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Boston Globe via GettyA former Boston College student was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter over her boyfriend’s suicide, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced at a Monday press conference.Inyoung You, a 21-year-old South Korean student, was indicted by a grand jury on Oct. 18 in the death of her boyfriend Alexander Urtula, 22, who killed himself on the day of his graduation from Boston College, said Rollins.You’s indictment is reminiscent of the headline-grabbing case of Michelle Carter, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 over the death of her boyfriend, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III. Carter is serving a 15-month sentence after it was revealed that she pushed Roy to end his life over text message and repeatedly chastised him when he hesitated.“The time is right and you are ready... just do it babe,” Carter reportedly wrote in one message.The district attorney said Monday that You’s case is distinct in that she waged “a complete and ut...

Keith Wildhaber, who was allegedly passed over for promotion 23 times, wins discrimination lawsuit against St Louis county policeSergeant Keith Wildhaber. Jurors in St Louis county court also heard that a police captain had called Wildhaber ‘fruity’. Photograph: Cristina M Fletes/APA gay Missouri police sergeant has been awarded nearly $20m in damages after he was told if he wanted to be promoted he should “tone down the gayness”.Keith Wildhaber, a sergeant with St Louis county police, filed a lawsuit against the department in 2017, after allegedly being passed over for promotion 23 times. Jurors in St Louis county court also heard that a police captain had called Wildhaber “fruity”.“I was sickened by it,” Wildhaber told the court last week, according to the St Louis Post-Dispatch.“I think I said: ‘I can’t believe we are having this conversation in 2014.’ It was devastating to hear.”Wildhaber said he was told to “tone down the gayness” by John Saracino, a former St Louis county police ...

Beijing didn't mince words. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WkqL5e via Latest News

Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, became the first woman to be elected mayor of Bogota on Sunday. Lopez won the mayoral poll with just over 35 percent of the vote in a narrow triumph over liberal Carlos Fernando Galan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JuyCYK via Latest News

Californians have come to expect the fall fires. The power outages are a new — and unwelcome — twist to a reality that's playing out like a bad movie. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JtnET1 via Latest News

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an interview that Speaker Nancy Pelosi's strategy to impeach President Trump is "winning." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MRcr0J via Latest News

There is a saying among farmers when times are hard on the Argentine Pampas: "Unsaddle the horse until the sun comes out". This dusty soy, corn and cattle ranching town in the bread-basket province of Buenos Aires was a bastion of support for farm-friendly incumbent Mauricio Macri. Farmers "saddled up" by planting at record levels when Macri, only days into his administration, ditched the heavy handed trade controls and export limits that previous President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had put on corn and wheat. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PpNkni via Latest News

As the Internet marks 50 years, its co-founder Vint Cerf, tells of his concerns for the future. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/32SWc8Y via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Passwords can be insecure, easy to lose and easier to forget, so can new tech protect us? from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2oqiBeZ via Online Shopping in Pakistan

One of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's last audio messages was an appeal for his followers to do everything in their power to free Islamic State detainees and the women being held in jails and camps in northeastern Syria. With news of the extremist group's leader's death, Kurdish security forces worried about the possibility of attacks or rioting have been tightening security at these facilities, which hold more than 80,000 members and supporters of the militant group, including women and children. Fear of chaos already was running high over the fate of those detained after this month's Turkish military invasion of northeastern Syria, which ushered in major troop changes in the area about two weeks after al-Baghdadi's message. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32ULIWF via Latest News

A bad day for the Moon administration. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MUyLXv via Latest News

The mysterious unmanned craft spent an astonishing 780 days in orbit. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PAWNsn via Latest News

A diplomat at the centre of the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry did say there was a "quid pro quo" between the US president and Ukraine, according to his lawyer. Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, gave evidence earlier this month to congressional committees. His lawyer Robert Luskin, told the Wall Street Journal his client had been asked if there was a quid pro quo. He said Mr Sondland had given a caveat that he was not a lawyer, but that he believed the answer was yes. Mr Sondland was said to have been referring to a meeting between Mr Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, that would happen only if Ukraine agreed to investigate allegations of corruption against Joe Biden, one of Mr Trump's chief political rivals. Democrats in Congress are carrying out an impeachment inquiry after a whistleblower came forward detailing a phone call on July 25 between Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky. In text messages that emerged during the inquiry Mr Sond...

Democratic California Rep. Katie Hill, faced with allegations she had a sexual relationship with a staff member, announced her resignation on Sunday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2piHycG via Latest News

Vietnamese officials collected DNA samples on Sunday from relatives of those feared among 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, a security source and a family member told AFP, as villagers held emotional prayers for the victims. The 31 men and eight women found dead were initially identified as Chinese, but several Vietnamese families have come forward saying they believe their relatives are among the dead. The grim case has cast light on the extreme dangers facing illegal migrants seeking better lives in Europe. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MPix1K via Latest News

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Kojima Productions Confirmed Death Stranding on PC Years Ago and We All Just Forgot - IGN    IGN View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2MT2P5M via Technology