Marshall fire evacuation alerts notifications went to less than half of the people who needed to flee

In the first four hours of the Marshall fire’s terrorizing run through Boulder County, emergency officials sent 24,289 alerts to residents’ cellphones as firefighters, sheriff’s deputies, police officers and even public works employees raced through neighborhoods to sound the alarm. Even with officials employing multiple methods — including social media — to tell people to get out, last month’s fast-moving […]

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BBC is warned: 'The days of state run television are OVER'

‘The days of state-run television are over’: Stark warning from Nadine Dorries’ allies as working-class Culture Secretary goes to war against the BBC over its ‘Left-wing bias’ Nadine Dorries’ allies warn the BBC the ‘days of state run television are over’  Comes as Culture Secretary freezes the annual £159 fee for the next two years Tories continue to accuse state […]

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Paralysed Afghan toddler, 2, faces delay for live-changing surgery

Paralysed Afghan toddler, 2, offered life-changing surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital escapes the Taliban but is still waiting for British civil servants to fly him to London Two-year-old Navid was paralysed after a suicide bomber attacked Kabul airport Great Ormond Street Hospital has offered his family life-changing surgery  His family have managed to cross the border from Afghanistan to […]

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Texas officials negotiating with man reportedly holding hostages

‘If anyone tries to enter this building … everyone will die’: Officials negotiating with man who is holding hostages at a Texas synagogue and demanding his sister – terrorist known as ‘Lady Al Qaeda’ – be freed from prison A Texas man, who is believed to be Muhammad Siddiqui, is reportedly holding three hostages and the rabbi hostage in a synagogue  […]

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Shkreli ordered to return $64M, is barred from drug industry

NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Shkreli must return $64.6 million in profits he and his former company reaped from jacking up the price and monopolizing the market for a lifesaving drug, a federal judge ruled Friday while also barring the provocative, imprisoned ex-CEO from the pharmaceutical industry for the rest of his life. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote's ruling came […]

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