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A look at what is going on in the space year A.D. 2017...
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JANUARY 01. Istanbul Shooting killing 39 [reddit, BBC, Wikipedia] 02. CNN uses screenshot from Fallout 4 to show how Russians hack things [Yahoo!], Reports have come in that William Christopher passed away on the 31st of December '16 [BBC] 03. Man dies in Huddersfield police operation [BBC] 04. Dabbing son upstages new US congressman [BBC] 05. UK military to build prototype 'laser weapon' [BBC], Turkey car bomb and gun attack near courthouse in Izmir [BBC] 06. Broward Sheriff Fire confirms 5 dead, 8 hurt at FLL shooting [WSVN, reddit] 07. NHS rejects claims of 'humanitarian crisis' in England's hospitals [BBC] 08. Queen makes first appearance after heavy cold over Christmas [BBC] 09. Man jailed for 22 years for stealing a television remote [The Independent] 10. MormonLeaks dumps 4 new documents about LDS Church [KSL.com] 11. Microsoft Anti-Porn Workers Sue Over PTSD [The Daily Beast] 12. Swiss town denies passport to Dutch vegan because she is 'too annoying' [Yahoo!] 13. Tearful Joe Biden awarded freedom medal by Obama [BBC] 14. Carrie Fisher won't be digitally recreated [BBC] 15. Sea Shepherd finds Japanese ship 'with slaughtered whale' [Yahoo!] 16. Elections to be held in Northern Ireland on 2 March [BBC] 17. Nigeria air strike error kills up to 100 in refugee camp [BBC] 18. Edward Snowden's leave to remain in Russia extended for three years [The Guardian] 19. Obama commutes 330 drug sentences on last day as president [The Big Story] 20. President Trump [BBC, Wikipedia] 21. Anti-Trump protests [Reuters] 22. Three suspected al Qaeda members killed [Reuters] 23. Gorden Kaye, 'Allo 'Allo! star dies at 75 [BBC] 24. Brexit: Supreme Court says Parliament must give Article 50 go-ahead [BBC] 25. Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border [BBC], Google banned publishers for fake news [recode] 26. Trump slams Mexico as leader cancels trip [BBC] 27. Anti-abortion rally [BBC], UK and US 'committed' to NATO [BBC], STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER [BBC] 28. We now know that Sir John Hurt has passed away [BBC, The Telegraph] 29. Trump stands firm over dumb travel ban [BBC] 30. Six killed, eight wounded in Quebec City [BBC] 31. MPs to debate Donald Trump state visit petition [BBC] FEBRUARY 01. Fox News deletes false Quebec shooting tweet after Canadian PM's office steps in [The Guardian] 02. Nun receives death threats for suggesting Mary was not a virgin [The Guardian] 03. French soldier shoots machete-wielding man [BBC] 04. U.S. federal judge halts Trump's ban [Vox, BBC, The Guardian, Wikinews] 05. Black Sabbath bow out in Birmingham with final concert [BBC] 06. Police killing cannibal Stefano Brizzi dies in prison [BBC] 07. Suicide bomber in Afghan Supreme Court, killing 19 [Intellinews], Rolf Harris cleared of sex assault charges [BBC] 08. Twitter loses ad revenue despite gaining 2 million users and Trump 'boost' [The Guardian] 09. Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as 'unreliable' source [The Guardian] 10. Liverpool bans The Sun reporters from attending matches at Anfield [The Independent] 11. Army veterans return to Standing Rock to form a human shield against police [The Guardian] 12. KKK 'imperial wizard' found dead near Missouri river after employer reports him as missing [NY Daily News] 13. EU to force Netflix to let people watch films from other countries' libraries [The Independent] 14. Kim Jong-un's half-brother 'assassinated by two female agents using poisoned needles' in Malaysia [The Independent 15. Winston Churchill's views on aliens revealed in lost essay [BBC] 16. Colorado to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control [9News] 17. Tony Blair calls for people to 'rise up' against Brexit [BBC], Dick Bruna dies [BBC] 18. Norma McCorvey, whose test case made abortions legal in the United States, has died [BBC] 19. Home Office agrees to review asylum claims of child refugees in France [The Guardian] 20. Drop in teenage suicide attempts linked to legalisation of same-sex marriage [The Guardian] 21. Facebook deletes fake child-cancer posts accounts [BBC] 22. Cressida Dick appointed as first female Met Police chief [BBC] 23. Woman killed as UK hit by winds reaching 94mph [BBC] 24. CNN banned from White House press briefing [CNN] 25. Woman charged after Dexter Neal dog death [BBC] 26. Bill Paxton dies aged 61 [BBC] 27. North Korea 'executes five senior officials with anti-aircraft guns' [The Independent] 28. Wikipedia goes data-free in Iraq [BBC] MARCH 01. Facebook artificial intelligence spots suicidal users [BBC] 02. Son of Nazi governor returns art stolen from Poland during World War II [The Guardian] 03. Experts find mass grave at ex-Catholic orphanage in Ireland [Associated Press] 04. Father raped lesbian teenage daughter to 'show her’ sex with men is better [news.com.au] 05. Trump urged to back up claims his phones were tapped by Obama [BBC] 06. South Lakes Safari Zoo: Council refuses owner licence [BBC] 07. Wikileaks: CIA has tools to snoop via TVs [BBC] 08. Ruth Neely, Wyoming judge against same-sex marriage, censured [CBS] 09. Fox News pays out $2.5 million to settle sexual assault of contributor [The Independent] 10. Farmer, 83, cleared over shooting man on his land [BBC] 11. US attorney Preet Bharara fired after refusing Jeff Sessions' order to resign [The Guardian] 12. Sir Tim Berners-Lee targets fake news [BBC] 13. Boaty McBoatface to go on its first Antarctic mission [The Guardian] 14. EU workplace headscarf ban 'can be legal', says ECJ [BBC] 15. Outrage as Brazilian football club signs goalkeeper whose girlfriend's body was fed to dogs after he ordered her torture and murder [The Telegraph] 16. Britain bans new MPs from employing family members [Yahoo!] 17. Pakistan asks Facebook to help fight blasphemy [BBC] 18. Chuck Berry dies at 90 [Wikipedia] 19. Man arrested over Finsbury Park toddler murder [BBC] 20. Prison guards who 'boiled schizophrenic inmate to death' will not face charges [Yahoo!] 21. Stolen Van Gogh paintings return to Amsterdam after 14 years [AP News] 22. 2017 Westminster attack [Wikipedia] 23. London attack: Khalid Masood identified as killer [BBC] 24. Madison, Wisconsin commits to 100% renewable energy [inhabitat] 25. Militia fighters decapitate 40 police officers in Congo ambush [reuters] 26. 16 shot, 1 fatally, at Cincinnati nightclub [WLWT5] 27. A Redditor's drug-dealing fiction is being used against him in court [The Verge] 28. SpaceX is about to make history by relaunching a used Falcon 9 rocket [The Verge] 29. Club Penguin shuts down!!! [Club Penguin] 30. Cards Against Humanity creator wants to buy Congress's browser history [CBS] 31. Pornhub and Youporn to offer encryption by default, preventing ISPs from tracking the type of Porn you watch [The Verge] APRIL 01. Mother and son who 'gave shelter to homeless man' stabbed to death at family home [The Independent] 02. Woman charged with child abuse for circumcising her 4-year-old son [The Independent] 03. Police hunt two suspects after at least 11 dead killed in St Petersburg metro bombing [The Independent] 04. Homes daubed with Latin graffiti [BBC] 05. Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon stripped of national security council role [The Guardian] 06. Syria war: US says no role for Assad following gas 'attack' [BBC] 07. Stockholm lorry rams crowds, killing 'at least four people' [BBC] 08. South Dakota man gets $190 fine for snake without leash [Yahoo!] 09. ISIS claims responsibility for Egypt's Palm Sunday church bombings [CNN] 10. 2 Adults Dead in Classroom, 2 Students in Critical Condition After Suspected Murder-Suicide [KTLA] 11. Gag order keeps Oregon from telling public about cancer-causing pollutant [Oregon Live] 12. Charlie Murphy Dies at 57 [The Daily Beast] 13. US drops 'largest non-nuclear bomb' in Afghanistan area populated by Isis members [The Independent] 14. Pharmaceutical giant 'plotted to destroy cancer drugs to drive prices up 4000%' [The Independent] 15. Everton ban the Sun after Ross Barkley article [BBC] 16. Geography teacher cleared of raping pupil says men should stay away from teaching [The Telegraph] 17. West Virginia to become 29th state to legalise marijuana for medical use [The Independent] 18. PM calls for early election to strengthen Brexit hand [Reuters] 19. Lawyers for Alex Jones's Ex-Wife Show His Shirtless, Allegedly Drunk InfoWars Videos in Custody Trial [The Daily Beast] 20. Russia bans Jehovah's Witnesses after supreme court rules Christian sect 'extremists' [The Independent] 21. Ugo Ehiogu: England boss Gareth Southgate 'stunned' by death of former team-mate BBC 22. Michigan makes it illegal for undercover police to have sex with prostitutes they are investigating [The Independent] 23. North Korea 'detains American citizen' [BBC] 24. Unroll.me head 'heartbroken' that users found out it sells their inbox data [The Guardian] 25. Election: Theresa May urges voters to 'strengthen my hand' [BBC] 26. Pope Francis is paying the rent on a private beach for the disabled [CNN] 27. Leo Baxendale: Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx comic legend dies [BBC] 28. InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live [The Daily Beast] 29. Mexican Congress approves use of medical marijuana [Reuters] 30. Judge won't hear gay adoptions because it's not in a child's 'best interest' [USA Today] MAY 01. Riot in Paris as protesters clash with police and Front National supporters at May Day workers' march [The Telegraph] 02. YOUTUBE STAR DADDYOFIVE LOSES CUSTODY OF TWO CHILDREN FEATURED IN 'PRANK' VIDEO, MOTHER SAYS [The Independent, reddit] 03. Woman found guilty and faces year in jail for laughing at Jeff Sessions [The Independent] 04. Prince Philip to step down from carrying out royal engagements [BBC] 05. Scientology facilities in Tennessee closed after police find patients held against their will [Global News] 06. France bans extremely thin models [BBC] 07. Macron wins French presidency by decisive margin over Le Pen [The Guardian] 08. Senator reveals that the FBI paid $900,000 to hack into San Bernardino killer's iPhone [CNBC] 09. Philippines senator tells UN reports of drug war killings are 'alternative facts' [The Guardian] 10. Labour manifesto draft leaked [BBC] 11. Protesters call for investigation following FBI director firing [Yahoo!] 12. Drug users 'getting Winstoned' by new £5 note as they complain of cut noses when snorting cocaine [The Independent] 13. 'Rare as winning the lottery': New dinosaur fossil so well-preserved it looks like a statue [The Washington Post] 14. Pope Francis acknowledges 2,000-case backlog in sex abuse cases [Fox News] 15. Moors Murderer Ian Brady dies [BBC] 16. Playboy model Dani Mathers faces jail after secretly Snapchatting photo of naked woman at gym [The Independent] 17. Conservative manifesto: Firms to pay more to hire migrant workers [BBC] 18. Reports that Chris Cornell has died come in [Wikipedia] 19. Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation [BBC] 20. Italy makes vaccination mandatory for children [DW] 21. Man who saved the NHS from hackers says 'super invasive' British tabloids are forcing him to move house [The Independent] 22. Female genital mutilation is a religious right claim lawyers in first US case on the practice [The Independent] 23. Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies aged 89 [BBC] 24. Wikipedia can pursue NSA surveillance lawsuit: U.S. appeals court [Yahoo!] 25. US air strike on IS killed 105 civilians in Iraq's Mosul [BBC] 26. Egypt: At least 28 dead as gunmen fire on bus carrying Coptic Christians [CNN] 27. Chipotle says 'most' of its restaurants were infected with credit card stealing malware [The Verge] 28. Police say eight people are dead, including deputy sheriff, after shooting in Mississippi [WFTV] 29. Golfer Tiger Woods says prescription medication led to DUI arrest in Jupiter [WPTV] 30. Mike Dubke, White House communications director, quits [BBC] 31. Kabul bomb: Diplomatic zone attack kills dozens [BBC] JUNE 01. Trump withdrawing US from Paris Climate Agreement but open to returning [ABC News] 02. Murder case dropped after man serves 25 years in prison [AP News] 03. Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days [New Your Times] 04. London attack: Single police officer took on all three terrorists alone armed only with baton [The Independent] 05. Two London attackers named by police [BBC] 06. Net neutrality: Amazon among top internet firms planning day of action [The Guardian] 07. 17-year-old killed in double shooting over Air Jordans on Detroit's west side [Click On Detroit] 08. Boy, 4, died alone in Hackney flat two weeks after his mother's death [The Guardian] 09. UK Election 2017: The result in maps and charts [BBC] 10. Adam West: TV Batman actor dies at 88 [BBC] 11. Puerto Rico holding referendum on US statehood [CNN] 12. Alex Jones doubles down on Sandy Hook conspiracy theory in 'disgusting' Megyn Kelly interview [The Independent] 13. Portland police had suspect name, sex assault kit in 2011, but it took 5 years to test evidence [The Oregon] 14. 4 killed, including gunman, in shooting at UPS facility in San Francisco [ABC 7 News] 15. London fire: Prime minister orders full public inquiry [BBC] 16. Five officials will face manslaughter charges for Flint water crisis [MLive] 17. University of Michigan to offer free tuition to some in-state students [Detroit Free Press] 18. Bodies of 7 Missing U.S. Sailors Found in Destroyer Damaged in Collision [NBC] 19. Coroner: Cocaine among drugs found in Carrie Fisher’s system [AP News] 20. Yale dean who called people 'white trash' on Yelp leaving her post [Fox News] 21. US gun laws: Colorado to arm teachers in classrooms[BBC] 22. No Arrests If Calling 911 During Drug Overdose: NYPNBC 23. Lazy Town actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson's pancreatic cancer has reached Stage IV and has become terminal [We The Unicorns] 24. Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers [CBS] 25. Google wants to increase government access to customer data to help combat terror attacks [The Independent] 26. Google hit with record EU fine over Shopping service [BBC] 27. Pregnant girlfriend shoots and accidentally kills boyfriend [Valley News] 28. Lost dogs return home after owners cook sausages near where they went missing [The Telegraph] 29. Fuck it 30. Fuck it 31. Fuck it JULY 01. Fuck it 02. Fuck it 03. Fuck it 04. Fuck it 05. Fuck it 06. Fuck it 07. Fuck it 08. Fuck it 09. Fuck it 10. Fuck it 11. Fuck it 12. Fuck it 13. Fuck it 14. Fuck it 15. Fuck it 16. Fuck it 17. Fuck it 18. Fuck it 19. Fuck it 20. Fuck it 21. Fuck it 22. Fuck it 23. 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Fuck it Written by Clive "James" Python, 26/12/16 - ongoing work. |