Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network
(AP) - Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough. The idealism she and countless others had invest...
Oct 10, 2021
Irish foreign minister warns of breakdown in EU-UK relations
LONDON (AP) - Ireland's foreign minister has warned that British demands risk a "further breakdown in relations" with the European Union ahead of talks this week aimed at resolving the impasse over th...
Oct 10, 2021
Czech president hospitalized; Could affect forming new govt
PRAGUE (AP) - Czech President Milos Zeman was rushed to the hospital on Sunday, a day after the country held parliamentary election in which populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis' party surprisingly ca...
Oct 10, 2021
Tensions persist between legacy of Christopher Columbus, native people
(AP) - Monday's federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian American history and others horr...
Oct 10, 2021
15 dead after Russian skydiver plane crashes
MOSCOW (AP) - A plane carrying skydivers crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff in central Russia, killing 15 of the 22 people aboard. The L-410, a Czech-made twin-engine turboprop, crashed near the tow...
Oct 10, 2021
Long-banned FaceTime calls apparently working in UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - FaceTime calls seemed to be working in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, an apparent loosening of long-standing restrictions on the Apple program in the federation...
Oct 10, 2021
Controversial father of Pakistan nuclear bomb dies at age 85
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, died Sunday after a lengthy illness, the country's interior minister said. He was 85. Khan la...
Oct 10, 2021
Stryker: On the Verge
Close loss to Michigan reveals overall improvement and another missed opportunity for Adrian Martinez.A wildly exciting Saturday night in Memorial Stadium tested everyone's perspective on where Nebras...
Oct 10, 2021
Nebraska Suffers Disconcerting Loss to No. 9 Michigan
The Huskers had their chances to win late but fell in another one-score gameThe adjective disconcerting holds two definitions with dictionary.com:1) disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; u...
Oct 10, 2021
Taiwan rejects China's 'path' amid show of military force
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president on Sunday vowed to defend the island from China's rising pressure for reunification, after a week of unprecedented tensions with Beijing. Speaking at the islan...
Oct 10, 2021