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Man accused of holding family hostage for 3 months

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

A Florida man is accused of holding a family hostage for three months. The Ledger reports that 29-year-old Larry Gene Howard faces multiple assault, kidnapping, robbery and ...

Just How Rich Is Donald Trump?

The New Yorker 

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal became the latest publication to look into Donald Trump’s finances and question some of the claims that the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee has made about how rich he is. After examining a financial-disclosure form that Trump filed last year and doing some digging of their own, the paper’s Peter Grant and Brody Mullins estimated that, in 2016, Trump’s businesses will produce about $160 million in pre-tax income. (On Tuesday, Trump filed a new financial-disclosure... Читать дальше...

Judge halts enforcement of portion of D.C.’s strict gun law

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

A federal judge in Washington halted enforcement of a portion of the city's strict gun law Tuesday in a ruling that conflicts with another judge's assessment of the law earlier this year and sets up two competing views for a higher court. U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon ruled ...

Por que a criminalização da homofobia no Brasil é importante sim

BuzzFeed 

“Não ter informação é uma forma de não reconhecer o problema”.

Sempre que se fala em criminalização da homofobia no Brasil, surgem comentários relativizando a violência direcionada aos LGBT como nessa matéria abaixo:

O post 23 perguntas sinceras que gays e lésbicas querem fazer para os homofóbicos foi publicado na página do BuzzFeed Brasil no Facebook e teve cerca de 300 comentários.

Facebook: BuzzFeedBrasil

Uma das justificativas... Читать дальше...

The insane Silicon Valley housing market is finally cooling off a little

BusinessInsider.com 

Zillow

Silicon Valley has some of the highest home prices in the country, but it's finally cooling down as the latest tech boom slows.

According to Bloomberg, the demand for the most expensive homes in the valley is cooling.

For instance:

  • In Palo Alto, homes costing more than $5 million were sitting on the market for a median duration of 16 days in April, versus 11 last year and 10 in 2014. So far in May, that median has stretched to more than 30 days.
  • In Los Altos... Читать дальше...



South Carolina passes bill banning abortion after 19 weeks

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

The South Carolina Legislature passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting abortion after 19 weeks, becoming the 17th state to pass the restrictive ban. The legislation will now head to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk. The Republican said in March she will almost certainly ...

Chef Jason Fox plots an elaborate medieval-inspired pop-up dinner

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

joyce25_jason_fox_cag_083.JPGChef Jason Fox at his restaurant Commonwealth. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle 2014 Related Links Jason Fox refines the menu at Oro Chef Jason Fox (Commonwealth, Oro) will soon travel back in time. This July, the chef has signed on to cook a medieval-inspired pop-up dinner benefiting Cut Circle — a late-medieval and Renaissance vocal ensemble directed by Jesse Rodin, an associate professor of 15th century food and music at Stanford, that brings early music education to under served Bay Area communities. Читать дальше...

Russians building army base at Syria’s Palmyra site

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

BEIRUT — The Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site and without asking for permission from relevant authorities, an American heritage organization and a top Syrian archaeologist said Tuesday. The American School of Oriental Research’s Cultural Heritage Initiative posted pictures from the satellite imagery and analytics company DigitalGlobe that show... Читать дальше...

Ex-Lincoln teacher pleads no contest to drunk driving charge

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — A former Lincoln high school math teacher has pleaded no contest to driving drunk for the third time. The charge stemmed from a December traffic stop, during which Lincoln police smelled alcohol on Harms.

Clinton, Sanders in tight Kentucky race; Sanders, Trump win Oregon

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton sought to avoid primary losses in Kentucky and Oregon on Tuesday, aiming to blunt the momentum of challenger Bernie Sanders ahead of a likely general election matchup against ...

Wave of bombings hits Baghdad, killing 69

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

BAGHDAD — A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets and a restaurant in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, officials said — the latest in a string of attacks in and around the Iraqi capital that have left more than 200 dead in the past week. In the wake of the blast, influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose support runs deep in the district named after his father, issued a statement to his followers, saying the attacks “are the clearest evidence... Читать дальше...

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Gov. Jerry Brown's housing proposal should be even stronger, legislative analyst says

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

California politics updates: John Chiang joins race for governor, Gov. Brown proposes name change for medical pot agency May 17, 2016, 2:40 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching: Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed a...

Anheuser-Busch gets $150,000 fine for liquor law violations in Seattle

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) recently handed down a violation notice to Anheuser-Busch that promises to set the beer behemoth back $150,000. The LCB issued the administrative violation in response to an elaborate investigation that revealed that Anheuser-Busch had entered into an illegal agreement... The post Anheuser-Busch gets $150,000 fine for liquor law violations in Seattle appeared first on Beer News.


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