Jeffrey Epstein sex case: Appeals court might unseal records…
March 7, 2019
Privacy rights versus press freedoms took center stage Wednesday at an explosive federal appeals court hearing in New York, where lawyers argued to unseal confidential court files that could reveal evidence of an underage sex trafficking operation allegedly run by New York multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein and his partner, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reserved judgment in the case, but the panel suggested it was leaning toward the release to the public of vast portions of the court record. The file on the case, which was settled in 2017, contains more than 1,000 documents, lawyers said during oral arguments led by the Miami Herald, which seeks to open the entire file.
Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker, Anthony Darnel McClanahan, accused of stabbing his wife so many times he nearly decapitated her…
March 7, 2019
The 47-year-old is facing a first-degree murder charge in the gruesome slaying of his wife Keri 'KC' McClanahan, 28, in November 2017. During the hearing, officers who responded to the murder scene testified that they found McClanahan outside the condominium covered in blood. One officer said: 'I thought he was trying to fake a seizure' by convulsing
A trail of blood led to a room where KC McClanahan was lying in a pool of blood. McClanahan's former cellmate at the Salt Lake County Jail also testified Tuesday. He said McClanahan confessed to stabbing his wife 16 to 20 times with her knife.Whole Foods Slashes Worker Hours Four Months After $15 Minimum Wage Increase…
March 7, 2019
...since the wage increase, Whole Food employees have told the Guardian that they have experienced widespread cuts that have reduced schedule shifts across many stores, often negating wage gains for employees.
“My hours went from 30 to 20 a week,” said one Whole Foods employee in Illinois.
Workers interviewed for this story were reluctant to speak on the record for fear of retaliation.
UK ‘given 48 hours’ to offer Brexit solution…
March 7, 2019
EU officials said they would work non-stop over the weekend if "acceptable" ideas were received by Friday to break the deadlock over the Irish backstop.
A Message From Alex Trebek: Diagnosed With Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer…
March 7, 2019
U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says…
March 7, 2019
All the bad press about Facebook might be catching up to the company. New numbers from Edison Research show an an estimated 15 million fewer users in the United States compared to 2017. The biggest drop is in the very desirable 12- to 34-year-old group. Marketplace Tech got a first look at Edison's latest social media research. It revealed almost 80 percent of people in the U.S. are posting, tweeting or snapping, but fewer are going to Facebook. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams talked with Larry Rosin, president of Edison Research. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.
U.S. and E.U. Are Headed for a Food Fight Over Trade…
March 7, 2019
American and European negotiators are at odds over what to include in a prospective trade deal, ratcheting up trans-Atlantic tensions and jeopardizing talks before they even begin. Trump administration officials insist that any deal must address the agricultural trade barriers that the president says put American farmers at a disadvantage, in part because such an agreement would be more likely to win congressional approval. European officials counter that agriculture was never on the table — not last July, and not now.
“It should cover industrial goods, and that’s it,” Cecilia Malmstrom, the European trade commissioner, said in Bucharest, Romania, last month. “We are not talking about agriculture.”
The United States disagrees. Top Trump administration officials say agriculture was always going to be part of the trade equation, even if that is not what the president and Mr. Juncker initially agreed to in their meeting.
Trump punishes India in a wink at China, future US-India relations…
March 7, 2019
An unexpected shot was fired at India this week by the Trump administration as part of its trade policy. India was hit with added tariffs to agricultural products and auto parts, among other goods it exports to the U.S., at the direction of President Donald Trump and his campaign of "getting tough" on India.
GoFundMe scammers Finally plead guilty to swindling public out of $550,000…
March 7, 2019
A homeless man and a woman have pleaded guilty to federal charges in the United States over a GoFundMe scheme that netted $US400,000 with a phony story about him coming to her aid.
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The scheme raised $US400,000 ($550,000), which the couple claimed would be donated to Bobbitt.Instead, New Jersey authorities said, the three split the money and spent lavishly, including on a car, designer bags, and trips to Las Vegas, Disneyland, Disney World, the Grand Canyon and New York City.
Billionaire diamond trader dies during penis enlargement…
March 7, 2019
The Belgian-Israeli dual national was said to have suffered a deadly heart attack just moments after getting an unknown substance injected into his penis.
Citing Belgian media reports, The Sun on Wednesday claimed Laniado was a victim of the so-called Napolean complex — meaning he was obsessed with his small size.
The remains of more than 140 children found at a 15th-century ritual sacrifice site in Peru…
March 7, 2019
In a new study on the archaeological site at Huanchaquito-Las Llamas, archaeologists explain that the children’s hearts were apparently ripped from their bodies. The grisly location, which is near the UNESCO world heritage site of Chan Chan, is the largest known mass sacrifice site of children in the Americas, they say.
The remains of over 200 llamas, or possibly alpacas, were also discovered across an area spanning more than 7,000 square feet. “Cut marks transecting the sternums and displaced ribs suggest both the children and llamas may have had their chests cut open, possibly during ritual removal of the heart,” scientists explain, in a statement. Analysis of the human remains reveals that they were boys and girls aged between 5 and 14.
Denmark police prosecute 14 over sharing Morocco hikers ‘murder video’…
March 7, 2019
Danish police on Thursday said they had launched prosecutions against 14 people suspected of sharing on social media the murder video of one of the two young Scandinavian hikers killed in Morocco.
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A video circulating on social networks at the time, believed authentic by authorities, showed one of the murders in the High Atlas mountains."The 14 people are accused of violating the penal code by sharing the video -- usually via Facebook Messenger or other social networks," said East Jutland police chief Michael Kjeldgaard in a statement.
Radio stations in Australia, New Zealand and Canada drop Michael Jackson’s music over abuse claims…
Piers Morgan clashes with Michael Jackson doc director questioning pedo claims...
‘Leaving Neverland’ director Dan Reed wants to make a sequel featuring more victims...
March 7, 2019
The move comes after the broadcast of an American documentary Leaving Neverland that featured two men who claimed Jackson sexually abused them for years.
More Than 700 Taken Into Custody by El Paso Border Patrol Agents Overnight…
March 7, 2019
Agents apprehended a group of 112 illegal aliens at the border wall near downtown just after midnight. At about the same time agents working further east were processing a group of 252 aliens apprehended at the border just west of Bowie High School. Throughout the morning hours several smaller groups also arrived at multiple locations along the border in the El Paso metropolitan area. In just a few hours the total number taken into custody exceeded 500. An unaccompanied 2-year-old child was also found among one of the groups. The U. S. Border Patrol is currently working with international and domestic agencies in order to locate the parent(s).
Fountain Of Youth? Scientists Switch-Off Gene to Double Lifespan of Roundworm…
March 7, 2019
A FOUNTAIN of youth pill could be on the horizon after scientists more than doubled the lifespan of worms. Astoundingly, the creepy crawlies’ offspring were also healthier - offering hope that longevity would increase "down the generations”.
Gay alt-right antagonist Milo Yiannopoulos banned from Australia…
March 7, 2019
Australia denied the controversial speaker’s visa application for fear he might 'incite discord'
Venezuela Denies Mystery Plane to Greece Was Smuggling Gold…
March 7, 2019
In an interview with the Greek daily newspaper “Efimerida ton Syntakton,” Freddy Fernandes described the reports as a “paranoid creation of one’s imagination.”
“It’s foolish to believe that the Venezuelan foreign minister himself was taking the gold out of the country. The story is part of a concerted attack against our country,” he added.
This has to be the 3rd time in recent months where Venezuela was caught in a Gold-export fiasco.
Taiwan to buy up to 66 F-16 fighter jets from US…
March 7, 2019
Increased military ties between Taipei and Washington seen to irk Beijing
Sex outside of marriage may soon be legal in Utah…
March 7, 2019
The Utah State Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that repealed the misdemeanor crime of fornication, making sex outside of marriage legal within the state.
The House passed Senate Bill 43 with a 41-32 vote, FOX13 Salt Lake City reported. The bill is headed to Republican Gov. Gary Herbert’s desk for his signature or veto. It
Tesla launches new Supercharger with 1,000 mph charging, better efficiency, and more…
March 7, 2019
Tesla announced that new Supercharger is able to deliver a new 250 kW of peak power thanks to an “all-new liquid cooled cable design.”