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Pick the habit: the best podcasts to get you into a new hobby
The Guardian - 11 Jan 2022 16:30
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Los Angeles cops fired for playing Pokemon instead of responding to a robbery, lose appeal
NY Daily News - 11 Jan 2022 04:40
Two Los Angeles police officers who chased a Pokemon character instead of responding to the robbery netted the Snorlax they were pursuing - and then caught a bonus pair of pink slips.
Pope Francis speaks out against 'cancel culture,' condemns 'baseless information' about vaccines
Fox News - 11 Jan 2022 03:18
Pope Francis took aim at cancel culture during his annual address Monday, warning that it is a kind of 'one-track thinking' that risk silencing important voices
After deadly Bronx fire, Sen. Schumer calls on feds to help 90 families find new homes using vouchers
NY Daily News - 11 Jan 2022 15:59
The Senate Majority Leader said existing law allows most of the families affected by the deadly blaze to obtain new housing vouchers for permanent new apartments.
Maryland surgeons successfully transplant pig heart into human patient
New York Post - 11 Jan 2022 02:34
Dr. Bartley Griffith transplanted a pig heart into David Bennett, who knew there was no guarantee the experiment would work but was willing to try.
Mom of Chicago boy killed by freezing shower previously lost custody of kids over domestic violence allegations: report
NY Daily News - 11 Jan 2022 15:42
The mother of Damari Perry, the Chicago boy who died after being forced into a freezing shower until he vomited and lost consciousness, was reportedly investigated for alleged abuse just months before his death.
N. Korea fires possible missile into sea amid stalled talks
ABC News - 11 Jan 2022 03:45
South Korea and Japan say North Korea has fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea
Government balancing on environmental tightrope as Shell plans more gas drilling in North Sea
Sky News - 11 Jan 2022 14:16
Deep in the North Sea, 150 miles directly east of Aberdeen, lies an enormous and as yet undrilled gas field called Jackdaw.
Guantánamo Panel Approves Transfer of First High-Value Detainee
The New York Times - 11 Jan 2022 02:50
Guled Duran, a Somali, has been held in classified facilities since the C.I.A. took custody of him in 2004. He has never been charged with a crime.
Chinese cities lock down ahead of Olympics to stop COVID, 20 million people confined to homes
Fox News - 11 Jan 2022 15:30
About 20 million people in China are currently locked down in response to the coronavirus
Must I Donate a Kidney to My Awful Brother?
The New York Times - 11 Jan 2022 12:00
The magazine's Ethicist columnist on what you owe to a sibling who didn't treat you right and how to handle a potential bullying situation at your child's school.
Guantánamo Bay at 20: why have attempts to close the prison failed?
The Guardian - 11 Jan 2022 05:00
The US prison in Cuba has been beset by allegations of torture since it was set up 20 years ago. But despite all the promises to close it down, it remains operational with no end in sight, says Julian Borger The first pr...
CDC calls to protect those with comorbidities as hospitalizations surge
New York Post - 11 Jan 2022 04:11
The US broke a record for COVID-19 hospitalizations on Sunday with 132,646 patients, but CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said less Americans are dying.
Malden firefighters battle 3-alarm fire in freezing temperatures
Boston - 11 Jan 2022 02:42
The fire erupted at the Oak Grove Laundry, according to media reports. The post Malden firefighters battle 3-alarm fire in freezing temperatures appeared first on Boston.com.
Extreme cold in US north-east closes schools and Covid testing sites
The Guardian - 11 Jan 2022 15:30
Massachusetts, New York and Maine brace for subzero temperatures with wind chill factor, increasing risk of frostbite The US north-east girded itself on Tuesday for extreme cold that was expected to reach a wind chill va...
English councils can offer cash for rough sleepers to get Covid jabs, says minister
The Guardian - 11 Jan 2022 15:30
Eddie Hughes says local authorities can use part of £28m protect and vaccinate scheme to incentivise jabs Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Rough sleepers in England can be offered cash and f...
E.U. Parliament Told to Fix Illegal Export of COVID-19 Data to U.S.
Time - 11 Jan 2022 15:28
Amid fears of U.S. surveillance, the bloc's top court in 2020 struck down a tool for companies like Facebook to transfer data across the Atlantic.
PM 'going nowhere' as MPs demand answers over Downing Street party
Sky News - 11 Jan 2022 14:43
Boris Johnson "is going nowhere" and "retains the confidence of the people of this country", a minister has claimed, as pressure mounts over Downing Street holding a "bring your own booze" party during the first COVID lo...
Coast Guard rescues 176 Haitians from sailboat off Florida
ABC News - 11 Jan 2022 14:35
The U.S. Coast Guard says it pulled 176 Haitians from an overloaded wooden sailing vessel as it approached the Florida Keys
Biden to make 'forceful' push for voting rights, filibuster changes in Georgia speech
ABC News - 11 Jan 2022 14:27
President Joe Biden heads to Georgia on Tuesday to make his latest push for voting rights legislation.
Prince Andrew can sell Swiss chalet after settling £6.6m debt, say reports
The Guardian - 11 Jan 2022 14:26
Settling of debt will allow Duke of York, who faces large legal bills over sexual assault lawsuit, to sell chalet reportedly worth £18m The Duke of York has settled a £6.6m debt with a French socialite allowing him to ...
A Growing Gap Between the Vaccinated and Unvaccinated
The New York Times - 11 Jan 2022 14:21
We look at Omicron's toll in New York and Seattle, two cities with timely data.