New Years Events & Info
President-elect Donald Trump has a brilliant solution to our country’s cybersecurity problems. No, it’s not to condemn Russia for hacking the Democratic National Committee. It’s turning back the clock to a simpler time, before these newfangled computers messed everything up. SEE ALSO: An A-list celeb has finally offered to perform at Trump’s inauguration Speaking to …
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A journalist was groped during a live broadcast as she was reporting about Carnival in Cologne, Germany, which has been on high alert after a string of sexual assaults on New Year’s Eve Esmeralda Labye, a Belgian journalist working for Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française, was covering Carnival when three drunk men made …
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A 26-year-old Algerian man has become the first person arrested in connection with a string of sexual assaults during New Year’s celebrations in Cologne that sparked a debate about Germany’s ability to integrate migrants. See also: New Year’s assaults spark fresh migration debate in Germany Prosecutors said Monday that the unidentified asylum-seeker was arrested at …
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You can ring in the new year with some celestial fireworks, courtesy of the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble has taken a colorful photo of the galaxy NGC 6052, which lies about 230 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules — and is actually not a single galaxy at all. “It would be reasonable to …
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A bright orange peace sign appeared on a hillside on the Greek island of Lesbos on New Year’s Day, transforming a growing pile of life jackets discarded by refugees arriving on the island into a message to the world. Dozens of Greenpeace and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) volunteers and local supporters teamed up to create …
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Every armed police officer in London will be deployed to help patrol New Year’s Eve celebrations, amid a warning that European capitals were at risk of a terror attack. There was no specific information that London was being targeted. “Our plans are purely precautionary and not as a result of any specific intelligence,” a Metropolitan …
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Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin responded Saturday to PETA’s accusations of animal cruelty by going on offense against the animal rights group. The accusations followed her Facebook post on New Year’s Day that featured a photo of her son, Trig, standing on top of the family dog (named Jill …
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As Asia kicks off 2015, one New Year’s celebration in Shanghai, China has resulted in 35 deaths and 42 injuries China’s CCTV America reports that the event, held in Chen Yi Square, near a waterfront area called the Bund, devolved into a stampede. The sudden crowd movement happened around 11:35pm local time, according to the …
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The City of Austin just can’t get enough of 2014. A party and fireworks were scheduled to take place in the city’s Butler Park on Dec. 31, but the city’s website announced that the celebrations would be “postponed due to anticipated inclement weather.” See also: Around the world on New Year’s Eve in photos City …
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Brittany Maynard, the woman behind a heartbreaking video campaign in which she told the world she had chosen to die, ended her life on Saturday with lethal prescription drugs. The 29-year-old was diagnosed on New Year’s Day with terminal brain cancer and given six months to live. Maynard and her husband, Dan Diaz, decided to …
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