Archive for December 2018

Monday, December 31, 2018

Mike Taylor, keyboardist for Burlington, Ont.-based Walk off the Earth, dies - CityNews Vancouver

Mike Taylor, keyboardist for Burlington, Ont.-based Walk off the Earth, dies CityNews Vancouver Canadian band Walk Off the Earth says M...

35 British tweets from 2018 that are guaranteed to make you chuckle

Britain may have been a wildly chaotic place in 2018 (you know, that whole Brexit thing) but that hasn't stopped us tweeting. Quite t...

Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say - The New York Times

Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say The New York Times Seguin PD say man with l...

Six Iranians cross English Channel in inflatable boat from France - Al Jazeera English

Six Iranians cross English Channel in inflatable boat from France Al Jazeera English Iranian migrants found on U.K. beach as English Ch...

Outlander brings together Brianna, Jamie, and Claire for a complex reunion - The A.V. Club

Outlander brings together Brianna, Jamie, and Claire for a complex reunion The A.V. Club Outlander Season 4: The Birds and the Bees ...

Possible death penalty for Missouri man who shot to death his family - Business Insider

Possible death penalty for Missouri man who shot to death his family Business Insider Missouri man fatally shoots girlfriend, her kids,...

Videos showing shelter staffers pushing, shoving migrant children under review for possible criminal charges - CNN

Videos showing shelter staffers pushing, shoving migrant children under review for possible criminal charges CNN A case regarding the al...

El-Erian, Like Trump, Says Fed Would Benefit From 'Better Feel' - Bloomberg

El-Erian, Like Trump, Says Fed Would Benefit From 'Better Feel' Bloomberg Fed Chair Powell's unscripted approach sets up fo...

Kirk Cousins, Adam Thielen of Minnesota Vikings downplay sideline confrontation - ESPN

Kirk Cousins, Adam Thielen of Minnesota Vikings downplay sideline confrontation ESPN Bears vs. Vikings Week 17 Highlights | NFL 2018 ...

Lion escapes locked area at North Carolina center, kills 22-year-old intern - USA TODAY

Lion escapes locked area at North Carolina center, kills 22-year-old intern USA TODAY Worker killed after lion escape from North Caroli...

Asian stocks pin hopes on Sino-U.S. talk, as year ends deep in the red - Reuters

Asian stocks pin hopes on Sino-U.S. talk, as year ends deep in the red Reuters Asian stocks crept higher on Monday as hints of progress ...

Louis CK's Leaked Comedy Cellar Set Panders to the Alt-Right - The Daily Beast

Louis CK's Leaked Comedy Cellar Set Panders to the Alt-Right The Daily Beast Louis C.K. Goes After Parkland Victims in Leaked Audio...

Samantha Markle on Police's ''Fixated Persons List'': Report - E! NEWS

Samantha Markle on Police's ''Fixated Persons List'': Report E! NEWS Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton an...

Congo opposition, ruling coalition both say they've won chaotic election

Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition said on Monday it expected one of its candidates to win the presidential election based on ear...

Russian apartment block blast kills three; rescuers search for survivors

Russian rescuers were on Monday searching for people trapped under the rubble of a city apartment block that partly collapsed in a suspected...

Russia detains American in Moscow over suspected spying: agencies

Russia's domestic security service (FSB) said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow, local news ag...

Afghan Taliban arrived in Tehran, started negotiations: foreign ministry

Taliban representatives from Afghanistan arrived in Tehran on Sunday and started peace negotiations with Iran, Iranian foreign ministry spok...

Trump effect: How out-of-state money fueled Democratic House wins in 2018 - USA TODAY

Trump effect: How out-of-state money fueled Democratic House wins in 2018 USA TODAY Democrats who flipped 43 districts to win the House ...

Review: Nokia 7.1 - Nokiamob

Review: Nokia 7.1 Nokiamob Nokia 9 PureView press render leaked, reveals penta-lens camera setup MSPoweruser Nokia 9 PureView leaks...

Tokyo court says extends detention of Nissan's Ghosn until Jan 11

The Tokyo District Court said on Monday it has extended the detention of ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn by 10 days until Jan. ...

Six Iranians cross English Channel in inflatable boat from France - Al Jazeera English

Six Iranians cross English Channel in inflatable boat from France Al Jazeera English Number of migrants making the risky crossing from F...

Galaxy S9 series reportedly experiences battery drain on Pie - Notebookcheck.net

Galaxy S9 series reportedly experiences battery drain on Pie Notebookcheck.net Samsung Leak Suddenly 'Confirms' Radical Galaxy ...

‘Aquaman’ Leads Year-End Openers as ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Soars - IndieWire

‘Aquaman’ Leads Year-End Openers as ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Soars IndieWire 'Aquaman' is King of the Box Office Seas for a Secon...

China Thwarts U.S. Effort to Promote American Culture on Campuses - The New York Times

China Thwarts U.S. Effort to Promote American Culture on Campuses The New York Times The US can't 'out-China' China | TheHi...

Trump: The country needs a 'slightly larger version' of the 'wall' around Obama's home - Washington Examiner

Trump: The country needs a 'slightly larger version' of the 'wall' around Obama's home Washington Examiner Fact Che...

More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking - Engadget

More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking Engadget How Facebooks Tracks Non-Users via Android Apps Threatpost P...

Louis CK's Leaked Comedy Cellar Set Panders to the Alt-Right - The Daily Beast

Louis CK's Leaked Comedy Cellar Set Panders to the Alt-Right The Daily Beast Louis C.K. Goes After Parkland Victims in Leaked Audio...

Former LSU CB Donte Jackson caps impressive rookie season with hometown win - NOLA.com

Former LSU CB Donte Jackson caps impressive rookie season with hometown win NOLA.com Teddy Bridgewater gets golden opportunity to start...

Lion kills young worker at North Carolina wildlife sanctuary

A lion at a North Carolina private wildlife sanctuary fatally mauled a 22-year-old worker on Sunday before being shot and killed by local la...

Republican Senator Graham says Trump receptive to shutdown deal idea

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday he was optimistic that Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump could reach a deal to en...

Border patrol chief defends agents in child deaths

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sunday defended his agents' handling of two sick children who died in their custody, s...

Season 5 of 'Black Mirror' will be delayed because of 'Bandersnatch'

With its myriad of decisions and endings, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch certainly looked like a hell of a film (or game?) to put together. ...

Malware attack affects publishing of major U.S. newspapers

A suspected malware attack affected major U.S. newspapers over the weekend. In what was initially thought to be a server outage, the atta...

Microsoft's prediction of 2019 ten years ago is just a bit off

Predictions of the future are rarely accurate, but Microsoft's vision of what its technology would look it 2019 would be like is pr...

Adorable baby penguin has no idea what happened in 2018. Lucky jerk.

Imagine waking up fresh after this medium-level bin fire of a year, with no knowledge whatsoever of everything that went down. That'...

New beetle species named after 'Game of Thrones' characters

Sadly, Game of Thrones isn't returning until April 2019 , but if you're in the mood for some show- related news to hold you over,...