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Louis van Amstel says teacher ‘bullied his son for having two dads’

Image copyright @louisvanamstel Image caption Louis van Amstel (R) accused a substitute teacher of bullying his 11-year-old A substitute teacher has been sacked from a school in Utah after allegedly berating the adopted son of Dancing With The Stars professional Louis van Amstel for having gay parents. Mr van Amstel accused the teacher of bullying […]

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Sky to build huge new Elstree film studio

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Sky Image caption An artists impression of Sky’s Elstree development, which will have 14 sound stages. Media giant Sky is to build huge new studios near the existing Elstree site outside London, creating 2,000 jobs. The 32-acre development will be used by Sky, other Comcast-owned firms including NBC Universal, and be open to

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Eating My Way Through Vietnam’s Most Livable City

Travel / En Sound Media

The 52 Places Traveler Facing rain, the 52 Places Traveler skips Danang’s famous beaches in favor of street food and the buzz of a rapidly growing destination. Dec. 3, 2019 Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2019 list. His last dispatch was from Hampi, India, a

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Sex Trafficking via Facebook Sets Off a Lawyer’s Novel Crusade

Technology / En Sound Media

HOUSTON — Tech has led to a lot of trouble lately: hate speech, financial scams, undermined elections. Yet tech companies have largely avoided legal consequences, thanks to a landmark 1996 law that protects them from lawsuits. Now that federal law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, has a new threat: Annie McAdams, a personal-injury

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Missouri State ranked for first time in 15 years

Sports / En Sound Media

Missouri State coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton was still playing for Hofstra the last time the Lady Bears appeared in the poll 15 years ago By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer December 3, 2019, 7:12 AM 4 min read Missouri State coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton was playing for Hofstra the last time the Lady Bears appeared in the

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Trump Begins NATO Summit by Targeting Macron’s ‘Brain Death’ Comment

Politics / En Sound Media

LONDON — President Trump began a two-day summit meeting on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of NATO — an alliance that has been strained, in part, by his own brash handling of overseas allies — by lashing out at one of them. In a meeting with Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO, Mr.

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Huawei moving US research center to Canada

Finance / En Sound Media

Huawei founder says Chinese tech giant moving U.S. research center to Canada due to American restrictions December 3, 2019, 10:06 AM 2 min read The founder of Huawei says the Chinese tech giant is moving its U.S. research center to Canada due to American sanctions on the company. In an interview with Toronto’s Global and

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Spotify reveals the decade’s most-streamed songs, from Drake to Ed Sheeran

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Drake is the most popular artist on Spotify Spotify has revealed its biggest songs, albums and artists of the last decade, with Drake emerging as the most-streamed artist of the 2010s. The Canadian star has racked up more than 28 billion streams, with his most popular song, One Dance,

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Elon Musk ‘pedo guy’ defamation trial to begin

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright AFP Image caption Lawyers for British diver Vern Unsworth (L) said Mr Musk’s tweets were “vile and false” Tesla boss Elon Musk is due to take the stand in a Los Angeles court and face the British diving specialist he accused of being a paedophile. Vern Unsworth was among the team credited with

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6 Cookbooks That Double as Guidebooks

Travel / En Sound Media

On a seven-week journey around the Black Sea this summer, I found my way to Odessa’s bustling Privoz Market with its mounds of fresh berries and fish. I spent days in Bulgaria feasting on petite mussels, and restored myself with a bowl of seafood stew at Okyanus Balik Evi, a restaurant above a fish shop

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