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Viewpoint: How would Trump remove 11 million people from the US?
Lost in the most consistently astonishing US presidential campaign since the 1864 Democrats ran on a platform of conceding the Civil War, is a disturbing question that seems to bring into doubt the very premise of the American experiment. Exactly how would Donald Trump deport 11 million undocumented migrants from the US? Who...
Zika virus: 2.2 billion people in ‘at risk’ areas
More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps published in the journal eLife show. The Zika virus, which is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, triggered a global health emergency this year. Last week the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the...
Homunculus: The Alchemical Creation of Little People with Great Powers
Although science has made much progress in the last century, there are still numerous ethical issues that need to be addressed by the scientific community. One such issue is that of the creation of artificial life. For some, this is the logical progress of scientific knowledge; for others, this is a realm that should not be...
Ecuador earthquake: At least 413 people confirmed dead
At least 413 people are now known to have died in the earthquake that struck Ecuador, the country's government says. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck Ecuador's Pacific coast on Saturday, and the search for survivors continues. The cost of rebuilding is likely to be in the billions of dollars, President Rafael Correa said...
BREAKING: Two people rushed to hospital after supermarket is struck TWICE by lightning
TWO people have been rushed to hospital after a supermarket was struck TWICE by lightning. A Morrisons in Kent had to be evacuated after lightning hit the roof twice within seconds during a thunderstorm. Emergency services including two fire engines and two ambulance and two paramedic cars were called to the scene in Wincheap,...
190 people in this Indiana town were diagnosed with HIV
AUSTIN, Ind. — From the start of the HIV outbreak here, health officials emphasized that nothing set Scott County apart from many other rural communities where opioid drug use had become an epidemic. This could happen anywhere, people were told. Many people here had viewed HIV as a big-city disease, something that might...
Men Rescued from Remote Pacific Island After Spelling ‘Help’ in Palm Fronds
Three men were rescued from a remote Pacific Island after they spelled "help" in the sand using palm fronds, the Coast Guard said. The mariners had been stranded on the uninhabited island for three days. Officials at Sector Guam received notification on Tuesday morning about a ship that was missing on its way to the...
Two dead in US Air Force base shooting
A shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has left at least two people dead, police say. Officials have told US media that an airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide. Police responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time (15:00 BST), a spokesman said. Two bodies...
Timeline: How Parents’ Bitter Divorce and Custody Battle Led to the Disappearance of Two Sisters
Living in Lakeville, Minnesota, Sandra Grazzini-Rucki and David Rucki appeared to be doting and loving parents to their five children, Nico, Samantha, Gianna, Nia and Gino. But despite the happy moments their home videos captured, Sandra said she suffered years of emotional and physical abuse at David’s hand. She also...
VICTORY! Dutch people power CRUSHES expansionist Brussels…and Brexit ‘will be NEXT’
THE DUTCH people have tonight delivered a devastating blow to the whole European Union project and handed a huge boost to Brexit campaigners by sinking a Brussels plot to expand further into Eastern Europe. In a stunning rebuke to the European elite voters in the Netherlands have overwhelmingly rejected a plan by EU bureaucrats...
Is it OK for white people to have dreadlocks?
A viral video has started a debate about "cultural appropriation" and the racial politics of hair. The footage picks up in the middle of a confrontation between two young people — one a white man, the other a black woman. The argument centres around the man's hairstyle. Specifically, his dreadlocks....
Tampa’s Last Cigar Factory Ponders More Competition From Cuba Print
TAMPA, FLORIDA— Rising hopes that the half-century U.S. trade embargo on Cuba might be coming to an end are raising concerns for U.S. cigar makers who may face stiffer competition from Cuban cigar imports. But the people who run the last major cigar factory in Tampa, Florida, say they have been making fine cigars for...