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New York Times – by Corey Kilgannon
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — Anthony Mancinelli shook out a barber towel and welcomed the next customer to his chair in Fantastic Cuts, a cheery hair salon in a nondescript strip mall, about an hour’s drive north of New York City.
“Hey, paisan — same as usual,” said John O’Rourke to Mr. Mancinelli, who began layering Mr. O’Rourke’s hair with his steady, snipping scissors.
Continue reading “The World’s Oldest Barber Is 107 and Still Cutting Hair Full Time”
Residents in central California may hear some really loud booms Sunday night accompanied by odd bright lights, but it’s nothing to fear, the Air Force says.
The sounds will be sonic booms and the lights will be from the guided re-entry of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to launch Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:21pm local time, carrying the SAOCOM 1A satellite into space, according to a press release. Continue reading “Central California Residents May Hear Booms, See Bright Lights on Sunday; Air Force Says Don’t Worry”
A Navy veteran from Utah confessed to sending letters containing a poison to President Donald Trump and other top government officials on Wednesday, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in the 2nd District Court.
William Clyde Allen III, of Logan, was arrested Wednesday and the U.S. attorney’s office for Utah issued a statement saying federal charges will likely be filed Friday. He’s being held in the Davis County Jail.
FLORENCE, S.C. (WPDE) – One Florence city police officer is dead and six other officers, three from the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and three from Florence city police, were shot in an incident in the Vintage Place subdivision off Hoffmeyer Road in Florence, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim has been identified as Officer Terrence Carraway, 52, of Darlington, according to Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken. Carraway was pronounced dead at a local hospital. An autopsy will be conducted tomorrow at MUSC in Charleston. Continue reading “1 South Carolina police officer dead, 7 shot; suspect in custody”
Live Science – by Brandon Specktor
Scientists in the United Kingdom have turned to the humble human sperm in their quest to design the ultimate swimming robot.
Made of a tiny magnetic head and squiggly elastic tail, the flea-size drones look and swim much like their spermy counterparts, with a few big differences: These swimmers are guided by shifting electromagnetic currents, controlled externally by scientists. Oh, and also: They won’t get you pregnant. Continue reading “Tiny Robots Inspired by Sperm Want to Swim Around Your Body Delivering Drugs”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is quietly moving to weaken U.S. radiation regulations, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.
The government’s current, decades-old guidance says that any exposure to harmful radiation is a cancer risk. And critics say the proposed change could lead to higher levels of exposure for workers at nuclear installations and oil and gas drilling sites, medical workers doing X-rays and CT scans, people living next to Superfund sites and any members of the public who one day might find themselves exposed to a radiation release. Continue reading “EPA says a little radiation may be healthy”
On Wednesday afternoon, nearly every smart phone in America will blare and vibrate with an emergency alert – the first ever test of the national Presidential Alert system.
The Presidential Alert is similar to the state-level systems that let police and local authorities send out AMBER Alerts and weather warnings. The biggest difference is scale. The nationwide system is designed to blast a message to all 225 million smart phones in the United States – reaching about 75% of the population. Continue reading “225 Million Phones Will Receive a Presidential Alert Wednesday. No, It’s Not a Text From President Trump”
Some of the largest known mosquitoes in the world are creating a buzz across parts of North Carolina, and residents have Hurricane Florence to thank for it.
An outbreak of blood-sucking mosquitoes called Psorophora ciliata, or “gallinippers,” which can grow three times larger than regular mosquitos, is being reported in parts of the state flooded by the storm, creating a public nuisance, health concerns as well as jokes that North Carolina has a new state bird.
Continue reading “North Carolina Has A Massive Mosquito Problem After Hurricane Florence”
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, longtime member of Jefferson Starship, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has died at age 76. Balin’s publicity company, Jensen Communications, announced Friday that Balin passed away on Sept. 27, with his wife, Susan Joy Balin, by his side.
“Marty and I shared the deepest of love — he often called it Nirvana — and it was. But really, we were all touched by his love. His presence will be within my entire being forever,” Susan Balin said in statement released via Jensen on Friday afternoon. Continue reading “Marty Balin, founding member of Jefferson Airplane, dies at age 76”
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A suspect in the 2012 slaying of a youth soccer coach in New York City fatally shot two Mexican federal agents who were trying to detain him, setting off a search by police and troops that led to his capture a day later, officials said Thursday.
Orlando Orea is charged In New York with second-degree murder for allegedly slashing 25-year-old Michael Jones to death in Manhattan’s Union Square. Jones worked in the New York Red Bulls system. Continue reading “2 Mexican cops killed trying to detain 2012 NY slay suspect”
Everytown for Gun Safety, the pro-gun control group founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is rolling out a $5 million digital ad campaign targeting 15 House races, as the group continues heavy investment in the midterm elections.
The group announced plans to target House districts embedded in suburban communities outside of cities like Atlanta, Kansas City, Miami and Minneapolis. The 15 districts are all featured on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Red to Blue” target list, a program that denotes top-tier races. Continue reading “Bloomberg-founded gun control group launches ads to flip 15 GOP House districts”
Cody Wilson resigned Friday as CEO of Defense Distributed following a recent sexual assault charge and will have no future role in the 3D-printed gun company, its new director said Tuesday.
Paloma Heindorff, the company’s vice president of operations, will replace him as director. Continue reading “Cody Wilson replaced as director of 3D-printed gun company Defense Distributed”
When President Donald Trump rolls up to the United Nations to speak to the Security Council today he’ll have an unprecedented level of security of his own.
On Sunday, the Secret Service flew into New York City with the newest in a long series of specially designed presidential limousines. Like its predecessor, which came into service during Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the new limo goes by the nickname, The Beast. And considering it weighs in at somewhere near 20,000 pounds, that’s clearly appropriate. Continue reading “Trump’s new limo cost $1.5M and comes with a fridge of his blood type”
The young woman whose violent arrest on a Wildwood beach went viral earlier this summer has been indicted on charges including two counts of aggravated assault of a police officer.
Emily Weinman was 20 on Memorial Day Weekend when a seasonal police officer tried to write her a municipal citation for underage possession of alcohol while she was sitting on the beach with unopened containers of alcohol she said belonged to her aunt. Continue reading “Woman from viral beach arrest video indicted on 5 counts”
Authorities responded to another train derailment in a small northwest Iowa town Sunday morning after a week of heavy rains.
Sioux County authorities said no one was hurt in the accident and no hazardous materials had leaked into the Floyd River or could be detected in the air above Alton, near where the train crashed Sunday. Continue reading “Authorities say no one hurt after train derails into northwest Iowa river”
Dallas Officer Amber Guyger, who is facing a manslaughter charge after fatally shooting 26-year-old Botham Jean in his Cedars apartment Sept. 6, was fired Monday.
Police said in a news release that she was fired after an internal investigation found she had engaged in “adverse conduct” when she was charged with manslaughter. Continue reading “Dallas officer Amber Guyger fired after manslaughter charge for killing Botham Jean”
New York Post – by Isabel Vincent
Matthew Russell Lee barely had time to notice the person who sat uncomfortably close to him at a First Avenue bus shelter.
In a split second, he was handed a scrap of paper.
“Look under the bench,” read the hand-scrawled note. Continue reading “How an accredited reporter got a lifetime banishment from the UN”
NATICK, Mass — The American military calls its combat field rations M.R.E.’s, for Meals, Ready to Eat, since they require no cooking. But the troops long ago decided that those initials stood for Meals Refused by Everyone. The stuff may have been filling, but it sure wasn’t appetizing.
Even the head of the Army’s combat ration program acknowledged that the first few generations of M.R.E. entrees were full of “mystery meat and no-name casseroles,” and that troops in the field quickly grew sick and tired of them.
Continue reading “A Breakthrough for U.S. Troops: Combat-Ready Pizza”