WARNING: This film contains disturbing scenes including images of torture BBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking video evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces. Torture is illegal in Nigeria. But images from social media show that a particular form of torture – a technique known as […]
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A British Airways plane flew between New York and London in less than five hours this weekend, setting a record for subsonic plane travel February 10, 2020, 12:03 AM 2 min read For the first time in years, a commercial passenger plane has flown across the Atlantic in less than five hours. A British Airways
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SAN FRANCISCO — New Orleans’s city government crippled. A maritime cargo facility temporarily closed. Hospitals forced to turn away patients. Small businesses shuttered. The cause in each of these incidents: ransomware attacks. In recent years, hackers have taken to locking down entire computer networks and demanding payments to let users back into their systems. The
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Aari McDonald scored 22 points to lead No. 12 Arizona to a 65-58 overtime victory over No. 9 Oregon State By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press February 9, 2020, 10:34 PM 2 min read CORVALLIS, Ore. — Aari McDonald scored 22 points to lead No. 12 Arizona to a 65-58 overtime victory over No. 9 Oregon
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James Pindell, a Boston Globe reporter who is covering his fifth New Hampshire primary, disagreed, describing “Stranglehold” as a novel journalistic development. “You would occasionally have long-form pieces that looked at the institution, but never with a critical eye,” Mr. Pindell said. “It would be a soft, featurey thing, with a lot of war stories.
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Erik Jones was the winner of a demolition derby at Daytona International Speedway By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer February 9, 2020, 10:59 PM 4 min read DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The first race of the NASCAR season was a demolition derby that turned Daytona International Speedway into a giant junkyard. The Busch Clash?
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has begun receiving information obtained by Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, from Ukraine about former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son, Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday. Mr. Graham, a South Carolina Republican who is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a vocal Trump
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SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon is quietly canceling its Nazis. Over the past 18 months, the retailer has removed two books by David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as several titles by George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party. Amazon has also prohibited volumes like “The Ruling
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Quinn Taylor finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and four assists and Saint Peter’s pulled away late to beat Monmouth 81-69, moving into first place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with the victory February 9, 2020, 10:01 PM 1 min read WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Quinn Taylor finished with 15 points, nine rebounds
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DES MOINES — With the results of the Iowa caucuses still unclear after nearly a week, the state Democratic Party this weekend was furiously re-examining results from 95 precincts, about 5 percent of the total. But when the party delivers its updated results, which it has promised to do on Monday, they may hardly reassure
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