Новости за 09.01.2020

Told ya so! Last year, in the week before the Oscars, this column — which analyzes the race for the gold statues — said the smart money was on “Green Book” to take home Best Picture at the Academy Awards. That final prediction came as many other pundits were still trumpeting that Alfonso Cuarón’s more...

In a highly entertaining affair at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, FC Barcelona were beaten 2-3 by Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup semi final. Here’s what we learned from the tie.

The new Routemaster bus.

Statistics: Posted by King Street Cat — Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:55 pm

"It blocks sidewalks, it forces pedestrians to either cross the street or often take risks by walking in the curb lane.”

UPDATED, 12:55 PM: SAG-AFTRA has gotten the all-clear from law enforcement after evacuating their offices on both coasts today for the second time in three days. “Earlier today, SAG-AFTRA received a telephone threat targeting both Los Angeles and New York national offices,” a spokesperson for the union said. “We notified law enforcement and evacuated the […]

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• Four students from Longwood High School in New York say their teacher displayed a photo of them in class with the caption "monkey do." 
• The teenagers, aged 16 to 18, say their science teacher took the photo while on a field trip to the Bronx Zoo in November. 
• The teacher then featured the photo in a slideshow in class, which also featured a photo of a gorilla, the teens said. 
• Now their parents are preparing to sue Longwood Central School District for $12 million in damages.

Chelsea will consider offers for Spanish defender Marcus Alonso Chelsea are open to selling Marcus Alonso in the January transfer window. (h/t Telegraph) Alonso, who joined the Blues in 2016, has found himself overtaken by Emerson Palmieri as Lampard’s first-choice left-back. The Spanish defender has made just 14 appearances for the club this season and […]

TRIPOLI — Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's capture of the strategic city of Sirte on Monday was a major setback for Tripoli's UN-recognised government, analysts say.

And we got a tattoo artist's stamp of approval.

House lawmakers have introduced new legislation that attempts to modernize the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Dubbed the "Preventing Real Online Threats Endangering Children Today," or PROTECT Kids act for short, Representatives Ti...

Hannah Bardell alleged Lord Maginnis launched a ‘homophobic attack’ on her after she raised his ‘abusive’ behaviour in Parliament.

Japan's prospects for the new year appear stellar.

Over 100 retired civil servants have written an open letter to the government asserting the "constitutional and moral untenability" of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and urging it to repeal the legislation. The letter calls for the repeal of all sections of the Citizenship Act 1955 that pertain to the issue of national identity cards.

Viele kranke Arbeiter*innen bleiben ohne Entschädigung. Berlin ist jetzt das dritte Bundesland, das eine unabhängige Beratung fördern will.

Mark Andrews was also listed on the injury report as questionable for the Ravens

She didn't caption the pictures.

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Today, Reddit updated its policies about impersonation to no longer allow impersonation of an individual or entity in a misleading or deceptive manner. That means the new policies won’t just affect things like misleadingly altered videos (like deepfakes), but could implicate simple lies made by people impersonating others online. The new policies expand upon the platform’s 2018 ban on deepfake porn videos and were made just days after Facebook updated... Читать дальше...

Electric scooter accidents are sending droves to emergency rooms, especially young adults, a new study finds, showing a 222 percent increase from 2014 to 2018 with more than 39,000 injuries.

San Jose team captain Logan Couture was injured midway through the second period at St. Louis on Tuesday when he went into the end boards after getting tangled with Blues defenseman Vince Dunn. Couture was leading the struggling Sharks with 36 points.

12/27/2019 A passenger jet has crashed in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people but leaving dozens of survivors. The Bek Air plane was flying from Almaty - Kazakhstan's largest city - to the capital Nur-Sultan when it smashed into a building just after take-off. The Fokker 100 aircraft had 93 passengers and five crew members on board. Survivors described walking from the wreckage into the dark and snow. Dozens are being treated in hospital. The cause of the crash is unclear. Heavy fog at the time. Читать дальше...

The jail mistakenly saved surveillance footage from the wrong cell block, prosecutors say.

High customs duties adversely impact government’s efforts to provide low cost healthcare

Alberta doctors say they haven't ruled out a court challenge to the government's billing rule changes that physicians say could profoundly affect patient care.