❌ California’s governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the 1968 slaying that the governor called one of America’s “most notorious crimes.”
🗣 “Mr. Sirhan’s assassination of Senator Kennedy is among the most notorious crimes in American history,” Newsom wrote in his decision.
🇺🇸 Aside from causing Kennedy’s then-pregnant wife and 10 children “immeasurable suffering,” Newsom said the slaying “also caused great harm to the American people.”
☠️ Sirhan originally was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life when the California Supreme Court briefly outlawed capital punishment in 1972.
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🗣 “Mr. Sirhan’s assassination of Senator Kennedy is among the most notorious crimes in American history,” Newsom wrote in his decision.
🇺🇸 Aside from causing Kennedy’s then-pregnant wife and 10 children “immeasurable suffering,” Newsom said the slaying “also caused great harm to the American people.”
☠️ Sirhan originally was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life when the California Supreme Court briefly outlawed capital punishment in 1972.
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👮♂️ Utah officer who responded to Gabby Petito incident said he 'would have done anything to stop' her death
Eric Pratt, one of the police officers who encountered Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito in Moab, Utah, weeks before her disappearance, said in a new report that he was "devastated" by her death.
The Wednesday-released report was the result of an independent investigation into the Moab Police Department's handling of an incident on August 12. The report concluded that Pratt and Officer Daniel Robbins made "several unintentional mistakes.”
The report recommended, among other things, that Pratt and Robbins be placed on probation, and that the department undergo training on domestic violence and report writing.
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Eric Pratt, one of the police officers who encountered Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito in Moab, Utah, weeks before her disappearance, said in a new report that he was "devastated" by her death.
The Wednesday-released report was the result of an independent investigation into the Moab Police Department's handling of an incident on August 12. The report concluded that Pratt and Officer Daniel Robbins made "several unintentional mistakes.”
The report recommended, among other things, that Pratt and Robbins be placed on probation, and that the department undergo training on domestic violence and report writing.
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🌨 Major winter storm to impact millions in Eastern US over MLK holiday weekend
Another winter storm is expected to bring frigid temperatures along with a mix of snow, rain and sleet to most of the Eastern United States over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Forecasters believe the storm could bring up to a foot of snowfall.
Food stores, hospitals and testing centers are just a few places that have suffered staffing and supply shortages stemming from the omicron variant and made worse by recent foul winter weather.
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Another winter storm is expected to bring frigid temperatures along with a mix of snow, rain and sleet to most of the Eastern United States over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Forecasters believe the storm could bring up to a foot of snowfall.
Food stores, hospitals and testing centers are just a few places that have suffered staffing and supply shortages stemming from the omicron variant and made worse by recent foul winter weather.
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💊 COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages
Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the US are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron wave of infections.
The problem, in part, is that production is still being ramped up and the medicines can take anywhere from five to eight months to manufacture.
While the supply is expected to improve dramatically in the coming months, doctors are clamoring for the pills now, not just because omicron is causing an explosion of cases, but because two antibody drugs that were once the go-to treatments don’t work as well against the variant.
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Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the US are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron wave of infections.
The problem, in part, is that production is still being ramped up and the medicines can take anywhere from five to eight months to manufacture.
While the supply is expected to improve dramatically in the coming months, doctors are clamoring for the pills now, not just because omicron is causing an explosion of cases, but because two antibody drugs that were once the go-to treatments don’t work as well against the variant.
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😰 US man laments that his penis shrank after battling coronavirus
An American man who wished to remain anonymous claimed that as a result of getting the novel coronavirus his penis shrank by one and a half inches (some four centimetres).
The man's fears are not an outlier, apparently, as urologists say that the "COVID d**k" phenomenon is real, as a penis can become smaller due to damage to blood vessels.
According to careful study conducted by attentive researchers at University College London, almost five percent of males who had coronavirus suffered a "decrease in size of testicles/penis", and around 15 percent reported a reduced ability to achieve or maintain an erection.
An American man who wished to remain anonymous claimed that as a result of getting the novel coronavirus his penis shrank by one and a half inches (some four centimetres).
The man's fears are not an outlier, apparently, as urologists say that the "COVID d**k" phenomenon is real, as a penis can become smaller due to damage to blood vessels.
According to careful study conducted by attentive researchers at University College London, almost five percent of males who had coronavirus suffered a "decrease in size of testicles/penis", and around 15 percent reported a reduced ability to achieve or maintain an erection.
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🔹 Microsoft has vowed a "comprehensive review" of sexual harassment allegations against Bill Gates.
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🔹 Former Chief of Staff to Florida state senator, John Kuczwanski, has been killed in a road rage incident.
🔹 Tesla has begun accepting Dogecoin payments for some of the company's merchandise.
🔹 Singer Sinead O'Connor was hospitalised on Thursday evening days after her son Shane was found dead.
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🔹 Microsoft has vowed a "comprehensive review" of sexual harassment allegations against Bill Gates.
🔹 A dentist from Pennsylvania has been accused of killing his wife of 34 years during a trip to Zambia in 2016.
🔹 Former Chief of Staff to Florida state senator, John Kuczwanski, has been killed in a road rage incident.
🔹 Tesla has begun accepting Dogecoin payments for some of the company's merchandise.
🔹 Singer Sinead O'Connor was hospitalised on Thursday evening days after her son Shane was found dead.
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📹: Kanye West is suspected of punching a fan who asked him for an autograph outside an LA club on Thursday.
In the video, a man can be seen lying on the ground as the rapper shouts at a woman who apparently works with him.
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In the video, a man can be seen lying on the ground as the rapper shouts at a woman who apparently works with him.
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🧑⚖️ Spencer Elden, the baby from the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album 'Nevermind', has filed another lawsuit against the band, claiming that the photo caused him “permanent emotional distress”.
The second suit was submitted on 12 January after his initial complaint was dismissed by a judge last month.
📃 In the new lawsuit, Elden's lawyers dropped the allegations of sex trafficking, but retained claims that their client had been used as an object of child pornography.
📃 The defendants are the surviving musicians of Nirvana, Universal Music Group, and photographer Kirk Weddle. Spencer is demanding $150,000 from each of them – not counting legal costs.
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The second suit was submitted on 12 January after his initial complaint was dismissed by a judge last month.
📃 In the new lawsuit, Elden's lawyers dropped the allegations of sex trafficking, but retained claims that their client had been used as an object of child pornography.
📃 The defendants are the surviving musicians of Nirvana, Universal Music Group, and photographer Kirk Weddle. Spencer is demanding $150,000 from each of them – not counting legal costs.
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⚡️ 🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking a trilateral summit with the leaders of Russia and the United States, the chief of the Ukrainian presidential office says.
Washington has shown interest in this idea, while Moscow is yet to respond, according to the official.
Washington has shown interest in this idea, while Moscow is yet to respond, according to the official.
📹: Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby is holding a regular media briefing in Virginia.
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🤔 The Satanic Temple in Illinois has reportedly offered an “After School Satan Club” for elementary school.
A flyer circulating on social media says that the programme, aimed at children from first to fifth grade (ages six to 10), will include art and science projects, puzzles, games, as well as nature activities.
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A flyer circulating on social media says that the programme, aimed at children from first to fifth grade (ages six to 10), will include art and science projects, puzzles, games, as well as nature activities.
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🚚 Waymo has its first commercial autonomous trucking customer
Alphabet’s self-driving unit worked with J.B. Hunt, a trucking and logistics company, to test its Waymo Via technology in Texas. On Friday, the two announced they’re forming a strategic partnership with the hope of deploying a fully autonomous trucking operation within the state sometime in the next few years.
Waymo is just one of a handful of companies working on autonomous trucking technology. A few months before the company completed its June pilot with J.B. Hunt, Aurora, the startup that acquired Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, announced it was working with Volvo to build fully autonomous semi trucks that would carry cargo across North America.
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Alphabet’s self-driving unit worked with J.B. Hunt, a trucking and logistics company, to test its Waymo Via technology in Texas. On Friday, the two announced they’re forming a strategic partnership with the hope of deploying a fully autonomous trucking operation within the state sometime in the next few years.
Waymo is just one of a handful of companies working on autonomous trucking technology. A few months before the company completed its June pilot with J.B. Hunt, Aurora, the startup that acquired Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, announced it was working with Volvo to build fully autonomous semi trucks that would carry cargo across North America.
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🤢 Garbage and recyclables pile up as omicron takes its toll
The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the US that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage or recycling pickup, angering residents shocked that governments can’t perform this most basic of functions.
Cities including Atlanta, Nashville and Louisville are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting things like recyclable bottles, cans, paper and plastic, yard waste or oversized junk to focus on the grosser, smellier items.
Garbage collection has become just another of the many basic services disrupted by omicron. The Solid Waste Association of North America warned government officials and trash haulers in December to “plan now for staffing shortages.”
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The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the US that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage or recycling pickup, angering residents shocked that governments can’t perform this most basic of functions.
Cities including Atlanta, Nashville and Louisville are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting things like recyclable bottles, cans, paper and plastic, yard waste or oversized junk to focus on the grosser, smellier items.
Garbage collection has become just another of the many basic services disrupted by omicron. The Solid Waste Association of North America warned government officials and trash haulers in December to “plan now for staffing shortages.”
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⛏ Block founder Jack Dorsey has announced on Twitter that the company is officially building an open bitcoin mining system. Dorsey first announced in October last year that the digital payments provider, then known as Square, was considering working on the project even before it rebranded itself. If you'll recall, Square changed its name to Block to tie its services together and to better represent the future of its business in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.
Dorsey is a big believer in cryptocurrency, and even once said that he believes bitcoin will replace the dollar one day.
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Dorsey is a big believer in cryptocurrency, and even once said that he believes bitcoin will replace the dollar one day.
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❗US judge sets sentencing of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell for June 28
⚖ A US judge ordered former Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli to pay a $64.6 million fine and banned him from the pharmaceutical industry for life, court records revealed on Friday.
Shkreli gained notoriety in 2015 when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of the medication Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent.
Daraprim is used to treat a common parasite that can cause debilitating or even fatal infections in individuals with a compromised immune system, such as those who have contracted HIV/AIDS.
The Supreme Court also ordered Shkreli to surrender his ownership of a $5 million stock account used as collateral for a now-revoked release bond.
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Shkreli gained notoriety in 2015 when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of the medication Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent.
Daraprim is used to treat a common parasite that can cause debilitating or even fatal infections in individuals with a compromised immune system, such as those who have contracted HIV/AIDS.
The Supreme Court also ordered Shkreli to surrender his ownership of a $5 million stock account used as collateral for a now-revoked release bond.
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Here Comes the Sun: Corona Rolls Out Vitamin D-Enriched Alcohol-Free Beer
🗣 "The journey was not easy, as Vitamin D is sensitive to oxygen and light, and not easily soluble in water," said Brad Weaver, global VP of innovation for AB InBev, the company that owns the Corona brand.
☀ Known as the "sunshine vitamin," Vitamin D helps our body to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy, regulating the amount of calcium and phosphate
🤔 What do you think? Will a new stage of vitamin beers begin?
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🗣 "The journey was not easy, as Vitamin D is sensitive to oxygen and light, and not easily soluble in water," said Brad Weaver, global VP of innovation for AB InBev, the company that owns the Corona brand.
☀ Known as the "sunshine vitamin," Vitamin D helps our body to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy, regulating the amount of calcium and phosphate
🤔 What do you think? Will a new stage of vitamin beers begin?
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🤑 The Salt Lake City man, who wishes to remain anonymous, was working as a flight attendant when travel delays between flights forced him to make an unexpected stop overnight at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
He told lottery officials that, since his home state of Utah does not have a lottery, he enjoys playing while traveling for work. It wasn’t until several days later that he checked his ticket.
Uncertain of how much he had won, he immediately went to Reddit where he posted, "I was one number away from winning the jackpot." Moments later, someone responded, "You won $50K!"
He proceeded to do research confirming the information that he received. He told lottery officials that he had put the winning ticket on the refrigerator until he could figure out how to get back to Kentucky. After taxes, he received a check for $35,500.
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He told lottery officials that, since his home state of Utah does not have a lottery, he enjoys playing while traveling for work. It wasn’t until several days later that he checked his ticket.
Uncertain of how much he had won, he immediately went to Reddit where he posted, "I was one number away from winning the jackpot." Moments later, someone responded, "You won $50K!"
He proceeded to do research confirming the information that he received. He told lottery officials that he had put the winning ticket on the refrigerator until he could figure out how to get back to Kentucky. After taxes, he received a check for $35,500.
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🎾 Novak Djokovic Reportedly Detained by Australian Border Authorities
The world's number-one ranked tennis player was detained by Australian border authorities on Saturday morning. The Australian federal court has set Djokovic's case hearing for Sunday at 9:30 a.m., local time.
Djokovic has had his visa revoked twice by Australian immigration officials because he refuses to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
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The world's number-one ranked tennis player was detained by Australian border authorities on Saturday morning. The Australian federal court has set Djokovic's case hearing for Sunday at 9:30 a.m., local time.
Djokovic has had his visa revoked twice by Australian immigration officials because he refuses to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
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🗣 Former Obama Administration Adviser Pleads Guilty in $218,000 Theft Scheme
Seth Andrew, 42, a former senior adviser in the Obama administration, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he orchestrated a scheme to steal over $200,000 from a network of charter schools that he founded, prosecutors said.
The former political adviser pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and is facing up to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors said last year that he used the money to get a lower interest rate on a mortgage for a $2 million Manhattan apartment.
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Seth Andrew, 42, a former senior adviser in the Obama administration, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he orchestrated a scheme to steal over $200,000 from a network of charter schools that he founded, prosecutors said.
The former political adviser pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and is facing up to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors said last year that he used the money to get a lower interest rate on a mortgage for a $2 million Manhattan apartment.
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