Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Southern California mudslides damage homes, carry away cars

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Rescuers searched for a person missing in a mudslide Tuesday as big yellow tractors plowed through dark, thick sludge and pushed boulders off roads after flash floods swept dirt, rocks and trees down fire-scarred slopes, washed away cars and buried buildings in small mountain communities in Southern California.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-storm-mudslides-wildfires-1.6582169?cmp=rss

Boston Marathon to welcome non-binary athletes for 1st time in 2023 race

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Non-binary athletes will be able to run in next year's Boston Marathon without having to register as members of the men's or women's divisions, race organizers announced Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/boston-marathon-to-welcome-nonbinary-athletes-for-2023-race-1.6581832?cmp=rss

Fighting erupts on border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, killing dozens of troops

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Fighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan killed about 100 troops Tuesday as attacks on both sides fed fears of broader hostilities breaking out between the longtime adversaries.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/armenia-azerbaijan-1.6581682?cmp=rss

National Archives uncertain it has all Trump records after Mar-a-Lago raid, House panel says

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The National Archives is still not certain that it has custody of all Donald Trump's presidential records even after the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago club, a U.S. congressional committee said in a letter Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-records-national-archives-1.6581551?cmp=rss

NBA suspends Suns owner Robert Sarver for 1 year, fines him $10M US for 'workplace misconduct'

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The NBA has suspended Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year, plus fined him $10 million US, after an investigation found that he had engaged in what the league called "workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies."



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/robert-sarver-suspension-nba-investigation-1.6581294?cmp=rss

Pakistan scrambles to deliver aid, braces for more monsoon rains as flood death toll rises

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Pakistan scrambled to deliver aid to those most in need on Tuesday as the death toll from record-breaking floods rose further, with no respite in sight from the unprecedented monsoon rains.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-flooding-canada-1.6581383?cmp=rss

R. Kelly trial relies on 'perjurers,' argues defence lawyer

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R. Kelly's lead attorney told jurors during her closing argument Tuesday that federal prosecutors' case accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn trial largely rests on the testimony of perjurers and blackmailers.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/r-kelly-closing-arguments-1.6581290?cmp=rss

Climate impacts headed to 'uncharted territories of destruction,' UN chief warns

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The release of a multi-agency scientific report, led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), warns that the world is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/united-in-science-2022-climate-change-report-1.6581131?cmp=rss

Peloton shares derail again as ex-CEO and chief legal officer leave board

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Shares of Peloton plunged on news that company co-founders John Foley and Hisao Kushi are stepping down amid sluggish sales.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/peloton-management-shakeup-1.6581087?cmp=rss

Australian man victim of rare fatal kangaroo attack

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A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in the country since 1936.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-kangaroo-attack-fatal-1.6580910?cmp=rss

Influential French film director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91

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Director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France's New Wave cinema, died on Tuesday aged 91, newspaper Liberation and other French media said, citing relatives of the filmmaker.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-godard-film-new-wave-1.6580825?cmp=rss