Feb 24
During a midnight raid on Wednesday, police in Wiltshire, England were surprised to discover “thousands” of marijuana plants—estimated to be worth more than $1.2 million—in an underground bunker built during the Cold War.
Feb 24
On Wednesday an Arizona teen tweeted a video of her iPhone 7 Plus smoldering in its thick plastic case after it apparently exploded. Apple is “looking into it,” according to a company spokesperson.
Feb 24
Amazon continues to resist law enforcement’s demands to hand over the audio recordings for an Echo involved in an Arkansas murder investigation. The tech titan has filed a motion to throw out a search warrant from prosecutors, arguing that both the u…
Feb 24
You may think that bra types are confined to several genres ― pushups, bralettes, strapless and sports bras ― but there is more to the brassiere than meets the eye.
In a video published this week, YouTuber Davison Video makes boob support easier to understand by identifying 25 types of bras. And, to be honest, we had no idea that many types of bras existed.
From the classic convertible and demi bras to the vintage bullet and ever-functional maternity (aka nursing) bra, the video above is a visual encyclopedia of bras we never knew we needed.
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Feb 24
Suspect In Kim Jong Nam's Murder Also Sickened By Toxic Nerve Agent, Police Say
Posted in: Today's ChiliKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 (Reuters) – One of two women suspected of killing the half-brother of North Korea’s leader with the highly toxic VX nerve agent also suffered its effects, Malaysia’s police chief said on Friday.
“She was vomiting,” Khalid Abu Bakar said in response to a question about whether the women felt the effects of VX, classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations.
He declined to elaborate.
Kim Jong Nam died after being assaulted at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13. Police have arrested a Vietnamese woman and an Indonesian woman suspected of smearing the chemical on his face.
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Feb 24
A seriously ill young woman who held her own grilling an Arkansas senator over the Affordable Care Act at a raucous town hall meeting deep in a red state has been rewarded with a jump in donations on her internet funding site.
Kati McFarland, 25, a dual-degree student in violin performance and business at the University of Arkansas, told Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Wednesday night that without coverage through the Affordable Care Act for a preexisting genetic condition, “I will die. That is not hyperbole. I will die.”
That started a string of questions by McFarland as she repeatedly demanded answers about the future of the health care system, triggering wild jeers and boos for the senator from the crowd of 2,000 in Springdale as Cotton continually dodged specifics on how he could ensure she would not lose health coverage.
“We are historically a Republican family. We are farming family. We are an NRA family,” explained McFarland from her wheelchair before she again stressed her desperate need for health care.
“You want to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, which does my cancer screening,” she said. “You and your party talk a lot about repeal of the ACA, but you don’t talk much about what you will replace it with. What are you going to replace it with?”
One viewer of the video of the town hall meeting posted by the Arkansas Post Gazette remarked: “Tom Cotton doesn’t care if you die. He and his family have good health coverage.” Another responded: “And we all pay for it … Special coverage for the privileged class. Even Trump & EVERY single member of his family has it.”
Cotton repeated complaints about the Affordable Care Act — which drew boos — and assured McFarland that she would still have access to health care, but he offered no details.
“He just seemed to repeat my own question back at me,” McFarland told MSNBC later. “He kept saying, ‘If you lose your coverage today, you can still have it.’ He made no promises as to what would happen in the future, once he votes for the repeal he keeps promising.”
McFarland launched a funding appeal four months ago on the internet to raise money for her various health needs, including for insurance payments and a new wheelchair. Donations increased tenfold to over $11,000 after her town hall face-off. Most donors mentioned her showdown with Cotton.
One contributor wrote: “Thank you, Kati McFarland, for your bravery of making your personal life & struggle so public and for speaking your truth & the truth of millions of American lives damaged and cut short by the greed and heartlessness of this Republican Congress & Presidency, due to their inhumane opposition to health care being a human right.”
“Ozark Indivisible” — an organization of local activists that is part of a broader national movement — posted information about her funding site following the town hall meeting.
McFarland suffers from the incurable Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which causes several medical complications, including dizziness, heart weakness and difficulty moving due to inflammatory arthritis. She turns 26 on Sunday, which means she is no longer eligible to be on her parents’ insurance policy.
The GOP has been rocked recently by wild town hall meetings with hugely vocal critics complaining about the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and environmental protections, among many other issues. Politicians are beginning to duck out of appearances, triggering even more ire from angry constituents.
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Feb 24
The White House asked the FBI to publicly dispute reports about President Donald Trump’s team communicating with Russian officials during last year’s presidential campaign, CNN and The Associated Press reported Thursday.
Such communication would mark a breach in protocol intended to prevent the White House from meddling in the agency’s investigations. Per a 2007 Justice Department memo, the White House should advise the department on criminal and civil enforcement “only where it is important for the performance of the president’s duties and where appropriate from a law enforcement perspective.”
The request reportedly came earlier this month after the New York Times and CNN reported on the Trump team’s “constant” contact with Russia throughout the 2016 election. The White House denied those stories.
According to the reports, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus reached out to FBI Director James Comey and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and asked them to tell reporters that the stories weren’t true. CNN reports that Comey rejected the request because the FBI is investigating the alleged contact between Trump’s team and Russian officials.
The AP reported that a White House official would not comment when asked if the administration was concerned about the appropriateness of Priebus’ communications with McCabe. The official was not authorized to disclose the matter publicly and insisted on anonymity, AP said.
Earlier this week, Priebus called reports of the contact between Trump’s associates and Russian officials “total baloney.” In a separate interview, he said intelligence officials “assured” him the stories were inaccurate.
“The top levels of the intelligence community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate, but it’s grossly overstated and it was wrong. And there’s nothing to it,” he told Fox News.
An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment on the reports. A White House spokeswoman did not return a request for comment.
The Trump administration and the campaign’s alleged connections to Russia, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s communications with the Russian ambassador to the U.S., are a subject of major scrutiny in Washington. Democrats on Capitol Hill have pushed for committee investigations in the Senate as well as an independent federal law enforcement inquiry on the matter. Some Republicans, including Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have also called for investigating Flynn.
House Republicans initially threw cold water on investigating Flynn and other official’s ties to Russia but have since warmed somewhat to the idea.
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Feb 24
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Feb 24
The Large Hadron Collider sits underground, spanning over five miles across beneath the bucolic suburbs of Geneva, Switzerland. This metal behemoth serves to try and understand the most basic building blocks of our universe. The question stands, then: if ghosts are real, shouldn’t the LHC have found them?
Feb 24
Despite how common texting is, its integration on Android has always lagged slightly behind, as Google appeared to focus on other things. Sometimes it wrapped the feature into other services/apps like Google Voice and Hangouts, but lately, the main A…
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