Afghanistan US drone strike intended for Isis hideout kills 30 pine nut workers in AfghanistanThe Guardian - Reuters in JalalabadA US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan has killed at least 30 civilians who were resting after harvesting pine nuts. Forty people were also injured in the attack on night
Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau darkened face for 'Aladdin' costume in 2001 photoNBC News - Doha Madani"It was something I didn't think was racist at the time, but now I recognize it was something racist to do," Trudeau told reporters Wednesday. A 2001 photo shows that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Neutron Stars Astronomers Found Goliath Pulsar That Can Collapse Forming A Black HoleMashable - Aakarsh DubeNeutron stars are very compact, ultra dense cosmic bodies that are essentially a single atom made up of nothing, but neutrons. The density of these objects is immense, essentially the complete mass of
Literature Trump's communications with a foreign leader sparked whistleblower complaintCNN - By Zachary Cohen, CNNWashington (CNN) — A communication between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader prompted a whistleblower complaint that is now at the center of a dispute between the director of national intelligence
News Graeme Gibson, Canadian Author and Margaret Atwood's Longtime Partner, Dies at 85TIME - Rachel E. GreenspanGraeme Gibson, the Canadian author of books including Five Legs and Perpetual Motion and longtime partner of author Margaret Atwood, has died. He was 85. His publisher, Penguin Random House, announced
Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu faces uphill battle after repeat electionAssociated Press - By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) — After a decade of mesmerizing world leaders, subduing his rivals and eking out dramatic election victories, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political future is suddenly in doubt. near-final
Liberia 26 children die as fire breaks out in Liberia boarding schoolCNN - Stephanie Busari, CNN(CNN) — A national day of mourning has been declared in Liberia after the death of 27 children in a fire at a religious boarding school outside the Liberian capital Monrovia, an official said. The children
Aerospace U.S. Air Force Warns an American and Russian Satellite May Collide OvernightGizmodo - George Dvorsky Earlier today, the private American firm Bigelow Aerospace was notified by the U.S. Air Force that its Genesis II spacecraft has a slim chance of …
Edmonton, AB Media outlets are reporting an active shooter at Crossiron Millsctvnews.ca Media outlets are reporting an active shooter at Cross Iron Mills Mall in Calgary. Calgary Police tweeted at 8 p.m. advising people to avoid the …
World News Ohio gamer sentenced to 15 months prison in 'swatting' casectvnews.ca - Roxana Hegeman WICHITA, Kan. -- An Ohio gamer upset about a $1.50 bet while playing Call of Duty: WWII online was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for …
Trains LRT launch Saturday will be 'a big party'ottawacitizen.com - Jon Willing At 2 p.m. Saturday, the City of Ottawa is scheduled to open the doors of LRT stations and welcome the first passengers aboard the 12.5-kilometre …
MoviePass MoviePass is shutting down tomorrowThe Verge - Nick StattMoviePass, the subscription service that spent enormous amounts of venture capitalists’ money subsidizing movie tickets in a bid to upend the theater business model, is officially shutting down on September
Cincinnati Bengals Former NFL Player Terrell Roberts Shot and Killed in His Grandmother's BackyardPeople - By Joelle GoldsteinThe football community is in mourning after Terrell Roberts, a former defensive back for the Cincinnati Bengals, was shot and killed this week. He was 38. The fatal incident happened on Wednesday evening
Bitcoin Bitcoin millionaire jumps off balcony after being threatened with sh…independent.co.uk - Anthony Cuthbertson A Norwegian multi-millionaire jumped from a second-story balcony in Oslo following an attempted armed robbery, according to local reports. Prior to …
Terrorism Police raids find huge arms cache linked to Islamic terror groupThe Guardian - Mark TownsendFour men arrested in Coventry by counter-terrorism officers after rifle, silencer and ammunition found at two addresses A significant arms cache, including a sniper rifle, a silencer and tracer rounds
Brazil Brazil worker who protected indigenous tribes killed in AmazonBBC NewsPolice in Brazil are investigating the murder of an official who had worked to protect indigenous people from farmers and loggers attempting to seize land. Maxciel Pereira dos Santos was reportedly shot
News Cargo ship 'listing heavily' in Georgia port, crew evacuated, Coast Guard saysFox News - Travis FedschunFour crew members are unaccounted for after a large cargo ship overturned and caught fire near a major port in Georgia early Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard's Seventh District
ISRO Chandrayaan-2 'Vikram' Lander Tilted On Moon, But In One Piece, Says ISROoutlookindia.com Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' lander is in a tilted position on the surface of the Moon but it is there as a single piece, an ISRO official associated …
Berlin Mitte Berliners call for 4x4 ban after four people killed in collisionThe Guardian - Philip Oltermann in BerlinPoliticians in Berlin are calling for a city-centre ban on “tank-like” 4x4s after a driver reportedly lost control of his car and hit a group of pedestrians in the German capital, killing four people.
British Airways British Airways to passengers: Don’t bother showing up at the airport for the next two daysFast Company - Michael GrothausBritish Airways has announced that is has canceled virtually 100% of its flights worldwide today and tomorrow, Monday, September 9th and Tuesday, September 10th. The flight cancelations are due to the
Taliban AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talksAssociated Press - By CARA ANNA, Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — With a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has upended nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations on ending America's longest war. He has "called off" the talks and asserted
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson to prorogue parliament on Monday nightThe Guardian - Rowena Mason Deputy political editorBoris Johnson will formally suspend parliament for five weeks from Monday night, after the bill forcing him to ask for a three-month extension to Brexit if the UK is heading for no deal becomes law. The
Maritimes Maritimes Grapples With Cleanup In Wake Of Massive Storm Dorianhuffingtonpost.ca - Ryan Maloney Up to 700 Canadian Forces personnel will be helping evacuate residents, clear roadways. HALIFAX — Up to 700 Canadian Forces personnel will be fanning …
Policing Gas station clerk shot dead during robbery in Baton Rouge, police saytheadvocate.com - Jacqueline DeRobertis An LSU graduate student was fatally shot during a robbery of Mr. Lucky's Valero Gas Station in Baton Rouge. A man entered the gas station building at …
World News Jilted dad ‘hanged his four kids while they were in their school uniforms after his wife kicked him out the fthesun.co.uk - Jamie Pyatt A JILTED dad hanged his four kids in their school uniforms after his wife served him divorce papers, a court has heard. Sibusiso Mpungose, 44, …
Science (India) India's Failed Moon Landing Is the Second in 2019The Atlantic - Marina KorenIndia lost contact with its spacecraft just before touchdown. Why is it so hard to stick a lunar landing? Half a century is a blip on cosmic timescales, but feels like an age in technological innovation,
Cybersecurity Unprecedented Cyberattack Hit the US Power GridWIRED - Condé Nast This week saw some aftershocks from recent revelations about a large-scale iOS hacking campaign. Brokers of so-called zero day exploits—the kind that …
Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Dorian skirts U.S. coast, soaking the CarolinasReuters - By Nick Carey and Amanda BeckerCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - The howling west flank of Hurricane Dorian soaked the Carolinas on Thursday, flooding coastal towns, whipping up tornadoes and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people
