May 18, 2018 - Articles

[bostonangler]

Great stuff Umbertino... Thanks

 

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[umbertino]

Virginia Beach: 'multiple injuries' in shooting at government building

 

• Shooter has been taken into custody, police say
• Incident occurred in municipal center
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Martin Pengelly

Fri 31 May 2019 22.02 BST Last modified on Fri 31 May 2019 22.40 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/31/virginia-beach-shooting-government-building

[umbertino]

Killer Ratings: did a Brazilian TV host arrange murders to boost his show?

 

A new Netflix documentary tells the extraordinary story of Wallace Souza who, it is alleged, took extreme actions in the hunt for new viewers

 

Mark Lawson

Fri 31 May 2019 15.14 BST Last modified on Fri 31 May 2019 16.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/may/31/killer-tv-brazilian-presenter-arranged-murders-show

[umbertino]

Frank Lucas, the drug lord who inspired American Gangster, dies aged 88

 

Mobster who climbed ranks of New York crime in 1970s was played by Denzel Washington in acclaimed 2007 movie

 

Associated Press

Sat 1 Jun 2019 03.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/01/frank-lucas-the-drug-lord-who-inspired-american-gangster-dies-aged-88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Cosby drops defamation case against sexual assault accusers

 

Spokesman said Cosby dropped the case against seven women ‘to focus on other matters’

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Fri 31 May 2019 22.28 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/31/bill-cosby-countersuit-defamation-case-dropped

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia Beach shooting: 12 dead as city mourns 'the most devastating day'

 

At least four others injured after employee opens fire ‘indiscriminately’ inside municipal building

 

Julia Carrie Wong and agencies

Sat 1 Jun 2019 05.04 BST

 

 

Vid & pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/31/virginia-beach-shooting-government-building

[umbertino]

'I wouldn't be the refugee, I'd be the girl who kicked axx': how taekwondo made me

 

When she arrived in the US as a 10-year-old refugee, Dina Nayeri found it hard to fit in. But that all changed when she hatched a plan to get into Harvard – by becoming a taekwondo champion

 

 

Fri 31 May 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/31/i-wouldnt-be-the-refugee-id-be-the-girl-who-kicked-ass-how-taekwondo-made-me

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand schoolgirl's spoken-word poem about racism clocks half a million views – video

 

‘Yesterday I was African, today I am lost,’ Zimbabwe-born Takunda Muzondiwa tells an Auckland audience. A video of her describing the racism she has faced in her adopted country has clocked up more than 500,000 views.........

 

Source: Facebook/New Zealand Human Rights Commission

Sat 1 Jun 2019 01.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2019/jun/01/new-zealand-schoolgirls-spoken-word-poem-about-racism-clocks-half-a-million-views-video

Edited June 1, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Extreme weather in the US: tornadoes, floods and snow – in pictures

 

Severe weather has spawned multiple tornadoes, flooding and even snow across America’s Midwest and Northeast

 

Sat 1 Jun 2019 11.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2019/jun/01/extreme-weather-in-the-us-tornadoes-floods-and-snow-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mount Etna lights up Sicily's night sky with eruption – video

 

Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest and most active volcano, erupted on Friday, spewing lava and volcanic ash into the sky above Catania.......

 

Source: Reuters

Sat 1 Jun 2019 12.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2019/jun/01/mount-etna-lights-up-sicily-night-sky-with-eruption-video

 

[umbertino]

‘All we know is MONEY!’: US cities struggle to fight hackers

 

Baltimore this month joined Atlanta, San Diego and Newark in the list of US cities hit by ransomware attacks as the cyber intrusions are expected to continue

 

Sam Levin in New York

Mon 3 Jun 2019 06.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/ransomware-attacks-hackers-cities-baltimore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Werner Bischof: 1950s America in colour – in pictures

 

The acclaimed Magnum photographer Werner Bischof’s images of 1950s America are shown for the first time in an exhibition devoted to his USA series.......

 

 

Mon 3 Jun 2019 09.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/jun/03/werner-bischof-1950s-america-in-colour-in-pictures

[umbertino]

30th Anniversary:Tiananmen Square massacre marked with Hong Kong vigil

 

More than 100,000 gather for anniversary but many fear for future of commemoration

 

Helen Davidson in Hong Kong

Tue 4 Jun 2019 15.56 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-marked-with-hong-kong-vigil

 

 

1989 Tiananmen Square protests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests

 

 

[pokerplayer]

55 minutes ago, umbertino said:

30th Anniversary:Tiananmen Square massacre marked with Hong Kong vigil

 

More than 100,000 gather for anniversary but many fear for future of commemoration

 

Helen Davidson in Hong Kong

Tue 4 Jun 2019 15.56 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-marked-with-hong-kong-vigil

 

 

1989 Tiananmen Square protests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests

 

 

 

 

  I remember it like it was yesterday. Very sad indeed. We had 2 Chinese going to school here. There parents told them to stay in Canada and apply for asylum. They did and were granted it almost Immediately. They are no longer safe to go home, so after many years they can visit family in different countries on holidays.

 

God, 30 years already ? Thxs Umbertino. My only hope is the world never forgets.

 

  pp

[umbertino]

2 hours ago, pokerplayer said:

 

 

  I remember it like it was yesterday. Very sad indeed. We had 2 Chinese going to school here. There parents told them to stay in Canada and apply for asylum. They did and were granted it almost Immediately. They are no longer safe to go home, so after many years they can visit family in different countries on holidays.

 

God, 30 years already ? Thxs Umbertino. My only hope is the world never forgets.

 

  pp

 

 

Agreed....Very sad story...

 

Thanks for the testimonial, PP....Sorry...Ran out of pluses

 

I too recall having watched reports from China every single day  back then in that particular period of time as I did focus ( and got passionate) on this very issue ...

 

I even hoped at one point that maybe things were going to get different...Unfortunately that was not the case....

 

When one day the TV reporter correspondent from China ( a very good Italian TV journalist) said China regime decided to deploy to Beijing  soldiers from a far province who did speak a diff language from the one spoken in the city so that those soldiers  couldn't understand the things those students and workers were trying to tell them....I felt that was the end......Which did occur

 

Edited June 4, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Customer complains to police after Taco Bell restaurant runs out of tacos

 

• Louisiana police: ‘We can’t make this stuff up’
• Caller upset at absence of ‘both hard and soft taco shells’

 

Associated Press

Wed 5 Jun 2019 14.56 BST Last modified on Wed 5 Jun 2019 15.32 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/05/customer-complains-police-taco-bell-restaurant-runs-out-of-tacos

[umbertino]

German nurse given second life sentence for murder of 85 patients

 

Niels Högel, who used drugs to cause cardiac arrests, confirmed as country’s worst postwar serial killer

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Thu 6 Jun 2019 16.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/german-nurse-niels-hogel-second-life-sentence-murder-of-85-patients

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Led not into temptation: pope approves change to Lord's Prayer

 

New wording for Catholics asks God not to ‘let us fall into temptation’

 

Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent

Thu 6 Jun 2019 15.04 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/led-not-into-temptation-pope-approves-change-to-lords-prayer

[umbertino]

Dr John obituary

 

Pianist, singer and songwriter steeped in the musical forms and voodoo culture of his native New Orleans

 

Adam Sweeting

Fri 7 Jun 2019 10.49 BST Last modified on Fri 7 Jun 2019 11.37 BST

 

 

 

Dr John performing at the Primavera Sound festival, Barcelona, in 2014

Photograph: Dosfotos/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/07/dr-john-obituary

[umbertino]

Early autopsy results are so far inconclusive for 3 Americans who died at a Dominican Republic resort

 

By Faith Karimi and Rosa Flores, CNN

Updated 1103 GMT (1903 HKT) June 7, 2019

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/06/us/dominican-republic-resort-deaths-thursday/index.html

 

Visited the DR many years ago....Great vacation

[umbertino]

El Chapo: what the rise and fall of the kingpin reveals about the war on drugs

 

As the capture and conviction of Mexico’s notorious drug lord has shown, taking down the boss doesn’t mean taking down the organisation

 

 

Fri 7 Jun 2019 06.00 BST

By Jessica Loudis

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/07/el-chapo-the-last-of-the-cartel-kingpins

[umbertino]

A dietitian's guide to 'clean eating': what it is and how to do it right

 

Heavily processed food has recently been linked to poor health and even early death. No wonder clean eating is having a moment

 

Wendy Bazilian

Thu 6 Jun 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/06/clean-eating-guide-dietician-what-is-it-how-to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Change is coming': Al Gore says economics will break fossil fuel dinosaurs

 

Former US vice-president says new coalmines make no commercial sense and even Australian governments will have to change course

 

Thu 6 Jun 2019 19.00 BST Last modified on Fri 7 Jun 2019 04.47 BST

By  Amy Remeikis

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/07/change-is-coming-al-gore-says-economics-will-break-fossil-fuel-dinosaurs

[umbertino]

London bus attack: fifth arrest after homophobic assault

 

Couple say they will not be frightened into hiding their sexuality after the attack

 

Poppy Noor

Sat 8 Jun 2019 10.45 BST Last modified on Sat 8 Jun 2019 13.05 BST

 

 

Melania Geymonat (R) and her girlfriend, Chris, who were attacked on a night bus

Photograph: Melania Geymonat via Facebook

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/08/london-bus-attack-fifth-arrest-after-homophobic-assault

 

Good that those vile attackers were found and arrested

[umbertino]

How hackers can permanently lock you out of your accounts

 

Some hackers use malicious code, but most just hide in plain sight. It can be devastatingly effective

 

Sun 9 Jun 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Sun 9 Jun 2019 14.37 BST

By  Dylan Curran

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/09/how-hackers-can-permanently-lock-you-out-of-your-accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Documenting migrant deaths in the Mediterranean – in pictures

 

Six people a day die crossing the Mediterranean. The work of Italian photojournalist Max Hirzel in his series Migrant Bodies speaks to the human stories behind this statistic and underlines how efforts to identify the dead are helping bereaved families......

 

 

Sat 8 Jun 2019 13.00 BST

Photographs by Max Hirzel

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/jun/08/documenting-migrant-deaths-in-the-mediterranean-max-hirzel-sink-without-trace-in-pictures

[umbertino]

One dead and six injured in Dallas crane collapse amid severe thunderstorms

 

• Witness: crane ‘fell straight through’ apartment building
• Names of injured and woman who died not known

 

Martin Pengelly and agencies

Mon 10 Jun 2019 12.40 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/09/two-injured-dallas-crane-collapses-thunderstorms

[umbertino]

Helicopter crash in New York leaves at least one person dead, officials say

 

• Fire department says one person reported killed in crash
• Police say incident was ‘hard landing on the roof’ of high-rise

 

Martin Pengelly and Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Mon 10 Jun 2019 20.48 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/10/helicopter-crash-new-york-manhattan-building-midtown-latest-news-updates

[umbertino]

Vatican launches guide to tackle 'educational crisis' on gender

 

Paper called ‘Male and female he created them’ will be sent to Catholic schools around the world

 

Agence France-Presse

Tue 11 Jun 2019 01.06 BST

 

 

The Vatican says gender theory ‘envisages a society without sexual differences’.

Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Image

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/11/vatican-launches-guide-to-tackle-educational-crisis-on-gender

[umbertino]

Opioid manufacturer Insys files for bankruptcy after $225m settlement

 

Insys Therapeutics founder and executives were convicted of bribing doctors to prescribe highly addictive painkiller

 

Chris McGreal

Mon 10 Jun 2019 21.32 BST Last modified on Mon 10 Jun 2019 22.38 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/10/opioid-manufacturer-insys-files-for-bankruptcy-after-225m-settlement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Base jumper dies in Dolomites accident

 

Jean Andre Quemener, 32, from Jersey, is killed in jump from 2,239-metre Sass Pordoi

 

Angela Giuffrida

Tue 11 Jun 2019 14.57 BST Last modified on Tue 11 Jun 2019 15.04 BST

 

 

The Val di Fassa (Fassa valley) area of the Dolomites

Photograph: andriphoto/Getty Images/iStockphoto

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/11/british-base-jumper-jean-andre-quemener-dies-dolomites-accident

 

That's close to where I live

[umbertino]

Doctored video of sinister Mark Zuckerberg puts Facebook to the test

 

Last month Facebook declined to remove a manipulated video of Nancy Pelosi even after it was viewed millions of times

 

 

Luke O'Neil

Wed 12 Jun 2019 01.49 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/11/deepfake-zuckerberg-instagram-facebook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most 'meat' in 2040 will not come from dead animals, says report

 

Consultants say 60% will be grown in vats or plant-based products that taste like meat

 

 

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Wed 12 Jun 2019 09.29 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/12/most-meat-in-2040-will-not-come-from-slaughtered-animals-report

[umbertino]

Carlos Ghosn's former home: inside Tokyo's notorious detention centre

 

Short tour allowed inside Japanese prison accused of keeping suspects in conditions designed to ‘break’ them for confessions

 

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Wed 12 Jun 2019 15.00 BST

 

 

 

A warden stands in a solitary cell area in Tokyo detention centre

Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/12/carlos-ghosns-former-home-inside-tokyos-notorious-detention-centre

 

[umbertino]

Stanford's former sailing coach gets one day in jail for role in admissions scandal

 

John Vandemoer admitted to agreeing to help students gain Stanford entry in exchange for money for his sailing program

 

Associated Press

Wed 12 Jun 2019 22.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/12/stanfords-former-sailing-coach-gets-one-day-in-jail-for-role-in-admissions-scandal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina man pleads guilty to 2015 murders of three Muslim students

 

Judge said Craig Stephen Hicks agreed as part of his plea to accept three consecutive life sentences without parole

 

Associated Press in Durham, North Carolina

Wed 12 Jun 2019 22.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/12/craig-stephen-hicks-north-carolina-chapel-hill-pleads-guilty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Police fired 55 times at Willie McCoy. A consultant called it 'reasonable'

 

The 20-year-old aspiring rapper had been sleeping in his car at a Taco Bell when Vallejo police shot him

 

Sam Levin in Oakland

Wed 12 Jun 2019 20.41 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/12/willie-mccoy-shooting-vallejo-police-55-shots