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Body of missing LSU freshman Kori Gauthier found in Mississippi River
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 02:04
The body of a Louisiana State University freshman missing since last week was found in the Mississippi River, authorities said Wednesday. LSU Chief of Police Bart Thompson confirmed that remains pulled from the river in ...
Tell us: how have your bra habits changed in the past year?
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2021 17:29
Lockdown has changed the way we dress - including our underwear. We want to hear about how the pandemic has changed the kind of bras you wear There is no doubt that lockdown has shaken up the way we dress, and that goes ...
Report: Biden set to sanction Russian officials over election meddling, hacks
The Week - 15 Apr 2021 05:00
The United States is prepared to sanction dozens of Russian individuals and entities and expel as many as 10 Russian officials and diplomats in response to election interference and hacks, people familiar with the matter...
White soldier charged with assault for shoving, berating Black man in viral video
ABC News - 15 Apr 2021 05:02
Jonathan Pentland is a soldier at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.
Congressional Democrats to introduce bill expanding Supreme Court
The Week - 15 Apr 2021 03:56
On Thursday, four Democratic lawmakers will stand on the steps of the Supreme Court to introduce legislation expanding the country's highest court from nine to 13 justices. The bill is being proposed by Sen. Edward Marke...
North Carolina teacher killed in shootout with Mexican cartel
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 03:28
A North Carolina teacher was gunned down in a shootout with members of a Mexican drug cartel last week, a report said. Barney Harris, who taught and coached basketball at Union Academy in Monroe, and his brother-in-law S...
Black Lives Matter activist from Seattle charged with anti-Asian hate crime
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 02:53
A Black Lives Matter activist from Seattle has been arrested — for an alleged anti-Asian hate crime, according to reports. Christopher Hamner, 51, who is black, was charged with allegedly attacking three Asian-American...
Canadian lawmaker caught nude during virtual legislative meeting
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 02:14
A Canadian lawmaker was caught in the buff during a virtual House of Commons conference on Wednesday, a report said. William Amos, a Liberal MP, was recorded on camera standing nude in his office, flanked by the Quebec a...
Louisiana man charged in cold case murder of college student Courtney Coco
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 15:56
A Louisiana man has been charged in the 2004 cold case murder of a college student whose body was found in an abandoned building in Texas, police said. David Anthony Burns, 43, of Boyce, was arrested Tuesday on a second-...
Officer wounded in Tennessee school wasn't shot by student's gun
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 15:25
The Tennessee teen who was fatally shot by police after he opened fire inside a high school bathroom was identified — as authorities revealed that a shot that wounded an officer in the struggle didn’t come from the s...
Biden declares Russia threat 'national emergency,' lobs sanctions
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 15:10
The Biden administration declared a national emergency on Thursday, slapping sanctions on three dozen people in Russia and expelling 10 diplomats in retaliation for Moscow’s meddling in last year’s presidential elect...
Angela Merkel to get WHO-approved AstraZeneca COVID vaccine: report
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 14:54
German leader Angela Merkel will reportedly get her first shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Friday -- despite her nation being one of many limiting its use over blood-clot fears.
Germany's third Covid wave needs drastic measures, says health chief
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2021 14:40
Head of Robert Koch Institute says he supports plan for night-time curfew as some ICUs reach capacity Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The head of Germany's disease control agency has called ...
Denmark health official faints while announcing halt of WHO-approved vaccine
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 14:37
Denmark’s top health official suddenly fainted at a press conference Wednesday announcing the country would be halting use of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Video of the briefing shows Tanja Erichsen, the head of Denmark’s...
Man parades pig's head in a cop's hat on a stake during protests in Minnesota
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 14:21
Minnesota cops arrested 24 people for rioting and curfew violations in the fourth night of protests over Daunte Wright's police shooting death -- with one man mocking officers by parading a severed pig's head on a stake.
Jurassic Coast cliff collapses in biggest UK rockfall for 60 years
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2021 14:14
People urged to stay away after thousands of tonnes falls to Dorset beach in massive chunks A huge section of a cliff on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset has collapsed on to a beach below and into the sea in the biggest UK r...
This story has got legs: Aldi facing legal claim from M&S over trademark for Colin the Caterpillar
Sky News - 15 Apr 2021 13:56
Marks and Spencer has launched legal action against Aldi over a claim that the discount supermarket is infringing the trademark of its Colin the Caterpillar cake.
Minnesota protesters, police clash for fourth straight night after Daunte Wright shooting
New York Post - 15 Apr 2021 05:21
Tempers flared on Wednesday during a fourth straight night of protests outside a Minnesota police station in response to the cop-killing of Daunte Wright. Police declared an unlawful assembly and ordered hundreds of demo...
Man whose body was found by fisherman in South Deering died of multiple gunshot wounds, officials said
Chicago Tribune - 15 Apr 2021 03:33
The body of a man found by a fisherman Tuesday morning near the Calumet River on the Far South Side died of multiple gunshot wounds, officials said Wednesday.
Anorexia: 'Difficult' to get proper support in lockdown
BBC - 15 Apr 2021 03:24
Radio 1 Newsbeat looks at how lockdown has impacted those living with the eating disorder anorexia.
Biden, Setting Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says 'It Is Time to End the Forever War'
The New York Times - 15 Apr 2021 03:23
The president said the main objective of ensuring that Afghanistan would not be a launching pad for terrorism had been achieved and that it was time for American troops to come home.
'Words matter': Numerous news outlets to use 'climate emergency' instead of 'climate change'
NY Daily News - 15 Apr 2021 03:13
Forget climate change. It's a climate emergency.The evidence is irrefutable, and now dozens of news outlets worldwide are joining the thousands of scientists who have been clamoring ever more loudly for the world to take...