California Considers Adding Meat To Cancer-Alert List
The state is setting the stage for a potential battle with the meat industry.
Author: Adan
China Ends One-Child Cap After Three Decades to Lift Growth
Communist Party trying to boost shrinking workforce, manage country’s transition to era of slower economic growth.
Australia Paid People Smugglers to Turn Back to Indonesia, Says Amnesty
Indonesian police allege more than $US30,000 was paid to people smugglers.
Newsnight Journalist’s Laptop Seized by UK Police Under Terrorism Act
BBC says police accessed communications between Secunder Kermani and Isis member in Syria, in move criticised by press freedom campaigners.
Radioactive Landfill Leak Caught on Camera
10,000 gallon leak fuels concerns of unstable hot spot.
WHO: Tuberculosis now Rivals AIDS as Leading Cause of Death
Given that most cases of TB can be successfully treated, the death rate remained “unacceptably high,” WHO director said.
Seventh Grade Assignment Asks Students to Deny God Exists, Or Fail
Teacher said bible was written by people “trying to get attention.”
Record Number of Americans Renounce Citizenship
1,426 Americans expatriated in the third quarter of 2015, bringing this year’s total to 3,221 so far…
USDA Deregulating Two More GMO Corn Strains
“[A]llowing this 2,4-D/glyphosate cocktail to be sprayed on the up to 150 million acres of corn and soybean acreage… may harm or kill dozens of imperiled species, as well as increase the health risk to humans…”
Cybersecurity Bill Sails Through Senate Despite Privacy Concerns
ACLU called bill a “privacy-shredding” bill “in cybersecurity clothing” in March.
Master Sharpshooter Carves Pumpkin for Halloween Using Rifle
Precision pumpkin carving with a gun!
WI-FI Device Can See People Through Concrete Walls
Wireless signals travel through the wall and reflect off the body behind it.
Russian Intelligence Chief: IS May Invade Central Asia
Said concentration of Taliban fighters at Afghanistan’s northern border make the risk of invasion tangible.
Russian Scientists Train Monkeys to solve Puzzles so they can Travel to Mars in 2017
Macaques are heading into space, but is it a one-way trip?
House GOP Begins Impeachment Against IRS Chief
Accused of misleading public and destroying documents sought under a congressional subpoena.