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12/23/2024 07:22:52 am

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Air China

Chinese Mother Punches Another Female Passenger Aboard Air China Over Bawling Infant

Another air rage incident happened on Wednesday aboard an Air China flight to Hong Kong from China. The incident almost caused the pilot to make an emergency landing.

Marijuana Shop

Nebraska, Oklahoma File Lawsuit Against Colorado Over Legal Pot Use

Marijuana may have been legalized in Colorado, however, its neighbor states of Nebraska and Oklahoma are not happy that weed is illegally crossing the border and reaching their respective states.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

First Court Appearance Of Boston Marathon Bomber Since 2013

Dzjokhar Tsarnaev, 21, the suspect in the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, appeared at a federal courthouse in Boston on Thursday. It was his first public appearance since his public arraignment in July 2013.

Shanghai Stock Exchange

China’s Neighbors Cannot Expect Higher Demand for Commodities In 2015

With 2014 about to end, Asian nations heavily dependent on China's demand for their commodities to boost their respective economies are advised to brace for lower demand from Beijing.

Nathaniel Kibby

Nathaniel Kibby Facing 200 Sex And Kidnap Charges For Abduction Of 14-Year-Old Girl

From just one charge of felony kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl from New Hampshire, the charges against 34-year-old Nathaniel Kibby went up to 205 more charges on Wednesday.

Alan Gross

2 Letters from Pope Francis Pave the Way For Opening U.S.-Cuba Ties

Living up to his papal name taken from a Catholic saint known for being a peace advocate, Pope Francis wrote two separate personal letters to U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro. These two letters opened for the door for Washington and Havana to open diplomatic ties, a first in 53 years.

Sigma Delta Phi House

Sex Toys Waving & Eggs Throwing At Anti-Rape Protesters Lead To Fraternity Closure In SDSU

The numerous offenses of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity had caught up with the campus organization that officials of the San Diego State University ordered it closed and removed from the campus on Wednesday.

President & First Lady of U.S.

Obama Couple Shares Racial Discrimination Stories While Living In Chicago

He was mistaken for a valet, while a lady shopper thought she was a Target sales assistant. But while they had their share of racial discrimination stories during their pre-White House days in Chicago, U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama admit it pales in comparison to what their ancestors suffered.

Symbol of Justice

Former Texas Justice Of Peace Gets Death Sentence For Killing 3 People

He was a former justice of peace in Texas, but 37-year-old Eric Williams found himself on the other end of the justice system as he was sentenced on Wednesday to death for killing Cynthia McLelland in 2013.

Libby Lane

Libby Lanes Makes UK History As First Female Bishop Of Church Of England

Britain's stained glass ceiling was broken by 48-year-old Libby Lane on Wednesday when she was appointed as the first female bishop of the Church of England. Her official title is Bishop of Stockport.

The Economist Magazine

Time & Economist Are The Least Stolen Magazines In New Zealand Doctor’s Clinic

Patients waiting in a doctor's clinic are either gossipy or have "fast hands." That was the finding of a study made by researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand in a bid to find the reason why majority of magazines in the waiting room are old and outdated.

Effigy

Academics Debate About Black Effigies Found On Berkeley Campus

With the spate of anti-police sentiment ongoing across several U.S. cities, it would be easy to link the discovery of three photographic images of black effigies with nooses on their necks that were hanging at the University of California, Berkeley campus to the deaths of black men in the hands of white police officers.

Shinzo Abe

Abe’s LDP & Komeito Party Keep 2/3 Majority; Record-Low Voter Turnout Of 53.3%

Despite the record-low voter turnout of 53.3 percent in Japan's national election on Sunday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a news conference it was still the people's voice supporting his Abenomics policy.

Russian Jets

Former Latvian Official Warns On Repeat Of MH17 If Russian Military Planes Keep On Flying With Transponder Switched Off

Russia did it again on Friday. That is almost cause another aviation disaster like what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 by flying a military intelligence jet over the Baltic Sea with its transponder switched off.

Russia-Made Firearms

Russian Weapon Sales Up 20% In 2013, While Sales Of Top 100 Arms-Producing Companies Drop 2%

The reduced military spending by the U.S. and some European governments as their commitments in Iran and Afghanistan wound down is behind the third consecutive year that weapon sales of the top 100 arms-producing companies dipped again.

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