The gag order in Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington bars him and anyone else involved in the case from making public statements targeting prosecutors, court staff or “any reasonably foreseeable witness.”
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-gag-order-what-to-know-8b045bab3bd8ecebef2c9cf74a11c357?source=Snapzu
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Monday, 30 October 2023
Ice hockey player Johnson dies after neck cut
Nottingham Panthers' Adam Johnson dies after suffering a cut to his neck from a skate in a Challenge Cup match against the Sheffield Steelers.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/67253892?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/67253892?source=Snapzu
As the Hamas-Israel war rages, Islamophobia and antisemitism are rising in Australia
As fighting continues between Israel and Hamas, some Australians are increasingly afraid to venture outside in clothing that readily identifies them as either Muslim or Jewish.
Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/as-the-hamas-israel-war-rages-islamophobia-and-antisemitism-are-rising-in-australia/385jt872y?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/as-the-hamas-israel-war-rages-islamophobia-and-antisemitism-are-rising-in-australia/385jt872y?source=Snapzu
Friday, 27 October 2023
Ukraine war: Russia executing own retreating soldiers, US says
The White House says heavy losses and poor morale are leading to mutinies in some units.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67234144?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67234144?source=Snapzu
Jonathan Majors' trial for assault and harassment charges rescheduled again
Jonathan Majors was arrested after an alleged domestic dispute in March. The Creed III actor pleaded not guilty to four counts. His trial has been rescheduled.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1191589920/jonathan-majors-trial-assault-harassment-new-york?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1191589920/jonathan-majors-trial-assault-harassment-new-york?source=Snapzu
Thursday, 26 October 2023
South Korea intercepts boat carrying North Korean defectors
Rare defection by sea comes after nine North Koreans crossed the maritime border in May.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/south-korea-detains-vessel-carrying-four-suspected-north-korean-defectors?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/south-korea-detains-vessel-carrying-four-suspected-north-korean-defectors?source=Snapzu
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese
Vatican did not say why Grzegorz Kaszak was resigning, but priest from his diocese faced criminal investigation
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/pope-accepts-resignation-polish-bishop-grzegorz-kaszak-gay-orgy-scandal-diocese?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/pope-accepts-resignation-polish-bishop-grzegorz-kaszak-gay-orgy-scandal-diocese?source=Snapzu
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Debt Activists Bought $10M in Student Debt for $125,000 — and Canceled It All
The move wipes out balances of nearly 3,000 accounts from Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta.
Read more: https://truthout.org/articles/debt-activists-bought-10m-in-student-debt-for-125000-and-canceled-it-all/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://truthout.org/articles/debt-activists-bought-10m-in-student-debt-for-125000-and-canceled-it-all/?source=Snapzu
Monday, 23 October 2023
Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman accused of sexual assault by second woman
Spokesman for musician says allegations are ‘baseless and absurd’ and Elfman will ‘vigorously defend these claims in court’
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/20/oscar-nominated-composer-danny-elfman-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-second-woman?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/20/oscar-nominated-composer-danny-elfman-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-second-woman?source=Snapzu
Sunday, 22 October 2023
Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification
Why Vivaldi browser thinks Google’s new proposal, the Web-Environment-Integrity spec, is a major threat to the open web and should be pushed back.
Read more: https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/?source=Snapzu
Gaganyaan: India launches test flight ahead of sending man into space
The launch was the first in a series of tests ahead of Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67166633?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67166633?source=Snapzu
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Lawsuit over death of autistic man in a Pittsburgh jail alleges negligence, systemic discrimination
Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a treatable and preventable infection from a foot wound.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/jail-death-autism-lawsuit-pittsburgh-8fdab8752defd3defda5d8c841dab27e?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/jail-death-autism-lawsuit-pittsburgh-8fdab8752defd3defda5d8c841dab27e?source=Snapzu
Florida has become a zoo. A literal zoo.
These monkeys, reptiles, and birds don’t belong in Florida. Should we kick them out?
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science/23818926/florida-invasive-species-iguanas-tegus-monkeys?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science/23818926/florida-invasive-species-iguanas-tegus-monkeys?source=Snapzu
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
IRS plans rollout of free e-file tax return system with invitations to limited taxpayers
The agency, which is working on implementing state filing into its pilot, estimates that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will participate in the limited rollout of the program for the 2024 filing season.
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/irs-plans-rollout-of-free-e-file-tax-return-system-with-invitations-to-limited-taxpayers?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/irs-plans-rollout-of-free-e-file-tax-return-system-with-invitations-to-limited-taxpayers?source=Snapzu
Britney Spears Says Justin Timberlake Got Her Pregnant, Had Abortion, Memoir Claims
Britney Spears has what insiders have described as a "bombshell" in her upcoming memoir, and multiple sources tell TMZ ... that bombshell is that Justin Timberlake got her pregnant and after some heart-wrenching discussions they agreed she would get an abortion.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/17/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnant-abortion-memoir-book/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/17/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnant-abortion-memoir-book/?source=Snapzu
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Runestone Revelation Hints The Most Famous Viking Was a Woman
Harald Bluetooth is the most famous of Viking leaders, celebrated for unifying the people of Denmark during his reign from 958 to around 985 CE.
Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/runestone-revelation-hints-the-most-famous-viking-was-a-woman?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/runestone-revelation-hints-the-most-famous-viking-was-a-woman?source=Snapzu
Friday, 13 October 2023
How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives
Along Lake Erie, three states show how Republican lawmakers’ decisions over decades on cigarettes and seat belts are shortening life spans.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/republican-politics-south-midwest-life-expectancy/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/republican-politics-south-midwest-life-expectancy/?source=Snapzu
Josh Duggar to stay in prison until 2032 after appeal rejected
Josh Duggar will remain behind bars until 2032 after the appeal of his child pornography case was denied, according to reports.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/josh-duggar-stay-prison-until-155310088.html?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/josh-duggar-stay-prison-until-155310088.html?source=Snapzu
Republican Chaos Has Conservative Media Fuming. It’s Their Fault It Happened.
Talk radio and Fox News hosts created the political incentives that fueled Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and today’s speakership drama.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/12/matt-gaetz-conservative-media-00121095?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/12/matt-gaetz-conservative-media-00121095?source=Snapzu
The EU is probing X's response to Israel-Hamas misinformation
Two days after EU Commissioner Thierry Breton sent an "urgent" letter to Elon Musk over X's handling of misinformation, the governing body has opened a probe into the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/the-eu-is-probing-xs-response-to-israel-hamas-misinformation-204101029.html?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/the-eu-is-probing-xs-response-to-israel-hamas-misinformation-204101029.html?source=Snapzu
Thursday, 12 October 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a 5% chance he would be president, Caroline Ellison testified in his trial
Sam Bankman-Fried told Caroline Ellison that he could one day be the US president, she testified on Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-bankman-fried-wanted-president-caroline-ellison-testimony-2023-10?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-bankman-fried-wanted-president-caroline-ellison-testimony-2023-10?source=Snapzu
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
German police swoop on far-right Reichsbürger group
Police in Germany have carried out nationwide raids on homes of members of the right-wing extremist Reichsbürger movement.
Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-swoop-on-far-right-reichsb%C3%BCrger-group/a-67050428?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-swoop-on-far-right-reichsb%C3%BCrger-group/a-67050428?source=Snapzu
Minnesota inmates find creative outlet, therapeutic benefit in writing programs
The nonprofit FreeWriters offers writing workshops in jails, encouraging expression and reflection as a means of addressing mental health struggles.
Read more: https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-inmates-find-creative-outlet-therapeutic-benefit-in-writing-programs/600310551/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-inmates-find-creative-outlet-therapeutic-benefit-in-writing-programs/600310551/?source=Snapzu
New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long COVID symptom
Researchers will use a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study gastrointestinal symptoms as a condition of long COVID.
Read more: https://healthsciences.arizona.edu/newsroom/news-releases/0923/new-study-will-examine-irritable-bowel-syndrome-long-covid-symptom?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://healthsciences.arizona.edu/newsroom/news-releases/0923/new-study-will-examine-irritable-bowel-syndrome-long-covid-symptom?source=Snapzu
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Terence Davies, filmmaker of the lyrical 'Distant Voices, Still Lives,' dies at the age of 77
British filmmaker Terence Davies has died at the age of 77. He was best known for a pair of powerful, lyrical movies inspired by his childhood in postwar Liverpool — “Distant Voices, Still Lives” and “The Long Day Closes.”
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/uk-filmmaker-terence-davies-dies-d1c6cf1d5ac495ec7af2015b08b6e043?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/uk-filmmaker-terence-davies-dies-d1c6cf1d5ac495ec7af2015b08b6e043?source=Snapzu
Sunday, 8 October 2023
Wulf and Eadwacer: why I think I've solved the mystery of this Old English poem
Here, possibly four centuries before women are given a significant voice in heroic poetry in Germany and Scandinavia, a queen speaks out in an English version of a Gothic story.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/wulf-and-eadwacer-why-i-think-ive-solved-the-mystery-of-this-old-english-poem-199928?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://theconversation.com/wulf-and-eadwacer-why-i-think-ive-solved-the-mystery-of-this-old-english-poem-199928?source=Snapzu
Friday, 6 October 2023
For years, Japan tried to keep their existence a secret. But the Ainu people refuse to disappear
Japan's Ainu people have their own history, languages and culture. But, as the victims of colonialism, assimilation and discrimination, much of that identity has been lost. This is the story of their fight to be recognised.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/japans-indigenous-ainu-people-fight-for-recognition/102903914?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/japans-indigenous-ainu-people-fight-for-recognition/102903914?source=Snapzu
US shoots down armed Turkish drone after it came too close to US troops in Syria
The U.S. has shot down an armed Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in northeastern Syria, in what was a rare use of force by one NATO member against another.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/syria-turkey-shot-down-06b5b407e91ffb3d41096bbfe5f1ef75?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/syria-turkey-shot-down-06b5b407e91ffb3d41096bbfe5f1ef75?source=Snapzu
28 years ago, a book club began reading one novel. It’s finally reached the end
Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp.
Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/10/02/28-years-ago-a-book-club-began-reading-one-novel-its-finally-reached-the-end/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/10/02/28-years-ago-a-book-club-began-reading-one-novel-its-finally-reached-the-end/?source=Snapzu
Thursday, 5 October 2023
Five former Ubisoft execs arrested following sexual harassment investigation
French police have arrested five former Ubisoft executives after an investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the company. Among those taken into custody was former Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/five-former-ubisoft-execs-arrested-following-sexual-harassment-investigation-135636454.html?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/five-former-ubisoft-execs-arrested-following-sexual-harassment-investigation-135636454.html?source=Snapzu
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
FBI warns phantom hacker scams are emptying financial accounts — how to stay safe
Over $500 million stolen from victims so far
Read more: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/fbi-issues-warning-over-phantom-hacker-scams-dont-fall-for-this?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/fbi-issues-warning-over-phantom-hacker-scams-dont-fall-for-this?source=Snapzu
Monday, 2 October 2023
Biden presses Republicans after spending bill drops Ukraine aid
Biden chided Republicans for political brinkmanship after Congress passed a bill that extended government funding for more than a month and avoided a shutdown, but did not include aid for Kyiv.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-suggests-democrats-have-new-deal-with-republicans-ukraine-aid-2023-10-01/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-suggests-democrats-have-new-deal-with-republicans-ukraine-aid-2023-10-01/?source=Snapzu
Tech workers are paying up to $700 a month for tiny bed 'pods' in San Francisco
The California bed pods stacked two-high, run on monthly contracts and don't require a security deposit, are popular with young tech workers.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-workers-paying-700-month-tiny-bed-pods-san-francisco-2023-10?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-workers-paying-700-month-tiny-bed-pods-san-francisco-2023-10?source=Snapzu
Sunday, 1 October 2023
Elon Fires Half Of ExTwitter’s Election Integrity Team, Because A Manager Liked A Tweet Calling Him A Fucking Dipshit
Aaron Rodericks, co-lead of the department, was targeted in a right-wing harassment campaign after trying to hire new employees to combat political misinformation
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-elon-musk-fires-safety-team-2024-elections-1234832199/?source=Snapzu
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-elon-musk-fires-safety-team-2024-elections-1234832199/?source=Snapzu
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