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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
Haymarket drug treatment center files lawsuit against Itasca, claiming rejection of rehab facility was discriminatory
Chicago Tribune - 11 Jan 2022 20:26
Haymarket has filed a lawsuit after last year's unanimous vote by the Itasca Village Board against allowing a substance-use rehab center to open there.
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
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.
14-year-old girl shot by police remembered at LA funeral
ABC News - 11 Jan 2022 03:57
Family, friends, civil rights activists and community members memorialized a 14-year-old girl shot and killed in a clothing store dressing room when Los Angeles police fired at a suspect and a bullet pierced a wall
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.
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.
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
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.
Trump attorneys cite immunity, want Jan. 6 lawsuits tossed
ABC News - 11 Jan 2022 05:19
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and his associates argue that incendiary statements by Trump and others last Jan. 6 prior to the Capitol riot were protected speech and in line with their official duties
EU ends omicron travel ban on flights from southern Africa
ABC News - 11 Jan 2022 05:16
The European Union has ended travel restrictions on flights from southern Africa well over a month after imposing it on hopes of containing the spread of the omicron variant of the corona virus
Mexican President Contracts Covid-19 a Second Time
Wall Street Journal - 11 Jan 2022 04:22
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has had three doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, said he had only minor symptoms and would isolate and continue his work remotely.
In a medical first, a man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart
CNN - 11 Jan 2022 03:30
A 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery, University of Maryland Medicine said in a news release Monday.
Ted Cruz's act of cowardice
CNN - 11 Jan 2022 18:14
Republican Senator Ted Cruz walked back his comments calling January 6th a "terrorist attack" after receiving slack from Trump World and one of it's leading figures... Fox News Host Tucker Carlson. In the latest episode ...
McCarthy vows to remove Democrats from committees if Republicans win House
CNN - 11 Jan 2022 03:23
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has vowed to remove three Democratic lawmakers from key committee assignments if Republicans win back the chamber in the upcoming midterm elections.
Civil Suits Against Trump Seek Damages for Jan. 6 Attack
The New York Times - 11 Jan 2022 03:20
Lawyers argued that the cases against the former president should be allowed to go forward because he inflamed a mob and failed to stop the violence it wrought.
Desperate families are searching for answers after the deadly Bronx apartment blaze
CNN - 11 Jan 2022 02:46
Nfamara Kebe tears up as he describes the deadly fire in the Bronx apartment building where several of his family members lived.