Garden Grove Senator Janet Nguyen (R) was removed from the floor by the Senate sergeant-at-arms during her criticism of lawmaker Sen. Tom Hayden, who passed away Oct. 23, 2016 and was given a tribute ceremony two days before. Hayden is famous for having traveled to North Vietnam with then-wife Jane Fonda in 1974. He was … Read more
There’s a “golden age of discovery” going on in the scholarly world, and a whole generation of new scholars are unearthing literature and art from past ages using digital databases. Hidden until now, and uncovered by a sleuth of a scholar, Zachary Turpin, a 33-year-old English doctoral student at the University of Houston, is a … Read more
An Orem, Utah couple in their thirties has been charged with allegedly using their drone to take videos of people in their bedrooms and bathrooms, according to police in the area. The couple, Aaron Dennis Foote, 39, and Terisha Lee Norviel, 34, were each charged with a class A misdemeanor for using a concealed or disguised … Read more
When you livestream something and news organizations cover your story, using the images you uploaded in their report, is it copyright infringement? It is not, according to a recent ruling against a man who in 2016 livestreamed the birth of his child to Facebook (note: he did not intend for the livestream to be public, … Read more
A pro basketball league for gamers? That’s what the NBA has announced. “Think of eBulls against the eKnicks,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated. Silver said that the league will operate much like the NBA. There will be a regular season, playoff bracket and league finals. The season will be five months. The players will all … Read more
In a few months, the UAE will have flying driverless cars, according to Dubai’s transport authority. They’ve already done test runs for the autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV), made by Chinese firm Ehang. The vehicles are Ehang 184s and can carry one pilot. Top speed: 160kph Flight time: 30 minutes Ascending speed: 8 meters / second … Read more
Parks Canada announced this week that wild bison have been released in a remote valley in Banff National Park in a project to re-establish a thriving herd in the area. The released group numbers 16 bison in total, mostly pregnant 2-year-olds. Parks Canada will monitor the herd with radio collars for the first 16 months, with … Read more
ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombing, but they claim lots of attacks. Gunmen, some reportedly dressed as women, but also wearing suicide vests, attacked the Tehran parliament building with guns. A standoff with police lasted hours. 6 attackers were killed, 5 arrested. If ISIS was indeed responsible, it would be the first time their Sunni … Read more
In the wake of Trump’s firing of the former FBI director for what Trump called “not doing a good job,” conflicting public messages have come out in favor of and against James Comey. Testimony by acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (who was until 3 days ago deputy director) in front of Senate Intelligence Committee members … Read more
Users of the sharing and discussion board Hacker News are this week discussing whether the recent TechCrunch Disrupt New York Hackathon team’s improvements to the ycombinater site are really improvements, but are generally impressed with the work. The team sought to boost the user experience of Hacker News by adding tags to posts in order … Read more
The WannaCry virus that shut down the UK health system this week is still making its rounds. It has now reached 150 countries and is continuing to spread. It is expected that the hackers behind the ransomware will update it Monday, so it will be even more dangerous. Computer security experts say that everyone should … Read more
Price hikes and fuel hording are symptoms of what is being rumored to be a China-caused fuel shortage. Signs have popped up around Pyongyang that restrictions on sales would be in place until further notice. North Korea gets most of its fuel from its neighbor, China, which has joined the U.S. in a much stronger … Read more