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Canada’s deadliest vehicle-ramming attack was preceded by a nontransparent Facebook post calling for an “incel rebellion,” just minutes after a young man drove a rented van onto a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15. The tactic is advocated by al-Qaida, supported by ISIS and popular among other jihadi terrorists, but this attack was carried out by someone with an entirely different ideology: the violent misogyny associated with involuntary celibates, or incels. Incels are a group of heterosexual men who blame women and society for their failure in love. Originally an online club of lonely hearts for both…
The crackdown on shoplifting is working at Destiny USA: Property crimes at the Syracuse mall have dropped significantly since the property crimes unit began operating there six months ago. Syracuse Police Deputy Chief Mark Russin said the property crime statistics show early success for the task force, which began operating in November.”In November 2023, 145 property crimes were reported,” Russin said. “Since then, reports have decreased by approximately 50%. There have been 283 arrests, 72 of which were charged with felonies.”The task force has been sending additional patrol officers, some hired by Destiny and some funded by the police, on…
Vivers Olsek is Managing Director of Logically Fact, an Ireland-based global fact-checking organisation and signatory to the IFCN Code of Principles. From 2019 to 2022, he was Director of the International Fact-Checking Network. Misinformation is a major threat in today’s digital age, especially during this global election year. While social media platforms serve as important conduits of information, they have also become breeding grounds for false and harmful content. As fact checkers, we are tasked with sifting through this clutter, identifying falsehoods, and bringing quality information to the public. But the sheer volume and complexity of multimodal content – video,…
Seward is one of the state’s most popular tourist destinations in the summer, especially around the Fourth of July when the famous Mount Marathon Race is held annually. The port city on the Kenai Peninsula has plenty to offer all visitors, from tourists and cruise ship passengers to Alaskan residents who enjoy fishing, boating and recreation.This year, Seward has seen the opening of many new businesses, giving it even more to offer, so here are five new spots you should check out the next time you visit Seward.The Rowdy Radish, a new restaurant in downtown Seward, is pictured here on…
Light and mass reveal a once-utopian, now-ruined monument Light/Mass is a series depicting alien urban landscapes found in cities across America. It explores the often overlooked architecture of America’s biggest cities. photographer Owen Davis reveals the wonderful strangeness of these monumental structures in familiar urban environments. Apparently surreal, yet unnoticed by passersby, these structures caught his attention, designed by architects and urban planners who envisioned a bright, utopian future for the inhabitants of America’s great cities. “I try to see them as incredible monuments, dynamic and unsettling, that now seem out of place and overlooked.” He shares.Jacob Riis Baths, New…
Italy face Croatia tonight in their final Group B match of Euro 2024, needing a point to ensure they qualify for the knockout stages.After a 1-0 defeat to Spain on the second day, manager Luciano Spalletti is set to make some changes to his Leipzig side for their clash with Croatia, who need a win to guarantee a place in the last 16.Spalletti will likely be without left-back Federico Di Marco, who limped out of training at the weekend after suffering a calf injury against Spain. The Inter star is due to undergo a fitness test on Monday morning, but…
List Feng for NPR hide caption toggle caption List Feng for NPR Last summer, New Mexico state special agents inspecting a farm found thousands more cannabis plants than state laws allow. Then on subsequent visits, they made another unexpected discovery: dozens of underfed, shell-shocked Chinese workers. The workers said they had been trafficked to the farm in Torrance County, N.M., were prevented from leaving and never got paid. “They looked weathered,” says Lynn Sanchez, director of a New Mexico social services nonprofit who was called in after the raid. “They were very scared, very freaked out.” They are part of…
MUMBAI: Sixteen Mumbai Congress leaders have demanded the replacement of the party’s city unit chief Varsha Gaikwad in order to strengthen the organisation ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections due in October this year.Sources said on Monday that they believe Gaikwad, who recently won a seat in Mumbai North Central constituency, will not have time to work at an organisational level and they have taken issue with her style of functioning.In a letter dated June 16, the leaders sought time from the Indian National Congress leadership to discuss revitalising the party in Mumbai ahead of the Assembly elections and the…
That number grew from 22 between 2013 and 2019 to 55 between 2020 and 2023, according to the report. News Desk | June 24, 2024 The number of Pakistani women participating in the International Military Education and Training (IMET) programme has reportedly more than doubled in the past decade. Between 2013 and 2019, 22 Pakistani women attended IMET courses. This number jumped to 55 between 2020 and 2023, according to a US State Department report released on June 21. The IMET program aims to build military-to-military relationships by funding overseas military students to attend American military training and education courses.…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Disney canceled plans to build the campus in May of last year. Gary Hirschhorn/Getty Images Disney has asked about 2,000 employees to relocate from California and be based at a new campus in Florida.But the $1 billion Lake Nona campus was canceled after about 200 workers had already been relocated.Two of the employees sued Disney, claiming they felt they had to return to California for job security. Two Disney employees sued after the company asked them to relocate from California to a new campus in Florida, but then rescinded…