NewsYahoo News SingaporeWoman jailed for throwing killer litter from 50th floor in CBD after tiff with boyfriend
After an argument with her boyfriend, a woman threw a speaker, a soundbar and a television set from her 50th-floor unit along Shenton Way. Lluen Saenz Maria Isabel, a 49-year-old Peruvian, was jailed for seven weeks on Tuesday (19 October), after she pleaded guilty to one count of committing a rash act which endangered the safety of others. Saenz, a teacher at the Canadian International School, was about to end their relationship last year when the man assaulted her.
PoliticsRolling StoneParis Hilton Recounts Being ‘Strangled,’ ‘Slapped,’ and ‘Watched in the Shower’ While Calling for Troubled Teen Industry Reform
The entrepreneur and reality star was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to advocate for accountability alongside survivors, advocates, and group of Democratic lawmakers including Senator Jeff Merkely (D-Ore.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). Merkely and Khanna are co-sponsoring the new Accountability for Congregate Care Act, which will soon be introduced in both houses of Congress. “I'm confident that this bill will create a world where all youth have the support and opportunity to heal, thrive, and not just survive,” Hilton said Wednesday of the ACCA.
U.S.Washington ExaminerCondoleezza Rice spars with The View host while discussing Capitol riot
Condoleezza Rice won't be interrupted. The former secretary of state appeared Wednesday on The View as a guest host, but it didn't take long for her conversation about the Capitol riot to get heated. "We will find out," Rice said regarding the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol building, where Capitol Police fatally shot 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt as she and hundreds of rioters trespassed.
U.S.Associated PressTrain riders held up phones as woman was raped, police say
A man charged with raping a woman on a commuter train just outside of Philadelphia harassed her for more than 40 minutes while multiple people held up their phones to seemingly record the assault without intervening, authorities said. More than two dozen train stops passed as the man harassed, groped and eventually raped the woman, the police chief for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said at a news conference Monday. Both the man and woman got on the train at the same stop Wednesday night in North Philadelphia.
U.S.HuffPostJen Psaki's Response To Peter Doocy's Question Leaves Him Momentarily Speechless
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy seems to pride himself on asking hard-hitting questions of White House press secretary Jen Psaki. However, on Tuesday, Psaki was the one who asked a question that left Doocy momentarily speechless. It happened when Doocy asked about the possibility of “tons” of police officers and members of the military quitting to avoid COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
U.S.INSIDERA 10-year-old Black girl was arrested at school in Hawaii after drawing a picture of her bully, ACLU says
The girl was taken into custody without her mom, according to an ACLU letter the outlet obtained. The ACLU is calling on local officials to change their policies and compensate the girl's family. A Black 10-year-old girl was arrested at school in Oahu, Hawaii, last year after making a sketch of another student that reportedly made a parent "very upset."
WorldReutersRussia scrambles fighter jets to escort U.S. strategic bombers over Black Sea
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia scrambled two Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to escort a pair of U.S. B-1B strategic bombers over the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday, an incident that coincided with a visit to the region by the U.S. secretary of defense. The supersonic U.S. Cold war-era planes were originally designed to carry nuclear bombs and missiles but now carry conventional payloads. "Russian fighter crews identified the aerial targets as two U.S. Air Force supersonic strategic B-1B bombers, accompanied by two KC-135 refuelling planes, and escorted them over the waters of the Black Sea," the defence ministry said in a statement accompanied by video footage of the U.S. aircraft in flight.
BusinessFort Worth Star-Telegram‘No other like it in Texas.’ Massive ranch goes on sale for eye-popping $200M price tag
Nearly 80,000 acres of West Texas ranchland with historic roots have hit the market at a whopping $200 million price tag. Five months ago, the Dallas-based real estate broker Icon Global Group announced that the owners of the Turkey Track Ranch, near Borger in the Texas Panhandle, were planning to sell the property after 120 years of family stewardship. Capital Farm Credit appraised the site and will finance the upcoming sale process, according to a Wednesday announcement.
U.S.Washington ExaminerWashington newscast accidentally broadcasts pornographic clip during weather report
A news station in Washington state has exposed itself to possible fines after broadcasting a short clip of pornography during its evening news broadcast. The pornographic content was broadcast during the 6 p.m. Sunday newscast on CBS affiliate KREM 2. As the hosts offered a weather update, a short clip of a woman's rear appeared on a visual display behind meteorologist Michelle Boss.
U.S.In The Know by YahooBride nearly burns down her own wedding reception after jaw-dropping accident: 'I would’ve left'
What was always going to be a memorable wedding nearly took a turn for the worse when a bouquet caught on fire. TikTok user @emilyljackson shared footage of her special day with her audience. A quick-thinking photographer named Molly Stevens (@forthewestandwildphoto) fearlessly grabbed the blazing bouquet and threw it on the ground.
WorldUSA TODAYOne of the world's deadliest snakes found in shipping container sent from India
South Essex Wildlife Hospital received a call from a local British stonemasonry firm about a long, spotted snake they found in a shipping container from India. Turns out, the snake is a saw-scaled viper, one of the deadliest snakes in the world, according to South Essex Wildlife Hospital on Twitter. South Essex Wildlife Hospital is a wildlife rescue, treatment and rehabilitation charity in the U.K. While most snakes are harmless to humans, the saw-scaled viper is a dramatic exception.
PoliticsHuffPostTrump Gets Taken To School After Botching Basic U.S. History In Latest Rant
New York City announced it was moving a statue of the Founding Father and nation's third president out of its City Council Chamber due to his history as a slaveholder. It's not yet clear where the statue will go, but Trump predictably threw a fit over Jefferson ... even if he's a little hazy on what, exactly, Jefferson did. Trump called him “a principal writer of the Constitution of the United States.”
U.S.Associated PressWoman reaches plea deal after daughter found dead amid filth
A 50-year-old Louisiana woman has accepted a 50-year sentence as part of a plea agreement in the death of her 25-year-old disabled daughter, who died dehydrated and in filth. Karen Johnson Harrison of the Plainview area pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder of Cyra Shantelle Marie Harrison, who had cerebral palsy, The Town Talk reported. The coroner's report described Cyra Harrison's death as homicide.
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Surgeon transplants a pig's kidney into a brain-dead human in groundbreaking surgery
Robert Montgomery, a New York transplant surgeon, conducted a successful surgery that transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead human
U.S.The Daily BeastLovelorn Arts Prof Imprisoned for Butchering Colleague With Fire Poke
A professor at a New England liberal arts college for women, who used a fire poker, rock and pruning shears to torture a colleague for hours, was sentenced on Wednesday to at least a decade in prison. Rie Hachiyanagi, 50, an art professor at Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Friday to nine charges in connection with the attack on fellow professor Lauret Savoy at Savoy's home, according to Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan. After the change of plea hearing last week, Judge Francis Flannery recessed the court until Wednesday morning, where he sentenced Hachiyanagi to 10 to 12 years in state prison.
BusinessReutersDemocrats raise proposed IRS bank reporting threshold to $10,000 from $600
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Democrats in Congress have agreed to raise their proposed tax reporting threshold for bank account inflows and outflows to $10,000 a year, with exemptions for wage income, from an earlier proposal of $600 that drew criticism for being too intrusive. U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden on Tuesday said the new $10,000 Internal Revenue Service reporting threshold, to be included in Democrats' sweeping "reconciliation" social spending and tax hike legislation, was chosen after consultations with the U.S. Treasury because it is a level frequently used in other bank reporting requirements.
WorldINSIDERWomen across the UK say they're being injected with needles in nightclubs and waking up with no recollection of what happened next
Police in Nottinghamshire, West Yorkshire, and Scotland have all received reports of spiking with injections and are investigating the incidents, the BBC reported. One 20-year-old man in Nottingham has been arrested and released on bail in connection to a report of a needle-spiking incident on October 16, Superintendent Kathryn Craner of Nottinghamshire Police told Insider. Zara Owen, a first-year student at Nottingham University, told The Independent that she blacked out during a night out and woke up with a "pinprick" on her leg, which caused her "sharp and agonizing pain."
U.S.TheGrioCondoleezza Rice says white kids shouldn’t be made to feel bad over CRT on ‘The View’
Condoleezza Rice brought her own distinct view to the ABC daytime chatfest as the panel discussed critical race theory and its impact on children. The former U.S. Secretary of State appeared on Wednesday's episode of The View with hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, and Sara Haines. One of the subjects they delved into was critical race theory which examines how racial bias is fundamentally embedded in the fabric of America that has shaped policy and society, generally taught to those in college.
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2 teachers face charges from entering wrong home, shooting
Two newly hired physical education teachers at a Florida elementary school were arrested after the shooting of a man whose apartment they entered thinking it belonged to someone else following a night of drinking. One of the teachers mistakenly climbed into bed with the man, his wife and their baby, and the other teacher went to the bathroom before the male occupant of the house escorted them out. The teachers believed they had entered the apartment of one of their friends.
WorldThe Weather NetworkPotent Pacific storm to undergo explosive intensification off B.C. coast
The current pattern across British Columbia will favour dark and stormy skies, along with cooler than normal temperatures, as storm after storm continues to track through lasting well into the long range outlook as well. Well above normal rainfall is expected for the South Coast through the end of the month, along with heavy alpine snow. One specific system to watch this week is an extremely powerful Pacific storm, which is set to undergo explosive intensification, as it includes remnants of a western Pacific typhoon.
HealthHuffPost LifeThe Most Common Places COVID Is Spreading Right Now (And Where It's Not)
The types of places that carry the biggest risk for COVID-19 transmission have changed over time ― partly because experts have learned more about how the virus works and partly because the virus itself has changed. The delta variant is more than two times as contagious as previous strains, which has obvious implications for transmission. Throughout the pandemic, it's been pretty clear that restaurants and bars are sources of COVID-19 transmission, and recent evidence suggests that continues to be the case.
WorldReutersTaliban praise suicide bombers, offer families cash and land
The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies and offered their families sums of cash and promises of land, the movement's interior ministry said in a statement. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior ministry who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head as a "specially designated global terrorist", met the families at a ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which was itself targeted by suicide bombers in 2018. Official photographs of the meeting on Tuesday obscured his face.
U.S.NBC NewsOnlyFans performer accused of stabbing boyfriend posts video from inside NYPD station after arrest
An OnlyFans performer who was arrested and accused of stabbing her boyfriend shared a video to Instagram of herself inside a New York City police station. Police on Monday evening went to the Hudson Yards apartment of Genie Exum, 22, who has nearly 183,000 likes on her OnlyFans page. Exum's boyfriend called police, saying he had been assaulted after an argument with Exum, police said in an emailed statement.
HealthINSIDERNBA player Russell Westbrook says he doesn't lift weights to get his stacked muscles - he does up to 50 push-ups every morning
Lakers guard Russell Westbrook says he doesn't rely on weightlifting to build strength. Instead, he does a set of push-ups when he wakes up every morning. Push-ups mostly target the chest, but also work out the shoulders, triceps, and back.
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'Black Hawk Down' pilot Durant enters Alabama Senate race
Mike Durant, best known as the helicopter pilot shot down and held prisoner in the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” incident, is joining the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Durant, now the founder and president of an aerospace company in Huntsville, announced his campaign Tuesday. He joins a crowded GOP field vying for the Republican nomination to the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby.
“Like tobacco, Facebook is a dangerous product one uses at one’s own risk.”
“A key reason why this latest scandal feels more significant is that politicians on both sides of the aisle feel deceived.”
“These are clearly problems of scale, which Facebook has had many years to deal with and has been fundamentally unable to.”
“We need to recognize the danger we’re in. We need to shake the notion that Facebook is a normal company.”
“Facebook is in trouble … It’s a cloud of existential dread that hangs over an organization whose best days are behind it.”