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CDC begging young and middle-aged people to get flu shots as death toll rises

Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a stern warning to young…

Climate change skeptic decries ‘global warming nazis’ and their ‘jack-booted’ tactics

Writing on his blog,  global climate change skeptic Dr. Roy W. Spencer,  decried the use…

Abused subtropical rainforest thrives again

Sadly, we hear too much about the logging, clearing, and obliteration of earth’s rainforests, and…

El Niño return threatens global food production

The El Nino weather pattern that can trigger drought in some parts of the world…

Tech News

Futurist Ray Kurzweil: Dating artificial intelligences could be possible within 15 years

Google’s director of engineering, Ray Kurzweil, predicts that the AI dating depicted in the Oscar-nominated…

‘WhatsApp’ co-founder goes from SNAP beneficiary to social media mogul

Jan Koum, an immigrant from Ukraine, was so poor as a teenager that he used…

Media

Lawyer sues over his portrayal as toupee-wearing, degenerate drug user in ‘Wolf of Wall Street’

A lawyer has sued Paramount Pictures and the makers of “The Wolf of Wall Street”…

Banksy mural ‘Kissing Coppers’ auctioned for $575,000 in Miami

A mural created on the side of a building by the elusive British street artist…

U.S. News

Obama takes jab at New Jersey’s Chris Christie for opposing minimum wage hike

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday singled out New Jersey’s…

Substitute elementary school teacher arrested in Oklahoma for showing up to class drunk

Police in Ada, Oklahoma arrested a substitute teacher outside of an elementary school for allegedly…

New York mayor still committed to reducing speed limits after being caught speeding

By Victoria Cavaliere NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said…

Top Connecticut GOP staffer resigns in wake of $2M campaign kickback probe

George Gallo, the chief of staff for Connecticut’s House Republican leader, suddenly resigned Thursday after…

EPA proposes new regulations on agricultural pesticides to protect farm workers

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) – Farm workers, children and other people working or living near…

World

Swiss court rules calling someone a ‘foreign pig’ is not racist

Calling someone a “foreign pig” or “dirty asylum-seeker” is insulting but is not against Switzerland’s anti-racism law, the country’s top…

‘Slavery’ spotters to be posted at British airports to fight human trafficking

Anti-slavery teams are to be deployed at British airports in a bid to identify potential victims of human trafficking, the…

U.S. calls for ‘immediate implementation’ of Ukraine peace deal

The United States on Friday welcomed a deal to end Ukraine’s political crisis between the government and opposition protestors and…

From Dadaism to the Cold War: How WWI shaped the 20th century and beyond

“It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood.” The line from Shakespeare’s Macbeth might easily have been written…

Zimbabwean court orders former Illinois Rep. Mel Reynolds to be deported

HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court on Friday ordered the deportation of former U.S. congressman Mel Reynolds after he pleaded…

Ukraine to hold early elections after opposition leaders sign peace deal

By Natalia Zinets and Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine opposition leaders signed an EU-mediated peace deal with President Viktor…

Mexico City legislators move to relax marijuana laws

If approved, changes to laws on possession and sale in capital could pave way for regulated marijuana dispensaries Deep in…

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