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Woman held captive saved after writing note to UPS driver
A longtime UPS driver was hailed as a hero for calling cops after he spotted a woman’s desperate plea for help scrawled on a package — saving her from being held captive and sexually assaulted by her husband in their Missouri home, authorities said. Sgt. T.J. Wild of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department...
Big business leaders urge Trump to abandon mass deportation promises
A group funded by billionaires like Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg is calling for President-elect Donald Trump to scale back calls he made for the mass deportation of immigrants on the 2016 campaign trail. "This election clearly showed that Americans are wildly frustrated with our broken immigration system,"...
Alleged terrorist with loaded Kalashnikov arrested in Rotterdam
A man allegedly planning a terror attack was arrested in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in possession of a loaded Kalashnikov assault rifle. The man was arrested at his home by police acting on a tip-off from Dutch intelligence agency the AIVD, prosecutors said. The 30-year-old suspect had a Kalashnikov with two full magazines of...
Clinton warns against fake news ‘epidemic’ saying it must be tackled to protect America’s democracy
Hillary Clinton has issued a stern warning on Thursday (8 December) against fake news, branding it an "epidemic" which must be addressed to protect America's democracy. In her second public address since losing the US election to Donald Trump, the Democrat made the comment in the wake of a flurry of widely...
Tata Steel needs to overcome major hurdles to save Port Talbot plant, warns Pensions Regulator
While Tata Steel's decision to invest £1bn ($1.26bn) in its UK business could save the Port Talbot plant from closing down, it still faces some major hurdles, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned. The UK non-departmental public body said these hurdles were related to Tata Steel's UK pension scheme. The...
Child mummy sheds light on the ancient history of deadly smallpox
A child mummy from the 17th century has shed a new light on the history of smallpox. Although the disease has been documented in ancient civilisations, scientists now think that this chronology is incorrect and that the virus that causes smallpox diversified more recently than previously thought. Smallpox is the first disease...
Over 300 police officers accused of ‘sexually abusing’ victims and suspects, report finds
Hundreds of police officers are alleged to have sexually exploited victims and suspects in what the police watchdog has called the "most serious corruption issue facing the service". Forces across England and Wales received 436 allegations of sexual exploitation in the last two years up to March 2016, with complaints...
США прощается с Хиллари Клинтон
Шокирующую новость сообщил американский телеканал на многомиллионную аудиторию. Начиная выпуск новостей в прямом эфире, ведущий Джо Торрес печально заявил, что лидер...
Australian Islamic leaders are pushing for a Muslim alternative to Peppa Pig
Islamic leaders in Australia are urging Muslims to donate money to help fund an alternative to children’s cartoon Peppa Pig which will be set in a “predominantly Muslim town”. The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) has issued an online plea for parents to support the development of a TV show that teaches...
Navy admiral’s Pearl Harbor speech trolls Colin Kaepernick
A decorated US Navy admiral took the time to troll Colin Kaepernick during the 75th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration ceremony on Wednesday — saying those who died on that fateful day “never took a knee and never failed to stand” during the national anthem. The remarks were made by U.S. Pacific...
Three students charged with kidnapping classmate for sex
Three teens are accused of kidnapping their high school classmate from school so they could try to take turns having sex with her, according to police. An 18-year-old girl said that a male student abducted her on Nov. 28 while walking to class in Cypress Springs, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported. She was dragged from the...
Greenland’s ice sheet once did a vanishing trick that lasted 280,000 years
Two studies this week on the history of Greenland's ice sheet, home to the some of the world's fastest-melting glaciers, have found that at least once almost the whole country was laid bare of ice for hundreds of thousands of years. The pair of studies are published together in the journal Nature. The first, led by...