Sunday, December 15, 2019

ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS --- AP

OH DEAR MORE BAD CHRISTIANS IN THE NEWS
Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan
Their public denunciation is all the more remarkable, given Catholics make up less than 0.5% of Japan’s population.
TOKYO (AP) — During Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan, Harumi Suzuki stood where his motorcade passed by holding a sign that read: “I am a survivor.” Katsumi Takenaka stood at another...

Did Italian priest father two African sons, and walk away?
NAIROBI (AP) — Steven Lacchin grew up a fatherless boy, but he knew some very basic facts about the man who was his father. He knew Lacchin, the name on his Kenyan birth certificate, was his...
The Associated Press story appeared on the front page of Nairobi’s foremost newspaper, telling the tale of a 16-year-old Kenyan woman, an Italian missionary priest and the man who was on a quest to prove that he was their son. One reader took special interest: Another Kenyan man who was the son of the same priest, according to his birth certificate. Would genetic tests show that they were brothers?
 AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-level meetings in response to leaks of classified...

Top officials deliberated how to respond to the leaks in meetings at the Chinese Communist Party’s regional headquarters in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital, some of the people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of retribution against themselves, family members and the government workers.The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-level meetings in response to leaks of classified...

Reparations mark new front for US colleges tied to slavery
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The promise of reparations to atone for historical ties to slavery has opened new territory in a reckoning at U.S. colleges, which until now have responded with monuments,...
Few Americans support reparations, but as colleges confront their historical ties to slavery, some are vowing to provide funding to benefit the descendants of slaves who played a role in the institutions’ success.


US finally giving boot to official foot measurement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America. The reason? There are actually two different definitions of the 12-inch measurement...
 The U.S. foot “sounds very patriotic, very American,” he said in a webinar. “Then there’s the word ‘international foot,’ which sounds kind of new world order, U.N.-sanctioned, maybe with a whiff of socialism.”
`Safer opioid’ has sparked a crisis in vulnerable countries
KAPURTHALA, India (AP) — Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists. 
The pharmaceutical company that made the opioid tramadol billed it as low risk. International authorities allowed the drug to move around the world unregulated. Now it is at the root of what the United Nations calls “the other opioid crisis,” tearing through much of the developing world.

COMMENT Chuck Dawson
I was on max dosage for 10 yrs. Then one day I ran out and had severe withdrawals. I slowly weaned myself off it as well as Lyrica. I have lots more pain now but withdrawals, none. Medical marijuana is a huge help.

Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census
DETROIT (AP) — When the U.S. Census Bureau starts counting people next year in Detroit, obstacles are bound to arise: The city has tens of thousands of vacant houses, sparse internet access and...
“There is nothing more important, no higher priority, than reaching the hard to count,” Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham told lawmakers last summer. An Associated Press analysis finds that Detroit tops the list of cities that will be hardest to count in the 2020 census. Nationwide, about a quarter of the population lives in hard-to-count neighborhoods.

Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death
MAZAIKEWALE, Pakistan (AP) — Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the once robust woman was nearly...
The suspicious death of a Pakistani woman adds to growing evidence of mistreatment and abuses inflicted on hundreds of women and girls from the country who have been trafficked to China as brides.


THE DOWNLOADING OF HOMECARE FOR THE ELDERLY TO THE FAMILY 
More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals
For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals, a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most people...

Statistics suggest progress is being made toward the kind of end of life that most people say they want, with minimal medical intervention.

Rescuers describe horror of New Zealand's silent eruption
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) — The eruption was so silent that Lillani Hopkins didn't hear it over the hum of the boat’s engines. She didn't turn around until her dad whacked her. 
A rescuer in New Zealand has described the harrowing time she spent helping those badly burned in the White Island volcano eruption. Fourteen people are believed dead. Thirty others remain hospitalized, with 25 in critical condition.
Parisians dodge strikes by logging on to share rides, bikes
ARGENTEUIL, France (AP) — Adrien Lachevre and Nailat Msoili live a few kilometers (miles) apart in Paris' northwest suburbs, but their paths had never crossed until Lachevre picked Msoili up in...
Amid a general strike stretching across France, many commuters have turned to technology - carpool aps, shared bikes and electric scooters - to get by.


Already pressured by the mining and forestry industry, and other development that encroach on grazing land, Sami herding communities fear climate change could mean the end of their traditional lifestyle. 

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THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS JUST PREVENTABLE INCIDENTS
WITH COPS THEIR INABILITY TO SHOOT EFFECTIVELY MEANS
THEY EMPTY THEIR GUNS WHICH ENDANGERS BYSTANDERS
WITH THEIR HANDGUN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISABLE
THEIR PREY WITH A SHOT TO THE LEG OR SHOULDER SO
AS NOT TO KILL BUT TO PUT DOWN WITH AN INJURY
Accidental shootings by police expose training shortfalls
SEATTLE (AP) — When an Iowa mother tried to take her child from her husband during an argument on a snowy sidewalk in 2015, an officer stepped in to stop the scuffle, but he accidentally fired his...
Accidental shootings by police happen at agencies large and small across the U.S. and sometimes have deadly consequences. Experts blame inadequate training. 
“I think we’ve got a path to victory, and I think the energy and enthusiasm of women is really what’s going to carry us across the finish line with a good margin.”
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she believes Americans are ready for a presidential ticket with two women at the top, rejecting concerns from some Democrats that a woman can't...

Uber weighs next steps after jarring sex assault report
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Uber revealed that more than 3,000 riders and drivers were sexually assaulted last year while using its service, attention is turning to what's next for the...
Critics say Uber should be doing more, particularly with background checks, to weed out potentially dangerous drivers. Unlike many taxi companies, Uber and its main U.S. rival, Lyft, do not check drivers’ fingerprints against a national database.


















Palestinians in Bethlehem look beyond religious tourism
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — For decades, the people of Bethlehem have watched tour buses drive up to the Church of the Nativity, disgorge their passengers for a few hours at the traditional...
Alternative Bethlehem: A new form of tourism is taking root in the Palestinian city that's so long focused only on Christmas, promoting traditional guesthouses, the local cuisine and the British artist Banksy's work.

“It recognizes artists whose body of work has resonated over the years.”Ronstadt, `Sesame Street' receive Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt and the disco-funk band Earth Wind and Fire shared the spotlight Sunday night as part of the latest group of recipients of the Kennedy...

As the decade draws to a close, it's clear that we're looking at TV differently.

How streaming, diversity, #MeToo shaped TV decade of change
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Game of Thrones” was both an unprecedented achievement and old-school role model in the TV decade that’s rolling its final credits. Installments of the elaborately...


In the Golden Globe TV nominations, the broadcast networks were completely shut out for what is believed to be the first time.
Broadcast TV shut out of Globe nods, Netflix edges HBO
NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globe TV nominations were most striking not for what they included, but what they didn't: The traditional broadcast networks were completely shut out in all 55...





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