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| Biles Continues to Dominate. |
Superstar US gymnast Simone Biles won the all-around title at the World Gymnastics Championships yesterday, becoming the first woman to win four all-around world titles at the event. Despite it not being her best performance - Biles fell twice and stepped out on her floor routine - it was still the largest margin of victory in women's world championship history. She was also the driving force behind a dominant performance by the US women, who crushed the record for largest margin of victory by a team, beating Russia by 8.766 points. Biles turned in her winning performance despite being hospitalized for pain arising from kidney stones just prior to qualifying.
See videos of Biles' floor exercise here. |
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| Synagogue Shooter Enters Plea. |
| The man who allegedly killed 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh-area synagogue entered a plea of not guilty in a federal courtroom yesterday. The suspect, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, faced a 44-count indictment handed down by a grand jury on Wednesday that included hate crime charges. Bowers was captured by police following a shootout at the city's Tree of Life synagogue in which four police officers were injured - Bowers reportedly told officers who apprehended him that he "just wanted to kill Jews". One of Bowers' public defenders characterized the plea as "typical" at this stage of the proceedings, and Bowers requested a jury trial, which could take three to four weeks. Funerals for the victims have continued throughout the week, with three more people being laid to rest yesterday. |
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| Mohammed Bin Salman. |
Despite being linked to the high-profile killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi earlier this month, the US and allies appear ready to stand by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The sentiments follow a reported call between White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and bin Salman in which the Crown Prince referred to Khashoggi as a dangerous Islamist who was affiliated with a terrorist organization. Analysts say the decisions reflect an acknowledgement that bin Salman could potentially rule Saudi Arabia for decades once his father relinquishes rule. The orchestrated murder of Khashoggi has reversed much of the image bin Salman had cultivated as a reformer, loosening restrictions on women and opening the country's first cinema in 35 years.
In related news, Indonesia protested the execution of a maid working in Saudi Arabia who was convicted of killing her employer - supporters say she was defending herself from being raped. |
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| Sports, Entertainment & Culture. |
| > Netflix to release films in theaters prior to release on its streaming service in bid to garner Oscar nominations (More) |
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| > James Brady, Maryland board of regents chairman, resigns amid fallout stemming from June death of football player Jordan McNair (More) |
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| > Moonlight director Barry Jenkins inks deal with Amazon to develop TV series based on the Underground Railroad (More) |
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| Science & Technology. |
| > New analysis identifies at least 133 different types of brain cells, lays groundwork to catalog their properties and role in brain function (More) |
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| > World's oceans have absorbed 60% more heat per year than previously thought (More) |
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| > Three partially paralyzed patients regain control over their leg muscles via precisely timed electrical stimulation to the spinal cord (More) |
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| Business & Markets. |
| > Justice Department charges two former Goldman Sachs bankers and a Malaysian financier for theft of $4.5 billion from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB (More) |
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| > Apple beats earnings expectations by 5% but falls flat in sales, down 5% in after-hours trading (More) |
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| > Prominent activist investor, Carl Icahn, sues Dell Technologies - of which he owns 9.3% - for failing to disclose financial information ahead of plans to go public (More) |
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| Politics & World Affairs. |
| > Trump floats plan to restrict asylum to immigrants who show up at legal ports of entry; current approach allows any individual to apply for asylum regardless of how they enter the country (More) |
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| > US Ambassador to Russia and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. reveals he has stage I skin cancer (More) |
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| > Chinese and Taiwanese microelectronics companies indicted in California for conspiring to steal trade secrets from US chipmaker Micron (More) | Despite indictments, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet on trade; markets up 1% on news of cooperation (More) |
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| Weekend Reads. |
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| The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia's War. |
| The New York Times | Declan Walsh and Tyler Hicks. The Saudi-supported civil war in Yemen has been called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. But the most devastating consequence of the war has been the two million malnourished Yemeni children - 400,000 of whom are critically ill. (Read, paywall) |
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| The Big Meltdown. |
| National Geographic | Craig Welch. As the 800 mile-long Antarctic Peninsula keeps warming, scientists continue to be alarmed by the drastic changes to the rules of life for its inhabitants. (Read) |
| The Whalers' Odyssey. |
| The Atavist | Dough Bock Clark. How an Indonesian tribe of 1,500 people live off of 20 sperm whales a year - hunting each one with bamboo harpoons. (Read) |
| Your Body is the Content. |
| Digg | Leah Prinzivalli. In an exercise-focused culture, gyms are having a hard time standing out. The solution? Social media. See inside the lives of full-time fitness Instagrammers, who can make up to $20,000 on one sponsored post. (Read) |
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| 1440 is bringing you an extra hour of sleep time this weekend...not really, but it's the end of Daylight Savings Time so be sure to set your clocks back an hour on Saturday night. |
| Report says the US ranks 22nd in internet freedom. |
| Suicide is more common than homicide in the US, and over half involve firearms. |
| The best farm-to-table restaurants across the country. |
| Why educated married couples are flocking to big cities. |
| Yesterday was National Jealousy Day in Finland, when all your neighbors' taxes are made public. |
| A 500-foot-long human chain helped move a small English bookshop book by book. |
| Watch a deaf custodian tear up as kindergartners sign him happy birthday. |
| Clickbait: Drunken airline baggage handler falls asleep in hold, gets flown to Chicago. |
| Historybook: Marie Antoinette born (1755); RIP Nobel Prize-winning playwright George Bernard Shaw (1950); First President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated (1963); HBD rapper Nelly (1974); Martin Luther King, Jr Day is created in the US (1983). |
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