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Singer R. Kelly charged in sex scheme of kidnapping and payoffs
Singer R. Kelly, already charged with sexual assault in Illinois, was indicted in federal courts in New York and Chicago on Friday with transporting women and girls across state lines for sex, forcibly keeping them under his control and buying their silence. Press Release Distribution Service
In ‘Harry Met Sally’ tribute, New York deli invites contestants to ‘have what she’s having’
In the 1989 movie “When Harry Met Sally,” actor Meg Ryan’s loud rendition of a woman faking an orgasm while seated at a New York deli stands as one of the most memorable moments in film history. Press Release Distribution Service
China plans CFC-monitoring network to investigate rogue emissions
Nature, Published online: 12 July 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02109-2 The move follows a recent study that attributed a spike in an ozone-depleting chemical to two Chinese provinces. Press Release Distribution Service
Daily briefing: Solar panel skin helps buildings keep their cool
Nature, Published online: 12 July 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02168-5 Movable solar panels could substantially improve buildings’ energy efficiency, AI poker bot is first to beat the pros at six-player Texas hold’em and the seven best books about the Apollo Moon landings. Press Release Distribution Service
FTC Approves Roughly $5B Facebook Settlement
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ftc-approves-roughly-5-billion-facebook-settlement-11562960538?mod=rsswn Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20423819 Points: 66 # Comments: 43 Press Release Distribution Service
Show HN: PISA – Probably the Fastest Full Text Search Engine Written in C++
Article URL: https://github.com/pisa-engine/pisa/blob/master/README.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20423623 Points: 27 # Comments: 1 Press Release Distribution Service
A problem worse than Zoom
Article URL: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/zoom.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20423388 Points: 89 # Comments: 29 Press Release Distribution Service
Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid
Article URL: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/giant-batteries-and-cheap-solar-power-are-shoving-fossil-fuels-grid Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20422896 Points: 214 # Comments: 185 Press Release Distribution Service
Mirth – a type-safe concatenative purely functional programming language
Article URL: https://github.com/mirth-lang/mirth Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20422831 Points: 48 # Comments: 31 Press Release Distribution Service
Improving care quality for hospitalized socially at-risk patients
Nurses play a pivotal role in caring for hospitalized patients with social risk factors and preparing them for discharge. Now, a new study illustrates how certain health system constraints present barriers to effective care and impact outcomes for patients with high social risks. Press Release Distribution Service