate apartheid", where the rich pay to escape from hunger, "while the rest of the world is left to suffer".
Even if current targets are met, "millions will be impoverished", said Philip Alston, the UN's special rapporteur on extreme poverty.
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North Korea reveals explosive HIV outbreak—after claiming to be disease-free
The case estimate stands in stark contrast to a celebration in Pyongyang last year on December 1—annual World AIDS Day—in which government officials declared that North Korea is an “AIDS-free zone” and that there is “not a single AIDS patient” in the country.
Well in all honesty, there likely are ZERO AIDS patients in all of North Korea because NK doesn't treat anyone for anything.
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Beth Chapman Dead: ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Star Dies at 51 Following Cancer Battle
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beth-chapman-dead-dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-dies-at-51/ -
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Beth Chapman Dead: ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Star Dies at 51 Following Cancer Battle
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beth-chapman-dead-dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-dies-at-51/Site blocked here. Is that "Dog"?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Beth Chapman Dead: ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Star Dies at 51 Following Cancer Battle
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beth-chapman-dead-dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-dies-at-51/Site blocked here. Is that "Dog"?
Yep, that is Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman.
