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At least one person has reportedly been injured after another suspicious package exploded, near the Goodwill store in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday evening. Police, firefighters and the FBI are responding to the incident. The explosion occurred in the vicinity of a Goodwill store on Brodie Lane, according to Austin Fire Department. Police and the Bureau […]
SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images China’s state-run media said the Taiwan Travel Act signed by President Donald Trump could lead to military pressure. The law, which allows official visits between the two countries, has angered China as it considers Taiwan one of its provinces and regularly holds military drills near the island. The warning comes as relations between […]
Russia’s British embassy has reiterated Moscow’s refusal to heed the deadline set by UK PM Theresa May to explain what she claims was an alleged Soviet-era military-grade toxic agent used to poison former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. Russia has requested samples of the toxin. “Russia will not respond to […]
President Donald Trump showed a reel of video game violence last week during a meeting with the game industry as part of an attempt to find solutions to gun violence. And this week, the game industry has responded with an 88-second reel — the same length as Trump’s video — showing the beauty of games. […]
AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an interview with NBC’s Megyn Kelly that he would not be able to respond to the US’s accusations of Russian election interference if the underlying conduct did not violate Russian law. The US intelligence community concluded last year that Russia-linked actors interfered in the 2016 US […]
Using data from smartphones, satellites, remote sensors, and census surveys, modelers can create synthetic populations—and watch what they do in a disaster. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a7e4cf64430bd3783b46522/master/pass/nuclearmushroomcloud-625686422-%5BConverted%5D.jpg
The Atari 2600 (originally sold as the Atari Video Computer System, or VCS) was by far the most popular console of its era. It did much to popularize switchable cartridge-based games. Despite many efforts, Atari would never again replicate its success. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Almost immediately after Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell was un-nominated for a […]
State Representative Steve Alford (R-Kansas) has admitted he “was wrong” when he said African-Americans are more susceptible to using marijuana because of their “character makeup” and “genetics.” “I was wrong, I regret my comments and I sincerely apologize to anyone whom I have hurt,” Alford said Monday, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. The firestorm that led to […]
Published time: 7 Jan, 2018 17:56 Israel’s police fail to bring Israeli citizens to justice for ideologically motivated crimes against Palestinians in the occupied territories, bringing charges in little over 10 percent of all cases, a rights group says. Israeli human rights group Yesh Din monitored 225 complaints into hate crimes committed by Israelis against […]
Russia has always complied with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said, calling the US allegations of non-compliance baseless. He added it’s the US that seeks to withdraw from the agreement. Washington used the 30th anniversary of the INF agreement, which Moscow considers one of the key elements of […]
