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Four Found Dead at Home of Missing Florida Family, Suspect in Custody: Sheriff

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The story of a missing Florida family took a grim turn Monday when police turned up at their doorstep and found four bodies inside their home, authorities confirmed to The Daily Beast. Relatives first reported the Todt family missing last Wednesday, asking for information on the whereabouts of Anthony, Megan, and their three young children in a Facebook group that quickly swelled to nearly 2,500 members. The family had recently moved from Colchester, Connecticut, to Celebration, Floridaa gated community on the outskirts of Disney World, designed and built by the…

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Four Found Dead at Home of Missing Florida Family, Suspect in Custody: Sheriff

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The story of a missing Florida family took a grim turn Monday when police turned up at their doorstep and found four bodies inside their home, authorities confirmed to The Daily Beast. Relatives first reported the Todt family missing last Wednesday, asking for information on the whereabouts of Anthony, Megan, and their three young children in a Facebook group that quickly swelled to nearly 2,500 members. The family had recently moved from Colchester, Connecticut, to Celebration, Floridaa gated community on the outskirts of Disney World, designed and built by the…

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Photographer Captures An Orangutan Reaching Out To Help A Forest Warden In Borneo

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Recently, amateur photographer Anil Prabhakar captured a fascinating sight in a conservation forest area in Borneo. While on a safari with his friends, the photographer stumbled upon a forest warden who was clearing snakes, the sworn enemy of orangutans, from the river. Just as Prabhakar prepared to take a picture, an orangutan reached out his hand to the man, apparently wanting to help him out. The wholesome photos quickly went viral, leaving people in awe of the orangutan’s act of kindness. Recently, a photographer went viral for his touching photos…

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, built to carry astronauts, faces new safety concerns

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New York (CNN Business)Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which is designed to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, encountered a second, previously undisclosed, software issue during a botched test flight in December. Paul Hill, a member of NASA’s safety adviser panel, disclosed a separate software problem during a public meeting on Thursday, saying it could have caused a “catastrophic failure,” according to Space News. Hill said Boeing (BA) was able to identify and correct the error before it impacted Starliner’s behavior. The error could have caused another misfire during the…

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There’s A Big Limit On What The Chief Justice Can Do About Impeachment

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Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images Can The Chief Justice Overrule The Senate In An Impeachment Trial? Here’s How This Works By Madhuri Sathish Jan 18, 2020 Nearly a month after impeaching President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives voted on Jan. 15 to transmit two articles of impeachment to the Senate, bringing the first phase of the impeachment process to a close and setting the wheels in motion for the next steps. Now, these impeachment charges will be at the center of a Senate impeachment trial, presided over by Supreme…

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OneWeb Joins the Internet Satellite Gold Rush

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For the better part of a year, SpaceX has gotten the lion's share of attention when it comes to "mega-constellations" of internet satellites. Between May and January, the company launched 240 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, with more launches coming, and has talked of offering preliminary commercial service later this year. Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED's parent company, Condé Nast. But it was actually another company, OneWeb, said last summer. Now OneWeb is preparing for…

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Fans On Twitter Are Losing It Over The Kids Who Brought The Super Bowl Ball In

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NFL/Youtube These Tweets About The NFL’s Next 100 Super Bowl Intro Are The Best Way To Start The Game By Veronica Lopez Feb 2, 2020 The 2020 Super Bowl is well under way, and one of the most moving moments already happened. The tweets about the NFL’s Next 100 Super Bowl intro, featuring a young boy running across the country and straight into Hard Rock Stadium, prove it was the perfect way to start the biggest game of the year. The spot aired right before kick-off as a way to…

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The Race to Save Flash Games From Internet Oblivion

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A burning meteor is headed for the wide, weird world of online Flash games. Adobe will discontinue support for Flash at the end of 2020, rendering the delightful—and sometimes disturbing—’90s- and aughts-era browser games unplayable. It’s bigger than losing access to classic time-wasters like Desktop Tower Defense and Line Rider. A seminal digital culture is at risk. To stave off annihilation, a small underground movement of digital preservationists is fighting hard to spare the little Flash games from their fate. Ben Latimore, a 26-year-old Australian who goes by the handle…

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Wear your helmet, concludes new study showing electronic scooter injuries have nearly tripled in the last four years

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Taking a ride on an electronic scooter soon? Wear your helmet! According to a recent study published in JAMA Surgery, not wearing headgear or taking other precautions while riding is increasingly sending young people to the hospital — leading to more than 40,000 broken bones, head wounds and other injuries. Unfortunately, less than 5% of riders in the study were found to be wearing their helmet, leading to nearly one-third of patients having a head injury. That’s more than double the rate of head injuries experienced by bicyclists. The rise…

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Katy Perry offers no respite for the embattled royals

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Another blundersome week for the royal crew who, still reeling from Harrys exodus and revelations about Andrew, now find out that the singer has no Asian heritage Over the past few years, the royal helicopter took off comparatively infrequently from the field by Kensington Palace. Over the past month, however, it has been like an Oliver Stone movie out there. Its the Platoon of ribbon-cutting, the Nam of nursery visiting. Since Harry and Meghan decided to step back from their royal duties, the general stepping forward of other royals has…

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These Must-See Movies in 2020 Are Based on Must-Read Books

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ShareTweetPin While popcorn films can be a lot of fun, few things match must-see movies that are packed with depth, power, and faith. In 2020 several great book adaptations are making their way to the big screen, many of which tell rich, powerful, redemptive stories that are worth your time. We’ve picked the nine films we’re most excited about, and that you should keep an eye out for, throughout the 2020 movie season. Some of these films are historical accounts, some are faith-based, others are literary classics, but all of…

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