A police dash cam captured stunning footage of a meteor shooting across the sky in Illinois early Monday morning. Hundreds of people around the upper Midwest, especially in Wisconsin and Illinois, have reported witnessing a fireball event early Monday.
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Russia wants Fox News apology for calling Vladimir Putin “a killer”
The Kremlin demanded an apology from Fox News after the network’s Bill O’Reilly called President Vladimir Putin “a killer.” Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has demanded a formal apology from the cable news network after Bill O’Reilly called the Russian president “a killer” during an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump that aired before Sunday’s Super Bowl. “We consider such words …
Read More »Jack Ma warns Trump: ‘If trade stops, war starts’
Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, the second richest man in China, has a warning for President Trump’s hard-line anti-globalization approach, and it is war. Jack Ma, who met US President Donald Trump last month and announced his company Alibaba would help create one million jobs in the United States, added: “The world needs globalisation, it needs trade”. Speaking in Melbourne at …
Read More »Alex Gervais: Métis teen who died in care abandoned by BC’s child-welfare system
After a lifetime in government care, being bounced from home to home and having his culture and mental health problems largely ignored, Alex Gervais died alone, scared and depressed. Alex was abandoned by B.C.’s child welfare system and took his own life as an act of desperation on Sept. 18, 2015, Bernard Richard said Monday in releasing a report titled …
Read More »YouTube launches mobile live streaming for creators
Eight months after announcing it would support livestreaming capabilities, YouTube has started giving more people access to the service. On Tuesday, the video social network revealed that mobile livestreaming will be available to every creator, as long as they have more than 10,000 subscribers. It promises that “the rest of you will have it soon.” Ten thousand subscribers isn’t all …
Read More »Stefano Brizzi: Convicted cannibal cop killer found dead in prison
Stefano Brizzi, who was jailed for the murder of police officer Gordon Semple in London has been found dead in prison, the Ministry of Justice has said. A Prison Service spokesperson confirmed that Stefano Brizzi, 50, died on Sunday at HMP Belmarsh, southeast London. They added: “As with all deaths in custody there will be an independent investigation by the …
Read More »Health Canada approves three supervised injection sites in Montreal
Health Canada has given Montreal approval to open three supervised drug injection sites, making it only the second city in the country to have the facilities on its territory. Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott announced the approval of the request on Monday afternoon. The provincial government approved the notion of introducing supervised drug injection facilties two years ago, but the …
Read More »Granddad the lungfish, the oldest fish in captivity dies at shedd aquarium
Granddad, the Shedd Aquarium Australian lungfish that was the oldest zoo animal in Chicago and the longest lived aquarium fish in the world, died Sunday, the aquarium announced Monday. The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago said the fish, in his 90s, was euthanised after losing interest in food and showing signs of organ failure. Granddad, who weighed 11kg (24lbs), had been …
Read More »Frontier Developments license rights from Hollywood studio, Report
Frontier Developments, creator of Elite: Dangerous and Planet Coaster, is moving to bigger things with its next franchise. How about a game created with a movie license of “global renown?” According to a press release posted on the London Stock Exchange website, the company has licensed the rights to an “enduring movie franchise of global renown” from an unnamed Hollywood …
Read More »Welland Dog dragged nearly a kilometre from a car, two charged
A dog is recovering in the care of its owner after it was dragged by a car in Welland last week, leading to animal cruelty charges being laid against two people. Allie, a dachshund/ beagle mix was dragged behind a car to the horror of several witnesses on Thursday. “The pads on his paws, some of them were taken off. …
Read More »Climate-change whistleblower alleges NOAA manipulated data, Report
A high-level whistleblower at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed that the organization published manipulated data in a major 2015 report on climate change in order to maximize impact on world leaders at the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015. “The chairman intends to push for responses to his initial requests,” an aide for the Committee …
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