From Jenna Orkin

Grooming ‘epidemic’ as almost 19,000 children identified as sexual exploitation victims in England

Convert half of UK farmland to nature, urges top scientist

Judge orders Georgia to switch to paper ballots for 2020 elections

Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are now going after ‘offensive’ museum art

​Cuba’s Urban Farming Shows Way to Avoid Hunger​

OxyContin Billionaire Granted Patent for Opioid Addiction Treatment (2018)

Old people can produce as many new brain cells as teenagers

German Arms Exports Surge To Record High, Hungary Biggest Buyer

1. Schumer: Bombshell NYT report is 'game-changer' for Senate trial

2. Ousted Nissan exec Carlos Ghosn just fled to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan

   Iraq Protestors Storm US Embassy In Baghdad

   Europe's tech ecosystem is finally bucking the doubters who say it can never match Silicon Valley. Here are the ways it's catching up.

   Seattle Company Used Secret Drain To Dump Toxic Waste Directly Into Sewer System

   11 astounding facts about Liechtenstein, the tiny European country that's 8 times smaller than Los Angeles and has the 2nd-highest per capita GDP in the world

From Jenna Orkin

Chinese scientist who edited genes of twin babies is jailed for 3 years

Going Green Will Pay For Itself in Seven Years, Study Finds (Bloomberg!)

Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2019

Elizabeth Warren's Plans

Am linking to this article solely for the list which is useful, (and which originated in the Wall Street Journal.)

US saw highest number of mass killings on record in 2019, database reveals

"If He'd Take It, Yes" - Biden Considers Obama For Supreme Court Nomination 

Warren Buffett is spending billions to make Iowa 'the wind capital of the world, the Saudi Arabia of wind'

2020: The Year Of The Oil Bankruptcies

The chilling number of misunderstood 'jokes' in the Christchurch killer's manifesto show how few people understand the disinformation ecosystem of the alt right

Verizon wants to become the first carrier to use its 5G network to connect 1 million drone flights

Mysterious swarms of giant drones have started to appear in the Colorado and Nebraska night sky, and nobody knows where they're coming from

From Jenna Orkin

Climate change has cut Australian farm profits by 22% a year over past 20 years, report says

We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe

Rise In Climate-Related Deaths Will Surpass All Infectious Diseases, Economist Testifies

'IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN IT ALL UP': 600-GALLON OIL SPILL IN GALAPAGOS KILLS WILDLIFE AND DISRUPTS FOOD CHAINS

The Quiet Disappearance of Birds in North America

Fortune 500 companies avoided $73.9B in taxes under Trump tax law

China, Russia and Iran to hold joint naval drills

Megafarms and deeper wells are draining the water beneath rural Arizona – quietly, irreversibly

Mecca 1979: The mosque siege that changed the course of Saudi history

The dirty little secret in this migration debate

Domination of the United States on the World Bank (April)

U.S. officials worried about Chinese control of American drug supply

"Basically we've outsourced our entire industry to China," retired Brig. Gen. John Adams told NBC News. "That is a strategic vulnerability." (Sept)

Pelosi, Romney and Kerry don’t have sons working for companies linked to Ukraine

Elizabeth Warren's campaign is 30% behind in quarterly fundraising 4 days before deadline

Wealth Of The Richest Surged By $1.2 Trillion In 2019

From Jenna Orkin

Russia's Gazprom says it paid Ukraine $2.9 bln as part of wider gas deal

US Contractors Accused of Funding Taliban Attacks Against American Troops

Dennis Meadows: The Limits To Growth

Revisiting one of the most seminal studies of our era

Nova Scotia town sinking as sea levels rising

Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system

Nearly 500 million animals killed in Australian bushfires, experts fear

These clothes use outlandish designs to trick facial recognition software into thinking you're not human

America's most influential flight attendant helped end the longest government shutdown. Now she's on a mission to revive unions — and she tells us why labor rights will define the next generation.

What Do They Know? US And Russia Both Developing Plans To Deal With Incoming Asteroids

Demographic Armageddon: Japan's Births Drop To Lowest Since 1874 As Deaths Hit Highest Since World War II

Santa's New Home: The North Pole Is Moving To Russia

From Jenna Orkin

China’s electrifying idea to stop African swine fever: a high-voltage pigsty

With 67% of the Vote, California Young Democrats Endorse Bernie Sanders for President

Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: A vet's hellish diary of climate change

19,200 gallons of liquid from San Onofre being released into ocean in routine process

Chinese company approved to run water mining operation in drought-stricken Queensland

Information teleported between two computer chips for the first time

TECH NEWS

Facebook says a pro-Trump media outlet used artificial intelligence to create fake people and push conspiracies

Putin Makes A Move In Libya's Oil Crescent

Hundreds of thousands of people are petitioning Target to drop plastic bags from its stores

Plane with 98 on board crashes in Kazakhstan killing at least 12, authorities said

Newly released documents show T-Mobile considered a merger with the media giant Comcast, in addition to its merger with Sprint, in a plan to create one of the biggest companies in the world

CEO Of Chinese Bank Sentenced To Death For Stealing $100 Million

A 16-Year-Old Has Died After Being Electrocuted By His Headphones

"Everything Is Surging": Stocks Hit New Record High As Traders Capitulate To Year-End Meltup

The runners and riders in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader

From Jenna Orkin

United States Spend Ten Times More On Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education

Switzerland switches off nuclear plant as it begins exit from atomic power

House passes bill to lower prescription drug costs

They’re Killing Us Like Dogs: A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help

Christopher Steele Used John McCain To Funnel Claims To James Comey, Says Report

Norway Author, Once Married To Princess, Kills Himself After Book On Mental Heath
"He accused Spacey of sexual misconduct at a Nobel Peace Prize event in 2007."

Catastrophic Ohio Methane Leak Stayed Hidden Until a Satellite Found It

Christmas tree lighted with first electricity from Arctic floating nuclear-power plant

Evo Morales Says He Is 'Absolutely Convinced' US Led Coup in Bolivia to Exploit Lithium Reserve

US Aircraft Carrier Launching Gears Meant For Saudi Arabia Mysteriously Found In India

Wave Of Chinese Restaurants Close Across America

From Jenna Orkin

Snow in the Sahara

Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF

Wow - not for the reasons you may be thinking. Read to the end.

Arizona DHS Agents Paid to Have Sex with Trafficking Victims They Allegedly "Rescued"

17 Million Americans Purged From Voter Rolls Between 2016 and 2018, Analysis Finds

Arizona has tried to safeguard groundwater beneath its big cities. But things are about to change

10 children allegedly started recent Queensland bushfires, police say

Legislators Enable Fracking Companies to Dodge Cleanup Costs 

The Death of Cash

Joe Biden is doing terribly among Latino voters — and that could seriously hurt him in two of the most important 2020 primaries

Very Unusual Seismic Activity On West Coast Has Experts Extremely Concerned

From Jenna Orkin

Greenland ice loss is at ‘worse-case scenario’ levels, study finds

Steven Mnuchin Explains Why $1.5 Trillion In $100 Bills Have Disappeared

The Space Force is officially the sixth military branch. Here’s what that means.

If you don't think illegal immigrants are voting for president, think again

Senate Goes On Judge-Approval Binge, One In Every Four Circuit Court Judges Now Trump Appointee

The Fake Impeachment: Pelosi’s Botched Ploy Helps Trump Towards Victory

TRUMP IS ALLOWING TURKEY'S ERDOGAN A VETO ON U.S. POLICY, SENATOR SAYS AS WHITE HOUSE FAILS TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Saudi Arabia sentenced 5 people to death and 3 more to jail over Jamal Khashoggi's murder

Cuba names a prime minister for the first time in 43 years as it shifts presidential power

The US has decided to stop sending bomb-sniffing dogs to two Middle Eastern countries after many of the animals died

Mistreatment

From Jenna Orkin
5 earthquakes in less than a day rattle secretive Navy base in Mojave Desert, USGS says
Warming toll: 1 degree hotter, trillions of tons of ice goneRussia plans 'sovereign internet' tests to combat external threats

Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article238580988.html#storylink=cpy
Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age

Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age 

Oil we are saying is give IMPEACHMENT a chance

The Hidden Military Use of 5G Technology

Study: Obesity Worsens Carbon Emissions

Court Rules British MI5 Agents Can Murder, Kidnap and Torture

Tesco Halts Xmas Cards from China After Discovery of Note Re "Slave Labor"

Warming toll: 1 degree hotter, trillions of tons of ice gone

Carbon dioxide in homes, offices, and classrooms could cut our capacity for complex, strategic thinking by 50% within 80 years, scientists warn

Earth's magnetic north pole is skittering wildly across the Arctic. By 2040, our compasses 'will point eastward of true North,' an expert says.

The director of 'Cats' says the movie has a political message about the 'perils of tribalism'

From Jenna Orkin

Pentagon chief says US troops in Afghanistan to be redeployed against China

Biden - Cheney plan to partition Iraq: ethnic cleansing to control the oil

Here are more than 300 bases with possible toxic 'forever chemical’ contamination

France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower

Argentinian Govt: "We Will Not Hand Over" Evo Morales

Activists cheer victory in landmark Dutch climate case

China’s pork crisis: local banks offer meat to new customers with African swine fever set to continue

TRUMP IS COMMITTING 'FELONY BRIBERY' BY GIVING FUNDRAISING CASH TO GOP SENATORS AHEAD OF IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: EX-BUSH ETHICS LAWYER (Oct 31)

UK ranks below Jamaica, Latvia and Ghana for press freedom, global study finds - April

'Gas War' Averted: Russia & Ukraine Agree To Crucial Transit Deal, Defying The Hawks

Xi To Skip Davos, Collapsing Hopes Of Phase One Deal Signing Event With Trump

From Jenna Orkin
Protests Across India

Turkey to establish military base in Libya

Vatican Uses Donations for the Poor to Plug Its Budget Deficit

One quarter of world's pigs killed by African swine fever as disease spreads to South Korea (Sept)

Donald Glover Is Now a Creative Consultant for Andrew Yang's Campaign

Twitter just suspended over 88,000 accounts tied to a Saudi Arabian disinformation campaign in one of the largest crackdowns in Twitter's history

YouTube's new documentary demystifying artificial intelligence features Robert Downey Jr. and an AI baby

Retailpocalypse - A Record 9,300 Stores Closed Across US In 2019

Facial-recognition technology has a racial-bias problem, according to a new landmark federal study

NTSB: Tesla In Fatal Accident Was Traveling 100 MPH Around A Curve In A 30 MPH Zone

Greta Thunberg's refusal to take any flights since 2015 has spawned a whole 'train-bragging' movement, and it's ushered in a new era for luxury travelers around the world

Inside Special Operations Command's effort to build a 'hyper-enabled operator' who can outthink the enemy

"The concept would eschew physical enhancements and give the operator of the future cognitive enhancements."

From Jenna Orkin
French strikers angry about pension reform cut power to homes, companies - including Bank of France

US Concedes Defeat on Nordstream 2 Pipeline

Margaret Thatcher's Amazing Prophecy on the EU

Exclusive: Hamas plots attacks on Israel from Turkey as Erdogan turns blind eye

People in Japan are wearing exoskeletons to keep working as they age

Greta Thunberg Documentary Set At Hulu, Chronicling Climate Activist’s Global Rise

Prison surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein's first suicide attempt has gone missing

"Very Serious" - 30,000 Pigs Dead As Pig Ebola Spreads In Indonesia's North Sumatra

TRUMP IMPEACHED: House of Representatives charges the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress

Hundreds of California freelancers have been fired before the holidays due to a state law meant to help Uber and Lyft drivers

A decommissioned nuclear missile complex in Arizona that was abandoned for decades just sold for $420,000