Thursday, 31 May 2018

New top story on Hacker News: OpenBSD's httpd gets URL rewrite

OpenBSD's httpd gets URL rewrite
35 by njn | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I Write Letters to CEOs

I Write Letters to CEOs
193 by henryjones | 64 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Signed Integers Are Two’s Complement

Signed Integers Are Two’s Complement
90 by scott_s | 45 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Intel Announces Optane DIMMs

Intel Announces Optane DIMMs
327 by p1esk | 145 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Slippery Math of Causation

The Slippery Math of Causation
103 by dfee | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report 2018

Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report 2018
171 by kbal11 | 57 comments on Hacker News.

Film producer Weinstein indicted for rape: New York prosecutor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie producer Harvey Weinstein was indicted on Wednesday on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said, the first case to emerge from a slew of sexual misconduct allegations against him.


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Trump sees media bias in handling of 'Roseanne' cancellation

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested an executive behind ABC's cancellation of sitcom "Roseanne" was biased while the White House said it did not defend comedian Roseanne Barr's racist tweet that sparked the decision.


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Parkland killer boasted of mass murder plans in cell phone videos

(Reuters) - The teen charged with shooting 17 people dead at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, boasted of plans to commit mass murder in a series of cell phone videos recorded by him before the rampage and released on Wednesday by prosecutors.


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Illinois passes Equal Rights Amendment, more than three decades after deadline

(Reuters) - Illinois joined 36 U.S. states on Wednesday when it ratified an U.S. constitution Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) intended to ensure women are treated the same as men under state and federal laws, more than three decades after a deadline to approve it.


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Trump says drug companies to announce 'massive' price cuts soon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he expects major drug companies to slash prices on their products in two weeks, but did not provide details on which companies would do so or how such reductions would be made.


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Volcanic lava flow spurs more evacuations on Hawaii's Big Island

HONOLULU (Reuters) - Molten rock from several lava-spewing fissures opened by Kilauea Volcano crept toward clusters of homes and vacation rentals on the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island on Wednesday, prompting authorities to usher residents out of the area as a precaution.


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Young whizzes compete for $40,000 prize in U.S. spelling bee

OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) - More than 400 young hopefuls were still competing on Wednesday as the Scripps National Spelling Bee entered its second day, with some using memory aids such as tracing invisible words onto the back of their nametags as they strived for the $40,000 top prize.


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Missouri governor offered to resign if charges dropped

(Reuters) - Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, who resigned on Tuesday, had offered to leave office in exchange for dismissal of a felony computer tampering charge against him in a wider scandal, a prosecutor's spokeswoman said on Wednesday.


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Alberto expected to become extratropical low: NHC

(Reuters) - Tropical depression Alberto is expected to become an extratropical low overnight, as it moves across southern lower Michigan, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said late on Wednesday.


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Ex-officials in gymnastics sex abuse scandal subpoenaed by U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. marshals served a subpoena on Wednesday on former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon to compel her to appear before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on June 5 on efforts to protect athletes from abuse, a committee spokesman said.


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You Won't Believe Everything Philippine Boxer-Politician Manny Pacquiao's Did for an Ice Cream Vendor

World champion boxer Manny Pacquiao is a devout Christian and has displayed his heart for the needy, including his love of the Filipino people many times. 

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Newly Released Manuscript is Earliest Known Fragment from the Gospel of Mark

The earliest fragment of the Gospel of Mark, dating between A.D. 150 - 250, was recently published by the Egypt Exploration Society from a Greek papyrus.

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'I Know I'm Going to Get Killed': The UK's Stunning Punishment for a Man Who Protested Radical Islam

The arrest and imprisonment of Stephen Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has set off protests around the world.

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Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?


By PAMELA COLLOFF from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/2Ji40dW

How an Unproven Forensic Science Became a Courtroom Staple


By LEORA SMITH and PROPUBLICA from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/2kBaFBZ

Tu resumen de noticias del jueves


By Por ALBINSON LINARES from NYT Universal https://ift.tt/2slejEt

This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand.


By ALEXIS SOLOSKI from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2xqpS25

Word + Quiz: solicitude


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What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’


By ANDREW R. CHOW from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2H6u8TV

Race Against the Rains


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Spain Is Next to Test Europe’s Stability as Rajoy Faces No-Confidence Vote


By RAPHAEL MINDER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2siHFmY

Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.


By KATRIN BENNHOLD from NYT World https://ift.tt/2LJoE5a

Trump Meets With Kim. Kim Kardashian West, That Is.


By KATIE ROGERS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2kAvNIs