New Zealand Mosques: Several Dead After Shootings In Christchurch – There are “multiple fatalities” after shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, police in New Zealand have confirmed. [bbc]
Bangladesh Cricket Team Escape Christchurch Mosque Shooting – Batsman Tamim Iqbal says he and his teammates fled after shots were fired at the Masjid Al Noor mosque in the New Zealand city. [guardian]
Trump Warns: It Would Be ‘Very Bad’ If My Police, Biker Gang Fans Decided To Get ‘Tough’ On My Opponents – President Trump issued a bizarre, indirect warning Monday that his supporters could get “tough” on his political enemies at a “certain point,” in a clip of a Breitbart interview spotted Thursday by The Toronto Star. [beast]
Senate Votes To Reject Trump’s Emergency Declaration, Setting Up President’s First Veto – The Senate passed a resolution Thursday to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, with 12 Republicans joining all the Democrats to deliver a rare bipartisan rebuke of the president. [washpo]
WhatsApp Head Chris Daniels Resigns On Ugly Thursday At Facebook – The head of Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging app, VP Chris Daniels, is leaving the company. [fc]
Facebook’s No. 3, Chris Cox, Is Leaving After Privacy Pivot – One of the key architects of the Facebook social media and advertising platform, chief product officer Chris Cox, is leaving the company after 13 years. [fc]
Facebook Says It’s Resolved Outage Issues And Denies Attack – Facebook said Thursday it had fixed the technical issue that led to a widespread outage across its services for almost 24 hours on Wednesday. [cnn]
Louis Vuitton Announces It Will Drop References To Michael Jackson When Collection Based On The Singer Goes On Sale – Since the release of Netflix documentary Leaving Neverland, in which allegations are made by Wade Robson and James Safechuck that they were sexually abused by the star, many have reevaluated their relationship with Jackson’s legacy with numerous radio stations vowing to stop playing his songs. [tele]
Families Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victims Can Sue Gunmaker Remington Over 2012 Attack, Court Says – Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled March 14 that the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle can be sued and potentially held liable in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. [washpo]
How Social Media Is Driving Gin Sales Through The Roof – The gin industry has seen a massive resurgence over the past few years, and much of that is down to social media. The quest for likes is never-ending. [here]
Boeing 737 Max Aircraft Grounded ‘Until May At Least’ – All Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft will remain grounded at least until May after the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said. [bbc]
Conor McGregor ‘Strutted’ Away, Yelled ‘F–k You!’ After Smashing Fan’s Phone: Suit – The former UFC champ got hit with a civil suit on Thursday — seeking more than $15,000 — for his cellphone bashing incident in South Florida. [nyp]
Hallmark Severs Ties With Lori Loughlin After College Admissions Scandal – Former Hallmark movie darling Lori Loughlin has been dropped by the network in the wake of the college admissions scandal that shook the news cycle on Tuesday. [mash] God, how emboerrissing..
Michael Jackson ‘Innocent’ Adverts To Be Removed From London Buses – London’s transport authority says it will remove bus adverts proclaiming that the late pop legend Michael Jackson was innocent over child sexual abuse claims. [cnn]
F1: Hamilton, Vettel And Leclerc Split By 0.07s In Opening Session Of 2019 – It’s been a long winter. But as the new cars headed back out on track for the first competitive running of the 2019 Formula 1 season ahead of Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, it was Mercedes’ world champion Lewis Hamilton who got off to the best start, heading Free Practice 1 in Melbourne – although his chief rival from last year, Sebastian Vettel was just 0.038s behind for Ferrari. [f1]
The Easiest Way To Make Sure Your Food Is Hormone-Free, Ethically Farmed, And Locally Sourced – Nowadays, if you want to eat healthily, it’s more important than ever to know where your food comes from. That’s easier than it sounds. [here]
William And Harry Split Royal Households As Sussexes Hire Ex-Clinton Adviser – The Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex are to formally split their households, as they and their wives go their separate ways after a lifetime of being the nation’s favourite royal double act. [tele]
Prisoners To Get Coding Workshops To Help Them Return To Work – Prisons are often not the most technology-savvy places. Despite talk that offenders could one day be given laptops in Britain’s so-called “cushiest” prison, they are, for the most part, cut off from the outside world. But that could be about to change with prisons set to become hotbeds for the next generation of coders. [tele]
Google’s Emma Haruka Iwao Breaks The World Record For Calculating Pi – Google has something big to celebrate for Pi Day this year: one of its teams has broken the Guinness World Record for the most accurate value of pi. [eng]
New York Mafia: What’s Happening To The Five Families? – Frank Cali, reputed leader of the Gambino crime family, was gunned down outside his Staten Island home in New York, just a few minutes’ drive from the residence that serves as Don Corleone’s compound in acclaimed film The Godfather. [bbc]
Matt LeBlanc Reveals Which ‘Friends’ Actor Wasn’t A Fan Of Marcel The Monkey – Marcel the monkey is arguably one of the most famous monkeys in pop culture history. [mash]
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