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  1. ThatRobGuy

    In one of L.A.’s largest cash heists, burglars steal as much as $30 million

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-03/sylmar-burglary-money-storage-facility-30-million Sounds like something out of a movie... The burglary occurred Sunday night at a facility in Sylmar where cash from businesses across the region is handled and stored, according to L.A. Police...
  2. ThatRobGuy

    It would seem as if concerns about RFK have flipped again...

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/will-rfk-jr-and-other-third-party-candidates-help-doom-democracy/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/podcasts/run-up-third-party-candidate-rfk-jr.html https://www.vox.com/politics/24112624/rfk-jr-kennedy-shanahan-running-mate-2024-election Back...
  3. ThatRobGuy

    Election officials’ homes ‘swatted’ as presidential race heats up

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/swatting-election-officials-invs/index.html CNN — When a man called to confess he had shot his wife, was armed with an AR-15 and planned to kill himself, police in Jefferson City, Missouri raced to the scene. Heavily armed officers ordered the homeowner...
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    Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead in South Carolina

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-barnett-boeing-whistleblower-death/ Barnett was in Charleston this week to give a formal deposition in relation to a defamation lawsuit he had filed against Boeing, the BBC reported. He was expected to appear for further questioning on Saturday, but failed to...
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    Meta is DOWN! Facebook, Messenger and Instagram hit with worldwide outage

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13159723/Metas-Facebook-Instagram-Worldwide-outage.html Meta's Facebook, Messenger and Instagram are down worldwide, leaving hundreds of thousands of users unable to access the social media platforms. A source inside Facebook told DailyMail.com...
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    More states are considering bills allowing medically assisted death this year

    https://www.axios.com/2024/02/09/medically-assisted-death-states A push to let physicians prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients is getting major attention in statehouses this year, with lawmakers in 19 states considering bills to allow the practice. These bills typically allow...
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    McCarthy: Freedom Caucus has ‘stopped Republicans from being able to govern’

    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4422346-mccarthy-freedom-caucus-republicans/ Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) accused the House Freedom Caucus of preventing the Republican majority from governing. Speaking to Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo Monday morning, McCarthy the ousted former...
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    Sununu rips Scott after Trump endorsement: ‘Nobody’ thinks he will unite the country

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4419673-sununu-rips-tim-scott-post-endorsement/ New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) took another swipe at Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for endorsing former President Trump, after the senator said the country needs a president “who will unite our country.” “Tim...
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    Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh says college athletes should unionize. What would that look like?

    https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4411867-michigan-jim-harbaugh-college-sports-unionize-ncaa-football/ University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh after his team’s championship win last week said college athletes should be able to unionize, one of the biggest endorsements the...
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    North Korea fires missile, minister to visit Russia as tensions rise

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/14/asia/north-korea-ballistic-missile-intl-hnk/index.html North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Japan’s Coast Guard, citing information...
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    Local bans on homeless people sleeping in public earn Supreme Court review

    https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4405701-supreme-court-local-bans-homeless-people-sleeping-in-public/ The Supreme Court said Friday it would consider whether local laws prohibiting homeless people from sleeping on public property is cruel and unusual punishment barred by the...
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    Wayne LaPierre resigns as NRA head

    https://thehill.com/business/4391519-wayne-lapierre-resigns-nra/ National Rifle Association (NRA) head Wayne LaPierre will resign from the organization at the end of the month, the group announced Friday. LaPierre’s resignation, first reported by Fox News, comes as the organization defends...
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    Today is the last day for Joe Biden to keep the Apple Watch on shelves

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/25/tech/apple-watch-sales-ban/index.html New York CNN — The clock is winding down on a last-minute, emergency action to keep the latest Apple Watch on store shelves. President Joe Biden has until the end of Christmas day to overturn a US International Trade...
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    Graham declares ‘war’ against NY to protect Chick-fil-A’s Sundays off

    https://thehill.com/business/4374517-graham-declares-war-against-ny-bill-chickfila-sundays/ The aforementioned New York bill aims to have restaurants in state highway system rest areas operate for the entirety of the week, according to The Associated Press (AP). However, Chick-fil-A is well...
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    California, New York in danger of seeing House delegations shrink further

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4369993-california-new-york-in-danger-of-seeing-house-delegations-shrink-further/ California and New York could see their House delegations shrink on the basis of population trends, while delegations in the South could grow, according to an analysis of...
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    Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off the state's 2024 primary ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/colorado-supreme-court-kicks-trump-states-2024-ballot-violating-us-con-rcna130484 In a bombshell decision, Colorado's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump's candidacy in the state's primary next year is prohibited on...
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    Fetterman says he’ll work to block ‘absolutely outrageous’ US Steel sale

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4366073-fetterman-says-hell-work-to-block-absolutely-outrageous-us-steel-sale/ Thought this would be an interesting one to discuss. Recently, there was the other thread going around where the town in Michigan didn't feel comfortable with Chinese subsidiaries...
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    Why the sentence imposed on Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley is significant

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/09/us/michigan-oxford-shooting-sentence-judge-historic/index.html CNN — More than two years after Michigan’s deadliest school shooting, a judge imposed a historic sentence – and the harshest possible penalty – for the teenage gunman. Oakland County Circuit Court...
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    University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigns

    https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/liz-magill Wealthy donors, CEOs, lawmakers and even Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro condemned Magill’s testimony on Tuesday in Congress where she struggled to say whether calls for genocide against Jews would violate the school’s code of conduct on...
  20. ThatRobGuy

    The Role Of AI In Democratizing Healthcare: From Diagnosis To Access

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/11/02/the-role-of-ai-in-democratizing-healthcare-from-diagnosis-to-access/?sh=7abc7dd61010 This precision-driven approach could significantly reduce the margin of error in diagnosis, leading to earlier and more effective treatments. I...