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Houthi drone attack targets Yemeni military parade
The Houthi aligned al-Masirah TV network also confirmed the assault, adding it was targeting "invaders and mercenaries". Among the wounded were Yemeni Military Intelligence Service chief Mohammad Saleh Tamah; Deputy Chief of Staff Saleh al-Zindani; senior military commander Mohammad Jawas; and Lahj Gov. [Full Article...]
'The baby is not breathing': Hacienda HealthCare 911 call released
As the investigation into how a woman who has been in a vegetative state for almost a decade was impregnated continues, at least one expert said it's possible that staffers were unaware of the impending childbirth because the patient may not have shown any outward signs of pregnancy. [Full Article...]
Google Wins Round in Fight Against Global Right to Be Forgotten
The Alphabet Inc. unit now removes such links EU-wide and since 2016 it also restricts access to such information on non-EU Google sites when accessed from the EU country where the person concerned by the information is located - referred to as geo-blocking. [Full Article...]
Double-decker bus crash in Ottawa kills 3, injures at least 20
The driver was questioned by police, he said. There were three people killed in total - two on the bus, one on the platform. He said investigators are trying to determine the cause of the crash. "I haven't seen something of this magnitude before", he said. "I saw bodies flying out and it was pretty intense at the time", Borle said. "It's not a comfortable thing to witness and I can't imagine... [Full Article...]
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Announces She's Running For President In 2020
Gabbard was elected to Congress in 2012 and now serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. 'I have made a decision to run, ' Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard told CNN and will soon make a formal announcement for president. The Samoan and Hindu congresswoman is an Iraq War veteran and an outspoken critic of United States "regime change" policy in Syria. She served in a medical unit of the Hawa... [Full Article...]
GoFundMe border wall campaign to refund donors after falling short of goal
Business Insider reports that when the campaign was started, founder Brian Kolfage promised all donations would be used to pay for a border wall between the US and Mexico once the $1 billion goal was reached. In a statement on January 11, Kolfage explained the choice to create a 501 (c)(4). He also said he's grateful for Trump's commitment to border security. [Full Article...]
Bus driver saves toddler wandering alone on freeway overpass
December 22. When a barefoot little boy in a red onesie was spotted running down the sidewalk all alone, a bus driver came to the rescue. The video later shows Ivic stopping her bus, running across the street, picking up the crying child and carrying him to the bus. [Full Article...]
Macedonian parliament agrees to change country’s name
Eighty-one deputies in the 120-seat parliament voted in favour. Ethnic Albanians make up about a quarter of Macedonia's 2.1 million people. The debate on January 11 followed a postponement a day earlier, with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his allies negotiating with lawmakers opposed to the change. [Full Article...]