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Homicide Investigation Launched In Relation To Napier Death

Scoop 

A post mortem has been completed and it confirms that Mr Taylor suffered injuries consistent with assault. A large team of investigators are working on this investigation and would like to hear from anyone who has information that could assist with enquiries.

Starbucks workers' union to strike in LA, Chicago, Seattle before Christmas

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Over 10,000 Starbucks baristas, represented by Workers United, are set to strike across major U.S. cities starting Friday. The union anticipates escalating walkouts, potentially affecting hundreds of stores by Christmas Eve, unless a collective bargaining agreement is reached with Starbucks. Negotiations began in April, but the union claims Starbucks has not presented a reasonable economic proposal, despite earlier commitments.

Gritty Louisville back in NCAA volleyball national-title match with 4-set win over Pitt

VolleyballMag.com 

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — No DeBeer? No problem. Not when you have Payton Peterson. There is nothing like Louisville and Pittsburgh in NCAA volleyball and the Cardinals wrote another chapter in their incredible recent history with a 21-25, 25-23, 29-27, 25-17 victory Thursday night in the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship national semifinals that saw an […]

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Clemency petition for Aafia submitted to White House

Dawn 

WASHINGTON: A clemency petition seeking the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving an 86-year sentence in the United States, has been submitted to the White House. Advocates are urging President Joe Biden to grant her release before his term ends on Jan 20, sources in Washington confirmed to Dawn.

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When Tamil Nadu police rescued over 900 victims of forced prostitution in Bombay and brought them back home

The Hindu 

A representation by a non-governmental organisation in 1989 led the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID to undertake a rescue operation in the summer of 1990, which, to this day, remains the largest of its kind that the branch has conducted outside the State. The police found that many of the women were lured by promises of attractive jobs and held captive for several months

Billy Bob Thornton Didn’t Want To Play “Bad Guy” In ‘Spider-Man’ & ‘Mission: Impossible III’

Deadline.com 

Although Billy Bob Thornton has served some memorable performances, he’s never quite embraced his villain era. The Oscar winner recently explained why he turned down “the bad guy” roles in Spider-Man (2002) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), noting he likes to be “looser and less predictable” in his work. “I don’t have much interest in […]

CDC Confirms Malaria Likely Culprit in Deadly DR Congo Outbreak Mystery - ScienceAlert

Sports - Google News (us) 

  1. CDC Confirms Malaria Likely Culprit in Deadly DR Congo Outbreak Mystery  ScienceAlert
  2. Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria  The Associated Press
  3. The DRC ‘mystery illness’ shows why the U.S. can’t ‘pause’ infectious disease work  STAT
  4. Mystery outbreak in DR Congo likely caused by malaria  BBC.com
  5. Congo says mystery disease behind dozens of deaths of women and children finally identified as severe... Читать дальше...