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  1. Jan 2020
    1. hen police arrived, they found four people inside with gunshot wounds, police said at a brief news conference. One person died at the scene, police said.

      was gun control to blame or this?

    2. One person was killed and three others injured, including a teenage boy, in what police called a targeted shooting Wednesday morning at a home in the Canadian capital of Ottawa.

      this is tragic.

    1. The Pentagon has said this Iran is directly linked to the deaths of more than 600 service members during the occupation.

      I am guessing that since the attack this number has risen.

    2. including a rocket attack that killed an American civilian and the storming of the American embassy in Baghdad.

      Storming a US embassy will never amount to anything good for your country.

    3. The administration is yet to provide evidence to support the assertion, despite intensifying pressure from lawmakers and the media.

      I wonder why the administration is hesitant to give reasons for this attack.

    4. "We are 80 million Iranians," he said. "If each one of us puts aside one American dollar, we will have 80 million American dollars, and we will reward anyone who brings us [Trump]'s head with that amount."

      This shows how strongly the Iranians hate Trump. A threat like this will most likely cause more tension.

  2. Dec 2019
    1. North Korea responded by calling him the worst idiot in the world and the stupidest man in history.

      This is really immature for a leader of any nation to say that. Maybe people would negotiate better with him if he stopped acting like a five year old and started acting an adult.

    2. “That’s why I call him Rocket Man,” Trump said.

      Someone like Kim Jong Un obviously demands respect from his people and wants respect from others. When Trump belittles him by calling him a "rocket man" that only increases tension between our two already tense nations. This just comes off as arrogant and rude to me

    3. North Korea said Tuesday that dialogue with the United States has been nothing but a “foolish trick” and warned Washington that it could be on the receiving end of an unwelcome Christmas gift.

      It is quite bold for North Korea to call the US a 'foolish trick", as we have the strongest military in the world. Maybe this is the only way that they negotiate.

    1. uice WRLD frequently touched on themes of mental health, suffering and mortality in his music.

      Maybe Juice WRLD was suffering and no one was paying attention to him.

    1. Dresden’s Grünes Gewölbe museum, or the Green Vault, released details of the three sets of jewels stolen during a heist on Monday which included jewelry belonging to the Bavarian princess and Saxon Queen Amalie Auguste, who ruled in the 19th Century.

      You would think the museum would take more precautions in taking care of these, especially since they hold historical value.

  3. Nov 2019
    1. “at no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs or block her Netflix special. In fact, we do not have the right to keep her from performing live anywhere.’’

      Big Machine Records has publicly stated they have told Taylor she is allowed to play her music. I am confused as to why Taylor is claiming she is not.

    2. but the men who own the music, Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta, are calling the television performance an illegal re-recording.

      I wonder what caused the tension between Taylor and the men who own her music.

    1. military working dogs faced a more dire fate in the following decades.

      It is disgusting that the US would treat dogs like this. These dogs gave their life to protect and serve and we should be treating them as the heroes they are, not like criminals.

    2. Medal of Honor recipient struck some as bizarre and inappropriate,

      This photo does not come off as inappropriate to me. The only person who should be offended is the participant of the medal of honor who got photo shopped, but the participant did not seem offended.

    3. Conan, a U.S. military canine that participated in the operation and is expected to head to the White House next week.

      Conan is a military dog who helped take down the head of ISIS.

    1. That’s a reversal from a month ago, when the survey found the numbers essentially flipped — 43 percent yes, 49 percent no.

      Has the capture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi responsible for the increasing number of voters who know oppose impeachment?

    2. including more than 50 percent who approve of his handling of the economy and a GOP base that remains loyal to him, with nine-in-10 Republicans opposing his removal from office

      I wonder if anything will come up during the impeachment inquiry that would sway more Republicans to support Trump's impeachment.

  4. Oct 2019
    1. They contained the mummified remains of men and women, as well as two children, who are believed to be from the middle class,

      I was unaware middle class people could be mummified.

    2. But ... 2019 is an Egyptian discovery," Waziri said. "This is an indescribable feeling, I swear to God."

      This proves there are still many things we haven't discovered in our world.

    3. Egyptian authorities on Saturday revealed the contents of 30 ancient wooden coffins discovered in Luxor and yes, they include mummies.

      its interesting mummies are still well-preserved after all these years.

    1. We see the tree cover being swapped out for impervious cover, which means when we look at the photographs, what was there is now replaced with a parking lot or a building,

      No matter how many structures we build, none of them will ever be able to replace what trees do for our environment.

    2. If we continue on this path, "cities will become warmer, more polluted and generally more unhealthy for inhabitants,

      Trees are obviously vital for cities so why are we not doing more to conserve them?

    3. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a recent study.

      Loosing trees would be detrimental to our environment. We rely on them for oxygen and to lower our temperatures.

    1. estimated that more than 56,000 Americans would die. Officials later calculated that 79,000 had — which, the agency noted, is more people than usually fill a Super Bowl stadium.

      This is an alarmingly large number. We should be preparing for this already.

    2. Nonetheless, there were more flu-related deaths than usual, while hospitalization rates and nursing home outbreaks “were at moderate to high levels,”

      The flu is extremely dangerous because it can cause other life threatening diseases that are difficult to fight off.

    3. The 2017-2018 flu season in the United States, which followed six months later as winter came to the Northern Hemisphere, was one of the worst in modern American memory

      If Australia just had one of its worst flu seasons, and America always get the flu following Austria, we should be doing all we can to prepare for this.

    1. Florida bill passed to address gun violence on school campuses

      Giving out more guns is not a solution to gun violence. School shooting can be exponentially more dangerous if there a guns in every classroom. What if a kid decides to steal the gun from a teacher and kill his whole class. The solution should simply to be to control who has access to guns and make stricter laws on gun control.

    2. Florida also does not track how many of its teachers are carrying weapons, The Herald said.

      This is extremely irresponsible. If Florida is allowing teacher to access to firearms they should take into account how many teachers are carrying firearms.

    3. Some Florida teachers will be able to carry firearms in the classroom starting Tuesday, the result of a hotly debated law that was approved by the Florida Legislature in May.

      This seems very unnecessary. Although teachers are trusted adults I do not think arming them with guns will be productive in any way. It just gives more kids access to firearms at school.

  5. Sep 2019
    1. Between 2017 and 2019 vaping jumped dramatically among high school students, doubling from 11% to 25% of 12th-graders

      The rates that smoking is rising among young people is ridiculous. We are not sure what long term effects vaping has on kids. Imagine how messed up everyone's lungs are going to be in twenty years

    2. The nation's largest retailer is responding to growing health concerns around vaping

      It is very important that big corporations such as Walmart recognizes that vaping id effecting the younger generations of kids. It shows that Walmart actually cares about the youth and that they are making monumental efforts to stop this epidemic,.

    1. wearable heart trackers use a technology that is less reliable on dark skin.

      This is absolutely disgusting. If someone of a whiter complexion had the same issue companies would jump at the opportunity to solve the problem. Bu just because people have darker skin they are not a priority. That is terrible.

    2. electronic soap dispensers whose light sensors can’t detect black skin

      Technology should be inclusive. Everyone should be able to enjoy it. If a company makes a product that not everyone can use based off their skin color then that company should fix the product and be ashamed.

    1. She’s concerned about having the baby in the street or having to have the baby in a shelter

      No women should have to worry about giving birth in the street or in a shelter. It is inhumane. She should be able to have the baby where they're medical professionals and her baby will be safely delivered.

    2. El Salvadoran woman crossed the Rio Grande — only to be apprehended by Border Patrol.

      If a women who is eight months pregnant would risk her and her child's life by crossing the Rio Grande can we not show some sympathy towards her? This women is risking her life to give her baby a safer and better future. We need to understand that this women is not risking her life for fun she is doing it because she needs to . We do not know what has happened to her in El Salvador and why she is trying to escape it but sending her back eight months pregnant is surly not the solution.