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Steven Gubser, a Bright Star in the Physics Universe, Dies at 47
The New York Times - 7 Sep 2019 16:49
He did groundbreaking work toward finding a "theory of everything." He died in an Alpine rock-climbing accident.
450 illnesses linked to vaping nationwide
CBSNews - 7 Sep 2019 00:52
The CDC is urging people to consider not using e-cigarette products as it investigates why some users have developed serious illnesses. Officials have identified 450 possible cases nationwide. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
Agency reverses course on Trump's Alabama hurricane claim
Boston - 7 Sep 2019 01:08
A federal agency is reversing course on the question of whether President Donald Trump tweeted stale information Sunday about Hurricane Dorian potentially hitting Alabama
Prosecutors: In College Admissions Scam, Felicity Huffman's 'Moral Cluelessness' Warrants Jail Sentence
Time - 7 Sep 2019 01:52
(BOSTON) — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman to a month in jail for her role in the sweeping college admissions bribery scandal. U.S. Attorney Andrew Le...
How UK's foreign policy efforts to dislodge Mugabe ended in failure
The Guardian - 7 Sep 2019 06:01
Series of misunderstandings and protection from other African leaders meant Britain could only wound the regime Britain's 40-year effort to find a way to either influence or dislodge Robert Mugabe is one of the country's...
Defying N.R.A., Texas Lieutenant Governor Favors Background Checks on Private Gun Sales
The New York Times - 7 Sep 2019 03:53
Dan Patrick, a Republican, has promoted his A-plus grade from the National Rifle Association.
Man "addicted" to helping others donates his kidney to a stranger
CBSNews - 7 Sep 2019 00:56
Jon Potter is willing to help as many people as he can, even if it means giving up an organ
Survivors left homeless days after Dorian slams Bahamas
CBSNews - 7 Sep 2019 00:54
Five days after the storm ravaged the Bahamas, 76,000 people are in urgent need of food and water
Before-and-after photos show how Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas
New York Post - 7 Sep 2019 00:49
Shocking before-and-after photos show the devastation Hurricane Dorian unleashed on the Bahamas as it bore down on the island country as a Category 5 storm earlier this week. Dorian killed at least 30 people as it slamme...
Hong Kong police fend off airport protest but tear gas fired again in Kowloon
Reuters - 7 Sep 2019 16:25
Hong Kong police prevented anti-government protesters from blocking access to the airport on Saturday, but fired tear gas for a second night running in the Chinese-ruled city's densely populated district of Mong Kok in t...
France pledges to press Iran to comply with nuclear deal
New York Post - 7 Sep 2019 16:07
France will continue pressuring Iran to comply with the 2015 nuclear deal, a top official said Saturday. "We must do everything we can to contribute to ease tensions with Iran and to ensure navigation safety," French def...
Boy, 6, who fell from Tate Modern making 'amazing progress'
Sky News - 7 Sep 2019 15:53
A six-year-old boy who fell five storeys from the Tate Modern is making "amazing progress" in his recovery, his family have said.
Israelis return to the polls in the election that nobody wanted
The Guardian - 7 Sep 2019 15:30
Benjamin Netanyahu will again try to form a coalition to bring current deadlock to an end Israeli diplomats across the world began voting last week, kicking off the second national election the country has held in just s...
Phone Service Problems Leave More Than a Dozen Hospitals Unable to Take Calls
The New York Times - 7 Sep 2019 06:40
The hospitals, all in the New York City region, said there was no danger to patients and advised relatives to use cellphones instead.
Trump Regime Anti-Iran Blood Money Offer
OpEdNews - 7 Sep 2019 06:21
Bribery for political, economic, military, and/or other purposes reflects a corrupt society - what characterizes US public and private sectors than any other countries worldwide.
White Claw shortages have millennials in a panic
New York Post - 7 Sep 2019 06:13
Hard seltzer-obsessed Yuppies are freaking out on Twitter over a nationwide shortage of White Claw. Stores can’t keep the bubbly, low-calorie booze on the shelf due to sky-high demand, Business Insider reported Friday ...
Brexit: MPs willing to go to court to enforce delay
BBC - 7 Sep 2019 06:07
MPs are preparing legal action in the event Boris Johnson refuses to ask for a Brexit delay, the BBC understands.
'A beautiful dream destroyed': Britons in EU on no-deal Brexit
The Guardian - 7 Sep 2019 06:00
British citizens living in EU27 nations tell of feeling abandoned as a no-deal exit looms on horizon If Brexit ends in no deal, many British people who live in the EU will become foreigners overnight - "third-country nat...
Navy SEAL Team 7 leaders fired for sex assault, drinking
New York Post - 7 Sep 2019 05:23
Three senior leaders of Navy SEAL Team 7 were relieved of their positions “due to a loss of confidence that resulted from leadership failures,” Naval Special Warfare Command announced Friday. The news came six weeks ...
Thai government pressed over missing Lao activist Od Sayavong
The Guardian - 7 Sep 2019 04:42
Human Rights Watch calls for information on fate of 34-year-old amid a spate of disappearances of activists Rights groups in Thailand have urged the government to investigate the apparent enforced disappearance of Od Say...
Typhoon Lingling knocks out power for thousands in South Korea
CBSNews - 7 Sep 2019 04:41
It is expected to affect a broader part of the country as it passes off South Korea's west coast before making landfall in North Korea in the evening
Eric Trump outs WaPo reporter seeking whistleblowers, sets off Twitter debate
New York Post - 7 Sep 2019 04:37
Eric Trump touched off a heated Twitter conversation about the US media on Friday, after he outed a Washington Post reporter who’d apparently been email-blasting Trump Organization employees, looking for whistleblowers...