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FBI Spy Planes Monitored a Single Suspect for Nearly 429 Hours
The FBI's secretive spy plane program targeted a man in Florida last year with nearly constant surveillance, logging more than 400 hours in the air with a fleet of Cessna aircraft registered to what appear to be front companies. This aerial surveillance, ...[Read more]
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Australia: Unprecedented surveillance bill rushed through parliament in 24 hours.
Australian police can now hack your device, collect or delete your data, take over your social media accounts - all without a judge's warrant. ...[Read more]
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Oregon counties request trucks for bodies as Covid overwhelms morgues
Two Oregon counties hit hard by Covid-19 are running out of space to hold bodies amid an intense surge in cases that is overwhelming the state’s healthcare system, forcing authorities to request refrigerated trucks to help handle the overflow. ...[Read more]
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US Drone Attack Kills at Least 10 Afghan Civilians—Including 6 Children
Samim Shahyad, a 25-year-old journalism student, told the New York Times that the U.S. attack killed his father, his two brothers, four of his young cousins, his niece, and his sister's fiancé. Shahyad added that three of the victims were girls who were ...[Read more]
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750,000 Households May Face Eviction If Congress Doesnt Act, Says Goldman Sachs
Anew analysis from finance firm Goldman Sachs finds that if Congress doesn’t act soon to pass an eviction moratorium, 750,000 households could face eviction in the fall and winter. The investment bank estimates that between 2.5 and 3.5 million people in ...[Read more]
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Estimated Cost of Post-9/11 US Wars Hits $8 Trillion With Nearly a Million People Dead
"What about the people left behind in Afghanistan, in Iraq—after a drone strike in Somalia—what about them? Do they get any care? Do they get any compensation? Absolutely not. So what would be the cost of war if that was actually the priority for the ...[Read more]
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‘We are in the worst crisis of the pandemic’: Doctor explains why the surge makes them ‘wish for 2020 again’
Although 70% of U.S. adults have been at least partially vaccinated for the COVID-19 coronavirus — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the highly infectious Delta variant is raging in the United States, especially in parts of ...[Read more]
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Public Transport Can Be Free
According to Vincent Kauffmann, a professor at University of Lausanne and one of key figures in sustainable mobility, “free public transport does not make any sense.” Getting rid of tickets in mass transit is judged “irrational,” “uneconomical� ...[Read more]
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Israeli Soldiers Arrest Seven Journalists Covering Peaceful West Bank Protest
Israeli military arrested, handcuffed, and interrogated Palestinian journalists who had legally covered a peaceful protest inside a "closed military zone." ...[Read more]
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Berlin’s university canteens go almost meat-free as students prioritise climate
Students at universities in Berlin will from this winter swap currywurst and schnitzel for seeds and pulses, as campus canteens in the German capital make heavy cuts to their meat and fish options. ...[Read more]
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Sweden Wanted to Bomb Afghanistan to Advertise its Fighter Jets
Wikileaks cables revealed that Sweden wanted to bomb Afghanistan to increase the 'marketability' of its fighter jets. ...[Read more]
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