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3-D video brings life-like perspective to Delphi murder scene
The new CrimeDoor app created an augmented reality video of the moments before Libby German and Abby Williams were killed.
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Womp, Womp: No One Wants to Be Caught Dead at Trump’s Inauguration Day Send-Off
You can probably understand where they’re coming from.
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When Radio Stations Stopped a Public Figure From Spreading Dangerous Lies
When radio was king, many outlets chose to cease broadcasting Father Charles Coughlin's anti-Semitic sermons
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Bulletproof vests and gas masks: Journalists prep for Inauguration Day
At the end of December, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Kimbriell Kelly was looking at getting Moleskine notebooks as gifts for her staff. A couple weeks later, she was procuring goods of a decidedly different kind: gas masks, helmets and body armor for LA Times staff members who will be attending Wednesday's inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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TV Detector Vans Once Prowled The Streets Of England
The United Kingdom is somewhat unique in the world for requiring those households which view broadcast television to purchase a licence for the privilege. Initially coming into being with the Wirel…
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If 2021 already seems like too much, there's a hotline that encourages people to call in and scream
Those exhausted by 2021 -- and well, all of 2020 -- can get some relief by calling a hotline and screaming. Yes, really.
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Woman wanted for allegedly stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop arrested
The FBI is looking for a woman who’s accused of directing pro-Trump rioters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Capitol siege, stealing a laptop in Pelosi’s office
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Tunisia protests: Hundreds arrested as clashes continue
Demonstrators angered by high unemployment and an economic crisis clash with police.
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Pressure on Ted Cruz grows as third Texas newspaper calls for him to resign
The El Paso Times became the latest newspaper to call for the Republican's ouster from the upper chamber.
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Trump's Support Of Cops Pays Off: Multiple Police Officers Under Investigation For Illegal Invasion Of The Capitol Building
The members of the mob that attacked the Capitol and beat a police officer to death last week were not desperate. They were there because they believed they had been unjustly stripped of their inviolable right to rule.
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Hidden camera reveals 'appalling' conditions in overseas PPE factory supplying Canadian hospitals, expert says
As global demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) surges during the pandemic, so has the human cost for those making it overseas, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.
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Pink seesaws across US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020
Creators say they hope the work encourages people to build bridges between communities
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Blocked from social media, extremists discuss turning to radios to plan attacks, FCC warns
The US government is warning that groups could rely on radio equipment as an alternative to social media to plan future criminal activities.
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Free college could become a reality under a Biden administration
President-elect Biden promised to make community college tuition-free. Such a plan could increase the number of students and their incomes over time.
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Nikolai Antoshkin, Who Helped Halt Chernobyl Disaster, Dies at 78
He survived radiation as commander of the operation that extinguished the Chernobyl nuclear plant fire. He died of the coronavirus.
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Trump to issue around 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, sources say
President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but -- as of now -- is not expected to include Trump himself.
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‘Appalling’: World leaders blast Russia over Navalny arrest
Western countries call on Russia to release the Kremlin critic, who was arrested upon arriving in Moscow.
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TikTok photoshoot of car on UK level crossing – 'sheer stupidity'
British Transport Police investigate ‘reckless’ video posted of car on working level crossing near Bolton
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U.S. expected to have 500,000 COVID-19 deaths by February, CDC official warns
The grim news comes as Los Angeles is battling a more contagious variant of the virus. California leads the world in coronavirus cases, with over 3 million residents infected.
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50 ancient coffins uncovered at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis
Wooden sarcophagi discovered at site south of Cairo along with funerary temple of Queen Naert