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Apple resurrects the iPhone SE with brand-new units starting at $249
Digital Trends - 20 Jan 2019 16:56
Apple quietly started selling the iPhone SE again, at even lower prices than when it was discontinued four months ago. Brand new units of the 32GB version are on sale for $249, while the 128GB version is going for $299. ...
Fyre Fest Caterer Raises Thousands After Documentaries Show She Was Scammed, Too
IndieWire - 20 Jan 2019 19:53
Pamela Carter's GoFundMe has raised nearly $100,000 already.
Album Review: Maggie Rogers' 'Heard It in a Past Life'
Variety - 20 Jan 2019 23:02
Maggie Rogers earned one of those very rare "Saturday Night Live" slots in which a musical guest is booked onto the show well in advance of her major label debut album's release -- two and a half months prior, in this ca...
Adrien Broner Unloads on Jim Gray after losing to Manny Pacquiao
TMZ - 20 Jan 2019 14:00
Adrien Broner went off the rails Saturday night in a post-fight interview after pretty much getting destroyed by Manny Pacquiao for the WBA welterweight championship ... telling Showtime's Jim Gray he could beat the crap...
Lenders cut mortgage rates to give a kick-start to 2019
The Guardian - 20 Jan 2019 10:00
As Brexit takes its toll on the property market, there is some good news for borrowers First-time buyers and homeowners remortgaging their properties have been given some good news at the start of the year as a number of...
Police speak to Philip for not wearing seatbelt
BBC - 20 Jan 2019 00:25
The duke was seen driving at Sandringham, two days after a crash that injured two women.
Boat with migrants rescued off Libya looks for port to dock
Miami Herald - 20 Jan 2019 16:48
A private rescue boat with dozens of migrants aboard sought permission for a second day to enter a safe port Sunday, but said so far its queries to several nations …
'I've been robbed by the state:' Zimbabwe, in chaos, mourns
Miami Herald - 20 Jan 2019 16:36
Before the family of Kelvin Tinashe Choto knew he had been killed, social media in Zimbabwe was circulating a photo of his battered body lying on the reception counter of …
Pacquiao challenges Mayweather to rematch
CNN - 20 Jan 2019 20:30
It was almost three years ago that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fought in the "Fight of the Century" and now the 40-year-old Pacquiao wants to avenge his 2015 defeat.
Spanish rescuers start drilling to reach boy trapped in well for six days
The Guardian - 20 Jan 2019 03:10
Julen Roselló, aged two, fell down the 100m borehole while out walking with his parents near Málaga Rescuers in southern Spain have began drilling in the hope of rescuing a two-year-old boy trapped in a deep well for s...
'Bumblebee' Buzzes Past $400M WW - What's Next For The Autobots
Deadline - 20 Jan 2019 02:03
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount's Bumblebee is buzzing past the $400M mark worldwide today. The Transformers origins story has revved up $401.3M global, including $113.9M domestic and $287.4M at the international box office through...
Zimbabwe protests: Crackdown is just a 'taste of things to come'
BBC - 20 Jan 2019 15:14
At least 12 people reportedly died in protests sparked by a sharp rise in fuel prices.
Prestigious Vatican's choir gets new leader after fund scandal
New York Post - 20 Jan 2019 05:10
The world's oldest singing ensemble has a new leader after Pope Francis tapped a close aide to take over the Sistine Chapel Choir amid a scandal over mishandled funds. The Vatican announced that Monsignor Guido Marini --...
Trump attends ceremony for ISIS attack victims
New York Post - 20 Jan 2019 04:11
President Trump attended a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Saturday to receive the remains of four Americans killed last week by a suicide bomber in Syria. The remains included those of a Navy officer from u...
Facing a World of Trouble, Trump Tries Normal
Time - 20 Jan 2019 03:55
In past presidencies, Jan. 19’s events might have seemed normal. President Donald Trump began his Saturday on a bitterly cold tarmac in Delaware, paying his respects to the remains of four Americans killed in Syria. He...
To Save East River Park, the City Intends to Bury It
The New York Times - 20 Jan 2019 03:26
A plan to protect the Lower East Side from flooding was just rejected by the city, replaced with a drastic revision that costs twice as much but does not disrupt traffic.
Darkening Global Economic Outlook Greets Davos Forum
Time - 20 Jan 2019 16:53
Experts are downgrading their forecasts for global growth this year
Eight UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Mali's Aguelhoc camp
Al Jazeera English - 20 Jan 2019 16:14
At least eight killed, several injured in attack on UN peacekeepers camp in Mali's northern Kidal region.
Unpaid Fyre Festival Caterer Raises Thousands in Donations on GoFundMe
Variety - 20 Jan 2019 00:12
As two Fyre Festival documentaries hit the airwaves, a couple who say their credit was ruined due to the Fyre Festival’s lack of payment for their services have raised $54,381 at time of publication on GoFundMe. Elvis ...
Algerian ex-prime minister Benflis to run for presidency
Miami Herald - 20 Jan 2019 18:06
Algerian ex-Prime Minister Ali Benflis has announced he will run for president in next year's election. The 74-year-old Benflis was President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's campaign director in 1999 and was named …
Buddhist poker player to give his $600,000 winnings to charity
The Guardian - 20 Jan 2019 15:32
Scott Wellenbach says he can only rationalise gambling by donating winnings to those in need A Buddhist poker player has said he will give away more than $600,000 of his winnings to charity. Scott Wellenbach's third plac...
Actors walk out on theater lab productions in new strike
New York Post - 20 Jan 2019 05:03
Actors aren't "lab rats" to be used and disposed of, say theater union officials who have launched a strike against plays in development. Actors' Equity Association members are walking out on the labs in which producers ...