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10/11/2020

An Arkansas police chief has resigned after admitting to authoring several social media posts in which he advocated for violence against "Marxist Democrats." Lang Holland, who had been the chief of police in Marshall, Arkansas, resigned on Saturday after he was confronted by the city's mayor about a series of derogatory posts made under his name on a conservative social media site. "The Marshall community does not in any way support or condone bullying or threats of violence to anyone of any political persuasion. We are a welcoming community that is humbly working to build a bright future for ALL our citizens," Marshall Mayor Kevin Elliott said in a statement released on the city's Facebook page. "Mr. Holland is no longer employed with the city." Marshall, a town with of population of a...

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‘There’s a woman in the White House who came to Montreal, who was educated at a public high school in Montreal, who experienced what my students experience’

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09/11/2020

For staff and students of Westmount High School, there was elation on Saturday over former student Kamala Harris becoming the first woman elected vice-president of the United States. Elation and gratitude, that the message of infinite possibilities instilled by teachers, counsellors and principals at the multicultural Montreal public school since its inception has been affirmed with Harriss ascension to the White House. Theres a woman in the White House who came to Montreal, who was educated at a public high school in Montreal, who experienced what my students experience, in a school that has students from all over, said Karen Allen, a guidance counsellor at Westmount High for 27 years. To imagine that Kamala spent her formative years in our auditorium, in our art room, walking down the ...

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09/11/2020

Tropical Storm Eta is making landfall this morning along the south-central Coast of Cuba with winds of 65 mph. The last named storm to make landfall in Cuba during November was Paloma in 2008. Eta is around 300 miles south of Miami, Florida, and is moving northeast at 12 mph. Some of the outer bands of Eta containing very heavy rainfall are already reaching southern Florida and will continue to do so today. On the forecast track, Eta will continue to track across Cuba today and move into the Florida straits later this morning. Eta will then turn and move near the Florida Keys later tonight and emerge in the southern Gulf of Mexico by late Monday and Tuesday. Rainfall continues to be the greatest risk with Eta, however, with locally over 2 feet of rain possible in parts of Cuba. Loca...

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This article was originally published by Michael Coates on Clean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and …

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09/11/2020

This article was originally published by Michael Coates onClean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines. A little theater has always been a part of new model reveals at auto shows. So what does the industry do if there are no auto shows? Buy advertising spots on the World Series and promote a remote reveal that consisted of a combo of Mad Max and a monster truck rally where the truck bounds over every obstacle in sight. Welcome to the GMC Hummer EV Edition 1combining an aggressive, in-your-face attitude carried over from the last generation of this quasi-military vehicle with the most advanced techn...

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The Democratic president-elect said he would name a ‘group of leading scientists and experts’ to advise him on the virus during the transition

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09/11/2020

President-elect Joe Biden is moving ahead with his White House transition, laying plans to name a group of advisers on the coronavirus pandemic and other policy areas, while President Trump hasnt conceded the race. Mr. Biden, a Democrat, said he would name a group of leading scientists and experts to advise him on the virus during the transition. That plan will be built on a bedrock of science. It will be constructed out of compassion, empathy, and concern, he said Saturday evening at a drive-in rally in his hometown...

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09/11/2020

A shooting broke out Saturday night at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, leaving three people wounded, one person of interest in custody and numerous witnesses ducking for cover, according to police. The gunfire erupted inside the hotel's enclosed Adventuredome theme park during a fight involving several people, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Police responded to the hotel around 7:30 p.m. local time after 911 dispatchers received a call of shots fired inside the Las Vegas Strip landmark, police said. Officers found three people with bullet wounds and launched a search for the shooter, officials said. Police officials later said a person of interest was in custody and being questioned. The three people injured in the episode were taken to Unive...

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Ubisoft has announced the launch of a new Rainbow Six Siege season: Operation Neon Dawn. This pack includes a new Operator, the Thai expert Aruni, who uses her special Surya gates to create laser grids over bottleneck areas to deter attackers.

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09/11/2020

Rainbow Six Siege is getting a new season of content called Operation Neon Dawn, and players will get their hands on a new Operator. Meet Aruni, a Thai defender who uses her unique gadget to block off walls and prevent attacker access. Arunis gadget is the Surya Gate, which sets up laser gates on walls, hatches, doors, and windows. The Gate does 40 HP damage and burns drones and projectiles. Attackers need to find alternate paths, or slip their recon drones past the small gap that the Gate leaves in doors. Aruni is also equipped with a P10 RONI or a MK 14 EBR as a primary weapon, and a PRB 92 as her secondary. Shes also an Operator with a prosthetic arm and leg due to a mine injury, which sets her apart from the rest of the crowd. The Skyscraper map has also been reworked. There are few...

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US President-elect Joe Biden has received congratulations from world leaders after winning bitter presidential contest.

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09/11/2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the US president-elect, has called for unity while saying he will help the US become a nation healed.Biden passed the 270 electoral vote threshold needed for victory on Saturday, with the states of Pennsylvania and Nevada breaking in his favour.President Donald Trump has not yet conceded. He and his allies, who have pushed unfounded voting fraud claims, say they will continue to challenge results in several states.Hello and welcome to Al Jazeeras continuing coverage of the US elections. This is Joseph Stepansky taking over from Usaid Siddiqui and Shereena Qazi. 1 hour ago (15:40 GMT) Trump allies Giuliani, Graham say it would be wrong for Trump to concede Trump allies Rudy Giuliani and Senator Lindsey Graham have said Trump should not concede at this tim

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In Ireland we separate children and parents, we just don’t use cages

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08/11/2020

Outside the count centre in Detroit, Michigan, Donald Trump supporters gathered on Wednesday, chanting Stop the count!. Two thousand miles away, another set of identical-looking protesters surrounded the Maricopa County election office in Phoenix, Arizona, shouting Count the vote!. Played back to back on the rolling news channels, these clips seemed to sum up the absurdity of Trumps picknmix threats on democracy and the stupidity of his supporters. What explanation, other than stupidity, was there for people trying to disrupt a process whose outcome was not even decided? If not for the stupidity of his supporters, why else did the coronavirus-denier-in-chief do better than in 2016 in places where there were more coronavirus deaths? How else to explain the majority of white women who voted...

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08/11/2020

Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham never saw eye-to-eye and, according to Cole, Roy Keane wasn’t fond of the striker either. Despite their clash of personalities, Cole and Sheringham showed you didn’t have to like your teammates to play well together, which they did at Manchester United. News Group Newspapers Ltd Sheringham and Cole famously never saw eye to eye The animosity had begun, in Cole’s mind, in 1995 when he was making his England debut and was replacing Sheringham against Uruguay. “For all the respect I had for him, he was far from pleased to see his number come up and instead of greeting me on the sideline to wish me luck or congratulate me, he dejectedly walked off, 25 yards down the touchline, without looking at me, or acknowledging my moment,” he wrote in new book Fast Forw...