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COVID-19

Grocery Store Cashier Shot and Killed After Asking Someone to Wear a Mask

One cashier was pronounced dead at the scene and another was “grazed by a bullet.”
Paul Blest
6.15.21
russia

‘Delete the Video or We’ll Block YouTube’: Inside Putin’s War on the Free Press

Dawn raids, Kafkaesque house arrests, ensuring articles are labelled with the words ‘FOREIGN AGENT’ in giant font – Russia is pulling out all the stops to clamp down on anything resembling independent media.
Anna Koslerova
6.15.21
Internet

SpaceX's Satellite Internet Shuts Down Because It's Too Hot in Arizona

An engineer tells Motherboard that Starlink “Dishy McFlatface” broadband satellite dishes will likely need better heat-management systems before commercial launch.
Karl Bode
6.15.21
On the Clock

Managers Tried to Lure Delivery App Workers From Work Council Vote With Free Beer

Gorillas managers reportedly attempted to sneak through doors and offered to take riders to a beer garden after they were rejected at the door of a general assembly.
Gabriel Geiger
6.15.21
Tech news

Italian Customs Authorities Seized a Dinosaur Egg Hidden In a Package

The fossil was found in a package sent from Malaysia and once belonged to a Shunosaur, a sauropod that lived millions of years ago, authorities said.
Gabriel Geiger
6.15.21
Games Features

Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive

The world's greatest hoard of original Atari equipment is guarded by a very temperamental, very devoted dragon named Bradley.
Steve Kupferman
6.15.21
qanon

QAnon Follower Who Tried to Steal Arizona for Trump Is Running For Senate

One of the people who's spent months questioning the integrity of U.S. elections thinks now is a good time to run for office.
David Gilbert
6.15.21
privacy

Contractor Exposed the Movements of People Wearing Ankle GPS Bracelets

A company that sells GPS ankle bracelets and helps Chicago law enforcement run a program to monitor people under house arrest leaked “an enormous amount of private information.”
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
6.15.21
Cult

‘He Might Be Resurrected’: A Man Died and His 39 Wives Refused to Bury Him

Ziona, the late leader of a polygamous Christian sect in India, is survived by 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
Pallavi Pundir
6.15.21
London Rental Opportunity of the Week

Rental Opportunity of the Week: A Flat in the 'Sky Pool' Building

A mere £2,383 a month for a one-bed flat. But at least your building has a "poor door".
Joel Golby
6.15.21
Nuclear Power Plants

‘Performance Issue’ Flagged at Chinese Nuclear Plant After Alleged Leak

A French co-owner of the Chinese nuclear plant reported an increase in the level of noble gases, but said the plant is operating safely.
Viola Zhou
6.15.21
Science

What You Think You Know About the T-Rex Is Wrong

"In films like 'Jurassic Park', the dinosaur was painted as a monster, when it wasn’t,” says palaeontologist Pasha van Bijlert.
Jos Maalderink
6.15.21
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