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Family’s ‘hope’ over 1999 murder investigation

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Image caption Graham and Lorinda Hall still have hope Victoria’s killer will be found The unsolved investigation was reopened by Suffolk Police on the 20th anniversary of Victoria’s disappearance on 19 September. Image caption Victoria had been at the Bandbox venue just off Felixstowe seafront on the night she went missing Image caption Victoria had walked from Felixstowe to Trimley St Mary and her body was found 25 miles away in Creeting St Peter Gemma heard a scream after but thought nothing of it and a major missing persons inquiry…

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The year in Twitter suspensions

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Twitter is the best of times. Twitter is the worst of times. Wading through the steaming piles of morons, bigots, attention seekers, subtweeters, hypocrites, propaganda and utterly incomprehensible randomness can feel like the internet version of drowning in someone elses dirty bathwater. Happily, Twitter tries to take out its own trash, though it also makes mistakes policing content. The social media platform that (permanently suspended) writer Ally Maynard calls the bathroom stall of the internet has some standardsthreats bad, dick picks okay. Break the rules, and you might find yourself…

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Iranians honor their dead in the face of government clampdown

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(CNN)The Iranian government has banned the families of protesters killed during anti-government unrest in November from organizing any kind of funeral service or memorial for their children or loved ones. Poya, 27, was hit by a bullet during a November 16 demonstration in Mehrshahr, a district of Karaj, his mother, Nahid Shirpisheh, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran. She told the CHRI she believes government forces shot him “They aimed at my son’s head and deliberately killed him,” she said. She was with her son and daughter at…

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Woman Who Was Conscious During Operation Says Nobody Could Hear Her Scream

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A hospital in the UK has admitted liability after a woman claimed she was left with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after remaining conscious during an operation. The patient, who is in her late 30s, went to the Yeovil District Hospital for a routine gynecological operation in 2018. When the medical team began operating on her, she says that she was able to feel surgeons cutting into her abdomen but was unable to alert them. “We went into theatre and I actually screamed out when the surgeon cut my belly button,” the patient who doesn’t…

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J.K. Rowling Got In Trouble Again For An Offensive Tweet That No One Asked For | Betches

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At one point or another, we’ve all said things we shouldn’t have. Whether you said your boss’s idea was dumb in a meeting or gave your friend your honest opinion about how she looked in an outfit, it happens. But there’s a big difference between telling Jen her dress is too tight and saying sh*t that’s actually bigoted or otherwise problematic. Seems like an easy concept to grasp, but some celebrities just don’t seem to get this. Case in point: J.K. Rowling. While she became a billionaire by creating the…

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CBS accidentally interviewed InfoWars host as regular Trump supporter

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CBS News posted a video of Trump supporters at a Pennsylvania rally on Tuesday. One of the seemingly random interviewees ended up being an InfoWars host. I think it would cause physical violence in this country that we havent seen since the second, since the first Civil War. I think it would become the second Civil War, InfoWars Will Johnson says in the video, which was posted to Twitter. Trump supporters at the president's rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania tell CBS News their thoughts on impeachment and the possibility of his…

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Florida deputies nab fugitive carjacking suspect as he’s livestreaming on Instagram

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Mugshot for Kevin Gaines Jr., 20, of Deland. Authorities said he was arrested on outstanding warrants in Florida after deputies confirmed he was inside a home by watching him live on Instagram.  (Volusia Sheriff office via AP) “In watching the video, Deputy Billy Leven could tell Gaines was inside the house,” the sheriff’s office said on Facebook. “When he pointed his spotlight into the window, Deputy Leven could see the light show up in the live Instagram video shortly before it abruptly ended.” “Get to the house, he just shut…

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Ten brands that disappeared over the past decade

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Image copyright PA Media “It was heartbreaking, because consumers absolutely want to buy the best brand toys for their children,” retail expert Kate Hardcastle told the BBC. “Toys R Us had huge unnecessary warehouses and they could have repurposed that for experiences, but they just missed the mark completely.” Image copyright AFP / Getty Images “I miss Borders, it did have a personality,” says retail analyst Chris Field. “They were doing what retailers are being urged to do now – injecting personality and interaction into the stores with concerts and…

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Amazon Is On The Edge Of Functional Destruction, Say Environmental Researchers

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The world’s largest rainforest may be reaching its “tipping point” as a key player in the global carbon cycle, according to a new commentary written by leading researchers in the environmental fields. “Although 2019 was not the worst year for fire or deforestation in the Amazon, it was the year when the extent of fires and deforestation in the region garnered full global attention,” wrote the authors in a commentary published in Science Advances. “The precious Amazon is teetering on the edge of functional destruction and, with it, so are we.”…

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It’s been a banner year for authoritarian leaders. Especially Vladimir Putin

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Moscow (CNN)In the global battle of ideas, Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a banner year. For much of the summer, the Russian capital of Moscow saw a wave of opposition demonstrations. For a time, unsanctioned rallies and solo protests seemed to gain momentum. Russian authorities even dropped criminal charges against a prominent investigative reporter after an unexpected public outpouring of support. But a crackdown on the opposition then followed, with the detention of leading opposition figures and sweeping arrests of more than 2,000 demonstrators. The Russian government, it seemed,…

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