Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(MOUTNAIN VIEW, Calif.) — In the latest example of Silicon Valley workers trying to change corporate policy, Google employees opposed to the company’s plan to develop a censored search engine in China have publicly called on the company stop developing “Project Dragonfly.” “We are Google employees and we join Amnesty International in calling …
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Nov 28
Massive explosion rocks Kabul after suicide bomber targets security compound
iStock/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — At least 11 people were injured when a suicide attacker drove a vehicle full of explosives into a compound housing a foreign security company in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Afghan officials said. Following the explosion, which could be heard throughout Kabul, security guards and Afghan security forces engaged the attackers, according to Kabul …
Nov 28
All eyes on Magnus Carlsen as he tries to win his 4th world chess championship
Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for World Chess(LONDON) — The world’s next chess champion will be decided Wednesday in London. Reigning champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, and his American challenger, Fabiano Caruana, have so far battled it out in an intriguing series of 12 games throughout the month of November, ending in 12 draws. Now a series of …
Nov 28
Indiana house fire kills six, including four children
iStock/Thinkstock(LOGANSPORT, Ind.) — Four children and two adults have died after getting trapped in a house fire in Logansport, Indiana. The fire ignited just before 2 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to Cass County Sheriff Randy Pryor. Two other adults managed to escape as the flames engulfed the home. They were transported to a …
Nov 28
Hunger Tree seeking your help
In the spirit of the Christmas holiday season the Mitchell Adult Nutrition Program is once again sponsoring the Hunger Tree. City Community Services Director Jessica Pickett says the tree holds the names of 51 seniors who can’t afford a nutritious meal on a regular basis. “A meal is four-dollars and a punch-ticket which is 20 …
Nov 28
Ivanka Trump gets first-hand look at new tech partnership with Apple
ABC News(WILDER, Idaho) — Ivanka Trump traveled to Wilder, Idaho, Tuesday to meet with Apple CEO Tim Cook and learn more about a technical skills training initiative that Apple is implementing in the rural community. Trump sat in as elementary school students worked with their mentors to work on interpersonal skills, which Trump said are …
Nov 28
Major storm to bring snow and rain to West Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A new storm system is about to slam California with heavy rain and heavy snow. Numerous flash flood watches have been posted for burn scar areas in the northern part of the state all the way to just outside of Los Angeles and San Diego. A winter storm warning has been …
Nov 28
Authorities seize $1.3M in cocaine from suitcase at NY airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection(NEW YORK) — Would the owner of a suitcase filled with $1.3 million in cocaine please report to the baggage claim at John F. Kennedy Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection are on the search for the owner of a very valuable suitcase that went unclaimed on a flight from Quito, …
Nov 28
Army National Guardsman vanishes in Ohio after Thanksgiving celebration
Texas Equusearch Ohio/Midwest Chapter(CINCINNATI) — Friends and family members joined together in Ohio this week to search for an Army National Guardsman who disappeared after attending a Thanksgiving party. Jordan Middlebrooks, 21, vanished on the morning of Nov. 23 after spending the previous evening with friends at a bar in Cincinnati, authorities said. Friends said …
Nov 27
How residents of this US-Mexico border town reacted to US troops, migrants’ influx
Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As a caravan of thousands of migrants arrived near the U.S.-Mexico border, the residents of Brownsville, Texas, have found themselves on the frontlines in the debate over border security. After President Trump ordered more than 5,000 U.S. troops to the border ahead of the arrival of a caravan of thousands of …