A new type of microscope could drastically reduce the number of women having multiple breast cancer surgeries, researchers at the University of Washington claim.
Until now, there’s been no reliable way to determine whether surgeons have completely r…
Nintendo’s Arms, the rollicking cross between Punch Out and Wii Sports Boxing (with beefed-up motion controls), is receiving another in a long line of promised updates. The most notable addition in version 1.1.0 is LAN play, allowing players to hooku…
You would have to be a real Blue Meanie to hate on this cool guitar. The luthiers at The Painted Player Guitar Co. in Basingstoke, Hampshire UK made this awesome custom bass guitar that looks just like The Beatles’ yellow submarine.
It is a modified Fender Squier Precision Bass hand cut in the shape of the famed submersible. It has all of the right colorful accents and features the Fab Four hanging out just under the strings. Now you can actually play a Yellow Submarine while in an octopus’ garden, in the shade.
These guys really did a great job with all of the details and colors. The Beatles would be proud. You can play your very own yellow submarine starting at £1299 (~$1656 USD), including a matching Lord Admiral hard case.
[via Dangerous Minds via Laughing Squid]
The mother of Philando Castile, the black motorist who was shot and killed by a St. Anthony, Minnesota, police officer during a routine traffic stop last year, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city, according to her attorneys.
Valerie Castile will receive a $2.995 million settlement paid through the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, which provides St. Anthony’s insurance coverage, according to a statement released by the city Monday.
“The parties moved expeditiously to resolve potential civil claims resulting from this tragedy in order to allow the process of healing to move forward for the Castile family, for the people of St. Anthony Village, and for all those impacted by the death of Philando Castile throughout the United States,” the statement said.
“No amount of money could ever replace Philando. With resolution of the claims the family will continue to deal with their loss through the important work of the Philando Castile Relief Foundation.”
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped one of the most hotly contested gun rights disputes in years, declining to rule in a California case on whether a person’s constitutional right to keep firearms for self-defense extends outside the home.
Gun owners had taken aim at a California law that bars them from being granted a permit to carry a concealed gun in public places unless they show “good cause” for having it, with county sheriffs making the determination.
The justices let stand a lower court’s ruling upholding a San Diego County sheriff’s policy of denying such permits unless the gun owner documents a need for self-defense. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the policy last year, finding that the U.S. Constitution offers no right to carry a concealed weapon.
Two conservative justices, including President Donald Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch, said thecourt should have heard the case.
The U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment guarantees the right to “keep and bear arms.” In its landmark 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller ruling, the Supreme Court held for the first time that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual’s right to bear arms for self-defense in the home. The California plaintiffs were aiming to extend that right outside the home.
Conservative Supreme Court justices generally have been receptive to an expansive view of gun rights, with liberals skeptical. The court has five conservative justices, including Gorsuch, and four liberals.
California law generally forbids the carrying of handguns, either open or concealed, in public spaces.
Lead plaintiff Edward Peruta, a San Diego County resident, applied for a concealed carry license, but was rejected because he had not specifically shown he was in harm’s way. Peruta and four others sued San Diego County in a case backed by a California affiliate of the National Rifle Association gun rights group. The state intervened in support of the county.
The plaintiffs argued that the sheriff’s definition of “good cause” violated the Second Amendment. Law-abiding citizens should be able to carry weapons in public for the general purpose of self-defense, the plaintiffs argued.
Last June, the appeals court ruled that the Second Amendment does not protect the right to carry concealed firearms in public.
(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will Dunham)
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Time heals all wounds, especially those inflicted by calling your daughter a “rude little pig” in a voicemail heard ’round the world.
Alec Baldwin and daughter Ireland Baldwin have moved on since the message was leaked during the actor’s contentious divorce from Kim Basinger, but that doesn’t mean the 21-year-old model won’t play that card when she has to.
At a tribute event for the “30 Rock” actor put on by Spike, where famous types including Bill Clinton, Julianne Moore and Robert De Niro raked Baldwin over the proverbial coals, Ireland also took the stage to deliver some of the best digs of the night.
“Hello, my name is Ireland, and I’m a Baldwin. Yes, I’m a member of that family. The Baldwins,” the model told the crowd, according to People. “I see other recovering Baldwins here. Some cousins, uncles … I’m here to roast this big old ham I call my father. Speaking of pigs, some of you may remember me as that ‘thoughtless little pig’ you read about. That was a decade ago, and my dad and I are in a much better place now. He would never say something like that. Because I’m 6’2″ and I would … kick his ass.”
“The truth is, that whole awful period nearly killed him emotionally. I wouldn’t see my dad that upset ever again … until I showed him my first tattoo. Okay, my second tattoo. I couldn’t show him where I got the first one.”
At this point, Baldwin reportedly began throwing food at his daughter in jest.
“I know you’ve heard this and time again, but I really am proud to be your daughter, and I’m so happy to be here tonight,” she said. “And I absolutely love and adore you.”
Baldwin opened up earlier this year about how the voicemail caused “permanent” damage to his relationship with his daughter and his own self-worth in the decade following the leak. At one point, the public scrutiny was so intense, he even contemplated suicide.
“There are people who admonish me, or attack me, and use that as a constant spearhead to do that,” he explained on “Good Morning America” in April. “It’s a scab that never heals ’cause it’s being picked at all the time by other people.”
“One Night Only: Alec Baldwin” will air July 9 on Spike.
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WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case that promises broad implications for when corporate insiders who blow the whistle on alleged misconduct can be shielded from retaliation by their employers.
The justices will hear Digital Realty Trust Inc’s appeal of a lower court ruling in favor of Paul Somers, an executive who the San Francisco-based company fired after he complained internally about alleged misconduct by his supervisor but never reported the matter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The case hinges on the SEC’s whistleblower protection rules required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law.
Those rules, which were adopted in 2011, prohibit corporate employers from retaliating in any way against whistleblowers who try to report allegations of securities law violations.
They also give the SEC the power to offer monetary awards to whistleblowers whose tips lead to successful enforcement actions.
Digital Realty Trust argues that the anti-retaliation protections do not apply to people who fail to report their allegations to the SEC because the law defines a whistleblower as a person who reports possible securities violations to the SEC.
If the Supreme Court ultimately sides with the company, then it would force corporate whistleblowers to report wrongdoing to the SEC in order to be protected from retaliation.
Digital Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust company, got entangled in the dispute over whistleblower protection after it fired Somers, its former vice president of portfolio management.
Somers had complained internally that his supervisor had eliminated some internal controls and hid major cost overruns on a project in Hong Kong, but he never reported those concerns to the SEC.
After he was fired, he sued the company in November 2014, saying he was protected from retaliation as a whistleblower under the Dodd-Frank law.
The company tried unsuccessfully to quash his claim in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
The justices will review the case in the next term, which begins in October.
(Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Will Dunham)
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The Supreme Court will tackle a case about a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in Colorado on religious grounds, it announced Monday.
A same-sex couple visited Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, in 2012 asking for a rainbow-colored wedding cake. The owner told them he couldn’t contribute to a same-sex marriage.
The case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, has come before the court several times before with no action. Most recently, the court put off any decision in March.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a statecourt ruling that allowed Arkansas to refuse to list both same-sex spouses on birth certificates, a decision that helps clarify the scope of protections provided by the high court’s landmark 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage.
The justices ruled in favor of lesbian couples by throwing out a December ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court that upheld state officials’ refusal to name the wives of the birth mothers as parents on birth certificates.
The Arkansas court said state officials do not have to list both same-sex spouses as named parents on birth certificates, even though state law allows a birth mother’s opposite-sex husband to be listed when the baby is not biologically related to him. Both couples received the birth certificates they wanted when they won in trial court.
Conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying the lower court decision should not have been reversed.
(Reporting by Andrew Chung; Editing by Will Dunham)
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Anything a member of the Obama family does is major news. So when the entire group is spotted together ― engaging in water sports and wearing matching rafting gear, no less ― you can consider the internet broken.
Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama were spotting on a rafting trip Monday during a vacation to Indonesia, and it is truly a delight for all the senses.
Just look how happy they are, rafting down the Ayung river in Bali.
Check out the former president rafting into the future and away from the current state of U.S. politics:
The activity surely fits into Michelle Obama’s summer fitness program. The former first family is currently enjoying a 10-day trip to Indonesia, where Obama spent some of his childhood. He moved there at age 6 when his mother married an Indonesian man, and stayed until he moved to Hawaii to live with his grandparents at age 10.
The Obamas will also visit the ancient city Yogyakarta and President Obama will address the Indonesian Diaspora Congress in July, the Associated Press reports.
On Sunday, the group visited Bali’s Jatiluwih rice terraces.
Here’s hoping for even more family photo ops to come.
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